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a JOHNSON :® STI) ENO I’NEfi STRIKE — ■” ' Coal Strike As Threat To I Recovery Plans ANGES fl\RI \ITROVED i ' 1 Administrator bent every ef»^KV j,. effect a settle-i ”W ; i. ■ coal twined some progress in the first series a* l " " I''*’ l ' •°H<»wintervention - ■kr war and airplane K. Washington with EjorH’inchtV and a leading » protection of the administraarrangements for KuMrp a weekly list of fair L| necessities. stat -ft al board was give •:.. re. every adminEtijn accurate and complete ~r wages and the march to better w consolidate T Epi .a’hered by scatE (Aral agencies. jknnt I n»u."in. more workers i ,lie blanket re Mp; code following NRA Era! ation- for banks nianufaeturrayon weaving, rayon yarn and wedding work sponsor thousands in shipHs wa i assured when (‘resident approved bids for cobI Settlement Aug. 3.—(U.R) —Gen H Him S. Johnson, exerting all . of the National Recov- | hammered at lon lai >r leaders and mine own- ■ tod* for a speedy settlement pte.Bnnsylvania coal strike. fSome progress” was reported after a five-hour round conferences last night. Ihoagl the general seemed worK, the hope that “there ■ Ms-'iio announcement after I Roosevelt was kept in IF 1 W* 1 , ' lf ' of the jgotiaAns. Frank Walker, ex--4 |tive|ecretary of his "super cabl*b" W in at 'he conferences. suddenly intervened in * P«|fcylvaida war after flying tlHarrfclatrg yesterday to deliver I addre 11 • induced Governor and Thomas Mosi prAent of the H. C. Frick -#e (B. to return here with him f airplane. The strike, growing I of •niands of the miners for of the United Mine union. had begun at the which through many F>r & irbances have held to a policy. Lewis, president of the |h*t« jline Workers, already was ON PAGE THREE) f “*#- —o — Bay’s Scores Monal league iW I °°o 000 000— 0 2 3 000 002 10x— 3 8 0 ,-W and Lopez; Zachary and ■Bti 000 000 1 BB 000 001 0 .“’W’’ !r and Manion; Bush ■B’bbell. 000 022— 4 7 0 HHeh ... 001 000— 1 6 3 account of rain. /*?• an d Wilson; Swift and M Wrican league — "0® and Ferrell; Whitehill Bfrell. ** *® “ 000 000 000— 0 5 2 and Cochrane; Allen and Rd - 000 Mr and Pytlak; Wells and UK® 0 at Detroit, rain. City Confectionery.

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Vol. XXXI. No. 182.

It 1 NEW STORE HOURS Effective Friday, a majority of Decatur stores will observe new opening and closing hours. The opening hour will be 8 o'clock a. m., including Satur ' day, and the closing hours at 5 p. m. on week days and 10 ’ o’clock on Saturday. The names of the stores and offices agreeing to the schedule of ' hours are published on page six of today’s issue of the flatly Democrat. I _____ ■ 21 SCOUTS TO ATTEND CAMP Local Boy Scouts Will Spend Week At Camp t Limberlost ______ 11 Decatur Boy Scouts will go to camp Sunday to spend a week at i ’Camp Limberlost, on Sylvan lake. Rome City. Three of the four local Scoutmasters will accompany the scouts. Twenty-one scouts have signed : for the week's outing. They are, Max Odle, Harold Zimmerman, Dan ■ Holthouse, Donald Bixler. Dick i iGillig. Arthur Sunderman, Robert i I.ankenau. Richard Kiting, Lewis Smith. Arthur Heller. Lewis Beery, Robert Beavers. Donald Beery, i Lawrence Anspaugh. Arthur Merriman. Haul Schmitz. Robert Worthman. Ralph Hurst, Robert Brod- ■ beck, Neil Highland, and James i Highland. * The scoutmasters who will at- I tend the camp are. Lowell Smith < troop 61: Steve Evtyrhart, troop , 62; Edward Jaberg, troop 63. James Murphy, scoutmaster of ’ troop 64 will be unable to get away from his duties at the Western i Union telegraph office The aeouts wilt enjoy all the t privileges of the camp, directed by Le Roy Lane. Camping, boating, swimming and ether outside sports ( will lie enjoyed, under the super- ( vision of James Davis, officer in charge. Regular troop camp will be kspt and through the efforts of the local scout organization, the cost of attending the camp has been reduced from $7 to $2.50 a week. The scouts will leave here about nine o’clock Sunday morning, trans portation to be provided by several individuals Interested in the scout movement and friends of the scouts. To meet Saturday IAII Scouts planning to go to camp are to meet at the Central School Saturday morning at 8 o’< lock for final instructions. Lowell Smith will be in o'large. The boys will then be given a health examination which is necessary before going to camp. « o BULLETIN Albert Knavel. aged about 78 years, died suddenly late this afternoon, from dropsy of the heart. He had been in failing health several years but was up and ground until yesterday. He had lived in Union township seventy years and was well known. Surviving relatives include one son, William and three daughters, Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs. Pearl Meyers and Miss Ida. WILL CREATE I NEW AGENCY Federal Statistical Agency To Aid In Forming 1 Recovery Plans (Copyright 1933, by UP.) Washington, Aug. 3. —(U.R) —Cre--1 ation of a unitied federal statistical agency to help guide national recovery and chart future economic planning was revealed today. The agency will be known as the 1 Central Statistical Board. It was created by an executive order of President Roosevelt. Its establishment is another step in the effort toward making ( the United States a balanced economic unit, held together on a prosperous basis by stabilized production and consumption. I One of its long range results may > be, if the necessity arises, an aiI location of production under which industries could be regulated in a ! manner similar to the present cotI ton crop curtailment program. J The central statistical board will .be an immediate aid to the Nationa) Recovery Administration statistics showing the extent of re-j *TcONTINL’ED ON PAGE TWO)

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WILL PUBLISH I WEEKLY LISTS OF FAIR PRICES — Government Announces Plan To Prevent Possible Profiteering CONFINE FIGURES TO NECESSITIES Washington, Aug. 3. — (U.R) — | Weekly lists of fair prices for necessities of life will be published by the government to protect the public from possible profiteeri Ing, it was announced today. The administration recognizes that higher commodity prices, processing taxes and higher wages under the recovery program will increase the cost of goods to the ’consumer. But it is determined to prevent gouging that would nullify the benefits of increased buying power. Arrangements for the weekly price lists were announced by Frederic C. Howe, consumer's counsel of agricultural adjustment administration. The figures will be compiled by the AAA with the aid of the agriculture department's economic bureau and the bureau of labor statistics. The special bulletins will show not only what a fair price should be. but will indicate how much of the higher prices go back to farmers and the laborers who produce the finished goods. .Tt first the figures will be confined to bread, milk, meat, and other foodstuffs. Clothing and textile goods will be taken in later. The data will be gathered from 50 cities and from more than 1.000 i-ndep ndent. chain and specialty stores. Factors to be shown in their relation to the price, according,, xo Howe, will include: The amount the farmer receives for producing the raw materials that go into the finished goods. The amount labor receives as a result of the increased wages unUcONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MAY INCREASE COUNTY LEVIES Increased Expenses May Force Higher Tax LevyIn This County County officials are concerned with the compiling of estimates for the 1934 budgets, the figures to be used in making up the county budget in September. Three items, not included in this year’s budget, are expected to add heavily to the cost of county government next year. Th >y are the appropriations for old age pensions, the new registration law and the general election expense. ft has been estimated that 100 persons will be entitled to old age pensions in, this county. The law provides t-bat persons over 70 years of age, without real property and having no other income, are eligible to a pension not - xceeding sls a month or more than SIBO a year. The state pays half of the amount. On this estimate, if 100 people ’ Would be put on the county pension roll, the cost to the county would , be approximately $7,500. The pension law provides that , the county commissioners shall administer the provisions of the act. I County Attorney Henry B. Heller skated today that he would not be surprised if more than 100 people would be on the pension toll in a , few years. The new registration law is estimated to cost the county about $2.-; 000. It is the purpose of the law to I keep a permament record of all vot- i ers and to do this much work is entailed and an elaborate filing *fCONT*NL’ED ON* PAGE THREE* W » STRONGER BEER New York, Aug. 3. —(U.R) — J The beer is getting stronger. The American brewer, organ I of beer makers, announces the i following alcoholic percentages j . by months, obtained by sampl- | i ing an average of about 50 , ’ | brews a month; April 2:83 percent | May 2.89 percent | June . 2.95 percent j July 3.00 percent j K «

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 3, 1933.

Further Questions Regarding NR A Problems Are Interpreted Today

Washington, Aug. 3.—(U.R)—Offi-1 cial interpretations of additionalI questions raised in connection with ’ . President Roosevelt’s voluntary reemployment agreements: Q. —Is the government asking a j boycott of stores which do not dis- ’ play the NRA blue eagle? A.— I No. The NRA is asking support of i stores which put the agreements I into effect.- At the same time it is (asking consideration for small I employers who may not be able to make the necessary adjustments | immediately. Q.—Will a blue eagle be accord'ed simply on a promise to "conform" to the agreement. A.—No. The blue eagle will be bestowed only upon compliance with the agreement. Q. —How will the government be able to tell the difference between . ■’chislers” and persons who honest-1 ,ily put the agreement into effect?! i 1 A. —Through results of a question l [ naire now in process of prepar-1 ation. Q. —What allowance is made for small manufacturers who are financially unable to put increased wages into effect? A.—The NRA is eommitt'ed to a flexible adminis- ■ tratlon. Action of banks in pleading a sympathetic attitude toward loan applications would tend to aid plants and business houses to EXERCISES OF SCHOOLFRIDAY Twenty-two Will Graduate From Auction School Tomorrow Morning Commencement exercises for the Reppert Auction school graduates 1 wifi be held Friday morning at Belmont Park, it was announced 1 today. Twenty-two members of ; the class will be presented diplomas The auction school has been held in this city for the last three weeks under the direction of Col. Fred Reppert. founder, and a staff (of instructors. Classes were held throughout the day and public auctions were held on the streets of Decatur during the evening for practical 1 experience. Rev. Harry Thompson of this city will be the commencement speaker and the presentation of diplomas will be made by Col. Reppert. Following is the list of auction school graduates and instructors: Harold Albright, Hartner. Kansas; Arthur F. Rossmiller. Chester. Nebraska; Bus Petsch. Scottsbluffs, Nebraska: Henry Cuperus. Perkins. Iowa; Cromer H. Fishel, Clemmons, North Carolina; Clayton E. Foote. Snover, Hich., O. P. Jett, 1636 Walnis Ave., Columbus, Ohio; Ray E. Knight. R R. 3. Martinsville, Ind; Foster M. Smith. R. R. 3. New Philadelphia. Ohio; (lara W. Brown. 510 N. 2nd st., Marshalltown, Iowa; Charles Starbuck. 2209 W. Platt st.. Colorado Springs, Colo.; J. Christian (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GENEVA WOMAN BURIED TODAY Funeral Services Held This Afternoon For Mrs. Katherine Rupel Funeral services for Mrs. Kath■erine Egly Rupel 49. of Geneva, who died at the Adams County Memorial | Hospital in this city Tuesday .afternoon. were held todiy from the Geneva Methodist Church. Burial was made in the Gravel Hill cents t-ei-y west of Bryant. Mrs. Rupel underwent a major operation at the hospital last Friday for the removal of a tumor. Mrs. Rupel was tihe wife of former state representative (Ezra Rupel. who preceded her in death three years ago. The deceased was ! born in Hartford township on May 1 14, a daughter of Samuel and Fan--1 ny Egly. Surviving are the children June ’ Marie, Pauline E. and James Jacob, and three brothers and one sister: Albert of Fort Wayne; Adam, manager of the Geneva Milling Company; William, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Mrs. Rachel Filer of Geneva.

[‘‘take up the slack" between Increased costs and improved busi iness. Q.—How has this "flexible” administration been Illustrated? A. —ln modifications granted retail stores, banks, electrical manufacturers and others, permitting them to operate under modified conditions of wages and hours until their own codes are approved. Q. — Will stores accustomed to make seasonal reductions in hours be forced to keep open to conform witli the 52-hour minimum specified in paragraph 2? A.—No. The hours may he reduced if the reduction is in accordance with past practices and does not result in reduction of the weekly pay of employes. Q. —Do boys and girls in curb (service stores come under the ; minimum wage provision? A.— I Yes. The workers also must be at I least 16 years old to work more ithan three hours a day. after Aug. '3l. Tips, according to t'he generally accepted interpretation, may count as part of the pay. A.—Must a part time worker be paid the minimum pay as if he workers is a wage such that it the minimum wage for a part time workker Is a wage such that if the employe worked at that wage for a full week of 40 hours he would receive the minimum weekly wage. Large Steam Vat Must Be Rebuilt A large steam vat at the Decatur Cooperage plant. West Adams street sprung a leak yesterday and damaged it to such an extent that it must be dismantled. The tank. 42 ' 1 feet long 8 Jeet wiite and 6 feet I deep, was used to sterm timber, I which later was made into hoops. H had a capacity of 700 barrels of water. A force of about 45 men. working eight hour shifts was pn-t to Work disinanteling the t-ank and on the job of rebuilding it. Local employes of the company are engaged on the job. It is estimated (hat -a new tank will cost between two and three thousand dollars. APPROVE PLAN FOR NEW BANK Propose New National Bank At Fort Wavne; $1,000,000 Capital Fort Wayne. Aug. 3— (U.R) — Plans for organization of a new bank with one million dollars capital were approved by directors of the Old First National Bank and Trust company in special meeting ■today. The United States government would be a partner in the proposed new institution, which would be known as National Bank of Fort Wayne, and which would take the place of the Old First National Bank and Trust company. The latter has been operating on a restricted basis since the banking holiday. The proposed plan would pro- ’ vide for immediate release of 40 per cent of the restricted deposits of the Old First National Bank and Trust company, amounting to about six million dollars, and orderly liqukkMion of assets of . the old bank for benefit of depositors. It would create a new , bank which may take over only I */CONTI*NUE*r* ON*PAGE THREE) I Word Received Os Finley .Johnson Death News has been received here of the death at Palo Alto. California, July 31. of E. Finley Johnson, retired associate Justice of the Phillipines Supreme court, on which he served for thirty-one years, and rec- : ognized as one of the great Jurists j of this country. His death occurred at a Palo JAlto hospital following a stroke of apoplexy. He was 72 years old. Judge Johnson was a relative of Edward and James Moses and visited here on numerous octgisions. His home was originally iin Van Wert. Ohio, He wis a graduate of the University of Michigan. He was one ' of the leading lawyers of Ohio When he was appointed to the PhilI lipines judiciary in 1900; bv President McKinley. He retired about a year ago and had since been living | in California. A widow, Mrs. Clara | Johnson survives.

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FLOOD WATERS CAUSE DAMAGE AT DENVER. COL l Irrigation Dam Gives M ay, Flooding Streets 1 of Colorado City HEAVY PROPERTY l DAMAGE IS DONE s ! Denver. Colo., Aug. 3 —(U.R) — • Flood waters rushed down upon ’ Denver today, after an irrigation ' dam at Castlewood had given way • following heavy rains, threatening loss of life and causing heavy 1 damage to property. ' All along its course through the ' city’s finest residential district and along the edge of the business ' district. Cherry Creek was out of ■ its banks. While hundreds of residences and business houses were flooded to a depth of several feet and torrents of water ran through lowlying streets along the stream, ‘ no loss of life within the city proper had been reported. ’ However, the flood had not yet reached its crest within the city, it was believed, and patrolmen ' i and firemen were kept busy evacuating dwellings and business buildings along the stream. i All along the creek bridges were out. The super-structure of the score or more concrete briflges ( across the st°am in Denver was i washed away. Whether there was toss of life > in the valley above Denver, nearer to the broken dam, could not be determined. Telephone ' wires were down. f Telephone operators at Parker and Sullivan. Colo., reported that , the water at those points was alJ most a mile wide and many feet » deep. They said they were informed dozens of farm houses had I been literally washed away. i Prompt action of these operators I in warning residents along the stream was credited with saving many lives. Within an hour after the dam went out, about 3 a. m., Hugh Payne, caretaker, reached a telephone and sent the warning into the threatened area. Newspapermen were rushed into the Denver residential district and aided police and firemen in broadcasting the word of the flood. I , o Twenty-Five Chickens Stolen Last Night H. L. Janies of near Maplewood cemetery reported to Sheriff Burl ; Johnson that 25 White Rock friers weighing from two and one-half to three pounds each had been stolen last night. Give Dutch Lunch At Club Tonight All country club members, Span-ish-American war veterans and leg- ; ionnaires are invited to attend a Dutch lunch at the Decatur Coun- . try club at 8 o’clock tonight. o FEW VIOLATIONS IN THIS STATE Reports of 20 Recovery Code Violations Reported In Indiana Indianapolis, Aug. 3.—(U.R) —With nearly 30.000 signed agreements on file at the office of Francis Wells, state recovery administrator. officials pressing the NIRA program took their first rest today. Distribution of agreement blanks by postmasters throughout the 1 state was virtually completed and | the Indiana district recovery board’ held its first meeting at the Cham-' ber of Commerce here. Wells announced he had receiv-! ed approximately 20 reports of code violations. ’ “But twenty violations out of the great number of agreements signed | is not a large ratio,” he commented. He refused to disclose names of the code violators but said he was forwarding full details to Gen Hugh Johnson, National Recovery administrator. I The board of directors and (executive committee of the Indi *7cONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE), ‘

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(.__ DROWNS SPARROWS Rochester, Ind., Aug. 3—(U.R) | —Rain fell with such driving force during an electrical and | ■ I wind storm here that 285 spar- ’ i rows were drowned at the farm home of Mrs. James Down, one mile south of here. The dead birds were found i ’ lying on the highway and in 1 | | the yard after water, a foot • deep in some places during the storm, had soaked away. JUDGE DEVOSS NAMES MEMBERS Adams County Tax Adjustment Board Memers Chosen Today I Judge H. M. DeVoss today named the members of the Adams County '’Tax Adjustment board, the law r 1 ?- ’ quiring the Court to appoint six ! of the seven members. The three members representing’ 1 governmental taxing units in the county are; (Arthur Blakey, trustee of Union township; Georg l ? M. Krick, mayor of the city of Decatur; Chris Stengel, member of the 1 school board of Berne. The three members appointed at large, all of whom are republicans are Joe Martin. Geneva, Charles Fuhrman. Preble township and Charles Adams, J' fferaon township. The seventh member of rile board representing the Adams County 1 council is Mathias Kirsch, appoint--1 ed a week ago by th'° membership of that body. The board wil Imeet next October 1 for the purpose of reviewing all tax levies and budgets. The board has the power this year to change, low- ’ er or eliminate appropriations from ■ budgets and to fix the tax levies for | 1 all the taxing units in the county, i ■ namely the county, townships. I school cities, towns and city corporations. 1 Previous to the meeting of the ‘ county tax board the county levies ’ and budgets will be act' d on by the county council and estimates ■ prepared by the other taxing units. . 1 o COMMITTEE IS NAMED FOB CITY Advisbry Committee Is Named To Handle Local NRA Problems Complying with a request made by the Department of Commerce. Indianapolis. Janies Elberson, president and D. H. Tyndall, seci retary of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, named an advisory committee to act for the commtin- ■ ity in cases pertaining to the I National Recovery Act. The committee appointed by the I chamber of commerce officers is I composed of the following men: . Mayor George Krick. F. W. Lankenau. superintendent of the General Electric Co., H. C. Oksen. plant superintendent of the Central l ’Sugar Co.. Frank Carroll, barber; ’Dr. Gerald Kohne, D. M. Niblick,;' dry goods merchant; Roy Runyon, i garage proprietor; C. C. Pum-’ phrey. jeweler, and Mr. Elberson. ’ i who by virtue of his office be ' i comes a member of the committee. It will be the duty of this com- ] mittee to keep in touch with local . situations, to promote the spirit and urge the carrying out of the purpose of the NRA and to deal i with cases reported to the local organization. The names of the men were forwarded to the Department of. Commerce, Indianapolis, today and as soon as the committee receives its commission, local matters, such ; I as compliance with the purpose of the President’s re-employment agreement and other details, tend--1 ing to increase wages and aid j employment will be considered. o Revuals Attempt To Kidnap Mayo Children Rochester, Minn, Aug. 3 (UP) — A nurse in the home of Dr. Charles W. Mayo today said that an intruder had broken into the home e rly Tuesday apparently to kidnap one of the three children in her care. ■ Dr. Mayo i« the son of Dr. Char- ’ . les H. Mayo, noted surgeon and one | I of the founders of the Mayo Clinic.

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MOTHER. SON DIE IN STORM LAST EVENING Two Workmen Are Badly Burned When Bolt Strikes Bridge HEAVY DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY STORM Rochester, Ind., Aug. 3. — (U.R) Two persons were killed instnntlv and two others injured seriously wlien struck bv lightning during a rainstorm which readied cloudburst proportions here last niffht. w< , The dead were Mrs. Irene Feidner. 21. anti her four-yoar-old son. Martin, who died together when lichtning struck a corn crib in which thev sought ' shelter when the storm broke sud- ; denly. The injured are Emanuel Longfield. 69. Elkhart, and Theodore Loucks. 28. Rochester, employes of an Elkhart construction company, who were shocked by lightning while they worked on a bridge. Property damage from the storm was expected to run into the thousands of dollars. Small farm buildings were levelled. trees uprooted, and communication lines paralyzed. At the same time the rainfall was considered invaluable to crops which had been parched by a five- . weeks drought. Precipitation amounting to 328 inches fell during the storm, a new all-time record for Fulton county. The storm struck suddenly : while Mrs. Feidner and her young i son were en route from their farm home. 14 miles west of here, to ’ the barn, half a block away. ■ The mother and boy evidently had sought refuge from the elements ia the corn crib. Their bodies were found by the father, Harley Feidner, after the storm subsided. The son was clasped in its mother's arms. Both had been (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Municinal Pool Is Closed For Cleaning The Municipal swimming pool at the Waterworks park will l e closed several days for cleaning. W. Guy Brown announced today. Heavy Rain Here Thursday Night IA heavy rain fell in Decatur and vi Unity Wednesday night and continued this morning. The temperature dropped several degrees early today and cloudy skies indicated that cool weather would be enjoyed throughout the day. The rain last night was one of the heaviest of the season ;nd was welcomed by everyone. The amount of rain fall was sufficient to give the parched arth a good -oaking and farmers st ted that growing crops will be greatly benefited. BEER CONTROL LAW IN COURT First Federal Court Test Os State Law Is Brought In South Bend Indianapolis Aug. 3 — (UP) — When Judge Michael Havran of East Chicago city court held the Indiana .beer control law unconstitution il he became the fourth lower courts judge in the state to issue such a ruling. Previously the law had been declar d unconstitutional by Judge Virgil Whitaker of Hammond circuit court; Judge Virgil S. Riter of Lake couaity superior court and Judge Frank P. Baker of Morion county criminal court. South B 1 nd. Ilnd.. Aug. 3—(UP) — Constitutionality of the st ite beer control law faced its first federal court test here today. The action was brought in Northern Indiana district court yesterday by Ab‘- Rosen, Gary, who has been selling beer without a state license under protection of a restraining order issued in Lake county superior ’(CONTINUED ON* PAGE THRES*