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Perfect b£ ks i J -t: Eugene Edward Booth. 18 monthold son of Mr. and Mrs Forest K. Booth of Springfield, 111., who was rated as 100 per cent perfect in the better babies competition held j in conjunction with the Illinois State Fair at Springfield. FIGHT HARD TO HALT EPIDEMIC — Sleeps Sickness Epidemic In St. Louis Takes 28 Lives St. Louis, Aug. 25. — (U.R> — All St., Louis physicians were enlisted tot day in a desperate campaign to ; check an epidemic of sleeping sick ; ness which has taken the livbs of I 28 of Its 215 known victims since ! July 8. Authorities sought to isloate even victims who suffered from the disease in such milk form that it was not easily recognized Health Commissioner Joseph T. Bresdeck instructed physicians to re-examine all their patients. He believed sleeping sickness victims might have been diagnosed incorrectly. Even milk cases were to be reported for isolation. Bresdeck estimated that approximately 6(10 persons were suffering from the disease in such mild form that it had not been recognized, i Three deaths were reported yes-1 1 terdav. Health authorities led by Dr. J. P. Leeke of tUe United States public health service, concentrated 1 on a search for the carrier. Jackson. Mips.. Aug. 25. — (U.R)* * I Sleeping sickness caused the death j of three patients in the slate char'*(7’7lNTlNlT?n ov page six) o Troy, Ohio, Boy Injured Thursday Leonard O'Neil, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis O'Neil of Troy. Ohio was severely bruised Thursday morning when he stepped from the running board of a parked truck aud was struck a glancing blow by tihe front fender of an Adams highway truck, driven by Reinhold Sauer. The. injured youtli was enroute to Huntington with his father to ati tend Dairy Day at the time of the accident. The accident occurred on road 16 near the Wells-Adams county line. Decatur Man Held In County Jail William Bell, Madison and Twelfth streets, is held in the Adams county jail, facing charges of public intoxication and driving while intoxicated, as the result of I an accident on South Winchester | street Thursday night. Bell is alleged to have struck an auto owned by Harold Sautter and to have used abusive language to Sautter after the crash. Bell was released from jail lat>“ (his afternoon when bond for his appearance In court was filed. Bond for S6OO was provided, covering the two charges.

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INSTITUTE TO | OPEN MONDAY Adams County Institute Will Be Held First Three Days Next Week Plans are being completed for the unnual Adams County Teachers In- 1 stitute which will he h id In the 1 Decatur high school auditorium Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday. August 28. 2H and 30. The speakers for the institute will be John G. Benson of Indiana- ] polls, director of the Methodist Episcopal Church hospitals of Indiana. and Dr. John Guy Fowlkes, professor of education at file Uni verslty of Wisconsin. A northeastern Indiana Institute < ircuit will be conducted in Allen, Noble. Adams and Whitley counties and the two speakers will appear on institute programs in each coun ty. David O. McOomb, superintendent of the Allen county schools, is in charge of the program for the circuit this year. Schools will open in Adams ] County on Friday, S ptember 1,1 when tlie teachers will meet with i 'the pupils for organization, and book lists will be distributed. I Classes will be conducted on the j following Tuesday. The speakers will address all th* teachers of the county at the Monday sessions. The second day of the •institute will be devoted to the elimentery school teachers and the third day to the high school teach--1 ers ami principals. The various problems relating to the opening i of school will be discussed. Mr. Benson is a native of Indiana and was educated at DePattw, Bos- ; ton and Harvard universities. For a number of years he lectured oil the chautauqua platform on subjects of psychology and sociology. Dr. Fowlkes received degrees ‘ from Dimchita College. Arkansas I and Columbia University. He later taught at both colleges, also at the | University of Wisconsin. He served as principal of an Arkansas high 1 school and held many prominent positions. He is the author of a I number of educational books and pamphlets. AGREEMENT IS REACHED TODAY World Wheat Conference Reaches Agreement On "Recovery Price” London, Aug. 25 . — (U.R) — The world wheat conference today reached an agreement on the "recovery price" at which world tariffs may be altered, and will reconI vene at 5:30 p. m. to initial the draff of its past. The compromise recovery price was set at 12 gold francs a quingal. | equivalent to 63.6 gold cents a bushel, or about 80 cents on the [ basis of the depreciated dollar. Barring unforeseen difficulties, it [ was ejected the conference would f conclude its work tonight. The agreement was achieved by acceptance of an additional paragraph to the pact, wiping out previous reservations by wheat im- 1 porting countries. The new paragraph notes that In S most importing countries any change in the laws regarding tariffs usually requires parliamentary sanction, but that these nations pledge themselves not to take ad--1 vantage, by unduly increasing their own production, or any voluntary agreement whereby the exporting countries restrict their exports. The exporting nations, including Russia and the Danubian states, agreed among themselves to export no more than 560,000,000 bushels : ON PAGE FIVE) o Announce Teachers At Hartford Township The teaching staff for Hartford township schools has lieen announced by August Baker, trustee i of the township. Mr. Baker said 1 that the school would be conducted | for the full eight months term. Lester Kerr will return as principal and athletic coach at thie I school and high school teachers will be John Whicker, Mrs. Mary Trapp. Mrs. Ruth Mahoney and Arthur Gerwig. The grade teachers will be Louise Neuebaum, Lester Reynolds. Mary SchlageMliauf aud Esther Glondenning.

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State Commission Preparing Forms Forms to be used In the registration of voters under the 1933 statute are being prepared by the slate election commission, according to word received iiy officials here. Copies of the forms to he used will be submitted to all county clerks in the slate when they ar ■ prepared. The printed forms to he used in the registration will not be delivered until late in the year, as tue work will not start until after : Januray. 1. The cost of registering voters in lAdams county has been estimated at approximately $2600. The county 1 clerk Will b- 1 assisted by township assessors, city and town clerks. They will receive five cents for each name register d. INCREASED TAX RATES GENERAL Forty-six of 48 Counties Reporting Show Some Increases Indianapolis, Aug. 25. — (U.R)—lncreasing tax rates throughout the state as officials draw up budgets were reflected today in a survey by ■ the Indiana Taxpayers' Association. All but two of 48 counties reporting their new rates have increases. The rates will be subject later to review of County tax adjustment boards. The two counties with no increase in county rates were Switzerland. with a 85-cent rate as compared to the current $1.04, and 1 Union, with a 40-cent rate, the same as at present. Some counties reported skyrocketing rates. They included Washington with its rate rise from 56 cents to $154: Warrick, from 35 cents to $1.56; aud Daviess, from 24 cents to $1.45. Causes of the higher rates have been pointed out to include funds in closed banks, greater tax delinquency. next year's elections, decline in property evaluations and deficits caused by too strict observance of the $1.50 rate limit law. Report Road 227 To Be Extended Berne. Ind.. Aug. 25. — (Special) — Road 227 which was extended from Richmond to Union City last year will be continued to Pleasant Mills and will pass five miles east of Berne cutting through the center of JefTerson and Blue Creel; townships in Adams county, it was reported today.. The road will have an 80-foot right-of-way and eventually take its course up to points in Michigan. This new road will pass Trinity on No. 67, which lies southeast of Berne and No. 118 five miles east of Berne. At the same time it was also i learned that another north-south road is being planned for four miles west of Berne. The construc- | tion of the road propos’d begins !at the Wabash river bridge and 1 goes north as far as Poe and hence i into Fort Wayne. MRS. WIDDOWS RECOMMENDED Woman Recommended By Congressman For Geneva Postoffice Congressman Janies I. Farley of Auburn has recommended Mrs. Will Widdows for the postmastership at Geneva. Congressman .Farley forwarded the name of Mrs. Widdows to Washington yesterday. Mrs. Widdows will be named acting postmistress, succeeding the late Earl Shepherd, who died a week ago. She has the endorse- ' ment of committeemen from Gen-. j eva and the approval of several members of the Democratic central committee in the county. Mrs. Widdows will be the second j i woman to be named postmistress in the county this month. A week ago Mrs. Arthur Zehr was named I postmistress at Berne. She took I office last Tuesday, succeeding Fred Rohrer, who served more than foitr years in the office. Congressman Farley informed J. H. Heller of this city, at Huntington yesterday that he had recommended Mrs. Widdows for the place and that he expected the appointment to be made in the very near future.

CORPORATION MAKING LOANS Hfime Owners Loan Corporation Offices Receive Applications Nathan C. Nelson. Adamr, county , attorney for the Horn? Owner’s Isian Corporation, attended a meeting of officials for the organization in Fort Wayne yesterday. Loans are now being made and the offices In this district have already received thousands of appli cations whtoii are now being aited upon. Those desiring to take ad- 1 vantage of the new corporation for the purpose of saving their proper- : ties by refinancing old loans, must first apply to the Fort Wayne office in the Federal building for preliminary application blanks, or to the local building and loan association or agency. These must fill-d out by the applicant but those who feel they need assistance may secure same | by calling at Mr. Nelson’s offic-s 1 : in the Morrison block. Those who can do so are urged to fill out their own papers, since tiiie attorney has many duties to attend to in connection with the loans. The preliminary blanks require name and address, location of property to be mortgaged, years of residence, original amount of mortgage and amount tAugust 1. 1933, by whom held, amount of unpaid taxes or liens, w...-n due, how long past due on payments and principal and interest, name of title, when purchased, what was paid, whether foreclosure suit has been filed and when, if •mployed, where, if not. where last employed, will holder of tiiie mortgage consent to take Home Owner bonds? The attorney will be allowed $5. for each application. He must write an opinion on each abstract, see | that liens are paid, insurance pro- ! perl written and assigned and look after some fifty other duties. His final approval is necessary before i the loans completed. The county attorney does not have to negotiate witli the mortgagee about the bonds. The district office does that (CONTINUED ON "AGE FOUR) NO INFLATION OF CURRENCY Roosevelt And VYoodin Confer; Latter Will Not Resign Hyde Park. N. Y., Aug. 25 —(U.R) —Prospect of currency inflation as part of the administration's economic recovery program faded today when President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Treasury, Woodin overhauled the fiscal affairs of the government. “I am not resigning or inflating,” was the word Woodin sent to newspapermen by Stephen T. Early, white house secretary, as lie prepared to depart for Hyde Park after reviewing not only government credits and maturities but the public works program as well. In connection with the pifblic works expenditures. Mr Roosevelt and Woodin discussed plans for the treasury's participation in financing the $3,300,000,900 program. The treasury desires ample opportunity to time its operations with the public works administra- ! tion. Woodin left for New York. | Mr. Roosevelt conferred with William C. Bullitt, state department adviser and a member of the American group to the London { economic conference. Later he will go into adminis-1 ' tration economies with Lewis Douglass, budget director. Meanwhile from Washington the President was receiving reports ••* * • * (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) High School Pupils Register Next Week Registration of high school pupils and assignment of classes and lockers will be made at the high school building next week. Principal W. Guy Brown announced today. The principal’s office will remain open from 9 o’clock in the morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Following are the registration days for the high school classes: seniors, Tuesday; juniors, Wednesday sophomores, Thursday and fre#hmen, Frida and Saturday.

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LARGE THRONG ! AT DAIRY DAY IN HUNTINGTON Huge Crowd From Deca- | tur And Adams County Attend Great Program - i ESTIMATE CROWD AT NEAR 35,000 | Decatur and Adams county resi- j dents formed an important part ot|| the huge crowd !n Huntington yes- j j i terday for the fourth bi-annual I ! Uloverleaf Dairy Day program, sponsored by the Uloverleaf Creameries, Inc., of this city and Huntington. A crowd estimated at 35,000 attended the big program. Hier's park, where the afternoon speaking program, headed by Governor Paul V. McNutt, W. A. Klepper of this city, J. L. Krart of Chicago, , was held, was ti'ted to overflowing. The streets of Huntington were jammed with visitors. . Adams county was represented by a crowd estimated from four to five thousand. They came from Decatur and every township in the county and the motorcade which started from this city at nine o'clock, h aded hv the Decatur Junior Band, swelled the early morning crowd. It was the largest demonstration of the day. The Ohio delegation also formed part of the local parade. Assurance was given by Mr. Klepper, general-manager of the ("overleaf Creameries, that the , next dairy day event, either in 1934 or 1935. will tie held in Decatur, j Col. Fred Reppert, representing the Chamber of Commerce and the ' i community in general, extended an | ' I invitation to the Cloverleaf officials j to hold the next dairy day in this j ' Cffy. The invitation was accepted 1 and enthusiasm among residents of 1 this city and community mounted j * higli over the prospects of acting as host city to what has become one of the greatest gatherings of ‘ men and women, outside of state fairs, in the country. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace was represented at the meeting by j Dr. W. G. Lloyd of Purdue university. Secretary W a lace also sent a message to Mr. Klepper which was read at the afternoon program. Governor Talniadge of Georgia, a guest of Governor McNutt was also present at the meeting, as was exGovernor Harry Leslie of Indianapolis. C. E. Denney. Cleveland, presi- ! dent of the Erie railroad, J. L. Kraft, C. H. Kraft, Fred Kraft, of Chicago, officials of the Kiafto »»♦ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR 4 O — Noah Graber Buys Chris Beer Farm Noah Graber of B“rne has purchased the Chris Beer farm of 80 acres located along Federal road 27, four and one-half miles nortiii of Berne. Ed Rich is a tenant on the farm and Mr. Graber and family expect to move on the place later. JURY INDICTS UTILITY HEAD Samuel Insull, Sr., Ten Other Utility Officials Indicted Chicago, Aug. 25—(U.R)—Samuel Insull, Sr., Chicago capitalist and j 10 other officials and directors of ! the Corporation Securities com- j ! pany of Chicago, an Insull subsidiary, were indicted by a federal grand jury on June 1 for violation of federal bankruptcy laws, it was announced today. United States District Attorney! Dwight H. Green at the same time said efforts were being made to return the elder Insull from Greece.! The indictment. Green said, was returned in order to make the charges pending against Insull conform with extradition treaty agreements between the United | | States and Greece and other countries. Martin Insull, brother of Samuel, and Samuel Insull, Jr., the capitalist's son were named in the indictment. Martin is now in Canada and it is regarded likely that efforts to extradite him to this country will be instituted at '(CONTINUED* ON*PAGE YhUEeT 1

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Dad Recovers Baby Held as Hostage f A t * • •» * Elaine Shopkus, 8-month-old Chicago baby, who wqs held by a Chicago hospital for more than seven months for a board and incubator fee. is shown here with her father, Stanley Shopkus, after Judge Joseph B. David had ordered the hospital to give up the child. The judge denounced the hospital authorities and ordered an investigation. Elaiwe's mother died the day after she was born. GU6ACONGRESS IS DISSOLVED New Government Agrees To Wipe Out Remains Os Machado Regime Havana, Aug. 25 — (U.R) -Cuba's revolutionary government, agreed today to wipe out the vestiges of the Machado regime as if it never had existed and to call a general election for February 20, 1934. Congress was declared to be dissolved. The constitution enacted under former President Gerardo Machado was ardered nullified in favor of the basic constitution of 1901. All provincial and municipal executive and legislative offices were declared vacant, as were all supreme court posts filled after May 20, 1929, when Machado began his second term. President Carlos Manuel De Cespedes. head of the revolutionary government, prepared to sign decrees carrying out the decisions at once. Copies will be posted throughout the country today. The decisions were made to •••** * * * * * (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) fj Washington Youth Dies Os Injuries Word was received here today of the death of Arthur Stein, IS. j of Washington. D. C„ who was f injured in an automobile accident near Zulu last Sunday. The youth had been brought to the Adams County Memorial hos pital before being taken by train to his home in Washington. Plans had previously been made to take ; Stein, together with a companion, Benjamin Frank. 17. who was also | injured, by airplane to their home, | but were changed on account of | inclement weather.. , j o Berne Subscribes $l7O To Radio Fund | Berne residents have subscribed i $l7O towards the county quota's | of the state police radio fund. The amount raised is S2O more than the quota set for Berne. Grover Moser | is chairman of the campaign in Berne and announcement that the quota would be more than subscribj ed was made yesterday. Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular meeting of Adams ' Post number 43, of the American , Legion, will be held at the Deca- ; tur Country Club at 8 o’clock Monj day night. In the absence of David Adams, commander, and Herb Kern, first vice-commander. Edgar Yoder, second vice-commander, wi'.l conduct the meeting. Adams and Kern will attend the state conven- | tion, opening at Evansville SaturI day.

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OVER FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLAR DAMAGE CAUSED Many Small Communities Are Reported As Still Isolated GREAT AMOUNT OF LAND IS FLOODED (Copyright 1933. by United Press^ A known death toll <>l 47 and property damage estimated at $1 .'>,000,000 were caused l»v a hurricane which swept up the Atlantic from the tropics, cut a path across six states, and today had diminished into a low pressure area in Canada above Lake Ontario. A United Press survey placed the dead; Virginia, 10; New Jersey, 8; ' Pennsylvania, 11; Maryland. 11; District of Columbia, 4; New | York. 3. More than a score of small communities, principally along the Maryland and Virginia shdres, still were isolated and it was feared the death list would mount when communications were restored. Streets in Norfolk. Washington, and Philadelphia were flooded. Thousands of acres of low land in all six states were under water. Highways were ruined and crop damage will mount into millions. Norfolk, worst hit of the cities !in the hurricane’s path, put 350 men to work today to clear debris from the streets. Telephone linesmen were at work restoring lines to neighboring beach rsorts. many of which were ruined Tugs rescued about 40 passen- ' gers off the Chesapeake Bay line ship. City of Norfolk, which went ! aground at Poeonoke Sound, 50 I niiles from Norfolk, during the hurricane. North-south railroad traffic, disrupted by floods and the wreck of the crack Crescent limited which plunged through a bridge near Washington, was restored. The Crescent’s engine crew of two was killed and 13 passengers : were injured. Floods had not yet receded in North Carolina. Virginia. Maryland. and Pennsylvania. The hurricane had diminished greatly in intensity when it passed over the Catskill region of New York state and the principal damage was the floods caused by heavy rains. It was still powerful enough to kick * «. * (CONTINUBD ON PAGE TWO) Glider Is Built By Berne Youth Eddie Rice, well known Berne youth and son of Harve D. Rio 11 of 1 this city has completed the building 1 of a glider and hopes to make his trial flight in the near future. The B ine bird boy, designed and built the glider himself, beginning in December, 1930. Actual work, on the glider, however, was delayed until May, 1932. The wing section is copied after t ie Gottingen 441. a German glider, which lias been a very successful type used in coni structing motorless air ships. The wing span is 32 feet and ihe wing suiface is 132 square feet. GIRL SUFFERS I INJURY TO LEG Alice Baker Sustains Fractured Lesr In Fall From Bicycle Alice Baker, 14 year old daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. Fred Baker. 114 North Fifth street, suffered a double fracture of her left leg about 10:30 o’clock this morning when she fell off a bicycle. Alice was riding her brother's bicycle on Madison street, near the i Fourth street intersection, when | a small boy called her attention to an approaching automobile. In turning. she became overbalanced and 1 fell off the bicycle against the curb, fracturing both Ixmes in her left leg She was taken to the Adams County Memorial Hospital for Xrays. The injury was dressed and she was removed to her home where she was reported to be resting well this afternoon.