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Mrs. Passwater Is Named President Mrs. Delton Pusswater of this city was selected president of the Tri-county Pythian Sisters organiI zai ion at I lie me- >:::.■ . . .| j Bluffton Wedn silay. Representatives from the three i counties, Adams, Blackford and Wells, were from lodges in Fort ’ Wayne. Tocsin, Roll, Montpelire, Decatur and Bluffton. A pot-liKig dinner was served at the noon hour after which an Interesting program was pn sented. Other officers elected were Mis. I Mildred Young. Bluffton, vi.e-pre-sident, Mrs. Ashbaucher, Bluffton, secretary, and Mrs. Eva Huffman . of Montpelier, treasurer. The next tri-county meeting will be held in Decatur in November. I Those from this city who attended , the meeting Wednesday were Mr. and Mrs. Janies Bain, Mrs. Fred Linn and Mrs. Delton Pass water. TRY MANDATE SUIT FRIDAY Suit of Margaret Myers Against County Council On Trial Friday Case of the State on relation of Margaret Myers vs. the Adams I County Council will go on trial before Judge Huber M. DeVoss in the Adams circuit court Friday. The plaintiff sets out that she is duly appointed assistant superintendent of the Adams county schools, having served for several years past in that capacity anti has been again appointed to that position by the county board of education at a fixed salary of $2.50 per day. The complaint further states that ttys county council. In regular I session in September. 1932, failed ito malte any appropriation tor her salary, despite the fact that estimates of such appropriation was included in the report filed by Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent. The plaintiff further states that the county council, at a later meet ' ing again refused to make the appropriation for her salary, although sufficient funds for the salary were in the hands of the county treasurer. The plaintiff asks that the court mandate the county council to make appropriation for her salary in the school year of 1932 and 1933 and also that the council be ordered to pay all back salary due the plaintiff. Members of the county council are Henry Dehner, Benjamin Eiting, James Kenney, Everett Banter, August Conrad, Mathias Kirsch and F. G. Eichanbarger. ——o PROGRESS MADE BY PHYSICIANS Encouraging Results Obtained From InoculaII tion of Monkeys St. Louis, Sept. 14—(UP) —Encouraging results from the innoculation of monkeys with encephalitis spurred an army of scientists on , today in their fight with the sleeping sickness epidemic which to . date has taken a total of 141 lives. Monkeys infected with material from encephalitis victims have developed all the symptoms of the disease. The next step is developing an Immunizing dose will be to infect another set of monkeys with material from the diseased ones. Experiments have showed that it takes from eight to 14 days for incubation of the sleeping sickness ' germ, and if the second set of monkeys show the positive reaction to 1 , the malady that the first ones have scientists believe that the perfection of a preventitive will follow shortly. Mpre than 800 persons have been stricken with sleeping sickness since beginning of the epidemic ’ here July 30. Seventy new cases and nine deaths were reported yesterday. I Washington. Sept. 14 — (UP) — Federal public h a'th officials to day indicated latest reports of the : St. Louis sleeping sickness epidemi ic were favorable and might mean I spread of the disease was receding. Dr. J. P. Leake, of the Public I Health service communicated by I Telephone early today with Sur--1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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NEW FARMERS I STRIKE LOOMS OVER MIDWEST I Farm Leader Says New National Strike In Spring “Unavoidable” •NRA PROVISIONS MUST BE GRANTED Des Moines. la., Sept. 14. —(U.P.) —A new national farm strike is "unavoidable ' unless NRA provisions are extended to agriculture, Milo Reno. Influ ntial farm leader told the United Press today. An NRA code is being drafted by the Farmers Holiday Association, of which Reno is president. It will be submitted to directors from 24 midwest states at a meeting here Sept. 22 and to the recovery adl ministration shortly thereafter. "If it is not adopted,” Reno said, "there is no possibility of postponing longer the strike scheduled for last spring which was delayed to ; give the administration a chance to make good its promises." Asserting that for more than a month he had resisted pressure from many states for a strike, Reno characterized the farm allotment ' programs as "destructive and pitiful efforts which cannot give lasting relief.” The NRA. he said, "must be extended to agriculture at once, or 500.000 American farmers will go on strike, holding their produce from markets." Provisions of the proposed farmers' code of fair competition. Reno said, will follow the cost of produc--1 tion demands made by the holiday association two years ago. The practical application will in some respects follow the lumber code 1 already formulated. Reno, who twice within the last week has called for the resignation of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace in public addresses, said (CONTINUED ON PAGE FTVR) REGULATIONS BEING DRAWN Fry And Lutz Drawing Up Regulations For Sale Os Hard Liquor Indianapolis. Sif>t. 14. — (U.R) — Regulations governing the sale of liquor in Indiana after the ISth amendment is repealed were being drawn today under direction of Paul P. Fry. state excise director, and Attorney General Philip Lutz. I Jr. “We are not quite ready to make ' a public statement,” Lutz said, “but we sooh will have an answer I! for persons wishing to know how whisky may be sold." It appears almost certain that Jone of the regulations will prohibit I the sale of whisky and beer in the same establishments. I Gov. Paul V. McNutt is strongly ■ against any plan which might permit the return of the old saloon. Fry is said to be in accord with I the governor’s wishes on this particular point. The Indiana beer control law is believed flexible enough to eliminate the necessity of a special session of the legislature to legalize the sale of whisky. The beer control law permits Fry to issue whisky permits at his discretion. The only firms ho'ding such permits now are drug stores which sell medicinal whisky on prescription. o Rees Funeral Rites Held This Afternoon Funeral services were held this afternoon for Martin Rees. 72. prominent Jefferson township farmer who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elofs Butcher of Jefferson township, Tuiesday levening. Services were held at the Mt. Carmel Church anil burial was made in the Daugherty cemetery. Mr. Rees had been ill for several months of cancer and compllcaj tions. He had been a resident of Jefferson township for 35 years. His wife and several brothers and sisters preceded him in death. Surviving are three sons, Adam and Jacob of Jefferson township and Dan of Pontiac, Michigan, and one daughter. Mrs. Eolis Butcher of | Jefferson township.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 11,1933.

No Barbers in the Clouds ■ <•»*.- it juSc ; mF / J • * Miles from nowhere in the Canadian wilderness, and not a razor in their balloon baggage. That was the plight of Ward 'an Orman (right) and Frank Trotter, when their balloon, competing in the Gordon Bennett race, descended in the woods near Sudbury. Ont. i Van Orman and his aide starved for several days and acquired luxnr- , iant beards before they cut a telephone wire and bi ought a rescue party to their assistance.

VIRGIL WAGNER ■ LEAVES MONROE Hijjh School Principal Accepts Position As Montpelier Principal > — . t Virgin Wagner, Monroe high | ’ school principal, nas resigned his I ‘ position, effective next Monday. Mr. | ' Wagner has served as principal i * at Monroe for the past four years. . succeeding E. M. W-bb. now super- ; intendent of the Berne schools. Mr. Wagner has accepted a posi-• 1 tion as principal of the Montpelier 1 , high school, where he "’ill begin ■ his new duties next week. Luther E. Kelley, superintendent | of the Montpelier schools, died a | short time ago and the Montpelier high school principal was elevated ■ to the superintendency. Mr. Wagner has mad" a fine rec- | ord as principal at Monroe and has also taught as special instructor in ! the summer school at Ball State . Teach rs’ College at Mun ie for several years. Rolland Sprunger. Monroe teach- ’ er. will r.-place Mr. Wagner in the • principalship. Mr. Sprunger, form- ■ erly a teacher in the Jefferson ’ i schools, teaches mathematics, physics and biology. No one has been secured as yet to teac h commercial ' subjects which Mr. Wagner taught. HOSPITALS TO 1 RAISE FUNDS Indiana Methodist Hospital Association To Raise $3,000,000 Indianapolis, Sept. 14. — (U.R) —A “new deal in philanthropy" cam-! paign to raise $3,000,000 in five | years was announced today by Methodist Hospital Association of Indiana. Its hospitals are in Princeton. Gary, Fort Wayne and Indianap-' olis. According to Dr. John G. Benson. I i superintendent of the hospital here and executive secretary of the association. the “campaign purposes are five-fold: To place hospital privileges withI *7continued ON PAGE FIVE)

Invites Hiram Johnson To Run For Re-election On Democratic Ticket

Sacramento, Cal.. Sept. 14 —(UP) —Senator Hiram Johnson was corI dial but cautious today in answering/fin invitation to bolt the Republican party and run 'or re-electton as the Democratic senatorial candidate in California next year. The United Press learned indisputably that a prominent Northern California Democrat acted with full knowledge of other Democratic leaders including William Gibbs MdAdoo in inviting the progressive Republican firebrand to become a Democrat. The letter in tactful but firm I words declared that if Johnson re- | fused the invitation, the Democratic party would be compelled to

Rev. C. I’. Gibbs Attends Meeting Rev. C. P. Gibbe, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church left this morning for Indianapolis I where he will attend the New Deal Iconf-rence on Methodist philanthropies called by Bishop Edgar Blake. The first meeting is in the form I of a banquet and will be held Thursday evening at the Nurses ! Home of the Methodist Hospital. Two hundred representatives from all parts of the state will be preI sent. J. <l. Holcomb of Indianapolis is | chairman. Mrs. Gibbs. Miss Ves- ■ per and Max Gibbs accompanied Rev. Gibbs. They will return Friday. SECY. WOODIN BACK AT WORK Secretary of Treasury Back At Desk After Two Months Illness Washington. Sept. 14 — (U.R) —• Pressing problems faced Secretary of Treasury Woodin as he returned to work today after a two months’ absence caused by illness. Most of the debris left by the s . sne e hhh March banking crisis was cleaned up during his absence, but equally important new problems were 1 pressing. j Foremost was the government's monetary policy which President Roosevelt is expected to formulate in the near future in cooperation with treasury officials. Woodin kept in close touch with developments at the treasury an I White House by telephone during i * (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) p — Young Girl Badly Injured By Sow Lois Virginia Haines, three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Haines residing several miles northeast of Berne, was seriously injured at about 5 o’clock Wednesday evening when she was attacked by an enranged sow. The child had made her way to the pig lot and the sow attacked her. She suffered severe cuts and bruises about her body.

run its own candidate. •It had been understood heretofore that Democrats would not sponsor a candidate in the 1934 primaries, in order to leave Johnson unopposed in the general election. Johnson's non-committal reply indicated he had given "much thought" to the campaign. The Democratic leader who wrote the Senator pointed out the i embarrassing position Johnson would face if nominated as a Republican or progresstve. Johnson's endorsement of President Roosevelt before election made him a Roosevelt man. He *7cONTINUHD ON PAGE TWO)

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LISTS AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR TAXING UNITS County Auditor Cowan Compiles Figures Os State Funds Available TO SUBMIT FIGURES TO TAX ADJUSTERS County Auditor Glen Cowan is | ■ compiling a table of figures show i ing the amount of revenue each township and taxing unit in the | | county will receive from the state, during 1933 and 1934. based on in- 1 formation provided by state officials at Indianapolis. The figures will be submitted to; I the Adams County Tax Adjust- ' ment board, which convenes next Monday to examine all budgets and fix the tax levies. Revenue to bo received bv local •axing units from the state this year and next in the distribution lof the various taxes, fees and j licenses collected by the state, in-' elude: In’angihle tax; excise tax: gross income tax and common ‘ school revenue, the lat’tor item 'i being received before Many of the tax making bodies; !in the different taxing units did ' not have correct figures to go bv in listing revenue, other than tha’ obtained through a tax levy in their budgets. Consomientlv in ' many of the budgets the estimates of state revenue are either too high or too low. I Mr. Cowan's table will be of, i great information to the tax ad- • lusters. It will show the amount 1 each taxing unit will receive from • - he state, based on estimates made .bv Governor McNutt and other ; ' state officials ad will rive the members of the board quick, 1 access to them. Mr. Cowan has • also divided *he 1933 revenue from : that estimated for 1934. As an illustration, nne town- : | shin budget shows that Hie taxing unit expected o'her revenue of. , S7OO during the coming year. Mr. Cowan's table shows that the i amount to he received bv tha' townshin to he annrnximately ;$2 315. Through this table of val- • liable figures pronosed levies can I be reduced, because of the additional revenue to be received bv the taxing unit. School units can bo assured of - S4i)(l per teacher for 1933 and 1934 - from the distribution of the s'a'o 1 gross income tax. Manv of tim i townships figured onlv S3OO per • teacher, based on the 25-35 puota i or average daily attendance basis. o \. ■- ■ FT VEI URISES SUPPORT FOR RECOVERY Washington Man Answers Criticism of NRA In Speech Wednesday Indianapolis. Sept. 14 —(UP) ■ I The recovery program and the administration's re-employment plans have put 2,000,(M0 men hack to I work, sending business upward. i Ambrose. O’Connell, Washington, special assistant to Postmaster, 1 General Farley and assistant treasurer of the Democratic National ' ! committee, told the Indiana Kiwa- ; ' I nis convention today. Answering criticism of Coercion ’ I in enlisting NRA support, he said 1 ; that force is probably not neces- ! sary because desperate men and women will haunt anyone into cooperation. He urged cooperation with the { September purchasing program. 1 Merchants advancing prices out of ' range of current wages to take advantage of the program will “kill the goose that laid the golden egg" ' O'Connell warned. '' "The bulk of the buying power ((-OVTINUED on PAGE FTA r E' . —o State Commission To Hear Leniency Pleas I Indianapolis, (nd., Sept. 14—(UP) ' —Lenien y pleas of 18 Inmates of the state prison farm and one inmate of the Women’s prison will be considered tomorrow by th • state ! clemency commission. The woman is Martha Hatty, sen1 fenced October 11, 1932, in Elkhart. ‘ circuit court on charges ot robbery j while armed.

Price Two Cents

Women Os The Moose Give Books To Library The local organizatio not the Wo | men of the Moose has presented •the Public Library with a fine gift iof two books which it purchased for I the library rental shelf. The gift is greatly appreciated, j The women of the Moose is the | first organization in this city to make a donation of books to the i library. NEW STUBY OF PRICE CONTROL Problem of Controlling Prices Is Studied By Recovery Committee Washington. Sept. 14. — (U.R) —A new study of industrial and retail I costs was started by the recovery, administration today to provide the | basis of a decision on the problem iof controlling prices. The study was undertaken through a committee named by the industrial recovery hoard, headed by Secretary of Commerce Roper. I 1 Its objective is to find a basic rule for determining costs of production and merchandising so that a uniform procedure may he followed. The master retail code with its price fixing provisions is approaching action by the administration. It is agreed by offfficials that more definite attention to the price question is essential. The retail code is now before the NRA advisory boards. It may bring more discussion before the consumers board 1 which is protesting price fixing measure, agrees to its terms. The consumers board opposes j price fixing except in basic industries such as oil, and then only with safeguards. The board fears general price fixing would mean too high prices for consumers. The price fixing provisions, in the retail code have stated that minimum prices must be a certain (CONTINUED ON PAGE F’VE) INCREASE IN PRICES VOTED Chicago Milk Distributors Vote Raise of One Cent In Price Harvard. 111.. Sept. 14 —iU.P’ 1 — Approximately 500 men engaged in a pitched battle today between farm pickets seeking to prevent the marketing of the milk and farmers who wanted to sell their products. Two men were reported injured in the fight which started when D. T. Smiley ordered a tenant on his farm to drive through the picket lines with a load of mi'k for delivery at the Bowman dairy plant. Chicago. Sept. 14 —(U.R) —An increase in the price of milk from ■ 10 to 11 cents a quart, with the ! additional cent to be passed on to farmers, today needed only : sanction of the department of agriculture to become effective in Chicago. The price increase was voted at a meeting last night of leading. j Chicago distributors and the Pure: Milk Association. representing , producers. It followed repeated ! demands of farmers that the basic : price of $1.75 per hundred pounds, | specified in the Chicago milk marketing act, be boosted to give them at least cost of production. Meanwhile preparations were ; being made by farmers in several j sections north and west of Chi- ! *7continued on page FTVT-D o Clerk Inspects Filing Systems County Clerk Milton C. Welling went to Lima today to inspect filing systems in use there in conj nection with the Ohio registration ' law. Mr. Werling wishes to determine I which system will be the most nratical and beneficial in this county. Loose leaf systems, card system and filing tray cabinet systems are being propostd for use in the 92 ; Indiana counties. The law becomes effective next year and it is the duty ot the clerk to see that th ! registration is properly conducted and a master filing system together . with the precinct listing of all eliI gible voters is kept at the clerk's office.

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PRESIDENT IS IMPATIENT OF LONG IMPASSE Roosevelt Feels Time Has Come For Action In Coal Industry COAL OPERATORS AGREE ON CODE Washington. Sept. 1 I <UPJ President Roosevelt took personal charge of the cool i code situation today, indicating that he feels the time has ! come for definite action to break the long impasse marked bv strike disorders and union disputes. His first move was to send labor and justice departnient representatives to Uniontown Pa., to investigate the coal field unrest in that section which resulted in bloodshed today. Agree On Code Washington. Sept. 14— (U.R) — Bituminous coal operators representing about 90 per cent of the industry today agreed upon a code and arranged to present it within a few hours to the NRA The operators code was to be studied by administration officials ; in an effort to reach an agreement that would be satisfactory to operators. labor representatives and the NRA. Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania called at the White House today to inform President Roosevelt of strike disorders in coal | fields in his state. I “The disorders are the fault ot these ‘swine,’ Pinchot said in a sharp attack on coal operator , groups he charged were forcing delay on a code agreement. The writing of the new code was a result of committee work begun after the NRA advised op- ■ erators Tuesday that it would be necessary to attack the problem in this manner. It was understood that the operators' version offered no irreconcilable points of difference and adminis ration officials said they believed a satisfactory docu- ; ment could be drawn, now that i such a large percentage of the industry had agreed among itself. While tlie operators were drawing their new code NRA officials *((’ONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Charged With Failing To Send Son To School An affidavit has be >u filed in justice of the p ace court against David J. Schwartz, north of Berne for failure to send his son to school in compliance with the compulsory school attendance statute. Prosecutor Ed Boss stated this after- , noon that the affidavit will be refiled in juvenile court, in accordance with Indiana laws. CLAIMS HOOVER WANTED REPEAL Boston Man Tells Hotel Men Former President Favored Repeal Del Monte, Cal.. S pt. 14 (UP) — Herbert Hoover. Champion of the “Noble Experiment" for years, privately favored repeal of the 18th ' Amendment during the last year of ■ his presidencey, 400 delegates to 1 the annual convention of the American Hotel association were told ! last night by Arthur Race of Bos- ; ton. in a r port of his activity as chairman of tin association's pro- » hibition committee. Race declared: "Mr. Hoover called me to Wash- : ington and told me, in a private ■ conversation, that he favored re- - psal of the 18th amendment as soon i • as possible. “He also told me of the magni- ■ tude of the bootleg industry and said it should be eliminated. "But he asked me not to make i I our conversation public." , I > Palo Alto, Cal., S pt. 14—(UP)— f Paul Sexon, secretary to former . Piesideat Hoover, said late last night lie doubted if Mr. Hoover I would "care to make a statement" ■ on the assertion of Arthur Race of . Boston that Mr. Hoover had favor- ; I ed repeal of National prohibition. I tlie last eyar he was president.