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Sfatofwar [heard from iISSIA, JAPAN Mes of I a ii a n esc ■spirit To Seize ■mu ( ause Fears ■tions near ■|o (>! | \ BREAK Th ,. of a .1 II I* s ,■■ Io seize the MB \ S |.ih, arterv from throiL h Siberia to the rais 'il i rumblim* ol "O' threats ■m tin tar east. Tok i■■ Government ■.I an investigation of ta! Russian - li-ndit g s U |, 01 . i harges tint the rail-th-in newspapers. , ■ !■ -liti'ui ami «. .potted over incink between the ■ro.i situation was ■» because Rus- ■.' of the league B- m the league anil ; ! present dispute may sn< -ess of the world conference. B Russian View ■„« o :1 -U.R) Russian-ri-l.it already strainrelentless march of Be pi v. r ’oward Soviet became critical today, ■i ■ o t documents • l:a\" be<-n intercept ■ S-n■-■ secret service, and ■lie a ' conspiracy" to seize 1 d Chinese eastern provoked both official ■ polar indignation. ■as --na i.isized in high goviin i--s that the Soviets ■ liiiv. -« !.;ow>-d the legend ic independence, ■la- tin- s-cealled independ ■>:' i! ■ Japanese-domin-in Manchuria always ■m :..Hided as a diplomatic ■a "a- held to be directly ■nV'l'li nv vice THREE) ■ o ■unloved Leader B Fined At Et. Wayne ■ Wayne. Oct 11—(U.R)—Ed■J. (Tiny) Yeager, vice-chair-gf th.- unemployed league, was ■’" and sentenced to 30 days gafto a jury found him guilty girder I.v conduct in Allen cir-. gurt here last night. graey H B. Grafmiller. reprega leaver, indicated an appeal gbe filed. g* B the first disorderly con-; g* sp ever tried before a Jury gM county. gf'ity of Fort Wayne was gff in the case. Yeager was g to have publicly debased g J Fox. Wayne township g. over poor relief and unem■ent. lIITH RUNS IN HTH OF AUTO I I 14, Seriously ured When Struck by On Adams St. r ‘ \ ager - son of Mr. and r E Kelly of 632 South Thir•treet, is in a serious condi*t the Adams County Memo-' onspital suffering from injurb’eived at noc-r ioday when he * ruck by an automobile. e lad was playing baseball the Dzcatur Cooperage mill, ’ <>t Adams stree.t when he !'darted into the street, > in front of a car owned by Rawls Frisingar of Rockford ' and <(rlven by Mrs. Joe Mur--0 this city. The accident ocpd about 11:30 o’clock. Jv „ was take " to the Adams - Memorial Hospital. He re-! unconscious for several! w e h su,fep ed an injury to his es,?? est Bhoulrter and a pro-. 6 ,ra ctured skull. ( (Central P o P i ! in the 5A class at l atral School building.

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Berne Legion Trophy Is On Display Here A loving cup, the trophy won by I the Berne Junior American Region I j baseball team at the Frankfort re, I I' gional this past summer, has b en : received in Decatur. Engravrng • work has been completed and the trophy Is now in display in the window at the Pumphrey jewelry store. ! The trophy will be presented to the I Herne team in a few days. CONVENTION TO i CLOSE TONIGHT Closing Session of SundaySchool Convention Here Tonight ‘ The closing session of the Adams County Sunday School convention will he held at the Zion Reformed Church tonight at 7:30 o’clock at which time the report of the nominating committee will be given and E. T. Albertson will deliver an address on “Recent , Trends in Religious Education." i The convention opened Tuesday night in the Kirkland township gymnasium. Miss Nellie C. Young. , superintendent of the children's division of the Indiana Council of Religious Education addressed the meeting and E. T. Albertson, general secretary of the Indiana . Council of Religious Education, talked on the subject. “Some - Needs of the Hour.” The three sessions of the Wednesday program were held in the local Reformed Church, the first being held at 9:30 o'clock. Conferences were held for adult, young people's and children's divisions after which Miss Young addressed the meeting. Mrs. Dan Tyndall had charge of I i the soag service at the afternoon session opening at 2 o’clock and ReY. L. M Pfetee gave the invocation. A resume of the year's work was given and the girls' trio I of Herne entertained with special music. Conferences were held and Mr. Albertson gave an address (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) AWARD PRIZES AT BIG PARADE S6B In Prizes Will Be Awarded At Halloween Celebration i —— The committee o narrangements for the big Callithumpian parade to be held in Decatur on Halloween. Tuesday October 31. today announced that |6B would be given in prizes ■i The grand prize of S2O will be awarded to the best band or drum corps in costume. The second prize for the same entries will he $lO and j the third prize $5. or a total of $35 ‘ for competing bands and drum corps. : Other prizes will be awarded as follows: Most comical ladies vos- - 1: tunie, most comical mens costume. ' each $2.50; most comical toys and ' girls costum -. each. $2:50. most ' comical group. $5: best impersona- ; tlon. $3: most comical couple, $3; I most comical fat man. $2; most : comical alim man. $2; most comical ; fat woman, $2; most comical slim woman. $2; best decorated auto, | I <5. Jesse Rice, general chairman of .the Callithumpian announces that | it will he a big night for all. There i will be red fire along the line of march and the entire evening will i be given to merry making and havj ing a good time. League Will Aid Jewish Refugees I Geneva, Oct. 11—(UP)—Overrid- ' ing German protests, the League i of Nations assembly today approved appointment of a high commissioner to organize aid for German- , Jewish refugees. German delegates, who had , fought persistently in committee against the League handling relief sat in stony silence an the assembly, the final authority, took action, they did not vote. The League council, probably toII morrow, will appoint a governing board to which the high comtnis- : i sioner will be responsible. The 11 United States may be asked to appoint a representative, and will be j i asked to cooperate in relief work, I whose principal aim Is to find work j for the refugees.

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Gangland’s Reply to ‘Squealer’ S-i» irnitMt.-. , • If » Lk Iter \ B r a Gus Winkler (right) No. 1 in Chicago’s underworld since the Imprisonment of Al Capone, is said to have "talked too much about last December’s $250,060 mail robbery in the Chicago loop district." The answer was hi the form of seventy-two shotgun slugs which snuffed out his life. At left. Coroner Frank Walsh, examining the riddled coat of Winkler, who was shot in the hack.

CREAMERY HEAD SPEAKS TO CLUB: W. A. Klepper Addresses Fort Wayne Foreman’s Club At Huntington W. A. Klepper vice-president and general manager of the Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., of this city was a guest speaker at a meeting of the i Fort Wayne Foremen s (Tub in : Huntington. Tuesday evening; Mr. Klepper spoke on the subject, “The mportance of Your Job." The Foremen's Club is a national I organization. Mr. Klepper stated; that the foreman should lend encouragement to those under him, ’ should be eager to give a helping hand and be the kind of a man respected and liked by his employes ami not feared. Mr. Klepper spoke from past ex-, penience and reminisced of the I time he worked as a foreman with | the Western Gas company in Fort; Wayne. He also spoke about the Gary industry and growth and the importance of dairy products in diet. He was introduced by Harold D- Smith, president of the club. At the conclusion of the meeting Mr. Klepper invited the members of the club and the guests on a tour of th Huntington plant. They were interested in the manufacturing process of butter, cheese and cream and intpr ssed with the sanitary appearance of the plant. He was assisted in the tour by Heber Humbarger. manager of the Huntmgton plant. Messrs. Glen Hill Glen Garretson. Franklin Bailey, Perl Swem. Ice cream fresh from i the freezer was served. An honored guest was R. G. I TcontTnuep on page three) START WORK ON AMATEUR SHOW Committees Are Named For Show Here Next Thursday-Friday Adams post number 43 of the | American Legion met Tuesday evening to dscuss plans for the pro-. duetion of the big amateur show, “The World's All Right’. Committees were chosen and they are. now at work on the various phases of the production. Committees named include: Dee Frybaek, general chairman: James: Staley and Albert Miller, cast com ] mittee: Walter Gladfelter. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stengel and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Bormann, ticket committee; Will Linn. Dave Adams and Charles Champlin, publicity; Charles Weber and Joe Rash, costumes and property. The show will be staged at the! Catholic school auditorium Thura-I day and Friday, October 19 and 20. j The production is a hilarious com-1 edy of radio life, something entire-' ly different in the way of amateur < shows. Miss Jean Wilson, representative of the Universal Producing Company. who is here to stage the show, outlined the plans for producing the show at last night's meeting.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 11, 1933.

{Annual Meeting At Princeton Oct. 24 The fourth annual meeting of the ’ Indiana Council of Federated I Church Women will be held in Prin-1 I ceton. October 24 and 25 at the| 1 Broadway Christian Church. The theme of the meeting will ] be "The Place of the Church in the I : Relief program of Today" The meet- ] ing will open Tuesday afternoon at I 2 o'clock and the regular business j | of the organization will be transact- | d. Dr. Ernest N. Evans, executive ] ; secretary of the Church Federation ' of Indianapolis will deliver an add ; iiess, “The Finality of the Cooper-' ' ative Gospel" following the dinner ! ; Tuesday evening. Other addresses : I win be given by Harry W. White. ; executive secretary of the Indiana- j 1 polis Y. M. C. A. and by Mrs. Char-' ! les Mueller chairman of Brightwood i Self-Help Unit. The meeting will close with the luncheon meeting Wednesday. o D. C. SPRUNGER REATH'S VICTIM Funeral Services Will Be Held Friday Morning For Berne Man Berne. Oct. 11—Special)—Funeral 1 services will be held Friday morning for David C. Sprung r. aged Berne resident, who died at his home Wednesday afternoon. A short service will be held at the home at 9 a.m. Friday, followed by services at the Berne Mennonite (church at 9:30 o’clock. Burial will i be made in the M. R. E. cemetery. Mr. Sprunger had been sick since May. iA post mortem held to-1 day disclosed that heart disease was the cause of death. Mr. Sprunger had been president of the Berne Grain and Hay Com- ‘ painy for many years. He formerly | Hved on a farm. He was born in Wabash township, one mile south of Berne, April 3, 1857, a son of i Christian and Elizabeth Sprunger. January 18, 1880, be was united in marriage to Verena Sprunger. She died October 16. 1893. As his second wife, Mr. Sprunger married Caro- j ] line Tsvhantz, April 9, 1895. The I widow survives. Five children by his first marriage surviving are: Theodore, Her- ] bert and Elma Sprunger, all of Berne; Leonard, Wabash township; Mrs. N. S. Amstutz. Wyandotte. : Michigan; Freida Sprunger, a missionary in China. Three children by ( his second marriage who survive , are: Milton, Roseville. 111.. Mrs. John Schindler, Berne and Leslie. | Atlanta, Ga. Three children are J 1 ; dead- !' One brother, J. F. Sprunger and two sisters. Mrs. J. A. Sprunger, j 1 and Miss Sarah Sprunger, all of ' Berne, also survive. Two brothers ] 1 aiid two sisters ane deceased. Bell Telephone Co. !. Executive Is Dead —— p Indianapolis, Oct. 11 — (U.R) — ' Russell.C. Rot ger, vice president,' of the Indiana Bell Telephone 1 ; company, died at his home here 1 I last night from intestinal in-1 I fluonza. He was a lieutenant colonel in :' (the Indiana national: guard and i was prominent in civic affairs, j

ROAD CONTRACT TO BE LET SOON — Expect Contract For Road 527 Will Be Let Early Next Month — I B-cause the easements on road i 527 between Decatur and Willshire I had not been obtained, it was imI possible to let the contract yester- ' day, whe nthlrty projects were sold ; by the State Highway Commission at Indianapolis. However, a tele- : phone message today from one of i the officials said that indications j are these rigbt-of ways can be closed up within the next week or I ten days and If so. this project can Ire included in the next letting which will be held the latter part of ;of this month Aor first of next James D. Adams highway chairman will not permit the sale of any more road contracts until the easements are in since the commis-, sion has found itself in several serious predicaments when this was tried. .Mr. Hoffman, in charge of securing the signatures of the property owners on road 527 has about 75% under way. which means they will come through and that there are no serious objections or ob- , stacles. The work of widening the highway between here and Fort Wayne which started yesterday, will continue until completed all the way from here to Fort Wayne. At pre- ] sent the work is all on the west i side of the road, but representatives of the state commission Will start this week on securing right-of-ways on the east side of the road. Damages for moving of f nees or buildings will be allowed in reasonable amounts, together with (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FLORIDA VOTE FAVORS REPEAL Becomes 33rd State To Favor Repeal Os Prohibition Tallahassee. Fla., Oct. 11.—(U.R) . —Approval of only three states was needed today to end national i prohibition. Florida, the 33rd state to vote, yesterday became the 33rd I state to repudiate the 18th amend ment. i Incomplete returns indicated the I state had voted repeal by a major- ■ 1 ity of about 4 to 1. Seven states vote Nov. 7 and! ] they are expected to seal the doom i |of the amendment. Repeal will not ' ; become effective until Dec. 5 when ! (the 36th state holds its ratification ' (convention. Thirty-six states must ratify before the 21st (repeal) ' amendment can become a part of ! the constitution. i Tabulation by the United Press iof returns from 812 precincts of I the state's 1,275 precincts gave 79,(388 votes for repeal and 19,932 against repeal. All but eight of the 67 counties of the state, five of 'them complete, were represented i In the tabulation. The 67 delegates to the convenj tion Nov. 14 were elected from the state at large. In only one of the 59 counties so i *’ continued’ on page "five* *

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SEN. McADOO I INVOLVED IN SENATE PROBE Stock Market Investigation Shows McAdoo Was Dillon Counsel SHOW HUGE LOSS ON SOME BONDS Washington. Oct. 11 — (UP) — Senate stock maYket investigation . of Wall Street International Bank-1 era today involved a member of the investigating conunitte when it was revealed that Senator McAdoo, ] Dem.. Calif., was counsel for Dillon, ’ Read and Company in 1921 uegotia tions connected with a $12,000,000 Brazilian loan now in default Robert O. Hayward. Lillon. Read, vice-president in charge of foreign business, named McAdoo whOn Ferdinand Pei ora, committee conn-, sei, began questioning him about the loan to the city of Rio De Jan- . eiro. Hayward followed Clarence Dillon. head of the New York banking house, to the stand. Dillon testified I that the greatest losses to Investors in the Dillon, Read investment ( Trusts, which are under inquiry, were in securities of corporations in which members of the firm of I directors of the trusts had an in- ‘ terest. Dillon challenged Peeora's des- | cription of Dillon. Read's reorgan- : ization of the Seaboard Air Line 1 railroad. Pecora characterized the reorganization as a “business gamble." Following Hayward’s testimony i I ) ' concerning Senator McAdoo, the 1 inquiry recessed for luncheon. “Senator McAdoo, a member of| E j this committee, was our counsel.". ' Hayward said. “Do you mean that Senator McAdoo personally rendered legal ser- ' vices to you or tnat the tirme of ’. McAdoo, Cotton and Franklin was i i * * CONTINUED TO FACE FIVE ,I , o MRS.JENCKES SEEKING FUNDS Indiana Congresswoman Fighting For River Development ( Portland. Oct. 11—Upon the result of a vigorous protest made to government officials by Mrs. Vlr- . ginia E. Jenckes, congresswoman I of Terre Haute, depends the fate of the proposed improvement of 1 the White and Wabasli rivers in Indiana. Army engineers have opposed . the $18,000,01)0 allocated to Indiana by tlie government for river im- , provement and have succeeded in pigeon-holing the appropriation for the time being. The engineers ! contend that a system of levees on I the lower reaches of these rivers ! will curb floods, but civil engineers and drainage experts dispute this, asserting that dams in the upper courses of streams that ' will impound flood waters, is the ■ real solution. . I A writer in the Indianapolis Times a few days ago attacked the I theory of levee building and excessive drainage, pointing to thei draining of the Kankakee marsh. > the Loblolly region in Jay and , Adams counties and other examI ( pies in the northern part of the ■! state. This writer contended that : i dams for ’the impending of flood I waters and the growth of timber ] : and underbrush along sides of ON PAGE FIVE) O Westinghouse Man Speaks To Lions H. A. Kinley, manager of the To- ] ■ ledo branch of the Westinghouse! Lamp Co., gave an interesting talk on safety devices at the regular' meeting of the Decatur Lions club Tuesday evening at the Rice hotel. Mr. Kinley, choosing as his sub-; jevt, “It May Re So. But—", spoke for 45 minutes on safety devices for railroads. He explained that it' an ' engineer should run a red light, the electric switch attached to the on- ; gine in a glass case, would auto- ■ matically throw on the brakes and ! stop the train. He also discussed other unusual modern electrical devices. Merle Ellenberger had charge of the program.

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I AN EXPLANATION Not in the light of making I | or thinking up excuses after [ | ge'ting into trouble, but to give 1 our readers an explanation for ! the late delivery of the paper j ! last evening, we wish to state I the facts. We had plenty of ] I trouble in the press room and I | those engaged in running off 11 ( | the paper had reason to get | | “hot under the collar.” The ; , | eight page rolls of paper, stor- | I ed in the basement under this I office, became dried out caus- | ing the web to break frequent- j 1 I ly while printing the edition. I I I*A change of rolls was made | and the same trouble resulted. ( I As a consequence the press '| ( I had to be geared down to about I j, | 500 impressions an hour, com- | ■ | pared to the usual 3.006 an ] I hour. After several hours of ex- | |, i tra work all of the papers ' j I were printed, the carrier boys | . in Decatur making their deliv- . | eries about seven o'clock. >; We regret the delay more ' | than you do and thank you for j 1 your kind consideration in the I I | matter. 1 I Publishers, ' | i < Decatur Daily Democrat j » —- ♦ | KELLY'S WIFE TELLS STORY OF “DOUBLE LIFE" “Machine Gun” Kelly’s Wife Takes Witness Stand Today KELLY WILL NOT GIVE TESTIMONY Oklahoma City. Oct. 11 (U.R) — The double life of Kathryn Kelly — that of an innocent farm girl, i led astray and of a calculating gangster's wife, pampered by loot ■—was revealed to the federal court jury today. The contrasting picture was por-: trayed as tlie trial of the red haired woman and her desperado husband, George (Machine Gus) Kelly. drew to a close. Both are accused under the Lindbergh law in the $200,000 ransom abduction of oil man Charles F. Urschel. The attractive defendant smiled at the jury of small town business men and farmers as she calmly related her story on direct examination. In the homely language of a farm girl she told of coercion by her husband. But under the merciless questioning of Assistant U. S Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan, the veneer of showmanship faded. Her temper was short and she became nervous, as she was forced to admit a story of the shady life . of a gangster's wife, more spectacular tharf the charges against her. Her swaggering husband will * *(*ONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o ASKS CLUBS TO AID IN DRIVE - Home Economics Clubs Urged To Help In Drive For Hospital Mrs. E. W. Busche, chairman of: the Adams County Home Econoi mics Clubs, has issued a statement ' to all members of home economics clubs in the county, urging them to ' take part in the drive for canned i finite and vegetables for the Adams , County Memorial Hospital. The Civic Section of the Woman’s Club is conducting the fruit ] drive throughout the county for j canned fruits and vegetables for j use at the local hospital. Decatur and surrounding towns are being! canvassed for the canned foods. Mrs. Busche's statement follows: “The drive for fruit and vegetables for the Adams County! Memorial Hospital is a worthy] cause and in order that the; Home Economics Clubs can do' their part in a systematic man- ( her, I suggest tliat the members take their donations to the next . club meetings and have the secre-] taries of the organization notify the chairman of the Civic Section of the Woman’s Club, the number of cans and the location, so that empty jars can be distributed tor replacements”.

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EXPLOSION IN MIDAIR CAUSES DEATH OF SEVEN Twin Motored Passenger Plane Crashes Near Chesterton, Ind. FOUR PASSENGERS ARE AMONG VICTIMS Chesterton. Ind.. Oct. 11.—(U.R)—A giant twin motored passenger airplane that exploded in midairtand crashed in flames near here in a rain storm last night, left seven persons dead today. Three members of the crew and four passengers aboard the United Air Lines silver monoplane NC 13304 were killed by the crash and their bodies burned beyond recognition by flames that reduced the ship to a charred mass of wreckage. Names of the victims, as taken from the passenger list of the airplane, were: H. R. Tarrant. Chicago, pilot. A. T. Ruby, Chicago, co-pilot. Alice Schreibner. Stevens Point, Wisconsin, stewardess. H. R. Burris. Columbus. Ohio, radio operator. Miss E. M. Dwyer, Arlington. Massachusetts, a passenger. E. Smith. Chicago a passenger. Fred Schoendorff, Chicago, a passenger. Burris was an employe of the United Air I .ines but was not a member of the crew. | The plane, flying from Cleveland i to Chicago, was within 50 miles of i its goal when an explosion occurred. it slipped out of control at an altitude of about 1.000 feet and I shot toward earth at a terrific I speed. United Air Lines officials made an examination before the mass of twisted steel had cooled but were unable to determine cause of the i crash. Tlie ship was one of the ’ TO PAGE FIVE O 30-HOUR WEEK WILL BE SOUGHT American Federation Os Labor Votes For 30Hour Work Week Washington. Oct. 11 —(U.R)-The American Federation of Labor decided today to fight for a compulsory 30 hour week at the next session of congress if it becomes apparent that the same result cannot be obtained through NRA industrial codes. The federation at its 53rd annual convention adopted resolutions declaring the shorter work week "the most essential solution of the unemployment problem. A compulsory 30 hour week for government employes without a reduction in pay was approved. Speakers pointed out that the National Recovery Act was a temporary measure and that efforts should be made constantly to obtain backing both in congress and state i-ai)i:als for the compulsory 30 hour week throughout all industry. The committee report on the shorter work week praised President Roosevelt for his part in pushing through tlte recovery act. The NRA. the committee reported, is "headed in the right direction." The committee urged a drastic shortening of work week maximums in industrial 1 codes, with I no reduction in wages. The 30 hour work week would i consist of five days of six hours ] each. President William Green, ad- : dressing the convention in sup- : port of the committee's report, said present events have proved the correctness of labor's traditional stand for shorter working , hours. o Hold Air Circus At Portland Sunday Decatur Boy Scouts are selling ■ tickets for the Air Circus to be held 1 in Portland. Sunday, October 15. About 40 pilots will participate and i planes from several states will be th re. The proceeds from the show will fee used in maintaining the municipal airport in Portland. Tickets are 25 cents each.