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•MH LEADER Jis REPLY TO pLER SPEECH Daladier Makes j'jßtinginn Reply To HitI Hr's \(ldress Infiuexce VOTE J GIVEN TO CABINET ll'itl Oct. 17- <U.R>—ln a il t<> ESMor \<lolf Hitler's KJjrfct inessai’e of last ■turds Premier Edouard ■l ;(f g*- |, l( |j\ declared that . .ssiired Kse*|t territory and liberthe o f brought of in i. isolated today.” ( - note of K I: 3 -.in. France nev-r K on > ii.nl many friend" the world." Bflse pr n. i took the opportunK at ; - reopening Io Kte |i to the nation ■gK rents of the past Bhi« »■ ".is received wi'li and deputies phrase of.it. "is determinworld an example B SaaJtrn'i in facing the prob- &, <1 In Germany's brusque from he league, ’he- ■ knows she is assur Kst h< defenses." MKui brer added that GerGiiiev.i more than ever necessary i to balance the budget.”, | many desires an underwith us, why does she , t breaking with us? If. f is ready to destroy her i and machine gun. as she i, why will she not accept five, sensible plan for disit, like that proposed? >e past, we will be in Gethe 26th of October, when erence reopens.” item; r posed three ques-1 r the German chancellor »r. They were: you are sincere, why avoiding an inspection of inaments?” ' you wish for disarmahy do you start the negoby walking out?” you wish others to disy do you start by asking ‘ased armaments for your:ead of offering to destroy chine guns?" ■ham her adjourned until y, when the dates for the md interpellations on the rill be fixed. o >ne Meeting Os Sub Committee ipolis Oct. 17—(UP)—The of the sub-committee of the tic state committee, srhedafternoon to discuss fate Hoosier Democratic club, poned indefinitely because illness of Miss Florence ■aPorte. a member of the mittee. i’ayne Must IM Reduce Council Oct. — (UP) — av!l ' llas 11,1 " le;ln ' < ot " s ‘ tin 19:::? ] a w reducing its il® 1 " 111 ’ 1,11,111,1 to niue ,np,n ' " 1,,1, ‘ llins ‘" ; - <ieputy |r L 3r y general - sa 'd today. William J. Hosey and ''' " a '’ ne off’ l ia le conferr. ilirn late yesterday on the |r’W on ’ he exp ’ aine<l - Bee n ° ' oop llo ’ e wll ' cp enable i| H . council to remain gave his opinion ver'CT ini ' e a f< ” l,lal ruling was not Youth Kills Five Os His Family iPrill 113 Pla " Oct ' 17 — (UP) — loda >’ ’’Wd Victor Licata, 21 s,n °king a cigarette in a room where lay five E3 1,,S Ms family, hacked to !«3m as known to have bt,6n in.&y Ba >d, but the slain family " Setl t 0 piace 1111,5 ln au ln '

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Missing WHfeMBHBMUHMMf William Walton Hall. Chicago restaurant owner and part heir to a $200,000 estate, who has been missing since Friday and is thought to have been kidnaped. Hall’s wife received a ransom note demanding $5,000. The letter had been mailed from Freeport. 111., where Hall formerly lived. FIX PRICES IN OIL INDUSTRY Government Continues Effort To Stabilize Oil Industry Washington, Oct. 17/—(UP.)—Price fixing was added to production control today in the government's es--1 f.irts to stabilize the oil industry. The sale or purchase of crude oil. gasoline, and other refinery products, below minimum levels prescribed in an order of oil Administiator Ickes, will constitute an act of unfair competition in violation of the recovery law and the petroleum code after Dec. 1. unless the order is changed in the meantime. The order fixed the price of midcontinent crude of 36 degree gravity at sl.ll a barrel, slightly higher than the current price, with variations for different fields and different grades. The wholesale price of medium gasoline in the* eastern seaboard territory was established at 7 1 /* cents a gallon for terminal or barge deliveries and 7(4 cents for tank i car deliveries. The mid-continent area gasoline price was fixed at 6*,i cents at the , refinery. Pacific coast prices were established basically at 7>4 cents f.o.b. tanker and 7% cents f.o b. tank car, ! with provisions for scaling these minimums upward. Retail prices will be determined -by adding taxes and allowed mini(CONTINUED ON PAGE T.WO) SEN. VANNUYS ASKS SESSION / Confers With Gov. McNutt To Urge Special Legislative Session Indianapolis, Oct 17. —(U.R) —Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, Dem.. Ind., conferred with Gov. Paul V. Me--1 Nutt today over the possibility of , calling a special session of the Indiana legislature. Purpose of the special session would be to enable local govern(mental units to issue road bonds ■ for federal highway loans. Use of $15,000,000 in federal funds available to Indiana is proI hiblted under a 1933 statute which 1 prevents the issuance of road i bonds. | Senator Van Uuys urged the special session when he stopped off here yesterdny en route to Los | Angele's. Cal He contended that the legislature could pass an am- , endment to the existing law which , would enable immediate use of the huge federal appropriation. Several counties have attempted , to circumvent the band on road bonds by pledging their share of UcONTINCErD ON PAGE TWO)

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CONVICTS ARE REPORTED SEEN IN TERRE HAUTE Two of Five Seen There Are Identified As Makley, And Pierpont SHAKEUP PLANNED IN STATE POLICE Indianapolis, Oct. 17—(UP) — Al G. Feeney, state safety director today confirmed reports that he was planning a shake up in the Indiana state police department. Indianapolis, Oct, 17. — (U.R) —I I Newest clue of state police in their hunt for the eight remaining I escaped convicts from the state, 1 prison ,came from Terre Haute i today. • Police reported that five men . were seen in a garage there yesterday. iwo of whom had been i 1 identified from pictures as Harry ' Pierpont and Charles Makley, two 1 of the convicts. The men had machine guns and : 1 "plenty of money,” according ’o Terre Haute police who said they did not receive their information ’ until today. The five may have been those; who robbed the Hamilton-Harris tobacco warehouse here last week, wounding a policeman and an employe, state police said. The' I identifications of Makley and Pierpont strengthened the convicts theory, however. Stake police are aiding Terre Haute police in tracing the five. i Plan Shakeup i Indianapolis. Oct. 17 - (U.R) — I Shakeup of the Indiana state po-' lice, which will inelude firing of a sergeant and putting others on probation. I« being planned by Al ’ Feeney, state safety director, it; was learned today. The sergeant to be asked to re-1 ' sign is said to be one who had charge of a squad in the search > through the Calumet cjistrict for -1 escaped Indiana prison convicts. I “I Feeney has been quietly investigating activities of those who will . iCONTINITWH ON PAGE TWO) WHEAT EMBARGO IN NORTH DAKOTA l 1 Gov.Langer Clamps Down Unprecedented Order Impounding Wheat >! Bismarck. N. D., Oct 17. —(U.R) — ' Gov. William Langer. North Dakota's two-fisted executive, today i - clamped down an unprecedented embargo impounding the state’s . 60.000,000 bushels of wheat within ‘ its borders in a dramatic effort to force immediate federal action to 1 help the farmer. •I The embargo becomes effective at midnight tonight, and continues' | “until revoked.’’ As grain prices crashed downward in fear of Europe’s rising war ta.k, Langer called upon bls fellow executives of agricultural I states of the west to enact similar! embargoes and 'force the federal! government to act. The governor had no hope that by halting grain shipments out of I . North Dakota he would immediate ; ly raise the price of wheat. # Hej launched the move, he declared in - hope he could spur federal authorities to act quickly to relieve the . economic distress of the farmer. . | “I do not anticipate that taking ■ this wheat off the domestic market t will force prices up.” said Langer. - “However, it will be a dramatic ' and forceful way of calling atteni tion to the plight of wheat farm- ■ ers.” i He immediately dispatched tele- ' grams to Gov. Tom Berry of South 1 Dakota and Frank Cooney of Mon*’(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O ———— ‘ Ft. Wayne Man’s Condition Fair f < The condition of Glen Fitch of 1 Fort Wayne, a patient at the Ad- • ams County Memorial Hospital was 1 reported to be fair today. Fitch was L seriously injured when the truck in which he was riding was struck 1 by a passenger train on the Penn--1 sylvanla railroad Saturday night, r iat the South Winchester street k I crossing.

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Grand .Jury Will Investigate Death Evansville, Ind,. Oct. 17 —(UP) — The Vanderburgh County Grand ; Jury wll be asked to investigate the death of Miss Mary Elizabeth Robb, ! 18-year-old domestic, who was shot ! through the head with a revolver early Sunday. Facts in the case were collected by prosecutor Winfield K. Denton ! who announced his intention of ! summoning the grand jury. Cyril Staab. 22. son ot an Evansville motorcycle policeman, is be ing held in connection with the girl's death. He admitted hiding the gun which killed her but said she committed euicide. Two comlpansons, .Miss Beulah Bender, and Edvard Gumbel, 23, were present when the shooting oc- * curred but said it was dark and they could not see it. All had attended a roadhouse before the tragedy. SCHWARTZ CASE GIVENJO JURY School Attendance Case Goes To Jurv Shortlv Before 3P. M. i The case of the State vs. David J. Schwartz, Monroe township farmer, was given to a jury in the Adams circuit court shortly before 3 o’clock this afternoon. The morning session was devoted to attorneys’ arguments. These were completed early this afternoon and instructions were then read to the jury by Judge DeVoss. The state alleges that the defendant has refused to send his ' 8-year old daughter to school and that upon order to do so. still re- , fused to comply with the Indiana , < outpulsory attendance law. Schwartz’ contended | th«t his (laughter is frail and under the care of a physician and that she is unable to walk the two ! miles to and from school dally. 1 The trial opened Monday morning. with presentation of evidence completed Monday afternoon. uMore Than 620,000 Returned To Work Washington. Oct. 17—(U.R) —Return of more than 620,000 persons to work in September is indicated in 17 industrial and business groups surveyed by the bureau of labor statistics. Seiretary of Labor Perkins announced today "This increase in employment does not represent the total number of persons returned in all branches of industry.” Miss Perkins said. She estimated that reemployment of 620.000 constituted a payroll gain of $10,000,000 weekly. "Measured from the low point of last March,” she said, “the ' figures show an estimated gain in the 17 industrial groups surveyed over the six-month interval of more than 2.700.000 workers with an increase of nearly $61.000.000 in total weekly wages disbursed in September over the I weekly payroll aggregates of March.” FIRST MEETING IS HELD TODAY Southward Parent Teachers Association Meets This Afternoon The opening meeting of the South Ward Parent Teachers Association ; for the present school year was held this afternoon at the South Ward school building from two to three o'clock. The meeting was in the form of a tea with which the teachers of the building, the Misses Eva Acker. Effie Patton, Mary Suttles and Helen Shroll entertained Autumn leaves and foliage together with greenery decorated the spacious hall of the building. During the tea the first grade chorus sang a group of songs including, "When the Sun Comes up in the Morning”, “Man in the Moon,’ "Happy Child,” 'My Doggies Bath,” and "Baby’s Lullaby.” “A Shoemaker’s Dance’” was given by the pupils of the second grade. Mrs. C. O. Porter, president of the association tor the past two years gave an interesting talk. Miss (Acker served tea, assisted by the Misses Patton, Suttles and Shroll.

RIGHT OF WAYS NEARLY ALL IN Right of Ways On State Road 527 Practically All Secured The work of securing rlght-of-waye on road 527 between Decatur and Willshire is nearing completion.. E. Hoffman, who has been in charge of this important task the past three weeks stated today that he likely will finish Thursday or Friday. All of the right of way excepting in the town of Pleasant Mills has been negotiated and all signed up with the exception of a few proper- ' ties where it is necessary to secure the signature of heirs who live else where and the furthe rexception of 1 three properties where condemnation cards are necessary. These were snt in today, it having been impassible to agree. ’ Mr. Hoffman does not believe this will hold up the letting of the contract which is expected to be held early in November. However, what action will be taken cannot be ! definitely known until word is received from the state commission. There are no serious contentions, and it is thought the work will proceed without delay. Mr. Hoffman says he was treated with every 1 courtesy by the property owners and appreciates very much the -splendid cooperation given him. For the next day or two he will be busy concluding arrangements in Pleasant Milla where two or three buildings may have to be moved and where there is only slight damage in most cases. The improvement will include a concrete street through that town with curbs. Where condemnation ! cards were sent in, the parties will be notified by the attorney general ! 1 before euits are filed here, giving ( them a final opportunity to aign the easements. J ' 0 No Change In Mrs. Morrison’s Condition Mrs. A. B. Morrison’s condition was reported to be the same today, by attaches of the Adams County yhospital Thursday and her condition has been regarded critical. o SURVEY SHOWS DRY SENTIMENT — Os Six States Voting November 7, One or Two May Vote Dry (Copyright 1933 by United Press) Drys have an excellent chance of winning one of the six states that will vote on prohibition repeal Nov. 7. and may win a second, a United Press survey of i sentiment in the six states showed today. Repealists, however. seemed assured of the three states they need to eliminate the 18th amendment from the constitution. Thir-ty-three states have voted so far. AU have favored repeal. Thirysix are needed to ratify the 21st (repeal) amendment. ' The six states voting Nov. 7 are: North and South Carolina, Utah, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. South Carolina: Dry sentiment ■ strong. The rfrys have staged an j extensive campaign while the i wets have made little effort beyond attempts to get out the vote. j Every county and town has its dry organization. Utah: Result doubtful. Drys 'I well organized under leadership 1 j of the Mormon church, and fight--1 i ing. Repealists campaigning, but are disorganized and efforts spot- ■ *7continved on page five) — o — Junior Red Cross Meeting Friday » A Junior Red Cross sectional • meeting will be held Friday morni ing, October 20, at 8:30 o'clock in . the gymnasium of the Y. W. C. A. > 1 in Fort Wayne, in connection with ’ I the meeting of the Northeastern ' Indiana Teachers Association. The address will be given by Edi ward Marcellus, national director of I i the Junior Red Cross, of Washing- :: ton, D. C., and his subject will be >! “A School Program of Social Seri ■ vice” (All teachers of Adams Coun- ! j ty are invited to attend this meet- . ing and lecture.

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HARTFORD TWP. RATE HEARING IS HELD TODAY Taxpayers Protest Rates Fixed By County Tax Adjustment Board REPORT EVIDENCE TO STATE BOARD Paul Weber, of Huntington,; ; field representative of the Indiana ; ■ Tax Board, conducted a hearing i this morning at the county audi-1 tor's office here, upon a petition, ■ filed by tax payers from Hartford i ■ township regarding the rates tor ' 1934 for that township. About thirty citizens from' Hart ford and as many more from over the county gathered in the main I room at the auditor's office and ■ Ralph Myers acted as spokesman ■ for the objectors. It developed ■ that their petition had also in,l eluded objections to the county rate but the order for the hearing , ■ as sent here, included only the | township rate. The Hartford township rate for 1934, exclusive, of county and state rates, was fixed by the tax board at SI.BB as compared to $1.50 this year and ; provides for the collection of . $17,673 next vear as compared to $16,596 this year. Mr. Myers compared Hartford township to Jefferson, showing that the valuation in the former I is SIOO,OOO higher than in the la'- , ter but the rate higher. Mr. Weber explained, however, that the t I only way the matter could lie ! considered was by item and the t complainants offered no com- ! plaints against any particular I item. However there was considr; erable discussion regarding the ’ poor rate. County Auditor Glen 1 Cowan explained that there was a deficit in Hartford township at the beginning of the year and ihat expenditures had been higher than I ; usual in that fund. Mr. Weber stated that it was quite noKceable ! in this county as in others that the amount of money raised for ! this yeai was inadequate, necessitating some increases in the rates. Trustee Baker of Hartford township said he had tried to be as economical as possible and stay within the'law. Mr. Weber declined to discuss the SI.OO or $1.50 law, stating that the board could 1 only decide as to the necessity for an emergency. At the conclusion of 'he hearing Mr. Weber said he would report the evidence offered to the state (CONTTNI'En OX' PAGE FTVE) o Additional Award For Stuckey Show ; As agi additional award to the • ■ Cash Coal and Supply Corn Show ■ and Community Sale, to he conI ducted by R. A. Stuckey. Saturday - October 28, the Krick Tyndall Company will give $5.00 worth of Drain I Tile to the'entrant exhibiting the ' four largest and best matured ears ■ of corn. NUDIST COLONY IS RESTRAINED Activities of Indiana Nudists Halted Temporarily By Court i Kentland, Ind., Oct. 17. — (U.R) — ' Activities of the Newton county ( nudist colony were halted tempor- >; arily today under a restraining ord- - er issued by Judge George F. Sami mons. -! The action was taken upon request of the state, represented by Edward Barce, deputy attorney genI eral. In addition to the petition for r (temporary restraining order. Barce , filed a plea tor abatement of a I nuisance. The camp is located at Rosei lawn. 30 miles north of here, on a . farm owned by Lorene Knapp. She i and her husband, Alois Knapp, Chii cago attorney, operate the colony Barce contended that the Knapp _ farm adjoins the Roselawn public f school. He also declared that . young children are permitted to , mingle with unclad adults. The state conducted an exhaustive investigation of the colony before taking legal action, Barce de- * (CONTIN Uh'D ON PAGE *l*Wo7*

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Jap Storm Center ■ y F■ A General Takeshi Hishikari, Japanese military chief, w-ho is the reputed author of the series of documents referring to the Sovietowned Chinese Eastern Railway, publication of which has resulted in strained relations and war talk between japan and Russia. General Takeshi played a prominent part in the conquest of Manchuria. ORCHESTRA TO I GIVE CONCERT Nineteen Adams County Students Will Take Part In Concert Nineteen representatives from . the Adams County schools have been selected for the all-district , orchestra which will present a L concert at the Shrine auditorium t in Fort Wayne, Friday afternoon. The concert is an event held in connection with the Northeastern Indiana Teachers Association meeting each year. The orchestra comprises two hundred sixty five pupils from schools in the district. Dr. Maddy of the University of Michigan is the director of the orchestra and William Snr. instructor of music in the North Side high school in Fort Wayne, is the leader. Members of the musical organization are asked to meet at the North Side high school Friday morning at 9 o'clock for rehearsal. The'concert will be broadcast from the Shrine Temple Friday afternoon beginning at 1 o'clock. Eight students in the Decatur high school were chosen to take part in the orchestra, two from Jefferson high school and ni»ie from Berne. The names of’the I pupils are as follows: Robert Ashbaucher. Richard Brodbeck. Hayi old Teeters. Martha Erma Butler. ■ Robert Brodbeck. Richard Schafer, Robert Johnson and Roselyn Foreman of Decatur; Evelyn Fetters. Donald Foreman of Jefferson high ! school; Bob Dro. Fred Von Gunten. Edward Lehman. Angela Michaud. Richard Mcßride, Chris- ; tine Habeggar, Lorraine Bttrki halter, Marjorie Baumgartner and ! Vivian Lehman of Berne. — Schools To Close During Convention I The schools in Decatur and Adams County wll close with the afternoon session Wednesday and remain closed until Monday morning. '; Teachers of the schools will attend the Northeastern Indiana Teachers ; Association meeting in Fort Wayne ; Thursday and Friday. i Headquarters for the association . meeting will be in the Indiana Hotel. and prominent speakers have been secured to address the teachers on various subjects. . Auto Sales Higher In Adams County Indianapolis, Ind.. Oct. 17—(Spe- ' cial) — Unmistakable proof that * | business conditions are improving • is given in the report of Indiana passenger automobile sales for the month of September, compiled un1 der the direction of Frank Finney, -1 commissioner of the Bureau of Mo- ' tor Vehicles. In Adams county, sales of pas- ? senger automobiles increased from - 14 in August to 25 in September, f In the state as a whole new car 3 sales were 43 per cent higher in September than in August of this '■ year. The increase for September, 1933 over September, 1932 was even more strking, amounting to 143 per k cent.

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GERMANY READY TO PREPARE FOR LEAGUE RETURN Formal Negotiations May Be. Delayed Until After German Election HITLER DECISION MADE LAST WEEK Geneva. Oct. 17.— (U -9 —Germany is prepared to start negotiations for a return to the League of Nations and the ] disarmament conference, German quarters indicated today. It was regarded as likely that formal negotiations would be deferred until after the German election and plebissite on Nov. 12, when the country will be asked to back the government's withdrawal. League officials thought it probable the Oct. 26 meeting of the disarmament conference would adjourn at once until after the elec " i tion to permit more time for pri | vate negotiations. Reports of German readiness to negotiate followed a United Press report from Rome that the German, Britisli and French ambassadors already had started informal coni versations, whose tenor was not revea ed. It was reported authoritatively i today that Germany's decision to j leave the league and the conference was reached three days before announcement was made Saturday, and hence before the events supposed to have caused it. The news increased materially the gravity of the disarmament deadlock in that it revealed the German decision was reached afi ; ter mature deliberation over a long i ! series of events which convinced . ' the Hitler government there was more gain outside formal international councils than in. i At the same time it pointed clearly to one apparent path from the ' present impasse a carefully nur- ! Hired rapprochment with Germans that will offer them some hope, it they show good will, of seeing Europe’s gigantic war machine reduced in size. i Information here was that the German cabinet reached its withdrawal decision last Wednesday. This was before the allied nations made their “no German rearmament” declaration and before the German government knew anything of the plan to introduce into the , conference the new Simon plan •! calling for an eight-year disarma **(*'oX93Xl'l'7l • ON PAGE SIX) Retail Code Dispute Is Up To President Washington. Oct. 17 —(UP) —Recovery administrator Johnson gave the retail code dispute over price fixing to President Roosevelt for settlement today. He left a white house conference with the comment that the code is “now up to the president” and “we I are still talking cost plus 10 per I' cent." HEALTH BOARD ORDERSPLANTS Five Indiana Cities Ordered To Build Sewage Disposal Plants 1 Indianapolis, Oct. 17—(U.R) —Five Indiana cities will be ordered by the state board of health to build new sewage disposal plants. Dr. ; Verne K. Harvey, director of the ! state health department, announc- ! ed today. f They are Michigan City, Fort. ! Wayne, East Chicago. Muncie and >-1 Hartford City. A water filtration t! plant also will be ordered for g' Michigan City. Dr. Harvey said, j Officials of the cities appeared e before the board yesterday to explain why they have not followed the board’s previous recommendai- tions that the improvements be made. ;. Orders for the sewage disposal n plants will be issued within a week, Dr. Harvey said. If not r acted upon favorably within a n | "reasonable” time, they will be s handed to the attorney general for . i legal action, he declared. j | Board members directed Dr. r | Harvey to Issue the orders The ♦ * 4»- » ♦ ♦ • CONTINUED TO f AGE FIVE