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till, orders °< FRIEVE FOR man '••oes ___ Reprieve —Before Time Execution El> FOR nxi slaying «■ Oct. 27.—<U.R> Roonevelt’s exreached from u oval room of the K B ' desolate eonp,., r , ' '' in the Disfeof i a ail today to the electric chair fees Edward Washington. * ferlFc frightened negro * fence to die tor tne alleg.>f a taxi driver. -pare Washington ,fef ro iinm-ion , ■Hilil - alleged partner in ■ already ■■' feime-l -ait his cell door down ft - . led to »V " fegt ■ "t w oiiessinc /Y. Bjnt tv was just about ■ - ■rjj® few- •\ , ..I I’. ll.a t 1..1. - fe sense lienee had heel. fei it feM-t- he be spared Witnesses gasped as ' .it the life and death ■MBey had witnessed. ■' prepared arrangefegfeii''. hftves had made for a ion were discarded. MM* dready trembling at nt death, must be spar- •> jMbliiuw:.-i-'e that he must go / - -tie. Hives decided 1-.. iffled between two J fells t the high steel ribtifettada. ■■ .-re to tlie tune of a |H . luckier - i fe» »-'ilii sing anil dance to- . r set t \. < ution room where ’ i,owing Washington d standing at his cell < 'lie bars as the grim \ moved by. \ of Prisons M. M. V\ feß 1 assumed the task of news, turned back to lias ordered you' two days,” Barnard swayed. He fell to' bis hands raised, o Cod bless Presi L v.-lt ” he shouted. ■ Office i| I T|Bc Open Noon Hour l« n ' !l ' Satur<iay the county Hafer's office will remain open _ noon hour. County Trea■irer W-ehter announced toag the noon hour will tinting the tax psyitrg sea- ' closes Monday Novem■*feTh. s hedule of office hours FBfr»m eight in the morning in the afternoon. expected that the tax paywill begin next week affiil ;fewP until the last day. Novem- * f >er *F ~’ p las t day to pay the fall f I [Kappas Sponsor Benefit Bridge-Dinner I Tri Kappa sorority will spon[benefit dinner-bridge party in Pk s Home Thursday evening, pl>er 9 at 6:30 o'clock. The Ms from the party will be uef charity. kets for the dinner-bridge will or 50 cents and may be profrotn any members of the Ity. ■ o->er-Son Banquet ■set Local Church Nov. 6 i M I and son banquet will be H*'ar t t,le First Evangelical church I bight. November 6. The' W-H is sponsored by the church I The purpose of the is to bring every father I ) n t-hie church or Sunday 1° this banquet. Members of s missionary society will Mt the supper. v - J. H. lArndt of Fort Wayne 3® deliver the principal address. J i B Bongs and pep speeches will ) etl the evening.

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Larjje Crowd Attends Second Performance A large crowd witnessed the seeI ond presentation of the musical | comedy, "The World's .All Hight'' ] sponsored by the Adams Post No. I 43. American Legion, in the Cath'lollc high school auditorium. Friday night. Besides the characters who were '• mentioned in Thursday nightfi issue of the paper, were Miss Evelyn I Kohls as Gertie Green, end Fred Schurger called the square dance : which was a feature of the radio program. SUGAR COMPANY AT FULL BLAST Operations Continue At Full Blast At Local Sugar Plant Operations continue full blast at the Central Sugar Factory in this city, slicing of beets keep up witli I the number of loads delivered each day. The yards are full of beets and through the ticket system which controls the delivery of beets each week undue congestion and delays are avoided. Tickets are given to the territory every Wednesday and are then distributed among the growers. More titan 4<M) loads of bee-ts are delivered on the average every week. The processing of sugar contin-' ues full tilt in the mill' under the supervision of H. C. Oksen. plant superintendent. About a fourth of the crop has already been delivered to the factory and the late beets give every*indication of being in fine condition and of good sugar content. Dale McMillen, president of tile I Central Sugar has been in the city I this wiek conferring with T. E Snyder, vice president and general I company; Mr. Oksen and Ward Calland. field manager. He expressed pleasure over operations and stated he was proud of the fine grade sugar made at the mill Sugar made at the local plant is merchandised under the name of . Sparkling White granulated sugar, it is sold in practically every local grocery store. COL LINDBERGH LANDS AT PARIS Lindbergh And Wife Are Cheered By Thousands At Paris Hotel Paris, Oct. 27.—(U.PJ—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was back at the scene of his world triumph today struggling vainly to be a private citizen instead of a hero worshipped by excitable Parisians who hadnot forgotten his New York-Paris i flight in 1927. Missing for many hours in a storm that raged/along the British and French coasts, Lindbergh and liis wife flew from Inverness, Scotland. to land secretly at the naval seaplane testing station near Paris, and go unobserved to the Crillon hotel. While they slept, airport attaches all over Great Britain and France watched anxiously for them. They awoke today to find thousands of ‘ Parisians, deserting their jobs, massed outside their hotel in the historic Concorde square where Louis XVI was guillotined. Dtsmayed, the Lindberghs at i once changed to a room facing on a side street and seemed at a loss j as to what to do. There was no doubt that to Paris Lindbergh still was the idol of 11927, when he landed at Le Bourget field after a solo flight from New York, to be acclaimed mysterically and to lose apparently for- * (CONTINUED ON PACK TWO) 0 Warren Pastor Will Preach Here Sunday Rev. Stanley Whitesell of War- , ren. will preach at both the morn- ' ing and evening services at the First Baptist church in this city, Sunday, October 29. The subject of Rev. Whitesell's morning sermon will be "Joy ot Jesus” and in the evening he will talk on "Faith Triumphant." Miss Moreland of the Hebrew Mission in Chicago will address the Sunday School and Junior church with a talk illustrated by cartoon drawings.

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. — „ , ■ I •- 1 •- I Graf Zeppelin in Chicago • • < The Graf Zeppelin. Germany's leviathan of the air, as it appeared at Curtiss Field. Chicago, early Thursday morning The giant craft paid only a brief visit !o the World's Fair city and departed to Akron.

McGRATH TALKS T TO ROTARIANS Danville, 111.. Man Speaks On Bijj Brotherhood Movement “I don’t believe any boy is really | bad. Those who go wrong generally i lack home environment or oppor-i tunity jnd need a little kind guid-l ance from a Big Brother". A E. McGrath, creamery manager of Dan-, ' ville, Illinois, stated in an address j | before members of the Decahir Ro-, tary duh last evening. Mr. McGrath is one of several I public spirited citizens of Danville leading the movement to help the boys and their method of dealing humanly with underprivileged hoys and first offenders against the law has reaped great benefits in ills home town. The city recently organized a Big Brotherhood organization, representatives from all the serviceclubs being members. Cases were cited by Mr. McGrath where boys sentenced to remormatories or state institutions of correction had been taken “under the wing" of a Big Brother and that by example and , kindly advice the youths became . splendid young men. j In 1932 a total of 34 boys were sent to state institutions from Danville. Since the Big Brotherhood movement started, only two have been "sent up” this year. Mr. McGrath stated several boys were on probation, but that was one of the ways to keep them from going to I state institutions. Statistics showed. Mr. McGrath stated, that the , boys graduated from one institu-, tion to another, following the serv-1 ing of their first sentence. [ Tlie Big brotherhood movement ' cooperates with the Court and this year with the school officials, en(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) UNITED STATES ■ NAVY HONORED i 1 Country Observes Annual Navy Day; President ; Roosevelt Speaks —— i Washington. Oct. 27. —(U.R) The i United States navy, shorn by treat- ; ies of its wartime strength, today f observed Navy Day. with detnpn- 1 strations of its efficient and peace- ( time pursuits. . 1 President Roosevelt led the oh- i servance with a declaration that j, "along with a lessening of naval l armament, there comes greater reason for maintaining the highest | efficiency, fitness and morale in J ( this branch of the national de- > sense.” Ships everywhere and navy yards scheduled public programs of their air. land and water activity. The , President described the exercises j as “highly desirable.” Public un-l; derstanding ot’ the navy's work, hej, said, “is essential to the formation , of correct judgments affecting nav- ■ ( al policy." -, Tlie day was chosen because it j ON PAGE FIVE). 1

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 27, 1933.

County Automobile Dealers Meet Here A meeting of all automobile dealI ers in Adams County was held - i Thursday evening at the Thompson ! I Chevrolet company on North Third i street, this -city. Mr. Thompson introduced ClarI ence Greiger of Fort Wayne, chair- ' man of the automobile retail code ; of that city. He explained the ten- ' tative NBA- code which it is hoped ; will be adopted November 3, and i explained the various phases of the ; code and how the dealers should live up to it in regard to fair praci tie®. At the meeting plans were out-1 ' lined for a permanent formation of !an Adams County Association of' automobile dealers These plans will be completed at a meeting to lie held Monday evening. October 30 at 7 o'clock at the A. J Moser company in Berne. Mr. Ray will be chairmnn of the meeting and all dealers are asked to attend. JOHNSON SETS GODE DEADLINE NRA Administrator Sets January 1 For Complete Codification I Washington, Oct. 27. —(U.R) -Complete codification of industry by the end of the year was the goal set today by Administrator Hugh S. Johnson for the reorganized NRA. With his staff rearranged to expedite systematic handling ot I codes, Johnson passed the word | that he expected fast action on the ■ nearly 200 codes still pending. Sixty codes have been approved ’thus far. They cover most of the basic industries and are estimated to affect about half of the 22,000,1000 persons whose wages and hours are to be covered by codes. Hearings have been held on 130 I more codes, ranging from those for the great construction industry i down to the. manufacture of wooden plugs. The construction code is nearly completed, but still faces determined opposition by labor leaders who contend NRA is trying to slash union wage scales. The code at present simply fixes 4 minimum wage of 40 cents an hour for common labor. Forty some codes are coming up; for hearings within the next few weeks, others, including that for anthracite coat have not yet been submitted. Recovery officials have been expecting the anthracite code daily. The delay is understood to be due to a fight within the industry regarding administration of the* code. While Johnson speeded tip the *~7cONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Sheriff Johnson Buys David Fuhrman Farm Sheriff Burl Johnson purchased the 80 acre farm of David Fuhrman located miles southeast of Decatur i in Washington Townehip, yesterday at Public Auction. Sheriff John- j son paid 4(6 00 an acre for the farm. 1 Col. Roy S. Johnson of this city was the auctioneer. This was the third farm sold in Adams County this, week. j

FORD COMPANY MUST REPORT Prosecution Will Be Made By NRA If Ford Fails To Submit Report Dearborn, Mich., Oct. 27— (UP) —Because the automobile code is law unde, the National Recovery Act, the Ford motor company intends to submit reports due under the code provisions, the United Press learn ed today from an unimpeachable source. Washington, Oct. 27 —(UP) —Recovery administrator Johnson said today he would recommend prosecution of the Ford Motor company if ft failed to submit reports due j soon provisions of the Automobile - code. •As provided in tlie code, the National automobile chamber of commerce has called for reports on operations for a period ending Oct. 1 15. Several large companies included Ford have not yet submitted their reports. Johnson said lie understood the Chamber would set a deadline around Nov. 7. Johnson said that failure to sub-, mit reports would be a clear-cut violation of the code "and as soon as 1 get a case I will act promptly and turn it over to the Attorney' General.” Although Ford is considered to have compiled technically with pro visions of the code so far. Johnson 1 declared the Ford Company was j not eligible to bid on government , contracts. 1 The war department Wednesday [ disclosed that the Ford Company I would be banned from receiving any part of a contract for £10.000,000 worth of motive equipment because it did not fly the Blue Eagle. Johnson said the Ford Company *(CONT*NTEr> ON PAGE THREE) O DECATUR MAYOR NAMED ON BOARD —————— Mayor George Krick On Executive Board of Municipal League Indianapolis. Oct. 27. —(U.R) —The Municipal League of Indiana today announced selection of 15 district chairmen and an executive board. Members of the executive board are Mayors Reginald H. Sullivan, ’lndianapolis; Frank W. Griese, 1 Evansville; Louis E. Webb, Shelbyville; Georg's M. Krick, Decatur;! Daniel C. Ress. Richmond, ami < art , G. Nordstrom. Chesterton. District chairmen selected were R. B. Johnson. Gary; Clel Firestone, Goshen: Dave Erwin, Fort Wayne; William G. Fieldler. Logansport; Floyd Kearnes. Peru; S. >E. Baker. Newcastle; J. A. Rentz, j Lafayette; W. L. Denman, Greencastle; J. K. Allen, Rushville; E. J. Schultz. Tell City; Jacob Spanagel, I latwrenceburg; James Wallace, Jasper; Joseph W- Kimmell, VinJcennes John W- McCarty, Washingi ton, and J. H. Campbell, Blooming- | ton.

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RECORD FLOW OF GOLD EXPECTED TO U. S. MINTS Government Starts Actual; Purchase of Newly Mined Gold PRICE IS RAISED TO $31.76 TODAY Washington, Oct. 27 — (U.R) — A record flow of gold to the country’s mints wax expected as the govern-' ment started actual goltl purchases , today in carrying out President Roosevelt's new managed currency ; program to raise prices. Jesse Jones, chairman of the 1 board of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation saiu that >50,000,000 in 90-day RFC notes had been authorized for use In purchas-1 ing the metal. The government offered >31.76 an ounce today for all newly mined American gold. Sellers were required to swear I their metal had just been taken from natural deposits within the United Scrap gold, such as melted up jewelry, commanded only $20.67 an ounce, the price fixed by law many years ago. although there is no difference in the metal pur- ' chased. The government differentiated between old and newly mined gold 1 to prevent placing a premium on some >300.000,000 of hoarded gold 1 coin and other millions of dollars worth in the form of jewelry. The purchase of the ne'wly mined metal, the government hopes. | will cause a general rise in com-1 ; modify prices because of the unex- [ plained but close relationship beI tween the price of gold used as money and the price of goods that jjpld buys. It is the history of the world, i 1 some economists assert, that the ; price of gold and commodities have made parallel rises and falls Others dispute this and assert that if it is true it is coincidence and not because there is any valid reason for It. Federal reserve banks, the mints , *ON”*T*N*L*E*D* TO*! AGE FIVE. o FRED E. KOLTER NAMED MANAGER Local Man Is Named Representative of Ft. Wayne Motor Club Fred E. Kolter of this city has 1 been appointed as Adams county manager for the Fort Wayne Motor . Club, it was announced today by J. P. Hutchens, secretary-manager of the motor club. Mr. Kolter will have charge of all local activities of the motor club, Mr. Hutchens 1 said, and will have his office in Decatur. Tlie Fort Wayne Motor Club is the official American Automobile Association club in this territory. It operates in the 17 couutiea of northeastern Indiana, and desires to participate in all safety, traffic,! road and general motoring prob-1 lems of this community. Tlie motor club hopes to co-operate with all civic organizations in carrying forward a program for the benefit of the community and the protection of motorists' interests. Safety patrols, for the protection , of school children, will be installed at a mass meeting of all public and parochial schools in Decatur. Fri-; day, November 3. Arrangements for i the meeting, which will be held at the Catholic auditorium at 2:15 1 o’clock, have been made by Bryce] Thomas principal of Central school.] Mr. Kolter will assist in the Installation of the patrols and local city and police officials also expect to co-operate. The installation will be conducted by Carl W. liothert, director of the motor club's acci-1 dent prevention department. Official patrol belts and badges for each ] patrol officer will be provided by the motor club, which will also furnish large colored safety posters to each school room each month, Mr. Kolter said. 0 Myers Condition Is Reported Unchanged The condition of R. D. Myers, 337 Winchester street, wae reported to be about the same late this afternoon. Mr. Myers had been quite ill for the past few days.

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Suspected Thief Killed By Police Indianapolis. Ind., Oct. 27 —(UP) —Gilbert Tuggle, 24. former Frank fort Ky., convict and suspected as a petty thief, was shot and killed by Indianapolis police here today when he attempted to es, ape ques-1 tioning. Police said Tuggle also was want-1 ] ed at Monticello. Ky., on a vehicle ] 1 taking charge and wa!i being invest- | igated in connection with violation ] of the Mann Act. I Called to investigate reports of I robbery of several garages, police 1 -chased Tuggle several blocks to a I railroad track where they found 1 him dying of gunshot wounds. SHERIFF LUNZ ON STAND TODAY Allen County Sheriff On Witness Stand During Divorce Trial Testimony pertaining to the income and expense* of Sheriff Fred Lunz of Fort Wayne in the divorce and >50,(100 alimony suit brought against the Allen County Sheriff by bis wife, Lena Lunz. being tried before Judge H. M. DeVoss in the Adams Circuit court, consumed most of today's court session. Sheriff Lunz was on the stand nearly all day. He testified this morning as to hie primary and gen-1 eral election expenses, donations, purchasing eight automobiles and other expenses connected with his ! nomination, election and general expense of running the sheriff’s ' I office. In his report to the clerk of the 1 court. Sheriff Lunz showed his pri- ] mary and election expense for 19311 at about >2300. In 1932 it was about >l6'io. In adition to these amounts I he employed poll workers, advertis ; ! ed and hired about 30 automobiles,, bringing hiis total campaign expenses up to about >7.000. Among his assets he listed stock ,in the Centlivre Brewery. 200 shares at $2.50 each; $llOO in tlie Highland Golf course; SIOO stock in tlie Harlan bank and several other items. Tlie plaintiff, through Attorney Fay Leas attempted to prove that Sheriff Lunz' income for 1931 was $35,880; Expenses admitted by Lunz totaled 33.000. Attorney Leas claimed, leaving a net income to ’ the sheriff of about $59,000 for the , 33 months lie has been in office. Clyde Wasson, who testified yes--1 terday was called to the stand ag i'n ' today and was asked to identify a picture, claimed to be a photo of Haul Bergette, whom it was charged by the defendant attorneys, accompanied Mrs. Lunz to a roadhouse in Fort Wayne. For the sake of his 13 year old son. Sheriff Lunz admitted to Attorney Leas that he said he though' it best that their home be kept to-' gether. In a former seperation controversy, Sheriff and Mrs. Lunz became reconciled, because Mr. Lunz stated, he thought it best for 1 his son’s sake. The trial will run into Saturday, it is believed. Elkhart Officer Is Indicted By Jurors Goshen. Ind., Oct. 27 — (UP) — ; Waiter J. Domer, suspended secretary of the Elkhart Police department. was indicted by the Elkhart ] County Grand July late yesterday j on charges of embezzlement. He is accused of taking SB9B from funds of tlie Elkhart City Court. _____o _____ BULLETIN Mr* George Dutcher, 76. of 416 . Fornax street, resident of this city j for many years, died at her home at ' 3 o'clock tills afternoon. Mrs. Dut- i I cher had been bedfast for tlie last I | six weeks. Truck Os Beets Runs Into Train A truck loaded with sugar beets ' | was struck by a Pennsylvania gas-1 oline passenger train at the Mon mouth railroad crossing, three miles north of Decatur at about 12:30 o'clock this afternoon. Herman Rekeweg of Woodburn was driving the truck and was go-[ ing south of U. S. road 27. enroute] to the Central Sugar Company. He saw the train coming in time to swerve his truck to tlie right side of the road, grazing the gasoline engine as the truck slid down the embankment. Tlie beets were thrown out. Mr. Rekeweg recelv-j ed an injury to his leg, it was stat-i ed. 1

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MEN BELIEVED CONVICTS TRY TRUCK HOLDUP Street Car Spoils Attempt To Roh Armored Express Truck GREAT PEACE TIME ARMY IS ORGANIZED South Bend, Ind., Oct. 27.— (U.R)—A large sedan containing five men believed memliers of the escaped Indiana convict gang attempted to force an armored express truck to the surb in downtown South Bend toda - V - -1 J zu A street car spoiled the plan., however, and the automobile sped away. The men apparently intended to hold up the truck in the belief that it was carrying tlie payroll of the Wilson Brothers Shirt Company here. The payroll had not been ■taken from the bank, however. The ear later was reported seen still following the express truck. Chase Suspects Richmond. Ind.. Oct. 27. —(U.R) Five suspicious characters in a red sedan sent Richmond city police and Wayne county sheriff's officers on a wild chase here today. The car sped out of the city on !U. S. road 49 It was believed contain members of the Indiana escaped convict gang. A National guard airplane was dispatched from the flying field at Indianapolis to aid in the search for the car. The car carried Illinois license plates 742-746. "Shoot To. Kill” Indianapolis. Oct. 27. —(U.R) —Expert marksmen of tlie National guard, a roving machine gun squad 'of 25 picked soldiers. American Le--1 gion volunteers and state police were organized into Indiana’s greatest peace time army today to combat a marauding band of convicts who have terrorized tlie state tor the past four weeks. Every man enlisted in the search has orders to "shoot to kill.’’ Al G. Feeney, state director of public safety, and Adjutant General Elmer F. Straub, today took full responsibility for directing operations of the huge force of armed men They plan to cover tlie state with "minute men.” troops, and special squads of sharp shooters. These men will be available for blocking I roads and cutting off escape of the ] convict gang. The adjutant general has placed 70 National Guard officers and 560 enlisted men at Feeney's dispoffil. An elaborate system of mobilizing (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE! o Decatur Priests Attend Investiture The Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor and the Rev. Father Joseph Hennes, assistant pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church, attended the investiture of the Rev Father ! Thomas M. Conroy as a Monsignor I held Thursday morning at Fort ' Wayne. Msgr. Conroy is pastor of the Cathedral of the Immacnlafe I Conception. Fort Wayne and is well known here. The honor was bestowed on him by His Holiness Pope I Pius XI. CHURCHES HOLD MEETING HERE Fourteen U. B. Churches In Missionary Institute Today — Fourteen United Brethren ; churches in the Fort Wayne group were represented at the missionary institute held in the local ' church today. Rev. Walter Schutz was the guest speaker. He is a returned missionary from Slene Leone. Africa. and is a brother of Professort Raymond Schutz of North Manchester College, who has spoken in . this city on numerous occasions. Tlie evening session will begin at 7 o'clock and one ot' the features of this service will be a pageant, “The Challenge of the Cross " presented by eight youmg women of the Decatur church. Rev. Schutz will also give an ] address at the evening program, i The public is cordially invited to I hear him.