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IHLEMENTOF ML STRIKE IS J fl IE VED NEAR of ;’O.(HHI Miners To Put Men | ■Back To Work leaders I li’U.iMISE PI EDGE ■ Nov. 1 <U.P) IM.i ..1 Ihe I’eiHisvlyania , n.il irtitn* s t r i kc . .11 Horn labor war IMh h the a.lminislratl I " id to <l<al. apiwariK df’inib lv bi siifhl todav. - |h< 20.000 mi i on strike were en ■ bin to iiet tl’eir 'lie nits bv W’ednesA ith .1i ■ officials aft'i . conferences .K*. :' tb it th. ' h :<l endinc the s'rike. ■ I MM. . assurance* tint heir own local who' came lu re o . the President. n'edco. leaders were assured !Ky • ne. I I ra'l.'ll • 1,. hoard, would euar--1,. honest and speedy hoice of representameet with he captive collective bargainnational labor board anuidav it would send a , investigators, head-' KI l>r W. M. into i.i to study the labor' Kiik ■ th.e captive mine dismines, owned by leading steel comKBs. have been a center of nnviolence for more than '.- - Tens of thousands commercial mines their tools in a sytuthreatened to -pi ad ’ the great indus rial Kn* of western Pennsylvania. ■■. 1. . - v-|t promised that the ■w hi. rd would guarantee a ■WBy and fair election. ■ Hit Bv Truck, I Dies Os Injuries Kt n -" Ind.. N°v. 4 — (U.R) — !:. !:. , Mitchell. 4. daughter ■Br il Mrs. Claude Mitchell, Bljßloii died in a hospital here 'nine of injuries she reat Plymouth last night hit by a it ruck. John Macklin. 65. is in a nindition with a fractured 'tn! other lesser injuries. were struck by a truck by Elmer Stewart. PlyB®Wh. as they were alighting W an automobi'e parked in M|t of the Mitchell 'home. 1 i' “stigation of the acciwill he made this afternoon. —' ■stpones Proposed | Stratosphere Flight lgil Mib:> co. NOV. 4— (U.R) l.ielll Bnitlr. T. G. W. Settle today ■Bled weather reports in the of being able to start his balloon flight to the Monday morning. was forced to. postpone i [‘■flight this morning when a wind and the threat or rain endangered infta-1 of the huge balloon in which ■ ■ flight was to be made. Bur Men Held As Result Os Killing ■ewcastle. Ind.. Nov. 4.—(U.R)--Bvy men were held here for ques■il'ig today in connection with ■ fatal stabbing of Yetman Poynt- ■ ■ 33. factory worker, in a beer ■ Blor here last flight. Those bold ■ Jack Hefferman, 45; Finis Reag- ■ 30; Raymond Raines. 33, and Chadwick, 55. ■filers said they were told ■'titer and his wife and the four B 1 occupied adjoining tables. An Bunient started and Hefferman ■ Reagan were said to have takB Poynter to the rear of the build- ■' A scuffle ensued and Poynter B s found with a wound in his B s t- ,He died within a few tnin- ■*• A penknife handle and brok- ( B blade were found beside him.

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ONE PRISONER | GIVEN PAROLE Clemency Commission Grants Leniency In Only One of 19 Cases Indianapolis. Nov. 4— HJ.R) — The state clemency commission today granted two paroles and denied leniency to 22 inmates of the state prison. Among applications for parole denied was that of Elmer Magley, Adams county, rape. Indianapolis. Nov. 4 - (U.R) — ' Sylvan Cox. Clay county, serving ’ a 3-10 year sentence on a burglary charge, was the only state prison inmate receiving leniency in a . report of he state clemency commission on 19 eases last night. Cox was paroled upon recommendation of former Judge T. W. Hutchison, who sentenced him. One continuance was ordered ; and 17 petitions wore denied by the commission. The continuance was gran'edI Richard Perkins, Indianapolis negro, sentenced to die in the electric chair Jan. 5 on a charge 1 of slaying Carl Heckman. Indian- | iapolis detective, while resisting arrest. Five persons convicted on mur- I der charges and sentenced o life imprfsonment were among those denied leniency. They were; Jean Steel, convicted in Owen circuit court in 1909: Crawford Sutliff. Vigo county. 1921; Johnnie Johnson. Porter county. 1923; Horace Smi h. Marion county, 1927, and Albert Rogers. Lake county. 1920. Other petitioners denied lenien- ' cy. county from which they were , sentenced and charges, included' | PAGE SIX) MUSSOLINI TO OUTLINE PLAN Italian Premier P lans Drastic Changes In Governmental System (Copyright 1933 by United Press I Rome. Nov. 4— <U.R) —Premier Benito Mussolini will outline to 1 the nation nex' Wednesday his I nlan for one of the most drastic ievolutions of governmental system in world history. He will detail his long considered ideal of the ’wentieth century capitalistic state. It is comparable in its scope only to the proletarian sta e of Soviet Russia, and il is calculated to put Italy ■ in a pioneering role. Main features of the new ItalI ian state are: I—Centralization of cabinet duties. with Mussolini himself holding seven of the present fourteen portfolios. - 2--Absolute separation of political and economic government. 3 —Probable complete abolition of the chamber of deputies, its present, political powers to be turned over to the senate Economic government will be centered in the Fascist guilds or corporations, with Mussolini retaining his portfolio of ministers of eorpora'ions to con rol them. The government's strictly legislative branch, as now constituted, will be limited to ma ters such as education, penal codes, courts, national defense, fine arts and I foreign affairs. Mussolini's speech will make it i clear that the dramatic Fascist march to Rome Oct. 26. 1922. when 1 Italy was faced with bolshevism, was only a step on a long path toward government fitted to the I modern age. It will make it clear that the legislative powers must be based . on and invested in the capital re•sources of the country and those who exploit them—agriculture, inI dustry. commerce, credit and ini *(CTR4TTNHEn ON * , AOR FOUR) — —oBrotherhood Will Sponsor Banquet The brotherhood of the First Evangelical church will sponsor a father and son banquet in the dining room of the church at 6 p m. Monday. Boys are urged to bring their fathers and all men of the church are urged to bring their I sons or some other boy. Rev. J. H. j Arndt of Fort Wayne will be the 1 .principal speaker. Pep songs andi talks will feature the meeting.

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SEN. KENDRICK DIESFRIDAY Wyoming Senator Dies From Uremic Condition; Senator 16 Years Sheridan, Wyo„ Nov. 4. — (U.R) — John Benjamin Kendrick, pioneer western cattleman, conservationist and stateman died yesterday at the age of 76. For the last 16 years he had been United States senator ; from Wyoming. Hundreds of messages of grief . were received today from almost .every stale in Hur natieu. uuwy.ot them from national political figures. Services will be held in Sheridan. Death resulted from an uremic condition which caused Senator Kendrick to suffer a sudden breakdown Wednesday night. He lapsed into a coma from which he never entirely emerged. His widow, son, Manville, and daughte;. Ro.sa Maye, were near when he died. Born in Cherokee county, Texas, on September 6. 1857, he came Wyoming when he was 21 years old with a trail herd of thousands of cattle. When he died he owned approximately 200,000 acres of cattle land in Wyoming and Montana. Kendrick's early career in Wyoming was the familiar western success story. He bought a tew cattle and gradually increased his investment until he became a wealthy cattleman. Kendrick entered public life in 1910 when he was elected, a.s a Democrat, to the state senate where he served two terms. He was elected governor in 1914. Before bis four-year term of governor was finished he had been drafted for the U. S. senatorial nomination, and elected. He resigned the governorship to become senator and continued as Wyoming representative in the upper house of congress to tlie end. MONDAYFINAL TAXPAYERS DAY County Treasurer’s Office Experiences Usual Late Rush Today The county treasurer’s office was a busy place today, many persons calling to pay their fall installment of taxes. At two o’clock this afternoon about 25 persons were standing in line and the rush w.as expected to continue until closing time. Monday, November 6. is the las' day to pay the fall installment of taxes without a penalty and interest charges being added. More tl.in half of the November installment was uniraid at the be-: ginning ot this week, but a steady business has been going the past several days and many checks have been received in the mails. County i Treasurer John Wechler stated that the fall tax payment was slow-1 er than in the spring. Less than SIO,OOO of the Mgy taxes went de- , linquent this year. Extra assistants were on duty to- ‘ day at the office waiting on those ! who asked for their receipts and j paid the amount due.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 1, 1933.

Local Auto Dealer Is Vice-President E. H. Thompson of the Thomp-: ; son Chevrolet Co., of this city ! i was elected a vice-president of the ; I Adams County Auto Dealers asso-1 , I ciatiou. The organization was ■ ’ i held at Berne and E. M. Ray of | that place was elected president. ' Richard Briggs of Geneva was named secretary-treasurer. The auto dealers are operating . under the NRA code, the marked- 1 ihg rules becoming effective Fri-' ; j day. Used car allowances will be i ( I made according to the official used . car guide, which members state 1 will be published in the near future. . .. o PREBLE TWP. 1 WOMAN DIES Mrs. Louise Koenemann Dies This Morning At Preble Twp. Home ’ Mrs. Louise Eickhoff • Koene1 mann. 81. of Preble township, f widow of Henry Koenemann. died at her home at' 6:39 o’clock this - morning Death was due to com--1 plications and old age. Mrs. Koenemann had been bedfast for - the last three weeks. She was born in Adams county ‘ and spent her entire life here. - She resided at Friedheint. Preble ■ township. Her husband preceded her in death. i Surviving are five sons and twoi daughters: Ernest and William > Koenemann of Hoagland; H. F. ■ Koenemann of Fort Wayne, and Herman and Arthur Koenemann -of Preble township. Mrs. Sophia i Macke of Root township and HanI nah Koenemann at home. -1 Twelve grandchildren and one ' great grandchild, 'hree brothers ; and three sisters also survive. ■ The brothers and sisters are: William Eickhoff ot St. *oe towni ship; Ernst Eickhoff of Natoma, Kansas: Fred Eickhoff. Preble ■ township: Mrs. Minnie Koene-1 mann of I’reble township. Mrs. ' Sophia Conrad. June.'ion City. Kansas, and Mrs. Hannah Scheintann of Preble township. Funeral services will be held I Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock : (sun time) at the home and at 2:15 o’clock at the Friedheint! Lutheran Church with he Rev. C. 18. Preuss officiating. Burial will I be made in the church cemetery. Farm Sale Brings Good Price Friday * The 80 acre farm of Henry Hockemeyer located in Allen county, near Hoagland was sold Friday ! at public auction for S7O per acre to Fred Hisler of Allen county.. I Col. Johnson reported that there were five bidders for’the farm and thqt the price brought was higher > than in the past. Cols. Johnson and Bar'lett also sold the personal property which brought good prices. Nationally Known Writer Is Dead Washington. Nov. 4 —(UP) —William G. Shepherd, nationally known magazine writer, died of pneumonia lat George Washington Hospital. I here today. j

wardenlunkel ! IS CRITICIZED — Discharged Deputy Publicly Flays Administration of Warden Michigan City, Ind., Nov. 4. —(U.R) i Blaming politics rather than in- 1 I efficiency for the escape ot 10 convicts from the state prison Sept. 1 ■ 26. H. 1). Claudy. former deputy warden, publicly criticized the adi ministration of Warden Louis E. Kunkel today. , Claudy was discharged by Gov. I Paul V. McNutt upon recommeudetion of the prison board of trustees who investigated the escape. 1 "There were many times when I I went into the warden’s office to discuss important matters, only to be interrupted by politicians who demanded a quick audience with him.” Claudy said. In the trustees report. Claudy i was charged with negligence in placing guards throughout the prison shirt factory. ‘lt was in the shirt factory that the break originated. “In nearly every instance the officers who were on duty in the shirt factory at the time were the warden's own political appointees and had taken their jobs in April.” Claudy said. “I had nothing to do in regard to the hiring and firing of guards.” Claudy charged that Kunkel has been away from the prison frequently, sometimes taking fishing ' trips without letting it be known where he could he found in case of ; emergency. “He was occupied with so many other matters that I had little chance to talk over prison matters with him,” Claudy added. The former deputy reiterated a ■ (CONTINURU O' - PAGE FOFIt) EXTORTIONIST UNDER ARREST Unemployed Man Attempted To Extort $lO,000 From Tobbaco Heir Winston-Salem, N. C.. Nov. 4 — ! (UP) —John Lanier, unemployed, who attempted to extort SIO,OOO ! from R. J. Reynolds, heir to the i Reynolds Tobacco Fortune, will be; I tried in Federal Court probably; next week for improper use of the I , mails which carries a maximum i penalty of 20 years fmpirsonment. Reynolds is the elder brother of Smith Reynolds who was myster-, j iously killed in the Reynolds man- j sion last year. His widow Libby ‘ Holman, torch singer, was charged I with murder in connection with his death but later was freed. Lanier wrote two letters to Rey- . i nolds threatening to kidnap his wife i if SIO,OOO was not forthcoming, but substituting paper slips for money. ■ j Reynolds left a dummy pat kage in a street yesterday. Federal agents L were watching and when Lanier i , picked it up, he was arrested. Lanier immediately confessed, I exonerating his wife who was arrested but quickly released. He said I he hoped to solve his economic dis-1 , ficulties. The Reynolds asked for j a light penalty.

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NRA LEADERS OFFER AID TO FORD FACTORY Offer Henry Ford Means Os Avoiding Layoff Announced Today SEASONAL SLUMP ONE EXPLANATION Washington. Nov. 4.—(U.R)—The NRA today offered Henry Ford a j means of avoiding the layoff which i he has announced for his Dearborn I plant workers beginning next week. In a statement Administrator Hugh S. Johnson said that the probable reason for Mr. Ford's announced action was a seasonal production slump. Johnson's statement said that if Ford really wants to retain any of. the men he says lie is laying off. the NRA will "be glad to consider) an exception permitting him to continue them all in employment.’’ Johnson’s statement: "Mr. Ford's probable reason for, laying off these 9.0 m) men is that his production lias fallen off seasonably. I do not know how fairly he has dealt with his average 35 hours, and 1 will not know until I , have seen the figures to be submitted on Nov. 7. "But if Mr. Ford wants to give work to any of these 9,000 men he says he is laying off on a mandate, r we will be glad to grant an exception permitting him to continue them all in employment.” The effect of the Johnson statement was to throw back to Ford the burdep of proof in justifying or explaining the layoff. Ford's announcement said it was necessary 'CONTINI’RD ox PAGE SIX) INDUSTRY MUST SHOWABILITY No Intention Is Held Os Turning NRA Over To “Big Business” Washington, Nov. 4. — (U.R) — American industry must demonstrate its ability to regulate its affairs before it is entrusted with more than its present privileges under the National Recovery Act, the Roosevelt administration has decided. While changes in the NRA may be necessary from time to time, there is no intention to turn it over to "big business” under the Gerald Swope plan or any other privately advanced program, it was learned today on highest authority. President Roosevelt has indicated his approval of the major activ- i ities of the NRA and contemplates no early change in its organization. In this critical period of the career of the NRA, the feeling < among administration officials is that much of its real work is being overlooked or ignored by its critics. I ON PAGE SIX) O Gangster Warfare Takes Another Life Chicago, Nov. 4 —(UP) — The ■ body of Angelo Alonie. 35, believed I ; to be another victim of gang struggle for control of minor rackets in Cicero, was found today in the i rumble seat of his car on the edge ) of a dump in Stickney, Illinois, a l : suburb. Alonie had been shot twice in the ' head. His body was wrapped in a blanket. The shooting followed by less than a week the slayings of Louis Cowen, Cicero publisher and member of the former Capone gang. _o_ Celebration Ends In Youth’s Death I Cleveland, Nov. 4.—(U.R)—A jubilant celebration marking the .seventeenth consecutive victory of ! Mentor high school football teams over the Willottghy eleven ended tragically last night when James 1 ; Blythe, 19, was killed in a fight be- ) tween partisans an d the two i schools. ■ Police, called to break up the ! melee which occurred opposite the I Willoughby high school grounds. \ fround Blythe lying in the street,■> . his neck broken. Several dozen youths were taketi into custody, but were released af-| • ter questioning.

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Nephew Os Local Residents Injured Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garartl received word today of an accident I Sunday hi which their nephew, I John D. Aber, of Albuquerque, I New Mexico, formerly of this city. ! ) received serious injuries. Mr. Aber was si'rutk by an : ' automobile as be was riding a , motorcycle. He received a fracI tured skull, a broken right arm and minor cuts and bruises. The cut on the right side of his hea l ) was eight indies long where the < skull was fractured and a gash on i the left side measured three i inches long. SAFETY PATROL IS INSTALLED School Patrol System Inaugurated With Meeting Friday Afternoon The co-operation of school children and citizens of Decatur in a j city-wide program of preventing accidents to school children, was 1 urged by the speakers at the safety i rally held Friday afternoon at St. Joseph’s Catholic high school auditorium. Pupils of all grade schools in the I (city attended the rally which was held for the purpose of installing i the safety patrol officers who will be on duty at dangerous inQ-rsec-tions near the school buildings. i"Twenty-six boys from the public iand parochial schools were invested with their belts and badges at the meeting. The working of the patrol system. which serves as a means of protecting school children from traffic accidents, were outlined by Carl W. Rothert, director of the accident prevention department of the Fort Wayne Motor Club, who ! was in charge cf the installation, j He urged all pupils to work with 'their patrol officers in preventing ■ accidents. • The nation wide scope of the patrol and safety movement was described by J. P. Hutchens, secre-tary-manager ot the Fort Wayne Motor Club, who was also a speak!er at the meeting. Chief of Police ; ; Seph Melchi presented the belts and badges to the new patrol officers. Scout Executive L. L. Hotchkiss of the Fort Wayne area addressed the meeting and the patrol officers on the importance of the work which they are undertaking. Father Hennes in a short talk, admonished the patrol officers to realize : the responsibility of their positions in safe-guarding the lives of their fellow-pupils. Constant touch with the patrols will be maintained by the motor club through Fred Kolter, local representative of the A. A. A. Club iir Decatur, it was announced by Mr. Hutchens following the meeting. C. C. Pumphrey, president of the Decatur Scout committee, presided as chairman of the meeting, ami in- ’ troduced the various speakers. The Central Girls Glee Club entertained the meeting by singing “The Boy i Scout March” in honor of the patrol officers. Patrol officers installed follow: Lutheran school: Arnold Conrad, Haymond Franz and Fred Hoffman. St. Joseph Catholic school: Fred Voglewede, Dan Holthouse, Dick (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — —■ ——o — South Bend Bank Bandit Sentenced South Bend, Ind., Nov. 4 I UP) — ) Howard J. McDonald, St. Louis. I who confessed acting as "lookout” ! I for the gang which robbed the Western State Bank here Oct. 24. was ! under sentence of 19 years in the state prison today. Two others are held here in eon-) neetion with the holdup while three men are being detained in | Peoria. I'll., as suspects. The hank was robbed of $2,500, part of which was recovered. — —_ _ Arrange Epworth League Program — A program has been arranged for the Epworth League meeting at the Methodist Church Sunday evening at 6 o'clock. Miss Marceil Leatherman will be the leader for the meeting and the topic will be “How Shall I Find Happiness.” Fred Busche will be the speaker i 4 and special musical numbers will, be presented. Evelyn Adams will entertain with a piano selection and j I the girls trio will sing several numbers. i

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PROPOSAL OF GOVERNORS IS FLATLY DENIED Immediate Inauguration Os Price Fixing Program Is Rejected GOV. SCHMEDEMAN’S ORDER IS DEFIED Washington. Nov. I. President Roosevelt I'lativ rejected todav the proposal of middle western farm state governors for immediate inaugurations of a price fixing program. The announcement of llu* I White House stand was made in a prepared statement: "The President and the department of agriculture recognize the very great difficulties which the farmers of the northwest face during the next several months.” the statement said, "and will exert' every possible effort to bring about an increase in prices without exerting the compulsion of the individual farmers which the governors’ plan apparen'ly contemplates." The agriculture department, the statement added, is in complete sympathy with the governors’ objectives. namely raising farm prices. The governors were in- . vited to sit with the department or send representatives any time they wish. The result of the conference has been ”a 100 per cent failure” Gov. latngor of North Dakota said as fate of the governors’ plan was sealed. The administration, ho added, had offered nothing in its stead. 1 „ "The farmer gets nothing.” Langor continue The railroads and others got here first There is nothing lef' for the farmer. “I am not disappointed. lam disgusted. I had boned that the administration would recognize the desperate situation which exists in North Dakota and other surrounding states and which demands immediate action and not more ‘errorizing’ and experiment- ! ing along half way measures." Defy Governor Madison. Wis.. Nov. 4 —(U.R) — Truck loads of farmers rallied to their picket lines today in defiance of Governor Albert G. Schntedeman's executive order for curbing the farm strike. More than 500 farmers went from last nigh”s mass meetimr at ' Madison to picket rallying points, spreading the word that the farm strike was not to be called off un'il the feiler il government insured cost of production for the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CUT RATES FOR NEARBY TOWNS Monmouth. Hoagland and Bryant Given Electric Rate Reductions Indian ipolie, Nov. 4 -(UP)—New i electrit' rates, totalling a gross reduction of $3,869 for eight Indiana towns were approved late yesterday by the Public Service Commission. An option to use old rates is provided to any customers whose bills would be increased by the new rates. Towns and their gross reductions are Churubusco, $1,326; Kimmell, $117: Monmouth, $23; Hoagland, $211; Huntertown $433. .and Bryant, $222. all served by the Indiana Service corporation, and Dana. $1,381, 1 and Point Isabel $123. both on the Northern Indiana power company i system. In all instances the commission denied requests for higher cooking rates, leaving established rates in > effect. Another formal order j dismissal of the Indiana Gas Ser- , vice Corporation case in which the > company sought to serve Indianapolis industries with natural gas. It was dismissed informally this week in the hearing. The company also had intended to serve other cities from Gibson county gas fields. The commission also approved issuance of $90,000 in stock by the Petersburg Municipal water plant . to obtain a federal loan. It will ■ build a new pumping and filtration I plant.