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;I|IE OPENS liITE TODAY i®NCOLD BILL ood (■* :■ “Ministration Leaders & Passage In Original l orni * AMENDMENT ■mvi i;r \dopted lan. 21. (l |) tin- adiiniustniiib>ii> f.n' l"ll oneiH'd " 'lb a<lKiraiion leaders urging - <>i II"' measure m rib lb J b\ I’residenl ub Kevell. „ . TieHionh I ■ "b r Robinson. ils Kj to the chmiiber alter "'th the I’resi>i Delore the sen- . . ' in'll al noon. ,„in ii. -■> ''-"'i «- ls l’i'par- ■ ommittee amend- - Mil'"- - yvar nme limit lustrations ..f the propose I i Bi stabilization u-iH ,VA - ■' forces wore op-liow-v.-r lo file projmsal administered by t of l- - members and hf^^lbrhev.-: this control be f.'i. io il by tlie senate - .. -. i bill. — said as he left the >rd Haus.’ i .inference that the providing for a fiveiie^^Fboard administer the - obnoxious and .. ■ .-aging a defeat ■ alteration - .... < i-v also was tmof iffien •■ n a-troy the useful I ' ■ Rainev said I ■' -• nate won't pit: 111.' 1L.:,, v -aid. adding h" houo- sentiment was in favor of th" - it passed the house. of the stabilization n< 'i. e to other counthat our revaluation prowon't mean anything," said. / said i< looked as though wen t agree to the reBro MH if the senate adopts it out.” Borah. Repn.. Idaho. al the speed with which M lliil was being rushed to the He said senators had not to study the reports of — .—o ■rles 0. McKean | May Be Candidate II M.-Ks-an, who has vad and the weekly from the can • a.ember, came in to a,-I his subscription a: " urging him to be trustee in Kirkland an I lie is seriously conit He was a candidate for tour years ago. lITH CLAIMS KARAH HELLER Bow of Former Berne B"n Clerk Dies After $1 Extended Illness Sarah Heller, 76. widow of Heller, former town clerk died at her home in Berne afternoon at 2:45 o'clock lowing a .several month's illness Heller was born in Wells west of Linn Grove, on ■H* 1 23. 1857. a daughter of MichjB 1 ' 1 Mary Ann Gottschalk-Mill-was married to Erwin Ib-1-November 28. 1880, and he her in death in August are three children: |Bllr‘ller of Buffalo. New York; H*' Heller and Mrs. O. N Smith REf Holler was a member of the Church in Berne. FunU«en'ices will be held Friday at 1:30- o’clock at the and at 2 o'clock at the EvanChurch. Burial will be made M. R. e. cemetery.

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Receives Telegram Os Bad Hotel Fire H. F. Yager re< eive.l a telegram from his brother. I.ou Yager who | has been living In Arizona the past year, stating that t ie t'ongrtvss hoi tel at Tucson, where he has been Jiving for several months was entirely gutted by a fire early TuesI day morning. Lou ami the other guests were forced out in a hurry and Lou'e new address is the Elpre- ' si lio hotel at Tucaon. ASSOCIATION I MEETS TUESDAY Committees of Central Parent-Teachers Group Hold Meeting The standing committees of the Central School Parent-Teachers Association met at the Central school building Tuesday evening and received instructions from the president of the organization. Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp regarding plans for the work for the remainder of the school year. The committees were also informed about the development of work : ow in progress Various activities were discussed in relation ! to the newly organized association and much interest was shown by the perfect attendance of the mem bers. The association is cooperating in the Better Health movement under the management of the county nurses. Miss Irene Gerke and Mrs. Martha Beavers. Following is a list of the various committees ot the association: Program. Mrs. C. O. Porter, Lowell Smith and Miss Grace Coffee; membership. Mrs. Joe Hunter. Mrs! Fred Chronister. Miss Margaret . Moran and Mrs. Robert Krick; ’ publicity. Miss Electa Oliver, Mrs. N. A. Bixler, aud L. E. Archhold: hospitality. Mrs. Ira Fuhrman. Mrs. A. J. Beavers. Sylvester Everhart and Miss Glennys Elzey; finance. Edward Jaberg, Sim Burk and Miss Mathilda Sellemeyer. and health. Miss Eleanor Pumphrey, Mrs. Guy Brown and Mrs. William Huffman. —o MELVIN TRAYLOR CRITICALLY ILL Chicago Banker, A Prominent Democrat, In Critical Condition - Chicago. Jan. 24—<U.R>- Physi- > cians who spent the night at the bedside of Melvin A. Traylor, president of the First National bank and National Democratic leader, said today that his condition “remains critical.” He has pneumonia. The banker's family was summoned hastily early this morning when he suffered a relapse after gaining ground yesterday under an oxygen tent. Friends found encouragement, however, in the fact that his | temperature had drooped to 100 3. after having teen 104. Dr. William R. Cubbins, one of three | | physicians who stayed at the bedside all night, said at 9 o'clock that his patient's pulse was irregular. with respiration at 36 to the minute. A bulletin issued by the doctors at 3 a. m. had described Traylor as at death's door, “very, very seriously Ill." Members of Traylor's family were summoned to the bedside. Traylor was fighting for life with the aid of an oxygen tent which was credited for a rally yesterday. He has been suffering from influenza and pneumonia for 10 days. Melvin A. Traylor. Jr., a son, > rroNTTNT'Fn ov Pier tttrefj Expect Increase In Store Tax Yield Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 24 —(UP) —Clarence A. Jackson, adminietra tor of the st.at(*store license tax. warned today that store owners wiho do not afSply for their 1934 licenses by Feb. 1 will be subject to fines ranging from $25 to SIOO a day until application is made. He estimated that the store lie—- ■ ense tax increased by the 1933 legislature as It pertains to chain storee, will yield $450,000 this year ( as compared to $246,000 In 1933.

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Fugitive Convicts Captured •*>!»:-»» ' ' . .-.Tiwrrm •<*» * ' a • Three of the six convicts who escaped from the Kansas penitentiary last Friday photographed im mediately after their capture near lAtuisburg. Kan., Monday, after a little more than three days of freedom from the state prison at Lansing,,Kan. Left to right: Fred Cody. Tommie McMahan and Benjamin Young. The three taken made five accounted for. and the sixth ami seventh still are at large.

PARTY LEADERS ATTENB MEETING McNutt And Peters Both Speak Al Fifth District Democrat Rally Marion Ind., Jan. 24. — (U.R) — Fifth district Democrats today held the distinction of sponsoring the first meeting which lx>th Gov. Paul V. McNutt and R. Earl Peters have attended since tlie two party leadets became estranged politically. Tlie Governor and Peters first disagreed over patronage matters. Tlie disagreement resulted in Peters' resig' at’on as chairman of the state central committee and subsequent announcement of his candidacy for United States senator. But last night they spoke from the same platform. Peters made no reference to the Governor while the latter did not mention the name of the former state chairman. Before the public meeting last night, McNutt, Peters. Dr. Carleton B. McCullocn, state chairman; Mrs, A. P. Flynn, state vice chairma' ; Keith Johns, secretary of the state committee; Alex Pursely, sth district chairman; William Jones, Grant county chairman, and other i party leaders attended a dinner. Pursley is said to be backing (CONTINUED ON PAGE F’VE) o SEVERE STORM HITS CANADA Three Children, Feared Lost In Blizzard, Are Found Alive Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 24 —(U.R) — | Huddled in a cold prairie shack, three children were found alive today by searchers who had almost abandoned, hope after the I trio became lost yesterday in one of the worst blizzards in recent history. Mrs. James Morris and her son. ; John. 1. also were rescued today from a farm house where they had taken sheltei after losing the ; trail from the depot at Tessier, Sask. The children become lost while crossing a lone three-mile stretch 1 of open country in the face of a bowling blizzard. They were on their way home from school. Their father. Edward Stifle, nearly perished in a futile search for his two daughters May, 14. and Pauline. 8. and ills son. Vernon. 12. After Stifle gave up the search because <?f darkness. The Royal Canadian mounted police resumed the search today and found the children in the abandoned shack. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, .January 24, 1934.

Suicide Verdict In Locker Death I A suicide verdict lias been re. | turned by Dr. Raymond J. Berghoff. ; Allen coul ty coroner, in the death , of Edmund L Locker. 41, of 4515 . I South Lafayette street, who was found dead at his home Saturday midnight. Poison was found in the analysis l of the stomach content. Dr. Berg- - hoff said. No motive has been dis- . covered for the act. Mr. Locker, who was superintends t of the Winter street plant of , the General Electric company, was . found dead at the toot ot' tlie stairs. His wife found tlie body after she heard hhn fall to the floor. ! ’ 0 VOTERS DEFEAT LONG MACHINE 1 k Senator Huey P. Long’s Candidate Loses In New Orleans 1 New Orleans, Jan. 24. — (U.R) — Senator Huey P. Long, loser in a , local election which robbed him of ( his last stronghold, fought bitterly today to stave off a complete dis- ; integration of his once all-powerful political machine. ; While his enemies gathered from 1 the south parishes to celebrate his first defeat since he rose to power, new returns from yesterday's election gave an increasiYig plurality to Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley, 1 running for re-election. l-o g’s candidate, John D. Florer, was running a close race for second place. 1 Long's entire political future was I at stake on the results, a> d secluded in his guarded hotel suite he 1 loosened charges of wholesale j fraud at the polls against his rivals and said his candidate would insist upon a run-off election proI vided complete returns did not give Walmsley a majority and Klorer rah second. A run-off is required by law where the leading candidate does not have ' a majority, but ' heretofore, the second candidate , always has withdrawn, making a ; run-off unnecessary. Returns from 214 of the city’s ' 262 precincts, showed that Walm- . sley's total was 35,000; Klorer’s , 22,894. Francis Williams, third ' candidate, receiced 19,674. Robert A. Buhler I Found Not Guilty i i Robert A. Buhler, well-known . Fort Wayne attorney, was found - 'ot guilty of a charge ot contrib- ' uting to the delinquency of a minor I girl, and an acquittal was entered by Judge Huber M. DeVoss of this j city, presiding as special judge in I I the case, in Allen county juvenile 1 i court late Tuesday afternoon. ' The finding was entered by Judge ! DeVoss after the state had com- • pleted introduction of its evidence, and the defense had opened.

PUBLIC ENEMY IS MUBBEREU I William White. Notorious Gangster, Slain During Party Chicago, Ja ■. 24. —(U.R) —William (Three Fingered Jack) White, no- , torious public enemy, was dead to- , day after gunfire climaxed a drinking party with two “friends." Police blamed fellow gangsters for putting White out of the way, a feat which tlie law was unable to accomplish in many attempts. White twice was tried and coevicted on murder charges, but each time escaped punishment through legal actions. He was blamed for half a dozen killings, including the fatal shooting of a policeman, a prohibition agent and a guard for a pay- ' roll Twice gangsters attempted to assassinate him, but companions at his side fell while he remained uninjured. Last night, how’ever. he was killed by two men who drank with him . for more than an hour. Police believed his death resulted from a quarrel over division of loot from a robbery. White first came to public notice as a footpad and burglar. He rose to underworld importance after killing Policeman Edward Pflaume in 1925, and Edward .1. Hartz, a rnNTTNT'Rn to page n-TVE GREECE DENIES INSULL HAVEN Greek State Council Refuses Further Asylum To Sam Insull Athens, Jan. 24.— (U.R) — The Greek state council today upheld the government's decision refusing ' to grant Samuel Insull, fugitive Chijcago utilities magnate, further asyl- | urn in Greece. The one-time millionaire, who twice won legal victories entitling him to remain in Greece over the insistence of U’.ited States authorities upon his extradition to America to stand trial on charges of fraud, must leave Greece before February 1. He intends to depart by airplane, i it was understood, without anI J nounci':g his destination. Legal ■ i experts believe there is no other ■ ' country to which heican flee withI out encountering new extradition i , proceedings. i The state council, to which In- : sull appealed after the ministers had decided to refuse a renewal of ■ his permit to remain in Greece, de- ■ cided that the council ot ministers , had ample legal authority for its action.

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SUPPLY BILL ISREPORTED OUT TO HOUSE Treasury-Postoffice Supply Bill Is Fourth Similar Measure ALL DEPARTMENTS UNDER ESTIMATES Washington. Jan. 24 —(U.R) The treasury-posloffice supply bill, appropriating $820,693,270 for the two departments and including continued funds for ocean and airmail subsidies, was reported mH to the house today. The measure, the fourth supply bill to reach the house, carried for maintenance and operation ot the treasury department $149,842,330. A decrease of $685,539 from budget estimates. The amount recommended for the postoffiee department was $670,850,940. or $5,998,300 under budget estimates. The total of permanent appropriations for the treasury was $1 363.494.072. that is. funds repeated from year to year, for such purposes as payment of interest on the public debt, and sinking fund requirements. It was estimated that interest on the public debt in the next fiscal year would be $824,349,000. an increase of $99,349,000. In addition the sinking fund cost was estimated at $525,738,850, an increase of $86,080,629. Permanent appropriations are automatic and not carried in the appropriation bill. Appropriations for continued I airmail and ocean mail contracts were based, the appropriations subcommittee in charge of the bill , reported, on the fact “the com- ’ mittee has no means of knowing ' what the right sum to appropriate may be and until the results of investigations lead to a sound i conclusion the position of standing on the present rate of expenditure is adopted even though it may be arbitrary in character.” The committee recommended $14,000,000 for domestic airmail 1 contracts, $7,000,000 for foreign ■ *7continued ON PAGE FIVE) CLUB MEETING HELU TUESDAY i South Ward Parent-Teach-ers Associations Hold First Meeting The first meeting of the South Ward Parent-Teachers Association for the present year was held at i the school Tuesday afternoon. A large crowd attended the meeting which was one of the most Inter- . esting of recent meetings. The club collect was read, open- •' ing the meeting, and the song. . "America, the Beautiful," was , sung. Dr. Palmer Eicher gave an > interesting and Instructive talk on “Safeguards in Childhood.” Miss Irene Gerke and Mrs. Martha Beavers, nurses on the county health project, gave brief talks explaining the county nurses duty. The organization voted five dollars | for supplies and transportation of the nurses. Mrs. Lloyd Cowens was chairma-' of the program committee and the following interesting program was presented: Donna Kraft played the piano selection, “Cedar Tree Waltz,” and Patsy GarhTd played, i “The Wood Nymphs’ Harp." RobI erta Coffelt entertained with the : piano selection, “Dafce of the Pan- . sies.” A round table discussion was held on the subject, "Safety” and , was led by Mrs. Paul Edwards who : discussed "Safety First." Mrs. . William Linn told about “Personal . Safety.” and Mrs. Jesse Williams . told "How to Be Sate on the Way ■ to School." The closing topic was . given by Miss Effie Patton, "Precautions for Safety at School.” Westinghouse Man Speaks To Lions . j Harry Kinley of the Westingi house Lamp company, was the guest speaker at the meeting of the . Lions Club Tuesday night. He gave j a fine demonstration on lamps. f Frederick Schafer and Martin . Mylott were guests at the meeting. , Mr. Mylott entertained with a voj cal selection. Gus Wehmeyer had charge of the program.

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Ford Christen Named Assistant Manager Ferd E. Christen, ot Fort Wayne.' I lias been appointed assistant sales ! manager of the eastern division of Allied Mills, Inc., effective February 1. He will assist Hi the super-1 1 vision of sales of Wayne Feeds land other Allied Mills products in the middle Atlantic states, with ■ headquarters at Harrisburg. Pa Mr. Christen has been connected with Allied Mills, Inc., for the past; I four VeSrs in the capacity of disi trict advertising manager. He was | formerly coir ty agent in Adams ! county. Mr. Christen is a son of ; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cliiisten. BREMER STILL i HELD CAPTIVE BY KIDNAPERS 172nd Hour Since Abduction Passes Without Ransom Payment PAYMENT ATTEMPT THOUGHT FAILURE ' St Paul, Jan. 24.— (U.R) — The 172nd hour since Edward G. Brem- . er’s aliduction passed today with- • out word of the $200,900 ransom > payment which is to precede his > release, but with details of the kidI -aper’s operations emerging from ’) the silences and etching the audac- , ity of the crime in bold strokes. > Information turned over to auth- ■ orities indicate a confident, quicktriggered band of at least four desI peradoes is bargaining with Presii dect Roosevelt's friend. Adolph . Bremer, millionaire brewer, for his I banker son's freedom. An attempted delivery of $200,01)0 t ransom for the release of Bremer • was believe to have failed today f when two automobiles containing I members of the abduction gang fol- • | lowed tile wrong automobile.. The kidnaped man was believed 1 to have been in one of tlie two abductors' automobiles. > The kidanpers were believed to I i have been in two machines which 1 j bottled up another driven by Harry Bachman, St. Paul businessman. I near Hinckley, Minn., last night. | Bachman's automobile was trapj ped between two large sedans on - state highway No. 1, near where a I ransom of SIOO,OOO was paid to the kidnapers of William Hamm, Jr., last year. 1 The two mysteriously acting automobiles were jjockeyed back and •forth alongside Bachman's car. The latter was mystified by these attentions. After 15 mi’tites of I such maneuvering, one sedan edg- , ed Bachman toward the side of the road and several shots were tired in the air. While Bachman remained at the i wheel of his car, the two automo- : bile loads of men surveyed him ' carefully and then, apparently satisfied that he was not the person they sought, turned about and drove back toward St. Paul. Bachman said tliat he saw a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HOUSE PASSES NAVY MEASURE Sunnlv Bill Provides For Addition To Strength Os Navy Washington, Jan. 24—(UP) —The house passed today the $284,747,244 > Navy department supply bill which provided for completion of construction of a navy of treaty ( 1 strength. There was no record vote on the bill. The measure carries funds for . continuing the regular navy build- , ing program of 22 vessels, and in addition provides $1,600,000 to start construction of one eight-inch gun cruiser and three six-inch gun cruisers. The construction program in ad- ’ dition to the fleet building program made possible out of public works , funds will bring the navy to full '; treaty strength. , The navy replacement bill, sponsored by chairman Vinson of the ! house naval affairs committee and said to have backing of the adtninistration. will be considered latei II as a separate measure. Vinson de ON PAGE*FIVE)

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JSK MILLIONS TU CONTINUE TO THAT DATE Compromise In Dispute Over Abandonment of CWA Expected ASK HALF BILLION FOR RELIEF WORK Washington, Jan. 21.Prospect of compromise in the dispute over abandonment of civil works administration einplovment of 4,(MM),000 persons developed todav as it was revealed at Hie White House that the CWA would cease to exist as j such on Mav 1. Request will be made today or soon thereafter by the administration for $350,000,000 to continue the CWA until that date and for $500,000,000 for relief exendlture i in the next fiscal year. President Roosevelt feels that part of the $500,000,000 could he used after May 1 to provide jobs through the CWA method although the CWA as such will be abandoned. Adjustment of the matter along those lines probably would allay most of the dissatisfaction developing in congress against separation of CWA workers from the public pay roll. No definite figures are available to guide tlie administration, but Mr. Roosevelt is hopeful that a combination of public Works administration projects, a pick up in industry and the seasonal reemployment which usually accompany the springtime in the south and west will absorb many CWA workers. It is possible that up- ' wards of 2,000,000 may find em- ', ployment in those directions. It was revealed today that since ; inception of the CWA the White House has received several hundreds of letters daily protesting against misuse of CWA tunds. The general tenor of complaint was that local governments were using CWA funds to build up local political machines. Examination * TrON'l TNTTED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 GOVERNMENTTO RAISE BILLION Seek Hu?e Fund From Investors To Meet Recovery Expenditures Washington, Jan. 24. —(U.R) —Another billion dollars was sought from the nation’s investors today by the government to meet mounting recovery expenditures. The money will be raised through the sale to investors of $500,000,000 of 13% month 2% per cent cotes and a like amount of 7% mouth 1% per cent certificates of indebtedness. Both issues are dated January 29. The certificates mature September 15, 1934, and notes March 15, 1935. Proceeds of the security sale will be used to meet the govern- ' ment’s outlay for jzseovery which is expected to reach the billion dollar mark this month for the first > time since the war. The heavy outflow of funds reI cen.tly has depleted the govern- , ment’s cash to around the half bil- : lion dollar mark, only a two-weeks’ i supply at the current date of expenditures. As the government set out to (GONTINUEn ON PAGE THREE) oHighway Board To Seek Legislation Lafayette, Ind.. Jan. 24 —<U.R) —• Legislation to enable the Indiana highway commission to include j city streets in the state system was suggested at the Purdue University road school today by John W. Wheeler, a member of ! the commission. The annual school and road show held in the armory on the Purdue campus, attracted about 400 highway building experts, road men and city and county officials. ; Wheeler discussed the U. 8. bureau of roads program in Indiana as a part of the NRA. The , recovery program lias enabled i state highway men to work on j city streets, although state laws | prohibit such practice, Wheeler said.