Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1934 — Page 5

JflS TO w sIBIING RATE ■-■■lReduction , ■^ll/ :<!-<U.»~An ,| it . imiiaiiapol’H I uwei Kh, vowpunj 10 |, « ,ue * itM K »i-> livre five Per rent B.: , .ration Unlay by Ki , service <ommi«»ton. U<l Krdu.iH't *" ,ld cut levaK .. . H4".ooo a year. K, offkuls estimated. itenduK "■■■ '“ s ' ,l,lu ' ls '**■/ arguof the company ‘fid t0^8... t legality of u previous .f 01t i,r against the “»• ? !l «K ■■ms. ’ > had ordered “» ""Knlr' ij pear ton ' orrow -» ilqW utiise why elee116 ot • company should 7 l *^Kredn< - '’d. r Kheanmt a, which the reduct'd l K* .'. ' ’'l.olo was primarily ‘ !l '“•'lion ft'< >1 '>> the tnt'i'’ l ‘otrtention that ’~~‘BJiio» iii ' Kaiiy n K the burden of the proof ?d »tKthe ~ «. re attached . ‘.~K. n." ■■ - -ate reduction , . They were: '.' M^B Tlle commission and the s;a «K'.. ».|,mg cooperatively *'» ‘ouduct an apjr. jV, .. H |ii • I inventory of the !’■ i’"'.' aild books ,ommission will write .. of rates upon 'he ■ obtained in the in uu "show method of conducting the mv.stiga'ion. which the ■ -Kp, -, is illegal. ■ - i|V The ■’ >"■: 1 • 111 reiP * wlll within tin from ■ minission’s a, 7- ..1 th. oiler and will re- • effect until new rates are as a result ot the formal . MH'.c chairman ot 'lie . .Hcd !ho to the offer would 7 ■ n .. clock tomorrow -■' w,.. •show scheduled to start. ■ ■ I Oil! mmh no comment on proposal. 'll. public c-otllisc Koi: - commission, said the .olmission that lie- - are excessive KRTHDAY BALL ■ GREAT SUCCESS KjkTINVEti PaGK ONE) .a president Roosevelt was : T:. rowd joined in ,-ingnational anthem. . • music was furnished daru'.-r and his famous l“ ’'rehestra. At 11 o'clock a K 1,1 sisting of danc inc. and skits was given. It ■ ' -■■’if i! presentation and Idams theatre ■Last Time Tonight - I 10-25 c ■LITTLE WOMEN’’ ■ "ith Katherine Hepburn, ■han Bennett. Frances Dee. ■ .Jean Parker. ■ ADDED-’ Fine Feathers." ■ A Colortone Odditv. ■KRSDdv ONLY—lrene ■Dunn", ■"'t Srook in'lF I WERE FREE’, ■ih. mon. TUE —“DESIGN FOR ■IUNG" W( fp Fredric March, ■”7 Cocoer, Mirfkm Hopkins, ar d Everett Horton. Fhecort’ I- WEI). - THUR& - I 10-15 c ■ Barbara Stanwyck I “EVER IN MY I HEART” ■j 11 " Kreuaer. Ralph Bellamy ■ t| i'n Donnelly, Laura Hope ■ Frank Albertson. ■I.SO -. Roscoe 4 Fat tv) ArS.'Th “TAMALIO”, and ■/ETTI.X in THE PARK" a melody. ■‘TURDAY —“SMOKY" by Will ■ in uu. with Victor Jory, Irene ■ cn, 'e/, and "Smoky" the wonder ■UNday —The Picture Sensation ■’ th e year "THE WORLD ■ranges," Paul Muni, Aline Mc■sh°n, Mary Actor, Guy K'bbee. E ’’"ca Elli», Jean Muir, Donald E °“b, and Cast of Thousands. ■ Greater than ‘Cimmarron’." I**—

Threats Can’t Scare Mary I t , 4. . . >' wT. MHB■EyL.%. 4, c*wk M*,.. BW* ■lv\ -dtM *s?' • >’ ■ Wj < ' • 1 £. fWeb Oil rmrirMfrfTjM"Jl ( Making light of the mysterious kidnap scare that caused Boston authorities to assign her a bodyguard, Mary Pickford arrives at New York, where she declared her belief that the whole thing was caused by ‘fanatics.” However. “America's Sweetheart” is taking no chances, for - she is closely guarded in her New York hotel.

enjoyed by the happy birthday , wishers and supporters of the imt- ’ ional movement to endow Warm Spri gs Foundation. The hall was attractively decor- , aled in red, white and blue stream- . ers. The lights also matched the , national colors and the stage was l decorated in a patriotic manner. Thirteen tables of bridge and I rhum were in progress during the ( eveni' g. Prizes were won by Mrs. . t’haries Champlin, first; Mr . O, ■ L. Vance, second and Miss Ethel ' Ervin, third. Prizes to the men I were awarded to Roy Johnson, first: Fred Heuer, second. Miss ' Mary McKean was first in the rhum ■ contest. I Souve' ir dance programs and rose boutonnieres were sold by a committee of young women during the evening, the proceeds going to ‘ the Warm Springs fund. Mr. Holthouse. Mr. Tyndall, Mrs.. I C. O. Porter, general chairman on arangements, Herman Myers, floor chairman, expressed their appre- ' ciatiou to members of their committees who cooperated in making the local birthday observance a success. Appreciation of the pub lie’s patronage and purchas ■ of J tickets was also expressed by the | committee. SUGGEST CWA PROSECUTION II ( (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) investigation division. it was . learned, have been in Indiana. Illinois. Maryland. California and Massachusetts. Ofticials indicated that in several instances I'nitI ed States attorney, had been requested to prosecute. Under an arrangement between investigating authorities and Hopkins, when federal agents scattered throughout the country find evidence of criminal acts in the CWA and relief programs, they immediately consult United States attorneys in their lihtricts. DEFENSE ENDS TESTIMONY IN KIDNAP TRIAL > I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) '! plans with the secrecy with which ' they have been garbed since the I trial started. As the defense closed its i as -,

After Recovery of Stolen Baby —— — g I Fw* ' wF% Jtt sjm » *wki EL ' * mH » MS3£|% & «» > Mr 1 .to. r™u« i»”>sJ,a'SA l Kj“ l .X N Siwrt KIS 23.a w -oU P.tr.™ AAwt SiSX. .... M~ m"k...i suekhou« in their home, while a short Uwunce away rx g deft), ’'l -hose basement | l 3 charged. she "bought" the baby tor $4. | (

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the issues seemed to be clearly drawn for the jury. The state contended that Touhy, I and his associates Albert Kator' and Gloomy Gtis Schaeffer kidnap- ' ed factor and freed him after payment of 170,000 ransom. Defense contended that Factor : was kidnaped by the Capone syndicate, bitter enemies of the TYnthys, and that the Capone int-1 erests "planted" evidence that , Touhy staged the kidnaping in order to remove him as a competitor in the beer racket. The state demands the death penalty for the three remaining defendants A fourth man, Edward (Father Tom) McFadden, was released in the case at the motion of the state late yesterday. He is still held however In case Elkhorn, \Vis., authorities , who captured him may have some , charge to place against him. 0 BALLOONISTS DIE IN CRASH (CONTINUED PAGE ONE) now in session, adjourned out of respect to the-dead. It was voted to bury them in the wall of the Kremlin, a high Soviet honor. The reason for the catastrophe | was '.ot known. When the balloon, . the Svrius. struck the ground the force of the crash detached the gas : which floated away when freed lof the gondola's weight. i Reports of the crash were current in Moscow last night and all during the today, but officials refused to confirm it until after it • had been announced to the communist congress. o Finds Horseshoe Embedded Albuquerque, N. M. —(U.R)—W. E. Huber, wood cutter, owns a uniquegood luck piece—a horseshoe he found inside a log he was sawing. It apparently had bee: hung on a limb of a tree about 50 years ago. and gradually was envelepode by jtho growing tree. o Fecundity Record Del Hio, Tex.— <U.R) — Pretty Nancy May," a Jersey cow owned by W. B. Hurditt. local dairyman, is challenging the dairy world with her record as the dam of seven consecutive sots of twins, a d one calf, a total of 15 progeny in nine years.

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