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■TRUSTIES ! ■ ESCAPE AT ■STATE PRISON! HL Lif-r- Unong Four ■ 0 "Walked Out" At ■| Michigan City KeE 01 ESCAPED ■men in FOR LIFE < itv. Ind.. Apr. K,‘ I ..til Iriishes al prison. i.ncltidini! Tilr hrm murderers, Rj the week-end, 1K,.,, Ij.ihs I Kunkel :mKod l"dav. hh is "ere < liar.es sentenced Marion Willard Buller, sentiH le-i. eks eoumy, and i Phillip-. -enl.-nced from ! county. four’ll 1 wlls N ’°:il s ,need to three-year oil , Imri'.-s . sentence would e ■,.-.I next Marell aid B:u l-r. neproes, had' lrll stie< for many years, said Irwin was employH porter in the front of the nd Butler was employed ,i' Kunkel home. bad .er.--' to the outside prison he, ause of their years of trusted service. said. Mrp'Mil, t.irm. west of here, if. \ e\ d the belief would be captured from the farm he said We recapnt ~f them in a few prison is the one from 111I 11 of the John i gang escaped HMS- usimt guns stnngnotorious outlaw . Illi TO GIVE ■PLAfTIJESDAY Baseball Club ■till Present Rural | I Comedy Here " ■! Im Baseball Club will a rural comedy in three H"Sadie (lets Elected” in the high school auditorium ■>*>’ evening at X o’clock. Ad will be ir, and 25 cents. j three a, is take place in the of the Turnerville Journal.; sill he tarnished during the by the Aces of Rhythm j is tl; ■ cast of characters: Smith, printer’s devil— Bchieferstein. Turn. , the stenographer dray a widow Velma Reit ■ nN PAGE **x7 * I ~ Selected ■ In Hickman Case ■ K" ry Was selected In the Char-1 rape case this after■j*:'d the case continued until Tuesday morning because serious illness of Mrs. Ed. "ife of prosecuting attorney ■* se is being tried before Judge M ’ I)pVl '* in the Adams cir■fourt t( *ik the entire morning sesuntil 3:50 o’clock this after ■ 0 fielect the jury. The jury ■®* s Hower. Tone Thieme, ■ 11 ry ’ Ed Engeler. Jess Deßolt Adler - William Strldkler, ■ u “bach, John M. Bollenba hBurk. Walter Conrad, and V C. Bohnke. ■** Trees Are g Given For Project es u B)erson - President of the ■, Bumesteads. Inc., announ,y that in answer to his plea R* 'r Indiana trees,, 1200 had ■ °" ateil for the project. The HL, ®^ eral CWA workers are R , We “ at tlle lreea the park fc," 1 ? 1 CWA wll > b * ended j ■ „/’ 'hose trees which the ■a,/ ■ lln:U)ie t 0 I>lant >n their R* lo<ation « will be 1 R d ht until fall when addition 1 Ulfty ha a

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Advocates Peace jr "■ dWWBt, j t / I V -j/ I ■HHHHHHHMI Alexander A. Troyanovsky, first ambassador to the United States ■ from Soviet Russia, is pictured I here as lie spoke at a dinner held :in his honor in Chicago. In his talk tile ambassador urged that; the friendly relationship between , the United States and Russia be ’ strengthened by a vastly increased trade between the two couu ; tries.

FLIER KNOWN : HERE IS DEAD William Thaw Dies At Pittsburgh; Crashed Near Geneva Pittsburgh, Pa., Apr. 23 <U.R> — William Thaw 11. commander of 1 the h°roic little band of American i fliers who formed the Lafayette : Escadrille and made blazing chap-j I ters in the history of wartime aviation, died Sunday after a week's illness of pneumonia. He was 40 years old. A member of one of Pittsburgh's oldest families. Thaw was a pioneer in aviation work. In 1913 he , I was one of the first pilots to carry j mail from shore to ship, dropping J a bundle of New York papers on the Imperator as she was entering ; New York channel. Later Thaw electrified New York by flying under the four bridges over the East river, the first man to accomplish the feat. When the World War broke out in 1914. Thaw was in France. He , enlisted as a private with 121 1 other Americans in a volunteer 1 I foreign legion. In December. 1914 j he was transferred to the flying i corps. He was given the French military cross. — Thaw was one of the transcon1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o JOHN COOK IS DEATH'S VICTIM Native of Germany Dies Sunday Night At County Infirmary John Cook, 91, a resident of Adams County for 4b years, died at the Adams County infirmary Sunday night at seven o'clock of old age and complications. Mr. Cook had resided at. the infirmary since November 7, 1929, moving there from Berne where he lived lor 40 years. He had worked as a ditch digger. He was never married Mr. Cook wae born In Germany on March 21. 1843 and came to this country when 21 years of age. There are no relatives living. The body was removed to the Bierie and Yager funeral parlors in Berne and funeral services will | be held Wednesday forning at 9 i o'clock at the Cross Reformed Church in Berne with Rev J. L. Conrad officiating. Burial will be in the M. R. E- cemetery. Township Trustees To Distribute Seed Two hundred packages of seeds have been received for relief purlposes in this county. The seed will he distributed by the townehip trus-. tees ami will be Tuesday.

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EIGHT KILLED IN ACCIDENTS OVER WEEK-END Many Others Injured In Traffic Accidents In This State TWO ARE FATALLY BURNED IN WRECK Indianapolis. April 23. — (U.R) - Eight persons were killed and ; many were injured in week-end traffic accidents in Indiana, a survey showed today. Six of those' killed were motorists and two were ' pedestrians. Two men were burned fatally after their automobile crashed into, a concrete post on state road 67 i about three miles southwest of Anderson. They were Richard L. Lindquist. 30, Indianapolis, formerly of Fort Wayne, and Clarence Legg, 44, Laurel. Their deaths brought the total for the deadly streV-h of road to five for the last week. Dolphus Harrison, farmer, living near the scene of the accident, said the right front tire of their auto- J ' mobile went flat and the vehicle swerved into the post. Both occupants of the car were ■ crushed when the engine was push- , i ed into the front seat and set tire I ; to gasoline in the vacuum tank. Unable to extricate the victims, Harrison extinguished the flames and called ambulances. Both victimes died in an Anderson hospital. Legg regained consciousness long ' enough to identify himself and Linquist was identified by a filling station service card. Louis Howard. 17, South Bend. ' was killed and Victor Sednik, rid- | ing with him. wax Injured seriously . when their automobile collided with I another car and swerved into a culI vert on state road 31, ten miles ■ south of Kokomo. Grigsby W. Kendall, 77, died in a Seymour hospital several hours ~7continukd on page ftvei o ———— YOUTH IS HELD BY KIDNAPERS Young Athlete Held Captive; Kidnapers Demand SIO,OOO Findlay. O . Apr. 23—<U.R>—The ■ abandoned automobile of Donald ! Schoonover, 21. former athlete of. ' Liberty township high school. ; Hancock county, was found near the youth's home early today. A note found in the car by Sheriff Lyle Harvitt said Schoon-, over had been kidnaped and de-! manded almost IfIO.OOO ransom. The note was crudely written, ■ and said further instructions for I paying the money would be given ; Schoonover’s family today. A demand for $9,550 in bills of , $5, $lO and S2O denominations was contained in the note. Schoonover, it said, had $450 in his pockets to make up the balance. “Do as you are told and be careful of the police of Findlay or your heads will be blown off,” the note threatened. Written in pencil on the enve-1 lope, apparently by Schoonover. I was the following: “Keep care of my car jntd (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Total Os $86,575 Paid By Taxpayers — With the last day for paying | taxes set for Monday May 7, conn-' ty treasurer John Wechter announced today that a total of $86,572.00 1 has been paid on current taxes and $9,465.11 paid by delinquents. 0 Announce Dates Os Scout Camporee The second annual Camporee of, the Anthony Wavne Area Council Boy Scouts of America will be held at Franl.e Bark in Fort Wayne on June Bth, 9th and 10th, A full pro-1 gram has been arranged by the commitees in charge. At the next meeting of the Adams county scout officials Monday it will tbe decided whether the four : local troops will send representa- ! tlves. It is probable that one patrol 1 from each troop will malko the trip. I

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, April 23, 1934.

l 1111 _ 1 '■ 1 1 ***' ""“y MUST SIGN NAME Voters will be required to sign | their name on the permanent i | registration blanks when they | vote at the primary, Tuesday. , | May 8. The law requires that ' | each voier shall sign his or her , name on cards provided. These I ■ cards become part of the perm- | auent registration system and | are turned ovbr to the county | clerk for tiling The name of the . | party ticket voted is also listed ! | on the voter's card. ♦ - 2? NO REPORT OF | CHANGE HERE — No Definite Word Os Abolishment Os Federal Office g No definite word has .been received here of the abolishment of the , reemployment offices In this dlst-j rict office in Fort Wayne, as has i been announced in that city Under the proposal which will become effective, May 1. the reem : ployment offices in Adams. (Allen DeKalb. Lagrance, Noble, Steuben, , Wells and Whitley counties will be I combined and the new office will be located at 215 West Wayne j street, Fort Wayne. Thie will in no way affect the FERA program which is administered by the governor’s commission 1 unemployment relief in this county, j William Linn, Adams county chair-1 | man, stated today that this work will go on as before. The federal reemployment office here directs the seven PWA workers who are employed at the Decatur Homesteads anti the men work- ■ ing on the PWA road improvement j jobs on state road 527 and U. S. highway 27 in this county. The | : building of houses on the Decatur Homesteads will also come under ■ I the PWAi ■ Because of the unique setup in i this county with these projet ts it is . possible that some means of establishing local administration of ! these projects may be arranged.! i The federal CWA funds under which the seven men are now em i ployed expires May 1. d Mother Os Local Resident Is Dead Mrs. Ida May Brunton. <69. of Fort Wayne, mother of Jack Brunton of i this city, died Sunday morning at 11:45 o'clock at the Methodist hospital of typhoid fever. Mrs. Brunton entered the hospital on March 1 ’ 29 for an operation. She was a member of the Fort ■ Wayne Simpson Methodist church. Surviving are two sons. Jesse H Brunton of Fort Wayne and John H. (Jack) Brunton of Decatur. Funeral services will be held j Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at I the Eel River Chapel near Churn-' I busco and burial will be made in I the Eel River cemetery. THEATER WILL OPEN JUNE 1 New Adams Theatre On Monroe Street Will Open On June 1 The grand opening of the New Adams Theater on Monroe street i will be held Friday evening. June 1, it was announced today by 11. iA. Kalver. Work on the new playhouse is nearing completion and everyl thing will be in readiness for the j opening date. Work on the interior of the ' theater is nearly finished. The spacious, high-ceilinged auditorium is 1 complete wth the exception of some final painting. New seats and a new extra-large picture screen have ■been received from the factory and ; will Ibe installed within a few days. Carpenters are busy erecting the canopy which is the only one of its kind on any theater In Indiana. It is of the new. modernistic round design and w-ill .be brilliantly lighted with hundreds Os lamps The box ’ office will also be constructed in the modernistic manner. Work on the rest rooms for men and women is st iso near completion. A specially selected program of the latest talking pictures, which will ibe announced later, have been booked by Mr. Kalver for the open-; ing week.

YOUTHS TO RUN -| CITY FOR DAY Younger Generation Will Hold City Offices On May I Twenty-one new candidates will ' enter politics tills week as the plans ■ for Youth Week get underway. Mayor George Krick, of Decatur ! t he city council, tlie clerk-treasurer 1 and fire chief and the chief of po-| lice will turn over their offices to : 'youth of Decatur for one day, Frl-j ■ day May 4. Three slates for the offices have : been named by the protestant, Cathlolic and Lutheran schools The ! names will lie mixed up in order that each school may be representedon the three tickets, sponsored , by the Peoples, Liberal and Conservative parties. The candidates will be elected Friday afternoon. April 27, from 1 to 2:30 p. m. An election board of | school children supervised by a ' committee of Rotarians will see that the election is legal. Tlie platforms will be announced i as soon as the candidates on the ; respective tickets are named. It is expected that some noteworthy re forms will be made by tlie "officers for a day” Tlie election is a part of tlie Youth Day in Citizenship. Friday. May 4. the committee in charge of the day is: chairman Avon Burk. C. E. Bell. J. W. Rice and Joe Mvj Maken. o j Democrats To Meet In DeKalh County Democrats of Dekalb county will enjoy a get-together meeting. Wednesday night, a 6:30 o’clock banquet /being one of the features. Tickets i are only 35 cents and the committee i in charge has sent 10 to this office. : The principal speaker will be the Hon. Clarence Jackson, an outstand I ing orator of the state and the man in charge of the state income tax department il'ongressman Janies I. Farley will also be present and 1 [there will be many other speeches. BODY WORKERS GO ON STRIKE Thousands Os Fisher Plant Employes Strike This Morning Cleveland, Apr. 23.— (U.R) ThousI ands of Fisher Body Corporation workers walked out of tlie Cleve land plant today in a strike which | it was feared may cause the entire I automobile labor tinder-box to flame ’ anew. The walkout, originally voted in secret ballot on March 8, was ord i ered into effect at 7 a. m. today following breakdown in negotiations seeking recognition of the United Automobile Workers Federal Union. Simultaneously, some 3.100 em ployes of the Fisher Body and Chevrolet assembly plants at St. Louis were ordered out. Approximately 4,800 of the 8.000; men employed at the local plant are claimed as members o< the union, which is affiliated with the A. F. of L. The remainder of the workers are for the most part members of a recently organized company union. Picketing of the plant was begun Immediately. No city police were (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Activity Renews In Real Estate Col. Roy Johnson reports considerable activity in the real estate business and each week now Is closing several deals, either by private sale or at auction. Saturday he [sold the property of Mrs. Minnie ' Bunner, 604 Short street at auction ! for $1,400 and also closed a deal for the purhase of the beautiful bungalow of Mrs. Hattie Obenauer , on First street to Grover Oliver. A half dozen sales are pending now and there is quite a stir along this line. The sale of the Buetell property on south Third street to Mr. Shock for $2,925 was one of the ; best auctions here in some time. | ! Among the deals now being negotiated are several for down town business properties. Decatur is mov- [ ing and the next year looks like | a very prosperous one.

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RAILWAY WAGE i PROBLEM NEXT TO BE SETTLED Problem Is Chief Labor Issue Before Federal Administration WAGE SC ALES FOR MINERS REVISED Washington, Apr. 23 - (UJI) I With a speedy return to normalcy I i anticipated in tlie bituminous coal [ industry. Hie railway wage prob i lem became tlie chief labor issue before the administration today. Tlie automobile industry caused worry also. Strikes were called at plants at Cleveland, St. Louis. 1 Officials admitted a possibility! (lie conflict might spread to other 1 centers where sporadic outbursts; liave been frequent despite sup-1 posed settlement of tlie situation) through an agreement negotiated by the President. Miners and operators in southern coal fields were expected to drop their embattled stand and respond to President Roosevelt s appeal to resume normal opera tions on the revised wage scale | drawn by Recovery Administrator! [ Hugh S. Johnson. In the rail situation appoint ment of a special presidential coni- 1 mission to examine tlie demands; of unions and suggest a settlement! was consider'd likely. • Labor leaders reiterated their [opposition to proposals of Mr. [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) I O Regular Legion Meeting Tonight Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will meet in regular) .session at 8 o’clock tonight at the! Legion hall on South Second street, i All members are urged to attend as 1 business of importance will be dis-, cussed. j oi Pauline Ashley Quits Position Miss Pauline Ashley, who hast been supervising tlie cataloguing and repairing of tlie books-In the, [city and Decatur high school libra-; ■ ries, left this morning for Bloomington high school library for the remainder of the year. Next fall she will again have charge of that library and also teach one or two classes of English in the high school. Miss Violet Van Note, case investigator for tlie local re-employment office, has written to tlie state headquarters for instructions as to the appointment of a successor to Miss . I Ashley. It is thought likely that it I will be necessary to find an Adams [county resident on relief rolls who [ lis capable of handling the job to I replace Miss Ashley. This work is an old CWtA project which was reapproved under the FERA program CONVENTION IS SET FOR JUNE 5 — Renomination of Senator Arthur Robinson Believed Assured Indianapolis, Apr. 23. —(U.R) —The ’ renomination of Senator Arthur K. Robinson was believed assured to day following decision of the Re publican state committee to hold the party’s state convention June The early date, it is believed, will prevent the entrance of another candidate in the field. A move had been under way for [ several weeks to hold the convention at a later-date, possibly Labor; Day. Other action taken by the com-; mittee included a decision to renew I its effort to prove that Lieut. Gov.i M. Clifford Townsend is holding of- [ I flee illegally. The Republicans contend that he violated a state statute by accept ing the position as head of tlie state Department of Commerce’and In dustry under the government re [ organization act. The law provides . [ that no elective officer of the state I ! can hold any other paying position with the state. It was voted to make the nomination of a candidate for lieutenant *’(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Shoots Way Out • I 1 ■h. 1 / /'-d < i John Dillinger, the country’s ace | [ outlaw, again evaded capture Sun- I I day night when the fugitive and | six associates batt led federal I agents and other officers near; Eagle River. Wisconsin. At least [ I two men were killed and several [ wounded.

GIVE OPERETTA HERE THURSDAY South Ward School Pupils Will Present ThreeAct Operetta “The Magic Beanstalk.” an op- | eretta*ln three acts will be presented by tlie pupils of lite South I Ward school in the Decatur high school auditorium Thursday night | i at S o'clock. The cast of 105 mem- ! hers includes every pupil in the' building ranging in ages from six; to 10 years. Tfclp'ts for the presentation may be secured from any pupil or purchased nt the door of Hie auditorium Thursday evening. The charge will be 10 cents for everybody. The characters in the play are i as follows: Jack Jack Porter Captain Kidd . James Egley Jack's Mother Joan Cowens Juliana, the cow Charles Chant-: plin, Jr., and Billy McGill Announcer Eugene Melchi. Jr. Gipsy Ann Atola Jane Eady I Foolemesi, the magician Billy Lynch Blunderbuss, tlie ogre Dick Linn | First, second, third, fourth, fifth [ rind sixth women—Helen Fennig. j j Delores Worst, Patsy Garard, Ro-; ; herta Coffelt, Donna Kraft anti ) Joan Ncwiin, respectively. First, second, third and fourth ! 'men Ellis Skiles, Richard Eichhorn. Rolland Affolder and James; Colter, respectively. Choruses of villagers, pirates, Dutch children. Japanese girls. [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Carl Gerber Will Open Meat Market I Carl Gerber, son of Tillman Geriter, salesman for the Mutschler Packing company, will open a meat market in this city Tuesday morning. The shop, which will ibe known as the City Cash Meat Market, will [ibe located on South Second street, north of the Sprague Furniture' j company. O' ——— Regular Meeting Os Moose Lodge Tonight Tlie regular meeting of the Loyal I order of Moose will he held at the 'Moose home on North Second street i this evening Routine husinees will be disposed of so that Tuesday evening can Hie devoted to the initiation and installlation of new lodge officers. The Van Wert degree team will be in charge of the initiation. The team is one of the best drilled de-1 gree organizations in Ohio. A class of 52 candidates will be initiated Tuesday. Sol Lord and staff of of-) officers will assume their duties.

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TWO KILLED IN FIERCE BATTLE WITH OUTLAWS John Dillinger And Gang Escape Trap At Wisconsin Resort THREE WOMEN ARE HELD BY OFFICERS Eagle Biver, Wise., Apr. 23 <U.R) Hundreds of ledlend agents and posseincn swarmed through a huge wilderness area fodav searching lor John Dillinger and a half dozen associates alter three desperate battles in which two men were killed, : and four others were wounded. one critically. Three girl companions of the gangsters were captured and held i incommunicado. Tlie battle which raged through I the dark forest of this resort I country followed 48 hours in i which Dillinger anil his henchmen had held Emil Wanetka. propriet;or of Little Bohemia lodge cap--1 tive in tlie resort with his wife, . fits eight year old son. and two ! employes. | More than 50 federal agents and [ local officers engaged in the three [ battles in which the gangsters ! answered assaults with flaming ! machine guns and the attackers 1 literally plastered doors and windows out of the resort with buck ] shot and rifle fire. Casualties, so far as could be [ learned through the federal ccn- ! sorship: I Dead: W. Carter Baum, federal agent, i Chicago Eugene Boiseneau, C.C.C. work- ! er. Mellen. Wisconsin. Wounded: Carl Christiansen. constable. I Spider Lake, Wisconsin. John Hoffman, city employe, ; Ironwood, Michigan. John Morris, C.C.C. worker. J. C. Newman, federal agent. Capture of Dillinger and all of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Slight Damage Caused By Fire A spark from the chimney caused [ slight damage to the roof of the Hill residence. 337 Mercer avenue, about 11 o’clock this morning. Damage was estimated at SI.OO. o Naomi Butler Is Chosen Officer Miss Naomi Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Butler was elected secretary and treasurer of the Ohio State Nurse Anesthetists A'sso- iation at a meeting which was I held in Cincinnati, Ohio, Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Butler has been in charge I of the anesthesia department at the. (General Hospital which is the University hospital, for the past eight ; years Miss Butler also teaches in 'that department. A clinic was given for the group by Miss Butler at the .General hospital Wednesday mornI ing. FARMERS BEGIN j SOWING BEETS Most Os Sugar Beet Seed Likely Will Be Sown This Week Farmers have started the sowing of sugar beet seed, J. Ward Calland field manager for the Central Sugar Co., of this city stated today. The first seed was sown last Friday and Saturday. Farmers contin- | ued with the sowing this week and ; with tlie present good weather much of the crop will have been seeded by the end of the week Final determination of the amount of acreage in the territory ! of the local sugar company has not ('been made. Due to the provisions of | the Jones-Costigan bill, which control and limit the production of sugar in tlie United States, officials of the Central Sugar company, did not know how tlie control act would affect local growers. iApproximately 13,000 acres have ' been offered the local company and [ it is not known if the provisions of the sugar bill will affect this year’s j n op or what reduction will have to be made among the growers.