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kvaiOFSHIP &EWDROWNED I IN COLLISION lerwius Into LightjpMring Heavy l og Tlis Morning EW)I ELEVEN ON I ATE I) SHIP lew w* k' " av l ,r> - — IU,J — en "* the crew the Nantucket e defir •'ly known tlrownodtyAhen the White Star r Oly npic rammed ami t tM snip off the New hetv of life, occurring B thSnboiimi liner knifed waßlhrough the lightship deflßi"-'. was confirmed by " irneM- - from Captain Broth te, master or the Olympic. j ord oßtiif tragedy was com icated ti' telephone from the lek ere well men on the light the «i’inlander said, Four lost ht sea. Seven were tak board lie Olympic and three lose 4ied after they were reid In B>e ship’s hospital, ptata Vante reported that his >1 *k the .Nantucket amid at 11 tn. EOT He lowered life bits and a motorboat in hearylt and picked up the n mess I the lightship crew. I. m„ the liner slowly ircles around the scene | edy, the smaller boats te search for the bodies. | pic then abandoned the ' proceeded on her way. i t dock until tomorrow cause of the delay. „ ticket, largest and most the world’s floating was equipped with ional devices by which 1 two nw pxge «tx» ler Returns To Night Force fr. who recently was ave of absence, return-' v police force last evenice on the night forte y Joe Kortenber. —o Will | Re ch Two Hundred e CBmber of Commerce mem-' tip 9 reach the 290 mark, era if the organization pred today. i to Bate 192 members have' enrolled ard a “clean up" cami Is & v under way under the stion of Dan Tyndall, presiand [Jess Rice, secretary. e officers predicted that the set At 200 at the opening of would be reached by I the week. The solicitalemhers was made by the of this city and ■ers £f the Chamber of Com■e votpplimented them for the obtained. Hl PEOPLE ATCONVENTION irtwSixth Annual SoB Convention Held ■ At (Jarrett B Hir'y-sixth annual convenI gibe Women’s Home Mission--1 Society of the Methodist EplsI |ehu: lies of the Fort Wayne | held at Garrett, Mon- ! The meeting was largely at--1 d »n<l a number of Decatur ’ I Wre present. » ixt Fort Wayne district I Ht” wIU 56 held at the Trl ' t. church in Fort Wayne, and BpftWthern Indiana Conference ■■iventfoi will be held in October Manchester. the all-day meeting, delegation, conference present and the Fort ■W a •Btrict officers were enterlll»M at tea at the parsonage iby *nd Mrs. B. H. Franklin. P*osefrom Decatur who attended and tea were the MesJ. M. Miller, A. D. Suttles, o#»r Lower, Henry Heller, GerFfßMh, Sam Butler, R. D. Myers, IHBi Beery and Mr. and Mrs. aDd Ms- and Mrs. C. D.
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Reduction Os More Than 20 Per Cent Ordered In Farmers' Corn-Hog Claims
The Adams county allotment committee of the corn hog control organization met at Auburn yesterday and received the figures ami apportionments for Adams county. The committee is composed of Henry Rumple, chairman; William Patterson and Homer Arnold. From the following table, it is estimated that there will be a 21.7 per cent reduction of the farmer's claims of hogs raised in i the base period.
for All tracts After j Contracts Adjustment ' 1. Corn Acreage Planted in 1933 29,828 29,244 2. Corn Acreage Planted in 1932 33,768 31,857 3. Corn Acreage Planted. Average 1932-32 31,798 39,550 4. Corn Yield per Acre (Average Appraised) 36.0 36.0 5. bitters Farrowed, Spring 1933 5,972 4,668 6. Litters Farrowed. Fall 1933 5,142 4,700 -7. Litters Farrowed. Total 1933 11,114 9,368 8. Litters Farrowed. Spring, 1932 5,626 4,167 I 9. Litters Farrowed. Fall, 1932 .. 5,197 3,919 I 10. Litters Farrowed, Total, 1932 10,823 8,086 I 11. Litters Farrowed. Average 1932-33 10,968 8,727 I 12. Hogs Produced for Market from 1933 (Spring Litters 34,841 22,308 13. Hogs Produced for Market from 1933 Fall Litters - 29,976 27,900 I 14. Hogs Produced fcr Market from Total 1933 Litters 64,817 50.208 15. Hogs Produced for Market from 1932 Spring Litters 32,562 18.505 16. Hogs Produced for Market from 1932 Fall Litters 31,100 24.660 , 17. Hogs Produced for Market from Total 1932 Litters 63,662 43,165 | 18. Hogs Produced for Market from Average of 1932-33 Litters 64,239 46,686 This quota will take oft 528 acres for 1933; 1911 in 1932; Litters. 1304 litters, spring 1933; 442 litters, fall 1933; 1459 litters, spring ! 1932; 1278 fall 1932; 12.533 head hogs, spring 1933; 2076 head, fall i 1933; 14,057 head, spring 1932; 6,500 head, fall 1932.
Assessors Make Reports Saturday Dog owners have until May 19, to pay their dog tax to the township assessors. The assessors will make their final reports by Saturday and then the lists will be turnwl over nriTieToWnshTpYlW-* ( tees for collection. The dog tax must be paid by June 1.. The assessors are completing i their work today and making final i reports to county assessor John I Felty. Corporations had until today j today to file their schedules and I assistants in the assessor’s office are now compiling the figures and assessment sheets. o VETS' MY AT MAM SUNDAY Veterans Day Will Be Observed At Marion Hospital Sunday ■■ Several patriotic and civic organiizations here have received invitations to attend the observance of i Veterans Day at the U. S- Veterans hospital at Marion on May 20. The institution is one of the largest of I its kind in the world and a large delegation from here is expected to take part in the program. ! Replacing the observance of Na-
tional Hospital Day, the program this year is expected to attract several thousand persons from all sections of Indiana and scores from many nearby states. War Mothers, especially, are planning to visit j sons in the institution just a week : after Mother's Day. Sponsored by the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars. United Veterans. Disabled American Veterans, Disabled American Veterans, the G. 'A R, United Spanish War Veterans and several other patriotic organizations and their au- ■ xiliaries, the event is planned as a tribute to the more than 1,400 1 service men who are patients in the ! **o*'t’sCEP on page SEVEN • —— o Y r oung Wren Woman Dies At Hospital ■ ’[ Mrs Jessie Tumbleson, 18, of I Wren. Ohio, died at 5 o’clock this i morning at the Adams County Me • morial Hospital. Mrs Tumbleson had spent her , entire life in Wren. She was born i there in 1916, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs James Dull who survive. The - husband. Jessie Tumbleson and a • two weeks old girl baby. Ixs “ ann ’ one brother. Charles Dull of Wren, I all d two sisters. Myrtle and Frances - both of Wren, also survive. Mrs Tumbleson was a member : of ‘the Wren United Brethren chunch . “.S" Thursday afternoon at 2 ; Burial will .be In the Decatur cemetery.
Stntr, Nnilonal And liiiernutluunl News
The state corn hog official's | main suggestion for effecting this reduction was that the figures from the assessors' books from brood sows be secured and the contracts reduced accordingly. . The allotment committee instruct- 1 ed the tabulators to secure this information, and they are calling j a meeting of all committeemen for Tuesday evening. May 22, fori further discussion of the matter. 1 The table follows: Reported Required Total | Total for All con- I
SAYS BUSINESS IS IMPROVING . Lletuy Eord Further Improvement In All Lines Chicago, May 15. — (U.R' -Conditions are improving and will continue to improve Henry Ford, here . for a review ot the 1934 world’s fair, said today. "I don't see anything wrong with I conditions.” Ford said in answer to a question. “Things have been | picking up and I look for further improvement in all lines. ’’ The NRA is “out of his mind,” i he said. “In fact I never had it in ’ my mind. If there's anything thing ’ wrong with this country or any- | thing happens to retard Its return to prosperify, it will be through ignorance.” Questioned about his political , views. Ford replied with one of his I rare smiles: “I don't know anything about, politics. Whoever you vote for has i been handpicked by someone, so it | doesn't make much difference." The motor magnate foresees I greater scientific progress in the next 30 years than has occurred in the past thousand years. "There will be almost alarming discover- | ies,” he said, “not only in the automotive field, but in all lines of in-
*~CONt7nUED ON PAGE SEVEN 0 PLAN MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES Annual Legion Services Will Be Held At U. B. Church, May 27 Annual Memorial Day services will be conducted by Adams post I number 43 of the American Legion, Sunday, May 27. The services will he held at the First United Brethren church, with I Dr. Charles J. Roberts, pastor of the church, delivering the memor-| ’ ial address. Time for the service I i has been set for 10:30 a. ni. Ralph Roop and Hubert Cochrane I have been named to have charge | ■ of the legion members. All World War veterans, their families, Span-ish-American and Civil War veteri ans and their families are also ini vited to attend this service. Members of the legion auxiliary will ’ ’ also attend the service in a body, i All wishing to attend are asked to meet at the legion hall on South ■ Second street at 10 o'clock. A program also is being arrangI ed for appropriate services on Decoration Day, Wednesday, May 30. ; Otto Gase has been named general, chairman for the services.
Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 15,1934.
COMPLETE PLAN FOR INITIATION OF CANDIDATES K. of C.Will Initiate Large Class of Candidates Sunday FATHER SEIMETZ TO GIVE FIRST DEGREE Plans for the big K. of C, Initia-1 ition to be held in this city Sunday I were completed last night at the I meeting of the members of the I Knights of Columbus, held at the K. of C. hall. A class of 51 new members and 27 reinstatements will be initiated. The Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz pastor of St. Mary's Catholic | church, who served as Grand Knight of the laigansport Knights of Columbus duripg his pastorate in that city, will play a prominent part in the initiatory program here. Father Seimetz. assisted by the local lodge officers, will confer the first degree work on the candidates. He will also deliver the sermon at the high mass Sunday morning at ' which the candidates, members of I the local council and visitors will I attend in a body. The Probram The scheduled program for the day follows: Knights of Columbus assemble at K. of C. hall at 7:45 o'clock A. M. Knights of Columbus and candida.tac march tn Sst Miirv’s (’ilthollc
dates march to st. Marys lainonc : I church. i High mass at 8:30 o'clock. Father j I Seimetz acting as celebrant; ser- 1 mon by Father Seimetz. Following mass members and candidates march back to K. ot C. hall. I Conferring of first degree, be- j i ginning about 10 o’vock. Conferr*i»oof second degree by John Schuh , |teis, chancellor,, Fort Wayne K. of ■ C. council. 2 p. m. Exemplification I I of third degree by Fort Wayne dei gree team under direction of Henry Hasley, 4 p. m. Lunch and social meeting for candidates and lodge members. K. of C. hall, 8 p. m. Clayson J. Carroll, grand knight . CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN GOVERNMENT TO AID SUFFERERS Victims of Great Western Drought Will Be Given Aid Washington. May 15 — (U.R) ' Government money and technical I resources were marshalled today ito assist sufferers of the great i western drought. The President announced a special relief program for the midwest. A congressional committee was named to cooperate with federal authorities in any way necessary. An emergency allotment of $450,000 was made to Wisconsin, North and South Dakota to start operation of a four-point relief program. The weather bureau and agricultural experts, watching for signs of the drenching rains needed to break the drought said the situation remained acute. The four-point federal program ' provides: Cash purchases of cattle faced by starvation in the stricken area. The meat will be canned for general relief purposes. Relaxation of AAA acreage re*o’n ’page six) Continue Snyder Trial To Thursday Otto Snyder who was charged with public intoxication when ar- | rested election night, had his case I continued again Monday night. It | will be heard in Mayor George I Krick's court Thursday evening. Mrs. Odle Suffers Injury To Ankle Mrs, Grover Odle of 230 North Seventh street, suffered an injury to her right ankle about 10 o'clock this morning when she slipped and fell on the basement steps at the Odle home. Both bones in the right ankle were fractured. Mrs. Odle was taken to the Adame County Memorial Hospital where the injury was dressed and she was removed to het home.
Tn Confer Work BrS- ►! **! I The Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, j pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church and former state chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, assisted by local lodge officers will con- ! i fer the first degree initiatory work on a class of candidates ; here Sunday morning. Father Seimetz will also deliver an ad- , dress at the high mass to be held at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning, j . GRADUATE WEEK EXERCISES OPEN I I Annual Senior Party Opens Commencement
\\ eek Exercises Here Commencement week was open- I led Monday evening with the annual senior party which was held in the i gymnasium. Members of the graduI ating class pf the Decatur public high school met alone for the last , time. At the.other evenU,tAUhe ' week they will be guests of honor This week will also end the ' school year. Following a custom ' established several years ago no i final examinations will be given. Vnder the new system the pupils are expected to get their work each day instead of studying for one im- ' portant test. A number of standard tests, howi ever, will be given which will have no bearing upon the students' .grades. The purpose of these tests . will be to discover how the pupils of this high school compare with l i those of high schools all over the J country. Thay will also point out i the strengths and weaknesses of the method of teaching this year. The tests which will be given I are: Purdue Placement English, test to all seniors; Shepherd EngI lish test to all freshmen and sophol mores; Clapp-Young English test 1 to juniors, and the Columbia Re- , search Bureau chemistry test. These are all in the nature of achievement tests. The Sonis-Harry high school ' achievement test will be given to ’ the seniors. It is divided into four parts—language, mathematics, nat.l oral science, and the social sciI ences. This comprehensive test is > | often asked for by colleges when
• j CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN YOUTH ADMITS $27,000 THEFT 1 1 16-Year-Old Boy Admits Theft of Checks From Postoffice Peru, Ind., May 15.—4U.RX A confession from Clifford H. Friend, 16. admitting theft of $27,000 worth of ' checks from a package deposit box in the local postoffice, was claimI ed today by police. , Harold Friend, 32, father of the II youth, was held for questioning. ’ Young Friend was arrested at Culver when he attempted to sell a revolver. Theft of the checks, $2,000 of ; which had not been cancelled, was discovered when a number of them i' were found in the rear of a local r night club. l ! Officials of two firms that had 1 mailed the checks said all but > about S3OO worth of the uncancell[ed checks still are missing. J Police said the youth told them .' he had stolen the packages from 1 the postoffice without knowing s j their contents. Most of the checks j were destroyed, they quoted him 'as saying.
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Girl, Millionaire Freed Last Night From Captivity
.lune Robles Is Found Chained In Desert Near Home GIRL FREED AFTER CAPTIVE 19 DAYS Tucson, Ariz., May 15—(U.R) — The identity of the kidnapers who confined June Robles, 6, in I a prison cage in the desert for i 19 days wdl be known within 24 hours, Joseph E. P. Dunn, department of justice agent, said today. Tucson, Ariz., May 15. i; (U.R) Department of justice ! agents reportedly plan to investigate today reports that i ransom money was paid before six-vear-old .lune Robies I was released from the hot II prison cage in which she was found last night. I The letter which led to I June's recovery in a desert hole nine miles from Tucson was ,! mailed from Chicago last Thurs--1 day. the day her father made a [ final appeal to the kidnapers who . i. ...i i. rtia IQ Un vs
! had held her 19 days. Reliable sources said that the j federal agents will investigate the possibility Robles paid an undeI termined ransom sum that day. In his appeal Robles said he was | ; abandoning hope unless the kidnapers accepted SIO,OOO ransom instead of the $15,000 originally demanded. Shortly after his ap--1 peal. Robles said he would make [no more overtures. He indicated , ■ only yesterday he believed June I would be returned soon. If he paid ransom, it was be- ■ lieved that June was kept captive : in the corrugated iron prison cage I under the hot desert sun only j long enough for her abductors to ( CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN DEATH CLAIMS JOHN REYNOLDS North Second Street Resident Dies After Long Illness John Reynolds, 64, of 508 North Second street, died at his home at 10 o'clock this morning following an extended illness. Mr. Reynolds had been ailing for the past year but his condition became serious during the last three months. He was born December 28, 1869 and his marriage to Mary Whittenbarger took place July 28, 1917.
Surviving are the widow and two children, Ferdinand. 16, and Elizabeth, 11, several brothers and sisters. Funeral services will be held at ' the United Brethren church in this city Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with the Rev. C. J. Roberts, pastor, officiating. The body will be removed to I the Reynolds home from the S. E. Black funeral home Wednesday. - - -— n 1 Three Candidates File Expense List — o ■ Three additional candidates filefd their expenses for the May primary with county clerk David D. Depp today. They are: Clarence A. Stalter, mayor of Decatur $21.75. John Mosure, senator of Adams Wells and Blackford counties SSO. Phil Sauer, commissioner of first district, $4.00 o Geneva Man Fined, Sentenced To Term I Bluffton. May I’s (Special)— : Clyde Campbell, Geneva, entered a plea of guilty in circuit court this I forenoon to a charge of driving an ■ automobile while under the influ- • ence of intoxicating liquor. Judge John F. Decker assessed as penalty i a fin? of S4O and costs and a jail i sentence of six months. ; Thirty days of the sentence must i be served in the county jail and i the other five months suspended on good behavior.
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I Postmaster (Jives Warning Against Driveway Parking Parking *in the driveways at the i rear and east of the Decatur post ’ office building must stop and autos found there will be taken to local garages and the costs assessed against the owners, L. A. Graham, postmaster announced today. Last Saturday a number of cars were parked on the driveways. Someone started to drive out and ran on the lawn. Evidently noticing his mistake he backed up and damaged the lawn greatly. I Postmaster Graham stated that I the government forbids the use of .’ 1 the driveways as parking places | and that the practice must cease. . I Cars located there will be hauled , to local garages and the cost of , (storage and transportation assessed I I against the car owners. o ANNUAL GRADE : PLAY TONIGHT
Eighth Grade Play Will Be Presented At High School Auditorium A large crowd is expected to attend the annual eighth grade play. “An CMd Fashioned Mother" to be presented in the Decatur high i school auditorium tonight at 8 o':clock. A fine play cast has been chosen | to take part in the production. The | play takes place in the village ot’ ; Canton in northern New York and I is a parable of a mother’s love triumphant over the ingratitude and neglect of her children. It is arranged in three acts. The scene of the entire action is laid in the front ‘‘settin’ room" of I Aunt Deborah Underhill’s farmhouse. >Aunt Deborah is a blessed told saint in Israel, nearly seventy years old. the widow of a deacon and the mother of four boys and two girls. All the children, however, have married and moved away from the old home with the exception of John and Charley. John is the youngest and the idol of hits mo- ' ther's heart. He is led astray by evil companions and they find him a weak and subservient tool for their misdeeds. The play opens with a rehearsal of the village choir with numerous interruptions from Jeremiah Gosling, a comical country boy always , trying to swop something, and from Miss Lowizy Loviny Custard, the CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN , _ o PETERS DENIES SEEKING POWER ’ Senatorial Candidate Denies Seeking Control Os Committee Indianapolis, May 15.—(U.R)' —De- ' nial that he is seeking control of the new Democratic state central • committee was issued today by R. ■ Earl Peters, Fort Wayne, candidate for nomination as United States senator. i The state committee will be re- . organized following election ot a new chairman and vice chairmen in ten districts tomorrow. Friends of Peters have been fighting the forces of Gov. Paul V. McNutt for control of the party but 1 Peters' announcement is expected to assure the election of Omer t Jackson, Greenfield, for state chairi man. The anti-McNutt forces have , no quarrel with Jackson but are slightly more favorable to Thomas , McConnell, Fowler, second district , chairman. i “It is not my purpose to try to control the affairs of the Demo- . cratic party in organization or othI erwise,” Peters said. I I “It is my belief that the repre**CONTINUED ON*PAGE FIVE).
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Three Men Held By Police Confess Part In Gettle Plot NO RANSOM PAID FOR HIS RELEASE Los Angeles, Mav 15.— Three confessed kidnapers, captured in a police raid that rescued William F. (iettle, kidnaped Beverlv Hills millionaire, were finger-printed today on the possibility of linking them with an organized abduction ring. Police said their records were sought bv Chic ag o authorities who inferred they ’ might be wanted in several kidnapings in the middlewest. Gettle was rescued last night after officers, seeking robbery suspects, arrested James Kirk, former bootlegger and asserted "brains" of the gang. Proceeding to an address found |in Kirk's possession, they sur- | prised two men seated at a table. '' One man leaped through a winI dow into the arms of a deputy, i The second escaped but was cap-
I 1 lie oiiu cßvapcw w—v r | tured a short time later. I Unfettered, he arose from the I bed and announced as though dazed: “I’m Gettle.” He said he was unharmed. No ransom was paid. The other suspects were Roy Williams, a farm hand, and f-arrv i Kerrigan, said to have a police record. Joan Burke and Loretta Woody, alias Loretta Kerrigan, also were arrested on suspicion of kidnaping. Officers said the three men confessed. Kerrigan and Williams united in accusing Kirk as the "brains” of the gang. Confronted, Kirk cursed his accusers, then admitted his part in the kidnaping, police said. Although Gettle named Williams as the guard who watched over him during his five-day imprisonment, Kerrigan insisted he was the guard and that Williams and Kirk were the masked gunmen who kidnaped Gettle from his country estate in Arcadia last . Wednesday night. "I don't know whose idea it was ' in the first place." Kerrigan said. I “They came to me and asked me if I would guard him if they got him. I was flat, and I said I would." "Who are 'they'?” “Kirk and Williams." Officers said Williams first denied. then admitted aiding Kirk in the actual abduction. Kirk denied coming here, from San Francisco some time ago for the specific purpose of kidnaping Gettle. According to police records, he was arrested three years ago on a charge of forging Gettle's name to a check. "Why did you pick on Gettle?" he was asked. | i “I don’t know except that he just happened to be a guy with a lot of money," Kirk replied, according to the confession. Kirk was questioned closely by officers who suspected him of previous kidnapiugs. Their suspicion was based on a statement . of Gettle that he was told that “You're the best guy we ever i had." o ( Decatur Students Set Good Records 'W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school, announced to 1 day that the 14 graduates of the Decatur high school who are now enrolled as freshmen in eight colleges and universities In the United States have established an unique 1 record. Not one of the 14 has failed in a single subject during the term. All ! the students are carrying a full ! course The students are enrolled 1 in the following schools: New York ! University, Bal! State Teachers College. Manchester College, Ind- ’ lana University, Hiedelberg. Whittenberg. Earlham and DePauw. The record was obtained from the current report of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.