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MINELSON faES HOLDUP ■SILTLAKE CITY ■ Headed Westward IdfRV. MEN SURE Khi)!:nihu vuon ■ Sdii Fnincis''"- \ijU- 1 I ! 1?” -8.11-V I nee Nelson, K n;l |ion's -h muil public y t „ be heading westK 12-cvlinder tan S:.H Luki- <kfc: Mr,,, j, the nun h wanted Nelson, KL „r the lale bilm Dillinger E and » ’ |l ' ,v sl '" ght since EU- was killed by federal K>im in Chicago. K Wl n.an was with the man ■* bpM u p a gasoline station i E a nt. singed him with a reEr and ™' telephone wires nt ( K uke city. is charsed with sevetal | E„ s . including the slaying of | Kj ? rai as>mt during a Wiscon-i B escape Os the "Id Dillinger i ■medi-paon received in police' ■Quarter* here came from deEmrnt of justice agents, police I ■Ths fugitive-N'-'ison was de-. ■Hbed as 2D years old. 5 feet 4*l I , and gray slate colored eyes, j [hl hair and light complexion. ' he report did not state whether I description of the Salt Lake , h bandit was the same, but i lice slid tile federal men Wffe* litirs in their identification. Th-woman with the bandit was j ■rribe.l in the dispatch as about ] | years of age. slender, and ‘ M entirely in brown. Sh- wore brown slacks with ' ttons on the sides, a small | m heret and a brown leather , tei. police said. hs rar was a Cadillac phaeton | d police had a license number I pposedly carried on its plates, fh* number, they said, was a (tomia registration apparently fWTINTW ON PAGE FIVE) 1 I (y nly Three Refuse To Sign Contracts Duly three fanners in Adams I tins county have so far refused ' tign the completed corn-hog con- I Icontracts now being distributed i the townships. This is in keeping Hi the state record of over 99 I tent sign-ups. Two tnwnsh-pis have been com-1 tely signed up. Contracts are i r in the hands of the committees 1 the northern townships in the . ntyJt is expected that all the ; tacts will he signed i>y the end ; this week. There are 1140 appli-' tions in the hands of the county ■nuiittee and have been accepted ’ the government. 11l tH ARGFD OICTATORIAL File Chances In Answer To NRA Complaint Washington. Aug. 14— (U.R) — 1U was charged today before 16 federal trade commission with bostituting a dictatorial form of Itgranient never intended by the ’"'T’ °f the constitution.” Th - challenge to NRA before * hade commission was made ' Edward J. Ramsey and three ?' 'fork shoe companies, of: ™ h he is an officer. " e charges were contained in • answer to an NRA complaint tl>f ] by the trade commission ™’ in f Ramsey of violating the manufacturing industry code, Prohibits granting oil dis»sof more than five per cent. “ companies with which he connected are They-Cannot-Rip. ‘tooper Shoe Co.. Inc, and r °nx Shoe Company, Inc. re 'i honied the companies manufacturers and said ON PAGE FIVE)

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• Wife Still laoyal w si Jpt * r ■ L % •. ms • i< jL tyjwfcw ■ jST yffl f j • 'tWMJaw > d. A j ■■■■V ' W* I wMMMMMr m jmk a Although Howard Beck. Florida chain gang fugitive, faces a life 1 sentence upon his return to that state, his wife, Mrs. Nellie Beedi, i mined him in a Chicago jail and pledged her loyalty to her husband.

Large Horned Owl On Display Here Ed Neuhauser of French township brought a large horned owl I to the Pally Democrat office yesterday. Mr. Neuhauser and neigh--1 bor, (Andrew Hwkenjoy caught the ! owl and its mate on the Usury I Myers farm in Monroe township. ; The owls had 'been killing chi- kens, geese, pheasants and other fowls. The owls were tra>ppe 1 and killed and mounted .by Virgil Ilen- ‘ <H*T.•■Wof near SWonroe. The owls were the largest ever . seen in Adams county. One is displayed in the Daily Democrat win- ; dow. EXPECT PETERS WILL RENAMED Earl Peters Is Expected To Be Named Housing Administrator Indianapolis. Aug. 14- — (U.R) —I ; R. Earl Peters, former democratic | | state chairman, is expected to take over the duties of housing ' administrator for Indiana within I the next 30 or GO days. Although Fred Hoke, Indianapolis. who has resigned as national i emergency council director for | Indiana, was appointed to the i j housing post 'Sunday, U was re-1 ' ported the appointment was only i temporary and that Peters really j | is destined for the post. Postmaster General James A. I Farley repeatedly has indicated | that the national administration I is going to “take care” of Peters , who was defeated in the state J convention race for nomination to I the United States senate. The former state chairman first was mentioned as Hoke's succes- 1 sor as NEC director, but Gov. Paul V. McNutt and his advisers are : reported to feel that such an appointment would give Peters too much political power. Peters is far from "dead” politically, and some of the McNutt I political strategists do not want | the former state chairman in a j federal position where he would , be able, if be were so minded, to rebuild his broken political fences. The housing administrator post would “take care” of Peters for his long services to the party, but' would not give him the political power that NRA compliance authority would. f> ■“ Mahatma Gandhi Breaks His Fast Wardlta, India. Aug. 14 -<U.R) ' Mahatma M. K. Gandhi, more j emaciated than ever, today broke n seven day fast with a meal of I honey, soda and hot water. Gandhi's latest fast made him critically ill toward the end. His disciples, rejoicing, surrounded ■ him as he ended it. The latest fast was In protest against the continued degradation of the millions of “untouchables." regarded as outcasts from birth to death by fellow Hindus. I

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DENY MEN ON RELIEF LIST — Men Painting Street Curbs; Here Are Not On Local Relief List Officials of the local FERA of_Jie,e todjy denied that an>’_ of the men now at work painting street ] | numbers on the curt'xs are on the I local relief list. Several men are ' now at work tout their homes are I i not believed to be in Decatur or Ad- ' ams county. Township trustee T. R. Noll also i : deni. d that any of the men employ-, I ed were selected by him as being on . the Washington township relief list. |An attractive proposition was I outlined to HERA and city officials by Mr. and Mrs. August Sailes, address unknown, Friday. They proposed to hire nine FERA workers to paint the numbens on . the side I walks and to pay them from the I proceeds of voluntary donations to ' be given by property owners. Mrs. Salles put in a request for : nine FERA workers Saturday rnorn- ' ing. The FERA officials found nine ■ needing work tout after the men: ; were assembled in the office Mrs. Sailes failed to fall for them. Two I or three out of town men were put ; to work. The city officials who permitted painting to be done with the understanding that local men were to' ] be employed stressed the fact that no guarantee was given to the city ! that local men would receive the money or that the work would 'be done properly. They stated that property owners were taking chances | by giving money to strangers. — 0 WAYNE COY IS HEW DIRECTOR Governor’s Secretary Acting Director Os Indiana Relief — Indianapolis, Aug. 14 —(UP) — i Wayne Coy, secretary to Gov. Paul V. McNutt, in charge of state penal affairs, today was. named acting director of Indiana relief. He will succeed William H. Book who resigned to 'become executive director of the Indianapolis chamber of commerce. Gov. iMcNutt said that Coy’s appointment was made at the request 'and with the approval of federal I relief officials. Coy will take over I his new duties Monday, at the same ] time remaining in charge of state affairs, and as secretary of the state clemency commission. It is planned later to combine relife. probation, clemency, and other public welfare wonts into one de- : partment, the governor said, with Coy to be in 'change of the whole thing. The consolidation will be aocom--1 plished as soon as details can be i ’(CONTINUHID* ON* PAGE* FVE)*

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 14,1934.

LONG DROUGHT IS APPARENTLY ENDED BY RAIN: 1 Market Experts Fear < Prices Will Go To i Alarming Heights { ADDITIONAL RAIN SEEN FOR MIDWEST i ( Chicago, Aug. 14. —(U.R) — Finis was written behind the cenlnry’s | most damaging heat wave today as | government weather forecasts predicted that for at least 24 hours, the second such period in two months, the mercury would not touch 100 degrees anywhere in the middle west. , Rains which fell over 15 states during .the week-end were supplemented today by widespread showers and more precipitation was forecast in Missouri, lowa, Nebras ka. Minnesota and Dakotas. Temperatures fell as low as 71 * in Kansas City, where last week ’ the mercury repeatedly touched I 110 degrees; 69 in Chicago, 67 in 1 Green Bay. Wis., and 78 in Peoria, * ill., where three times in the last s six days the all-time heat record : was broken. Wichita. Oklahoma City, Dodge 1 City and other centers of the worst 1 of the heat expected temperatures] 1 high in the nineties today, but the ’ 1 'maximums predicted were far be-1 I low those of Friday and Saturday. ‘ With the return of seasonable ] ■ j temperatures and a prospective end 1 ]to the most disastrous drought in 1 i weather bureau history, market ex- • i ports took an alarming inventory; 1 lof food supplies for the coming 1 ; winter. Hog prices in the principal terminals of the nation are at the high-; est peak in more than two years, and agricultural experts predicted: i higher meat prices to come. 1 Best quality hogs at Chicago to . 1 • • » • • • - ■*- • • • • • i (CONTINURD ON PAGE F»IVE) }, 0 — - TAX LEVIES IN 11 TOWNSHIPS LESS Proposed Tax Levies For i Kirkland And Preble Townships Lower The (budgets and proposed tax levies in Kirkland and Preble townships for 1934 are less than those applying this year, according to the mtimates prepared by the township 1 I trustees. The Kirkland and Preble town- : ! ship budgets are the first to be \ i : published this year. Copies will be j found in to Jay’s (Daily Democrat. (In Kirkland township the total tax levy proposed is 65 cents on the i SIOO, a reduction of 20 cents under the rate applying this year. The budget totals only $7,428, compared ' to‘slo,lois this year. I, The levies proposed in Kirkland for next year are, township fund, , nine cents; special school, 28 cents , bond fund, three cents; tuition, 20 , ■ cents; poor fund, five cent. 'ln Preble township the total proposed rate is 26 cents on the SIOO, compared with 28 cents applying this year. The total of the budget to Ibe raised through a tax levy is only $3,929.67. The levies proposed are: township fund, five cents; tuition fund, eight cents; special school, 10 cents; poor fund, three cents. Township budgets and levies 'Will be acted on 'by the advisory boards, Tuesday, September 4. The budgets and proposes! levies will also be examined 'by the county tax adjustment 'board 'before they are finally adopted. o — Methodist Church Picnic Wednesday The Methodist Sunday school and the 'Ladies (Aid society in the chuhch will combine Wednesday, August 15, to hold the annual picnic at Lehman park in Berne. The members will meet at the church Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock where transportation will be provided for those who do not have away. A large truck has been hired to convey the children. Each family will be expected to bring a basket lunch. Free refreshments will be served iby the committees. Willis Beery is general chairman of the committee in charge of the ipivnic.

Trusted Victim, Is Now In Jail Columbus, Ind., Aug. 14—(U.R) Albert lamfield. 12, was under sentence of 10 years today because he trusted an intended holdup victim. Brandishing a revolver. Camfield invaded a filling station near Elizabethtown Sunday night and ( ordered Aflie Hacker, proprietoi, ' to hand over his money. Hacker said his money was at his home, a short distance away , i.nd Camfield allowed him to go , after It. Hacker returned with a gun and captured the bandit. , o GEHRIG CHOSEN AS COMMANDER Tillmon Gehrig Elected Commander Os American Legion Post Tillmon Gehrig, an employe at ; the local General Electric factory, was elected commander of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion at the annual election of officers held at the legion hall on , south Second street Monday night. | Other officers selected by the the members of the local post are: Charles Massonee, first vice-com mander; Herbert Burdg, second vice-commander; I.ew Hyde, adju- ] tant: Ed Adler, finance officer. Members chosen to act as the | executive committee are H. V., Aurand. Hubert Cochran and Char- ] les Burke. Delegates to the state ] convention, which will be held at ' Gary the latter part of this month. | are Albert Miller. Walter Gladfelter and H. L. Kern. Convention alternates chosen are Charles Weber. Frank Liniger and Ferd O’Brien. The newly elected officers will he installed at the regular meeting Monday night. September 10. The] annual membership drive will get underway immediately. The local post also adopted a resolution at Monday night’s meet i ing to indorse Sam Cleland, prom I inent Fort Wayne attorney, for In diana department commander. Dele ] gates from Adams post will be instructed to cast their votes for Mr. Cleland at the furthcoming state ] convention. A large number of members attended last night's meeting. Re-1 freshments were served following' the meeting. o Phil LaFollette To Run As Progressive Madison. Wis., Aug. 14—(UP) — Former Governor Philip F. LaFollett today filo*! nomination papers , as a candidate for governor on the new progressive party ticket. o — ! Wealthy Brewerv Head Is Kidnaped ji London, Ontario. Aug. 14 —(UP),i —John F. wealthy presi-; dent of iLattbatt’s brewery, was kid- j nape*! and held for $160,000 ran- ' som, police said today, as he was driving from hie summer home in 1 Sarnia Beach to his office here. 1 o ' SLASHER CUTS SIXTH VICTIM 4 Knifer Attacks Sixth Woman In Defiance. Ohio, This Morning Defiance. 0., Aug. 14 —(U.RE A ; mysterious "slasl.er” whose activi- j ties have terrorized Defiance wo- < men for three months, struck i down his sixth victim early today, i l cutting her in the arm as she J burned trash in an alley. Less than a half hour later- [ 1 by a pre-arranged signal—Police Chief Karl A. Weaner and his]’ entire force and more than 100 vigilantes started on a city-wide ] ( hunt for the elusive knifer. Mrs. Mabel Krotz. 38, was burning trash in the alley at the rear of her home just afler dawn when the slasher approached her She greeted him with a ‘good: ] mornine.” He wheeled about, whipped out his knife, slashed her left arm below the elbow and fled. Her screams attracted several neighbors who called police. A few minutes later a factory (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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REPORT SHOWS INDIANA BANKS IN GOOD SHAPE Semi-Monthly Report Shows Banks Os State Best In History TOTAL DEPOSITS REACH NEW HIGH Indianapolis, Aug. 14 — (U.R) Moving ahead on a new wave of public confidence, Indiana banks are in the best condition in the history of the state, the semi-an-nual report of the state department of financial Institutions showed today. An increase of $23,000,000 in deposits in the state's 400 class •’A” banks on June 30, 1934 over the same date last year was shown in the banking department report. The total deposits reached a new post-depression figure of $259,000,000. A major portion of the increase was recorded during the last six months, bank deposits actually having slumped during the first six mouths of the fiscal period. Since Dec. 30, 1533, total deposits have risen more than $28,000,(8.0, or a gain of 11 per cent. "For every dollar that Indiana hanks owed at the end of June they had $1.19 in assets on their books,” Richard McKinley, director of the banking department said in his report. "Total banking assets June 30 were $312,503.439.84 while total liabilities were $263,363,168.69. "At present none of Indiana's 400 class "A” banks has any waived or restricted deposits. ! Only 36 banks were functioning i under class 'TT' rating June 30. I Nine of that number since have i been changed to an unrestricted ' basis. On June 30, 1933, there were ! *(CONTINUET)*ON PAGE FIVE) JOHN BUCHER DIES MONDAY Retired Farmer Dies At Home In This City Monday Afternoon John Bucher, T 3. retired farmer, died at his home at 515 West Madison street Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock following a short illness. Death was due to heart trouble and 'complications. He had been confined to his bed since Saturday. Mr. Bucher spent his entire life in Adams County and engaged in farming for a number of years. He also worked on the county highway. He was born in Root township, December 32, 1860, and was a son of Jacob and (Elizabeth Bucher. He was united in mariage to (Mamie Knapp, who preceded him in death last March. Mr. Bucher had resid-1 ed In iDecatitr for the last 13 years. Surviving are four children: Mrs. Anna Woodward of South Bend; Edward Bucher of Root township: Mrs. (Alvina Harkless of north of Decatur, and iMrs.'Lloyd Bowman of south of Decatur. Two children are deceased. One brother, (Chris Bucher of | Root township. 15 grandchildren and four great grandchildren also , survive Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home on Madison street and at 2 o’clock at the Zion Lutheran church of which the deceased was a member. Rev. J. M. Frosch will officiate and burial will be made in the iDeratur cemetery. The body will (be taken to the home from the IS. E. Black funeral home this evening and may be viewed after 7 o’clock. One Man Killed In Gasoline Explosion 'St. Louis, lAug., 14 —(UP) —One man was killed and two were critically injured when gasoline at bulk plant No. 1 of the Shell Petroleum company exploded here today. The dead man was identified as F. Lynch and those injured were W. C. Keller and Gus Neff. Officials could offer no explanation of the explosion. Fire broke out immediately after the blast.

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Elected With Peace |C| € w B A *1 ■ tS -s Y /0 Elections in Latin American countries often bring bitter par- ■ tisanship, but Rafael L. Trujillo, ' 37-year-old president of the Dominican Republic, has just been re-elected without opposition. He lis called "the Roosevelt of the I Caribbean’’ by South American newspapermen, and is a former ] member of the United States ma- | t ine corps. PASTURE LAND IS REQUESTED FERA Office Receives Request From Government For Pasture Land The agricultural adjustment ad- : | ministration of the Unitert States department of agriculture has sent a request to the local FERA office for'pastures in Adams county which ' can .be used to feed some of the sev-! eral million head of cattle being purchased by the government in I the drought area of the west. The governor’s commission on ; unemployment relief which admin- ] i.sters the FERA funds in Indiana , will pay not more than one dollar per head per month for rent of the ! pasture. I Reports from farmers and those acquainted with agriculture say there is very little pasture land in , the county at present. It is extremely doubtful whether there will ; be sufficient to support the cattle l ' now being pastured here. The rains during the last several days have aided some of the pasture land. Any 'person wishing to rent land to the government for this purpose should notify the local FERA office at once. Land ownens must agree to the following conditions: to provide sufficient water facilities; to sup-' ply and feed salt; to assume liability for whatever damage occurs to the property of third parties; in the event any milk tows are Included ; in the herd, to milk said cows reg- ] ularly, it (being understood that the milk would (become hie property, I to notify this office immediately in ’(CONTINUED 1 ON PAGE FIVE) FOUR STATES VOTING TODAY New Deal Issues Squarely Up To Voters In Ohio And Nebraska By United Press Two primary contests out of four being held today put new deal is- ] sues up to the voters. The interest of political students was centered on the farm belt where contests involving tests of strength of new deal supporters were going on in Nebraska and Ohio. The primaries in Idaho and Arkansas were largely local affairs. The Nebraska contest was regarded as the most spectacular. Rep. E. R. Burke of Omaha and Gov. Charles W. Bryan are fighting for the Democratic senatorial endorsement. Burke Is the candidate of Arthur I MuTTfen, President Roosevelt’s floor manager at the 1933 convention. ' He is the author of the new deal ’(definition quoted by Mr. Roosevelt 1 in his Green Bay, Wis., speech last ’ i week. This gesture was regarded 1 ’(CONTINUEuTon* PAGE FOUR)

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BADLY WOUNDED MEN ARE FREED BY TWO GUNMEN Critically Injured Men Freed From Prison Ward At St. Louis ORDER WIDESPREAD SEARCH FOR FOUR St. Louis, Aug. I t — <U.R> Two men, critically injured, awaiting trial, were freed from the prison ward of the St. Louis county hospital here today hi a spectacular delivery engineered by two gunmen. A widespread search was ordered for the escaped prisoners, William Perkins, murder and bank robbery suspect, wanted in Texas county, Missouri, and Paul Mills, suspected automobile thief, and their two liberators. Authorities said they believed the two gunmen who seized the telephone operator on the first floor and forced him to lead them to the prison ward, intended to free Perkins only. This theory was based upon a similar delivery of a friend of Perkins in Houston, Texas county, Missouri, recently. The Iwo men walked into the hospital lobby, pointed guns at the telephone operator, and forced , him to lead the way to the fourth | floor prison ward. Essie Clemens, Negro, night I attendant, was seized as they , started down the fourth floor hall- ' way leading to the ward. As the ( foursome marched toward the i ward, they met Miss Katherine Stuart, night nurse. She was ! forced to turn over the keys to the locked ward. One man entered the ward anil awakened Mills, saying “all right, | Paul.” Mills then awakened Perk(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) EXPAND ISSUE SILVER MONEY People Throughout Nation Bringing Silver Into Treasury Washington, Aug. 14— (U.R) — I The United States treasury soon will consider plans to take over the estimated 60,006,000 (M) ounces of silver now held by its $2,000,000,000 exchange stabilizai tion fund for the purpose of furth!er expanding its issue of silver I money. it was believed the silver would be taken over by the treasury at the cost price to the fund, reported in the neighborhood of 45 cents per ounce. Most of it was believed acquired in New York and London. It was unknown whether tlie stabilization fund would continue to act as purchasing agent for government silver in the future but the fund was expected to play an important part in view of the desire of treasury officials to purchase their silver secretly In order to obtain it at the lowest possible cost. Under the silver purchase act, the treasury is required to purchase nearly 1,360,000,600 ounces more silver. Secretly Morgenthau indicated new silver certificates would be issued against stabilization fund silver upon the basis of cost. This applies to newly mined, nationalized and silver purchased under (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Two Brothers Drown Monday Fowler, Ind., Aug. 14 — (U.R) — Two brothers were drowned late yesterday when one went to the rescue of the other in a deep hole in a small stream near here. The victims were Raymond Anstett, 20, and Eugene, 10. Eugene and a third brother were wading while Raymond worked nearby. Eugene slipped into a 15-foot hole washed out by recent rains. Cries of the third brother summoned Raymond who dove once but never reappeared. The bodies were recovered several hours later.