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HOPE INTERVENTION MAY END STRIKES

W, OA VIS Ko LIBERTY I LEAGUE GROUP iHmminenl Critics of New MJalTo Battle Against W Radicalism '■u n'T SHOUSE IS ■VoiH' I’RESIDEX'T ■jajhingtoii. Aug. 23.—-<U.R) American Libert) Lea■Lil>eni" ra::. critics ot ■ ■-n tiialid emH^Ekei < here today "ti a nacampaign against ami in defense ot at the masthead are ■. jL,... Alfred E. Smith j,...,; « lu. ■ limnocratic : ui 1928 and ■T rMpmtively. | ■ wheth- " ' !,t ' Vl ' ultimately property rights; SK" to attack deal. ! Iwai,.-ni-i.i " r ’l"' league's -r. • ■•.mpanied by ' A 'i- m't anti-new W ; lilt" polities K- . ' parm i/.aie this r ar - ■ -.-tonal eb <- mfiled with Sn. 'll .mt Davis to HH'Utiv.. comi'.lttee were: : ■ Itoosei.'lt 111 K: i termer Re■fejs sw.-rn of New York. R,;. Jane-' W Wadsworth. senator from Y.'K .c ! ml Repub..1 .;••<•:iv - „ The ha- ton buzzing fori K«i‘ of possible ' ' sys- »: 1 i- ■! Sim e the War S'n and Davis are MLv Mbtirs ot some « deal policies. ■ 1 month aim Davis was pleadfor th- order'' before a audience at CharMbUa'ille. Va. His speech, howBrtralso ■ ril it.- io "the Matil high nnr l.'d and indnsMta" occupant of the White infancy of the new deal, p.VnNTED ON PAGE FOUR)* I o Movie Executive Receives Threats Xe» York Aug. 23 il'Pi —A SSO- - extortion ; I t gainst William «. mation pii "m ■ executive, whs waled today by the United State--toroejr's office in Broklyn today, Uh the arrest of a suspect at Hew tt. New York. | Name cf the suspect, taken Into by department of justice is unknown, the federal Ntwueys efftee said. iFir.< information was that the P* w had demanded $50,000 [•'“ Fox und. r threat of kidnaping « former film executive’s child-! tt. MIL NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS -— — — Noticeable Decrease Seen * n State On NRA tode Violations J-dianapolis, Ind.. August 23 — 1 A noticeaible decrease in humber of complaints against onal recovery code violations t .. a , lana was shown today in a ai vn UlJniit,e<i by Pre;l Moke, •"•NRA compliance officer. tloiK ’ a ' ° f complaints of violalabor provisions and 28 “ Paints of violations of trade al wT * ere recelved by the lo•teki <eß uring the past two Rusted laibor complaints totallan<l trade complaints, 15 n to be cone Ide red. jE itution cf $1X118.32 in the ' *ages f. r gj em .plcyes was uring the two week period, trs mu wag6s restored .to work‘ncro er tbe NRA in Indiana was eased t $10,600,26, Hoke said. Piai-.t eX< ei>t 40 of the L 174 commJ 3 rece ' Vet l against employers etn 1, lln< ' er the President’s reMi, u> /® ent agreem ent have been ed, the report showed.

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SPEED UP WORK AT HOMESTEADS FERA Force of 45 Men Are Now At Work At Local Homestead Site With plans and apecificatic<ns in the hands of contractors, work at the subsistence homesteads project south of the city has been speeded up. The PldEflY now has a force of 45 men working. , To drain the project men are now i laying 2.M0 feet of tile. Purdue ex- ! perts say that thle will be adequate I to carry <<ff the water in case of ; the m st severe storms. No sewers I i are being laid as each of the' 48 , ■ houses will have its own septic! I tank to dispose of refuse. I Nine thousand feet of five-inch I tile are being laid under the tenter I of the boulevard. The drive is ot ’ i the modern “V” type being used ! for the first time in this part of j the country. The r ad is depressed ! |in the center to form, in effect a! i gutter in the center. The drive is lin the lowest part of the project. ' This will cause the road to act as a 'drain for the entire project. Un addition to this amount 3.500 I feet of 10 inch tile Is being used to ; drain portions of the project which I 1 cann 4 be drained by the road. This' drain wil connect a larger one on ! High street alj ining the project. 1 I Bxistipg tile on the project is being repaired. The street is being graded by the ! county hJ. hway department. Dirt is ■ being scraped from the center and thrown to the tsides. .When the first base ie completed the highway department will quit work on it until the houses are erected so they ' will not Ibe damaged by heavy I equipment. The road when completed will he I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) RALPH CAPONE I TAKENJN RAID Reports Persistent That Old Capone Gang Is Again Active Chicago, Aug. 23 —(U.R> —While ! Alphonse (Searface A!) Capone, was grumbling about his new aci commodations at the government’s “Devils Island'' in San Francisco Bay authorities of Clticago—domain of his lawless reign —today prepared to cope with a revival, of his gang. State’s attorney's men and poi lice, in a swift move, raided a flat in suburban Berwyn and sei’-j ied 10 men. including Ralph Ca- ! pone, brother of Al. The authorities claimed that the badly-battered Capone syndicate had come back to life and was reviving its oldtime prohibition activities, which consisted mainly of "muscling in" on beer territories. ; Seized with Ralph Capone was Stanley Konvalinka. Cicero politician who angrily charged that the raid was inspired by politics. The flat where the raid was staged was rented to Konvalinka ! several weeks ago as headquarters . . for his campaign for state senaII tor, police said. Capone and the politician dei nied ‘they were forcing saloon ■ keepers to buy a certain brand of beer. Capt. Dan Gilberg of the state’s I attorney’s police said saloon owners on the western side of the city had complained that Capone! , and his men were promoting the j FIVE) o Lodge Officer To Speak Here Tonight — . Harvey T. Waler of Montpelier, . grand master at arms of the , Knights of Pythias lodge, will address the kcal lodize tonight All the . members are urged to attend. , b Mrs. Frank Parrish Injured This Morning Mrs. Franik Parrish of 707 West i' Jefferson street had the index finger of her left hand am/ mated at • the second joint today In the Adi ams county memorial hospital. Her ■ band was caught in an air press i this morning at the General Electric plant, where she is employed.

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Henry T. Ra iney Funeral ■r al Picture shows the crowd gathered before the Greene County courthouse in Carrollton. 111., watching the casket bearing the body of Speaker Henry T. Ramey being carried out. Leaders of the state and nation, headed by President Roosevelt, paid thoir tribute to the dead speaker.

CHURCH SOCIAL HERE SATURDAY M. E. Circuit Churches Plan Social At Legion Memorial Park On Saturday, August 25th the four churches of the Decatur M E. circuit will hold a social and i program at the Legion Memorial Park. Afternoon Program 2:30 Recitation Alice Cook Dialogue Miriam Hoffman and Phyllis Dilling 1 Recitation Pauline Roop 4 W«»o tMWatiom ,W~ - ... Elizabeth Fnhrman Harmonica Junior Owens Recitation Doris Rell Jones Instrumental Quartette Billy Wood (Accordion!. Roy Me-! Bride (Spanish Guitar), Wil-i ford Mcßride (Hawaiian Gui-‘ tar), Frank Yager (Banjo). Remarks The Pastor Recitation Junior Biehold Harmonica Junior Owens Instrumental Quartette (Same as the above No.) I Evening Program 8:00 The music will be furnished by the Craigville I'. B. church orchestra and the address by the Rev. A. B. Brown of the Baptist church of Decatur. A refreshment stand will be I open all afternoon and evening J serving ice cream, candy, pop. i watermelons. hamburgers, hot ; dogs, coffee, etc. The public is ’ invited. p Woman’s Executive Board Will Meet A meeting of the executive b ard I of the Woman's club will be held ; tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the home I of Mrs. Ralph Yager on South First I street. SORORITY WILL GIVE/ROGRAM Delta Theta Tau Sorority Will Give Hollywood Premier Here The Delta Theta Tau sorority of this city will sponsor an unusual program < f entertainment on September 12 and 13 at the Adams Theatre. The “Hollywood Premier’’ will be presented and will be a replica of a first night at Grauman's j Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. ILoeal talent will be selected to j impersonate leading actors and act-! resses, who will be dressed in the j latest styles, furnished by local I clothing and ready-to-wear merch-1 anta A forty minute stage show will; ibe given and "Paris Interlude", a very new release will be shown on ; the screen. Madfre Evans and Otto Kruger are starred in this picture, i The program will be unusual and ' entirely different from any ever given here. It will combine a movie stage show, style show and Hollywood Premier. The local sorority will use the proceeds from this show in their winter program of charity.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 23, 1934.

Announce Plans Os Democratic Rally Terre Haute. Ind.. Aug. 23 —(UP) —Richard A. Werneke. Terre Haute today inn unced tentative plans for the Democratic rally here Sei, t. 11 which will tpen the party's fall cam. aign. Terre Haute was chosen as the site for the opening meeting at the re ent Democratic Editorial convention at Fren: h Lick and Werneke was named iieneral chairman. Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Sherman Menton. Democratic senatorial candidate. Mrs. Virginia enckes, Candidate f r reelection as sixth district representative, and Omer .Tacks n. state chairman, will be speakers at the meeting. HANNA-NUTTMAN PARK IMPROVED — Crew of 13 Men Grubbing Out West Side Os New City Park I A crew of 13 FERA men are now I grubbing out the west side of the I Hanna-Nuttman park. This will I permit the use ot the entire park for picnics and general public use. Until now a large part of the park on the west side of Second Creek has not been touched. Be- | sides the heavy underbrush it has 1 been covered with dense highgrowing weeds. The FERA men are chopping down the brush and cutting the i weeds with scythes. The wood is ' being piled up and later will be ! moved with city trucks near the 1 three furnaces which are now installed. To improve the roads city ! trucks have been dumping ashes from the municipal plant on them. . These ashes, it is claimed, will make excellent roads even in muddy weather. An additional furnace has been built which with the new four-inch well makes the park one of the most popular in northern Indiana.

Huey Long Denies Dictatorship In Exclusive Press Interview

(By Lvle U. Wilson) (UP. Correspondent) (Copyright 1934 by UP.) Washington. Aug. 23. — (U.R> —1 telephoned Senator Huey P. Long at Baton Rouge, La„ today andl said: "Helle, senator. What’s going on down there? Are you setting up a dictatorship in Louisiana?" , “We just ran the lotteries out of New Orleans. That's all we’ve , done,” Long replied. "It made a | lot of people pretty sore, including j Mayor W’almsley, but we ran ’em i out. Now the newspapers are tell- | Ing lies about a dictatorship.” Then the kingfish, whose militia j men and legislators have under- j taken to seize New Orleans, pre- : dieted that Mayor T. Semmes W’almsley would be driven from i office. "But I’m all through down here ! now,” he said. "I'll be back In ! Washington in January for the next session of congress. ’’ The telephone reached Long in Baton Rogue where the state legislature under his domination just concluded an extraordinary sess-|

MONEY MARKETS ARE DISTURBED Recent Fluctuations In Foreign Exchange Cause Wild Rumors (By United Press) The world's money markets were disturbed today by wild rumors and speculation caused by recent fluctuations in foreign exchange and (he movement in gold prices. In Washington, the treasury department was ready, fcr a second time within a few weeks, to permit the exportation of de- ' fend the dollar in its present standard of 15 5-21 grains. It recently allowed a shipment of one million dollars in bullion to leave the country —a gesture designbd to show the world its intention of 1 supporting the dollar. In London, a jump in the gold .price to 138 shillings. 7Vz pence placed it at the highest price since February G. and brought rumors that the price would go still higher. Y’esterday’s rations of ‘foreign currencies, wherein the pound sterling went down in terms ot the franc while the dollar sank sharply in terras of the franc and was fairly strong in terms of the ‘pound, led to further rumors that England had withdrawn, temporarily, her support of the pound, and that a return to a gold bullion basis was contemplated. In Paris, the franc today stood at 14.9334 to the dollar (6.695 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Broken Neck Fatal To Fort Wayne Man Fort Wayne, Ind.. Aug. 23 —(UP) —’lnjuries received when he fell down a flight of stairs at his summer heme at Lake Everett yesterday were fatal to Earl Ames, 48, in St. Joseph Hospital here today. He died of a broken neck.

— ion after passing 26 bills which I will have the effect ot depriving' New Orleans of most powers of, self government. Generalizing newspaper reports ' of Louisiana's political circus as "lot of — — lies,” the kingfish said his own newspaper would be !on the stands this week with the i "true story” of what has happened. The senator implied the people of Louisiana were angry, too, because his vice campaign has been described for newspaper readers as a political move to regain for the Long organization control ot the state's largest city. "There was a fellow named Westbrook Pegler down here," Long complained, referring to one of the special writers who visited the Louisiana battle front. "They would hang that , if he came back." “What actually is taking place in Louisiana?" I asked. "AH we have done is put the lotteries out of business." "That is not what Mayor Walms- ! "(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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ONE PRISONER PICKER UP AT INDIANAPOLIS — Lowell Driskell Caught; Four Others Are Still At Large MADE BREAK FROM NOBLESVILLE JAIL Indianapolis, Aug. 23. — (U.R) — Only four of the five prisoners who i sawed their way out of the Hamil- ! ton county jail at Noblesville yesI terday remained at large today. Half starved and without monj ey, Lowell Driskell, 22, Indianap- . olis, was picked up by detectives ' on a street intersection here which I he had frequented often before his arrest on charges of automobile j I theft. Driskell did not resist. He said I he did not know the whereabouts I of his companions in the escape, William Mason. 34, Erlanger. Ky., j murder suspect; Paul McKinney, 21. Fort Wayne, under sentence for house breaking; Frank Wallace, 50, Kokomo, chicken theft I suspect, and John Martin, Indian-! I apolis negro under sentence for i theft of an automobile, harness and ; chickens. Driskell told police that he had bad nothing to eat since the es- | cape except four ears of raw corn : which he picked in a field. After the break, he said he walk-1 l ed toward Indianapolis with Me-1 Kinney and that they separated at i Castleton. ' The other prisoners, he added. 1 ! headed toward Kokomo after getti ing out of jail. "The first I knew of the break < was when I awakened and heard , "oNTiNUED "on PAGE* THRBE) ! ONE JAILED IN ! GIRL'S DEATH ' . „ oung Man Heid For Brutal Slaying of 19-Year-Old College Girl I Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 23 —<U.R) Harold Taylor, 28-year old unemployed son of a former city comp- : troller, was jailed today on murder charges in the brutal slaying ‘ of Faye New. 19-year old Howard ! college co-ed. Police Chief Luther Hollums ■ said he would ask a warrant , I charging Taylor with choking and i then stabbing the young woman to ( ■ death because she repulsed his i , advances. j The warrant was to be sought : ! immediately on opening of court I i today. A. B. Cain, a close friend of I Miss New, who admitted to police . he followed the girl and her com I panion on an automobile ride from ' which the girl student never re- • turned, was released after more | than 36 hours of questioning by j police. Miss New's body was discovered yesterday afterni on in a ditch. Her throat was slashed twice, apparently with a small knife. The searchers who found the body followed Miss New’s tracks from the place where she fled ' from Taylor's parked car. Larger ■ footprints of a man paralleled 7cONt7nuSd*O>TpAGE FIVE) o Crowd Attends Methodist Picnic About 125 Methodists attended I the annual Sunday sch ol and Ladies AU picnic held at Lehman’s park in Berne Wednesday afternoon. A basket lunch was served in the evening followed by free ice cream. Games were played during I the afternoon. French Funeral Services Friday Funeral services for Eli French SO, who die! Wednesday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jennie JacoiM, near Bluffton, will be held at 2 o’clock Friday astern. cn at the Six Mile chur.lt. Burial will be in the Six Mile cemetery. Mr. Frencn was a member of the Christian Church at Linn Grove He is survived 'by eight children. Mr. French had resided in Adams County for only a few years.

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State Will Benefit By Eighteen Million /Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 23 —(UP) Empl yment for approxitnamtely 93,820 men and expenditure of more than $18,0(81.000 will be effected through the federal emregency relief program in Indiana during | the next few months, state relief offices annnunteid today. The figures represent work and . expenditures in 2,325 projects which have been given approval by FERA officials. A number of the | projects already have been started l while others are awaiting settlement cf plane. NRA PROBLEMS ENGAGE F.D.R. ENROUTE HOME — President Is On Way To Washington After Attending Rainey Rites DROUGHT RELIEF PLANS DISCUSSED Aboard Roosevelt Special Train ■ i en route to Washington, Aug. 23 — (U R) —Reorganization problems of . (he NRA engaged Presidenit Roose-1 velt today as ne sped homeward i from Carrollton, 111., where he attended the funeral of Speaker | Henry T. Rainey of the house of j I representatives. With less than 48 hours remain-! I ing before he departs from YYash- : ington for a month in his home at Hyde Park. N. Y.. the President ' Cook advantage of the quiet of his private car to plan the details of' conferences tomorrow and Saturday with Recovery Administrator i Hugh S. Johnson, Secretary of ' Imbor Frances Perkins and Don- : aid Richberg. NRA general eaunj sei. Mr. Roosevelt was so determined to achieve 1 erfection of the NRA reorganzation machinery be fore he leaves Washington th at I he worked steadily through the l ! day, even though crowds anxious . for a sight of him jammed the! train yards at all operating stops. With him was Secretary of I Agriculture Henry A. Wallace. I j who also attended the Rainey funeral yesterday afternoon. The ' two planned to discuss generally ■ ! the government's program for! I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) | o •— Sam Jackson Heads Speakers’ Bureau — ■lndianapolis. Aug. 23 —(UP) —I I Sam Jackson. Fort Wayne attorney, I was named chairman of the Dem- ’ I ir. ra.ic state committees speakers ; imrrau today by Omer S Jackson,! I state chairman. The new appointee 1. ng has been fan active worker in Allen county; ian 1 northern Indiana Democratic | pollt’ca. He will direct the speaking pro- ■ gram in the fa.i campaign. TWO PLOTTERS ARE SENTENCED Cuban Officers Sentenced To Death For Plot Against Government Havanna, Aug. 23 —(UP)—Major Angel Hechevarria and Captain j Augustin Erice, accused of partii cipating in a military plot for the i I overthrow of the government. : were sentenced to death today. ■Maj. Hechevarria commanded the 3rd battalicn at Camp Columbia, i Both officers were accused of ■plotting with Lieut. Col. Mario Alo-1 fonso Hernandez, chief of the mill-' tary forces in Pinar Del Rio pro-1 vince, to foment a revolt in which the Pinar Del Rio troops wculd! march on Havanna an 1 overthrow : and kill Col. Fulgencio Batista—l apparently so that Hernandez could become chief of staff. Hernandez was wounded at Pinar Del Rio when two corporals sent j from Havana sought to arrest him | and was killed when an ambulance l bringing him to tamp Columbia hospital here, overturned on the read. The corporals were injured. Trice and Hechevarria were tried last night in the open air army theatre at camp Columbia. Seven officers sat in judiymenint on them.

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UNION LEADERS HOPE NEW DEAL TO END TROUBLE Action On Chicago General Strike Temporarily Postponed TEXTILE LEADERS CONTINUE PLANS (By United Press) Union lenders innrkcd time I hxlny in the nation's two major strike threats in the ! hope that President Roose- ! veil’s new deal can stave oil their threatened walkouts. .. '..ln Washington chieftains of the united textile workers went ahead with their plans for a strike bv September 1, affecting some 600.000 workers ! but said they believed their disI Terences with employers might be i settled with administration interI vent ion. ’ Representatives of all Chicago’s transportation unions, meeting in j Detroit to consider a general strike in sympathy with embattled I bus drivers, postponed their de- ! cision pending outcome of federal I mediation attempts. The aluminum strike in Pitts- ! burgh was enlivened by workers assertions that 700 signatures have been obtained on a “back to work" petition. If enough names j are obtained it was believed the ■ aluminum company of America might reopen its plants. Edgemakers, who have been on strike against Lynn. Massachusetts shoe shops for a week, voted ’ ito return to work tomorrow. Seek Settlement Chicago. Aug. 23—(U.P.) —Federal mediators sought vainly today for *(CONTINUEID ON PAGE FIVE) ROBINSON UNO MINTON SPEAK Senatorial Candidates Appear On Same Platform At Corydon Corydon, Ind., Aug. 23 —<UiP) — Speaking from the same platforpi fcr the first time since their nomI (nations last June Sherman Minton ! and Sen. Arthur R. Robinson, demo- . cratic and repuOdican candidates respectively for United Stales SenaI tor, debated national issues at the Harrison county fair yesterday. Both speakers touched on the world war veteran compensation issue. ! Minton favored “aid for all soldiers and their families in need.” Robinson vigorously crltized the ’■present administration for reduc- ! tions in veterans benefits. Minton denounced Roosevelt ad--1 ministration critics and denied that ' the government is departing from the tenets of the constitution. 1 “Where was the c nstituti n un- | der Harding, Coolidge and Hoov- ! er?” Minton asked. "Under the Roosevelt administra- ' tion most of our banks have been reopenel and their deposits partially insured. The democratic battle cry is forward. The republican cry is backward.” Rdbinson assailed the economic i unoil of secretary of agriculture Wallace and termed the present 'government “a chain gang system.” He warned against “the dangers I of a planned economy” as mapped ! by the brain trust. "If the trend toward radicalims I continues, industrial and economic I slavery will be the order of the ! day.’ he said. Will Force Use Os Sanitary Equipment Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 23 —(UP) I —“Steps to enforce use of sanitary ! equipment by Indiana beer dealers ■ were taken today by martin L. i state fo.’d and drug commis- ' sioner. "We have had many vomlplaints | of dirty coils in drought beer sets,” i he said, “and there has been much evidence of other unsanitary practices brought to our attention. ■Lang said he will ask the state board if health to adopt resolutions to back up his order and that field food and drug Inspectors will see that the resolutions are enforced.