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■eepfoneral ■SERVICES FOR ■riAW SECRET Lt of !D»nwr Van Mct " KlJieinu Brought H jo Fort ay Hr PU L POLICE ■PEEKIN'. HIOEOI T Bfort 2 *’ v UR) K I,.J' <’l Honor X.IIJ K, L ■>'! criminal ■r'!<'<■ ' p'"l l'\ police K puil rilin'" 1 .I s • \pectWL'arnv l'< l"t<' noon K.i„rbiii’: lin cemetery ■ i the slain on!-1 ■ , maintained Rm st• v retftinlmg ■rntdiuvi- f" 1 f'meral. both "ill !»• taken to the K t(hn anil s ' ' funeral H<>ni“: wh* ' •■xpei-te I K, W' l ■ k WI S ■•.!■• i however, that Mmlk" r ” 1 ' 1 services ima ft. 'h■■ arrival of the |Kj, an.l ruin’!! ’ the remains to |K fMl ,>rr to avoid the rush of morbidly curious. ■ t’an .Meter v:- foiled by police >»st Tlmrtdav in St Paid l>a Hi!,: evade cap-1 ■ police Chief .Joseph Brennan ■till provide h. an police guard at funeral, it " “ indicated, in effort to ‘ nature other meinK,. .; 'he f..-' . ; -iiiibiinu Dillinr Hrpnr. should tb.- v attempt to Kind last l it’ - i f their eotnpan- ■ Via Mrt>- is a descendant of a ■vpertril family of this city and ■L p belieiOil to l.e the reason) t!><> sun >,.ie(v in ■> funeral arrat.o ments. , ■ Van M"ter is survived by a I ■Wier. Harry < Van Meter, of ■ftisii'y. and a sister. Mrs. Helen ■(lter Philadelphia. Pa. His pj:■itt died several years ago. ■ Hunt Hideout ■ St. Paul. Air-’. ?.'► — (U.R) - M i’h ■the body of Homer Van Meter ■nrelinp in :> burgage car toward ■ike home of his brother in Fort ■hw police ;o.d federal agents ■Mcentrated today on a quest l ■for George (Baby Face) Nelson.; lira important survivor of the ■Mi Dillinger gang. ■ They questioned again Ojutl ■ Milligan, red headed young wait- 1 ■ W who involuntarily led Van I ■ Meter to death in a police am- i |M. ■ What they learned they refused ■0 retell The girl was he'd in-j ■■Maliad... even her parents) ■aporte."’. being denied permis- • ■ >lm) to speak to her. It was thev. ' ■ports said, who gave Police' ■CW Frank Cullen the tip that | ■topped Van Meter. Dillinger's I ■Wr" man and machine gun- ' ■SaraiNUED ON PAGE *STX) * ■Presidential View I Os Liberty League ■Washington, Aug. 25— (U.R) — Roosevelt feels the' pitfiian Liberty league shows , |to much concern for property |W not enough for its neighbors. I llix *' as 'he way the presidenattitude was generally gumup after one of the most •W’worlhy white house press •ferences f n recent months. 0 political observers and crs with their eyes on new po--la' ilignrnents. the presiden- “ Pronouncement nn the new »e took first place in the news °t the day. Essing Newspaper File Is Located 1920 file papers of the Daily is in safe hands. w '* minutes after Friday’s L r *us issued, Joseph Laurent, 1 known p Bt al clerk in the Deth» P ° St . offlce an,i historian of i ta J® wlcan Region, called and) «he had the file. «Ur» aS r a ” Clear then ' Tl,oae in w! ° f the nw «Paper office re-Uu-.M fcd I<,aning file to Mr. Mild ’* Veral months ago so he toth« . er lnSc ’’mation relative record t6r War period in compiling Ko record* the local Legion Poetplo). ' “** B made by office em*as „.t behoving that someone E .H the fHe f ° r ref6renCS la ian» ’ he notice was published ev ening's paper.

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I Corn-Hog Contracts Sent To Washington The Adams county corn-hog control committee shippe I the contracts to Washington today. A complete check on the 1,144 contracts in the county showed that 98 per cent of them were accepted by farmers. There are about 100 contracts which have been deferred because of the lack of signing. Most of these are farms owned by insurance companies and others outside of the county where it ha*t been Impossible to get the proper signature at cnce. FOUR DIVISION OFFICERS HERE Homestead Officials Examine Decatur Buildins Project Friday — Four homestead division officials ; were in the city examining the local subsistence homesteads development. They all promised speedy completion of the project, estimation that it would be ready for occupancy before the first of the year. Miss Lowe from the operations section of the subsistence home-1 steads division of the department |of the interior examined some of the records of the local office. C. P. Hedberg, traveling auditor and chief disbursing agent is i spending the week-end in the city . examining the finances of the lo cal corporation. He also explain ed some of the new methods which , will be used in the disbursing of the funds. J. Edwin Quinn of the Chicago firm of architects, McNally, and i Quinn, who are designing the 48: houses, visited the city for a few i * honrb Friday to view the actual j j home sites. He made a tew recom’rnctWHons ItT the locatirm of the I houses which will give the project a better appearance. E. I> Middleton. field represent alive and director of homesteads in the middle west, stopped in De--1 catur Friday to check up on the progress made on the local developments. He expressed complete satisfaction with it. Mr. Middleton stated that the I local project is the most advanced of any in the north. A few in the I south have been rushed to completion because of an acute need of housing. Mr. Middleton said that there are about 45 homesteads definitely located and 10 or 15 ten tatively located. In several of the developments (CONtI NuJi)*ON* PAGE FXVE) HOME OF OHIO MMOR BOMBED Striking Union Welders Are Attacked At McGuffey, Ohio McGuffey, Ohio. Aug. 25—(U.R>; I I Striking union weeders fled for their lives today before the wrath of townspeople angered by the ; bombing of the home of Mayor Godfrey Ott. Mobs surged through the town today abducting Okey O'Dell, military leader of the union weeders strike and placing the little village under a state of seige. Aroused by the bombing at the home of the mayor, bitte rantagonist of the 750 barefoot and ragged strikers, hundreds of men under leadership of purported strike breakers barricaded all roads leading into the town, situated in the I heart of the onion marshlands. O'Dell, who had fought a bitter battle against what he termed “peonage” in the world's largest onion patch, was seized from a house where he had been held for ' (CONTINUBD*ON PAGE SIX) Roadhouse Patrons Robbed At Kokomo Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 25. — (U.R) — Four bandits lined up 14 persons at a roadhouse north of Kokomo early today and escaped with approximately $250 in cash. The bandits forced Chet Clark, proprietor of the tavern, and 12 customers to stand along a wall. At. the point of guns they were oredered to hand over their wallets. Cash registers were rifled.

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Dillinger Gangster Meets Death vkMHMo ■■JHvioaMkaHMaaMir- ■ R’TWW- • SM. I a g Kfc--' 9 f JT-' k .w-jer | \ Homer Van Meter, the sixth man of the Dillinger mob to meet a violent death, lies in a St. Paul street before the eyes of a curious crowd. Van Meter was the victim of a police trap said to have been set by a i jealous woman friend. With the death of Van Meter, “Baby Face" Nelson and John Hamilton are the only I two principal members of the Dillinger gang still at large. _ __

SCHOOL REPORT SHOWS BALANCE — '■■■■■ — Decatur School Board Report Shows Cash Balance Os $21,656.09 The financial report of the Decatur school board for the fiscal year, ending August 1,1934. shows a cash balance of $21,656.09. The lalames are distributed in three funds, the special school, tuition and bond funds. The amounts on hand, as shown by Ira Fuhrman, treasurer of the board follows: Special school fund. ! $6,451.28; tuition fund, $13,707.73: bond fund. $1,495.70. Receipts in the special school school fund, including an $lB.383.93 balance. August 1. 1933. I were $31,622.38; the tuition fund, including a balance of $11,854.46, amounted tn $56,795.05 and the I bond fund, including a balance of I $1,718.04. totaled $4,668.70. during the fiscal year. Aside from funds received through local taxation, the special school fund received $2,773.80 ' from the state excise department. In the tuition fund, receipts from ! state funds are listed as follows: i Common school funds. $2,254.07: , congressional township fund, $142.85; teachers pay fund. sll.526.44. Mr. Fuhrman's report 'hows the 1 net worth of the school system at 1 $248,499.00. Total assets are listed at $266,349.09 and liabilities, inchiding a bonded debt of $11,500.00. of $17,850.00. Cost Per Pupil The cost of operating the grade schools ner nunil is given at $59.32 and in the high school it figures. (PONTINITEiD ON PAGE TWO) o Automobile Thief Will Be Returned Sheriff Burl Johnson and Night I Policeman Ed Miller left early this morning for Michigan to re- [ turn Charles Williamson to this city. Williamson was arrested by I the Michigan state police when be was found to be driving a car belonging to Tony Myers of this city.: There was some difficulty in getting the boy turned over to the Jurisdiction of this court. He was| held 14 miles north of Gram]' Rapids in the Rockford state police station while authorities there debated whether to charge him with violating the Dyer act by transporting a stolen automobile across state line. This is a federal offense and had he been charged with it he would have been tried In a Michigan federal' court.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 25, 1934.

Find Difficulty In Selling Securities ' Gary. Ind., Aug. 25. —(U.R) —Indiana stock and bond holders are experiencing difficulty in disposing thair Uuldings due to lite state intangible tax law. L. A. O’Donnell, local investment broker, said today. The law requires that stamps for one-quarter of one per cent of the appraised value of the securI itles be pasted on the back of the bonds and stocks. a ' Investment houses, however, have an ironclad rule against dei facing the securities in any way, and many Hoosiers have received , sharp letters from companies warnt ing them against the practice of I placing the stamps on the securities. None of tlie companies has refused to accept the securities O'I Donnell reported, although the drastic step has been threatened.' SAY SANCTUARY IS DESTROYED 1 Claim Grubbing of Underbrush At Park Destroying Bird Sanctuary ■ Complaints by several bird lovers that the 13 FERA men now cleaning out and grubbing the west side of the new Hanna Nuttman city park are destroying the bird sanctuary in the heavy underbrush ' have not been referred to the local FERA office. Several wild life lovers this morning stated that this portion , of the park is the last refuge from eumnrous specimens of game in this part of the country. They pointed out that the city of Deca- ' tur has plenty of park space for picnics and recreation. However. FERA officials statI ed today that they were working on the request of the city park board that this portion of the park be cleaned. They stated that the . local office will be glad to cooper- ; ate in any way with leaders for (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)* 0 Democrats Banquet At Bluffton Sent. 4 ' Nathan Nelson has received tickets for the annual Wells County Young Democratic tilth banquet to be held in the community building at Bluffton, at 6:30 o’clock Tuesday September 4. Sherman Minton, the democratic candidate for United State® senator will 'be the principal speaker. The tickets are on sale at this office or may 'be obtained from Mr. I Nelson for 50 cents.

» ST. JOE SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. 4 Decatur Catholic School Opening Is Announced By Rev. Father Seimetz t The Rev. Father Joseph J. Sei- ! metz, superintendent of the Decatur Catholic school announced to- • day that school will often Tuesday, ■ September 4. Registration and the . routing in connection with the opI ening of school will be done that day. • Indications are that the -enrollment this year will be one of the largest in the history of the school. There will be 103 or 104 pupils in the high school if all return. The ! j increase in high school enrollment is caused by the incoming freshmen. The 1934 graduating eighth’ grade class was the largest in the ' h’sory of the school, there being 40 in the class. All the school rooms have been I repainted. The paint job was awarded to John Debolt and Roy Eyanson. A music room has been located where the second grade classes ' have been conducted on the first floor. Previously Ynusic was taught in the Sisters’ home. Sister M. Edwardine will instruct in music. The room formerly occupied by the kitchen has been remodeled to provide a room for the second graders. The kitchen was also on the first floor. The dining room has been par- • « •••«••• - • (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Issues Warning On Eating Mushrooms Lafayette. Ind.. Aug. 25 —<U.R>— With an abundant supply of mushrooms springing up in all sections of the state following warm sum I me' rains, Indiana citizens were! warned today by the Purdue Agricultural department to use precautions against eating poisonous plifnts. “The edible mushrooms are capitate: that is. they look like tiny umhre'las," the warning said.' “After they open, the gills under: the surface are pink at first and later turn brown. "The poisonous field mushroom is usua’ly much larger, but the . gills also are pink at first, but later turn a greenish gray. They : i are not usually deadly, but will make a person quite ill. "It is advisable not to eat any i type of button mushrooms unless: one is experienced in differential-1 ing between poisonous and edible : 'plants. Puff balls are not poisonous. Those which lay close to the . ground are the choicest of the | species.’’

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TEACHERS FOR LOCAL SCHOOL ARE ANNOUNCED Staff Os Teachers Is Announced For Catholic Grade And High School NEW PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL The teaching staff of St. Jo-, i seph's grade and Decatur Catholic , high school, taught by the Sisters 'of St. Agnes, was announced today. Sister M. Rosemary, formerly of: New York City, where she served as principal ot Our Lady of Angels ; school, is the new principal of the I | local Catholic school. Sister Rose-1 , mary succeeds Sister M. Vera, who has gone to Fond Du Lac, Wiscon 'sin, where she will serve as one' of four members of the Mother; j Superior Council at the Mother-1 house. Sister M. Aloysia, formerly of this city is Mother Superior of the convent. In addition to the Catholic Sis- ’ ters. the Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz, pastor of the St. Marys Catholic ; church and superintendent of the ; ; school, is the instructor of social: science. The Rev. Father Joseph ; Hennes, assistant pastor, is direct-' or of athletics in the school. The high school teaching staff and the subjects taught follow: ! Sister Rosemary, principal, social ■ I studies; Sister M. Regina, chern- ; istry and mathematics; Sister M. : Helen Clare, commerce; Sister M. I Edwardine. music; Sister M. Agnes : Terese, b'ology, latin; Sister M. Barbara, English. j The teachers in the grades follow: Sister M. Lamberta, eighth; Sister M. Winifred, seventh; Sis- ■ ter M. Letitia, sixth; Sister M. Angelas, fifth; Sister M. Carissa. Sister M. Dominica, third; I Sister M. Henrita. second; Sister M. Helene, first. Biology Course Added i, Biology has been added to the 1 curricula fit the high school for the next school term. It will be taught by Sister Agnes Terese. Return From Summer School The Sisters have returned from colleges and normal schools where they attended the summer courses in teaching. Sister Winifred, Sis- | ter Angelas, Sister Letitia. Sister Helene and Sister Henrita attend- ’ ed Teachers’ College. To7edo, Ohio. Sister Agnes TereUe attended : Loyola University, Chicago; Sister Bernadine, De Paul university, Chicago and Sister Regina contin- ; (o6ntinued*on*page*six) * o STATE SURVEY REPORT GIVEN Renort Shows At Least 400 Killed In Traffic Accidents In State Indianapolis, ’lnd.. Aug. 25 —(UP) —(At least 400 persons are killed I each year in traffic accidents in | Indiana highways a four-year stir i vey by the state highway cornmis- | sion showed today. The commission found that 1,597 fatalities resulted fr. m 5.546 motor : vehicle accidents outside cities and ' twons of more than 3,500 popula-1 tion. Pointing out that the figures are ! : not accurate due to the fact that many highways have Steen taken into the state system since the survey was started, the commission : has appealed to citizens to report : all fatal accidents to the state highway department during the past. five years. The figures are to be recorded ; and checked by the highway depart-, ment and used in its accident pre- : venticn campaign. The department' [ will draft plans for changing highways in various sections of the : |state to eliminate hazards. During the past year the com-' mission has worked especially to; eliminate hazards such as narrow I shoulders, bridges and pavements I sharp turns, steep grades and rail- j road crossings. The “fatality map” published by | the highway department and cover- : ing a period of four years ending ' I July 1, 1934. shows the major portion of the fatal accidents occur nearer larger cities and on the *(CON*T*INUED*ON PAGE TWO)

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Albert Miller Named On Legion Committee Albert Miller, commander of Adams poet number 43 of the American has been appointed to the lAmorlcaoiam coinmiittee for the state convention. Announcement was made that no meeting will be held Monday night because of the convention. A joint installation of logion and auxiliary officers will be held Monday, September 10. LOCAL MEMBERS AT CONVENTION American Legion State Convention Opens Today At Gary Between 75 and 100 members of: Adams post number 43 of the. I American Legion will attend the . 'state convention which opens toI day at Gary. The Decatur drum corps will I take part in the parade which will march through Gary Sunday. H. . L. Kern said today that the local [ I drum corps would not enter the : state competition to select the’ best bands, which will be held i Sunday. During the convention the state I officers for next year will be i elected. A business meeting Tuesday afternoon will close the con- ■ ■ vention. Part of the Decatur delegation ) will leave for Gary this afternoon.; The rest will go Sunday. Most of ! the Decatur group will return j Tuesday morning. PROPOSED RATE IS UNCHANGED City School Tax Rate Is Again Proposed At 91 Cents The proposed tax rate of the ! Decatur school board, payable next year, is 91 cents on the sl ( M>. the same as the levy applying this 1 year. The 91 cent rate on the hundred dollars of taxable assessments will produce approximately $39.I 864.00. based on the city's valua i I tion of $4,363,233.00. The rate is divided into three: funds as follows: ' Special school fund ... 35? | I Tuition fund 49c I Bond-interest fund 7c It is estimated that $16,335.21 will be raised by the special school: levy; $20,463.20 for the tuition I fund and $3,066.49 for the bond ' and interest fund. The budget for the school year 1934-1935 and including the term from September to Decemlter 31. ' 11934, totals $87,650.50. Expenditures for the remainder of 1934 ■ are estimated at $26,091.00 and for • next year at $61,559.50. With the cash balances and j revenue from sources other than ! by taxation deducted, the amounts ' necessary to be raised are listed as follows: special school fund. $16,340.14; tuition fund. $20,463.20, bond and interest fond, $3,061.56. From August 1. 1934 to July 31. 1935, the school city will receive $15,880 from state taxes and distribution of state funds. , Transfer receipts are listed at *"*(CONTINUED*ON PAGE SIX) o Glider Demonstration Here Sunday Afternoon The members of the Model Air-1 plane club will give a glider dem-; onstrati.n tomorrow afternoon at the Eiting field, west of town, in i connection with the airplane rides ; lin charge of Lloyd Pierce of Fort ‘ Wayne. The glider was built by the local boys and they have made a num.ber ot successful flights. Held For Driving Without License — Sheriff Burl Johnson and Ed Miller arrested Charles Teeple, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Teeple 1 of this city, on a charge of dr ving an automobile without a li- , cense. His license was suspended for one year on January 2. 1931 for driving while intoxicated. He will be tried in Mayor George Krick's court tonight at 8:30 o'clock.

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FATHER'S TIP AIDS CAPTDRE OF 4TH YOUTH Three Who Escaped At Franklin Are Surrounded In Corn Field ALL ARE RETURNED TO FRANKLIN JAIL Franklin, Ind., Aug. 25. — : (U.R)—The capture of Chester | Carson, 22, Indianapolis, on a tip supplied by his father tol day completed the round-up |of "four prisoners who sawed 1 their way out of the Johnson county jail Thursday night. His three confederates in the escape, James Griffin, 22, Indianapolis; James (Jabo) : Mathis. 23, Franklin, and Virgil Witham, 23, Franklin, were captured in a cornfield near Edinburg last night after enjoying only 20 1 hours of fredom. Weary, hungry and dejected, the four youths were placed in separate cells while Sheriff Albert K. Mulkins went to bed for the first | time since Thursday. He will ! question them later today about the saws which mad l possible their escape. Carson was found In bed at a I house on Central avenue in Indianapolis after his father, William I Carson, had tipped off police as to his whereabouts. Without waiting to question oth- , er occupants of the place, Indian- ' apolis detectives brought the fugitive back to Franklin. Griffin. Mathis and Witham were : seen shortly before dark yesterday by Denzil Clark, 'proprietor of a | cross roads restaurant near Edin- |, burg, as they trudged along the road and ducked into a corn field. Clank notified the sheriff and a , posse of deputies, state police and vigilantes was hurriedly formed. The poseemen surrounded the I field, then gradually worked their way to the center, proceeding with utmost caution in case the fugitive® ' should be armed. Near the middle of the field. Griffin, Mathis and Witham were found ! huddled together, wet bedragged and hungry they offered no resistance. They were unarmed. ' .Back at the jail. Mathis diecussed ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o General Electric Pant Closed Sept. 3 The Decatur works of the Gen- : eral Electric company will close i Monday, September 3, In observance of Labor Day. To make up time f.r the week, the plant will operate Saturday, September 1. according to an announcement mado by Walter Goll, manager of the ; Fort Wayne works of G. E. More than 275 persons were employed at the local G. E. plant this week. Employment is given from 10 to 20 men each week for the past few months. — oLOCAL CHURCH HAS RECEPTION Reception Is Held At Zion Reformed Church Friday Night A large crowd attended the reception held at the Zion Reformed j Church in this city Friday night. I A splendid program was presented during the evening including musical selections and the showing of pictures taken by Rev. C. ; M. Prugh while in Europe. Following the program, tie church members and friends were entertained in the church basement where refreshments were served. The church orchestra, directed by Robert White, played a group ' of selections and Miss Lulu Gerber played a German number on the organ. She also accompanied Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, who sang ■ a group of German songs. Rev. Prugh told of some interesting incidents which took place in Germany during his visit there this summer and explained the • moving pictures which lie took of ■ scenes at Heidelberg. Oberau.I mergau. Switzerland and other interesting places.