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MORE WORKERS ORDERED TO STRIKE

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CITY PREPARES FOR LABOR DAY Business Will Generally Be Suspended For Holiday Monday With Ui'bur flay only two days away. Decatur was preparing to enjoy the last holiday of the vacation season. In practically every case, retail | [stores will be closed Monday, ex-1 j capt eataurants, refreshment stands : I'lgar stores and theaters. There will not be any delivery of ! mall either on the rural mutes or ; in the city of Decatur. Manufacturing plants, except food j 'manufacturers will he closed, or; operated with reduced f rces. Banke will be closed because Lahor Day is a legal holiday iu Indiana. There will not he any session of ! court, althongh the September term opens Monday morning. Judge H. , M. De Voss will pro£>atbly arrange | the calendar with attorneys and! start the term on Tuesday. Th® county commissioners will j i net meet until Tuesday. A joint ses-; ision with the county council will j | be held and approval of the county i ! budget and fixing the tax rate will j he taken up a: the meeting. Schools will start Tuesday morn-1 j Ing In the city. Enrollments in the 'Decatur ptrblic and Catholic high schools were being made this week and pupils In the grades will regis- • ter Tuesday. tin the county elementary schools registration was held today. The fall term opens Tuesday. Many pe pie planned picnics or . a last outing to the lakes over th*> week-end, hurrying back home Monday evening to get things ready for the children to start to school Tuesday. The summer will be remembered ■as the hottest on record. During | July ami the early part of August ! I the temperature .broke heat records ; and the drought added to the disvomfort of all. HOMESTEADERS LIST APPROVED ADolications For Local Homesteads Are Tentatively Approved Applications for the 4S subsist- ! ence hemesteads to be 1)11111 here have been tentatively approved by the department of operations of ,the federal department of sirbsUt--1 ence homesteads at Washington. The namee will be published in Saturday's issue of the Democrat. Each of the applicants selected by Washington has been noticed by letter. ■A. A. Watrous, local project manager, posted the tplans tor the eight types of h, uses and a biue print., showing the grounds and positions I of the lots, in the lobby of the Rice Hotel. This place was selected be-: cause it will the open night and day.; Mr. Watrous asked that appli- ! cants who have been selected view the blue prints of the houses and j the lots and select the ones they want. They are asked to make four selections of lots and two selections of houses with their preferences in order. A meeting of all the homesteaders selected will be held in the Decatur high school auditorium at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday September 7. Mr. Wat- ] rotts stated that it will be imperaItive that every one attend because i both the houses and lots will 'be alj lotted at this meeting. o Postpone Regular K. of C. Meeting — The regular meeting of the; ! Knights cf Columhus has been prst- ! !poned from Monday, September 3. to Monday, September 10, on account of LaLbor Day. Francis Costello, grand knight announced today. An Interesting program is Deling arranged for the first meeting lot the fall schedule. o* Rev. Morford Talks To Local Rotarians The Rev. Elbert Morford pastor Scf the Monroe Methodist church,! was the speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary Club held at the Rice hotel last evening. | Sim Burk was tchalrman of the program.

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Where Student Met Death Va&r&M BH f II •88888988H9 * Down into the cratßr near the summit of Mount Hood. Oregon, went Paul W illiams, forest service lookout, to recover the body of Victor Von Norman (right). Sulphur fumes bit through Williams’ gas mask and, more dead than alive, the intrepid forester (arrow) was hauled ii»i> by a party ot comrades.

BLUFFTON TRIO TO PLAY HERE Tri Kappa Sorority Sponsors Musicale Hero Next Thursday A program of classical music will he presented f>y an instrumental trio from Bluffton in the Decatur high school auditorium Thursday night September 6 at 8:15 o'clock. The program will be sp nsored by ! the local Tri Kappa scroritv. Tickets may he procured from any member of the sorority, adult’s ticke’s selling for 25 cents and children's under high school age, 10 cents. All proceeds from the ' ticket sale will be used for charity. The trio c nsist* of violin, cello and piano. Katherine Saurer, the ' pianist, and niece of Paul Saurer jof Decatur, attended 'lndiana Uni-, 'ersity and received her M. A. degree from the Chicago Musica' College. She hae received many honors in the ipast few years for her playing and composing. During the, summer she taught in the Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. At present she has a large class j !of pupils In Chicago. Edwina Patt n, cellist, received her A. B. degree from Indiana Uni- ! versity. She has studied the cel'o extensively. Both Miss Saurer ami Miss I>atton are members of the Bluffton Tri Kpppa chapter. Joseph Eichorn. violinist, graduated from Indiana University and j is now in the law school at the | University nf Michigan. He lias | studied the violin since early childhood. WAR SECRETARY UPHOLDS CHIEF - George H. Dern Opposes Removal Os Head Os Army Air Corps Washington, Aug. 31.—(U.R)—Secretary of War George H. Dern today sided with Major Gen. Benjamin H. Foulols. chief of the army air corps, whose removal was ask- ! ed by the military affairs investigating committee. Dern said he would do nothing for the present regarding the house committee demand. He made his views known in a letter to Chairman William N. Rogers. D., N. H„ of the committee. The war secretary declared that the committee had denied Foulols his constitutfonal rights hy failing to allow him counsel before the committee and in refusing ac--1 cess to committee records of testii mony. In view of this, Dern said, he did not feel justified in acting lon the recommendation. "I had a long letter from Foulols stating his position in the case,” *CO N tT\ FED ~ON~ ? AGE FIVE)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 31, 1934.

Rev. Sundermann And Family Return Rev. M. W. Sundermann, pastor of the First Evangelical church. 1 daughter Esther and son Arthur, returned Thursday from a two weeks' trip to Boston, Massachusetts, where they visited with Rev. SunHermann's daughter, Mrs. K. D. Boucher and family. One Sunday they attended services in the Old North church, the j oldest building in Boston, from which tower swung the lanterns that sent Paul Revere on his famous ride. They visited many of the old hist .ric places, such as the Old Wit- h house and the House of Sev- , cit Gables in Salem. Rev. Sunder . maun reports that interest pertaining to the textile strike is intense in the east. ESCAPE INJURY IN COLLISION Berne Man, Union City Residents In Accident South Os Decatur - | I Fur pet-eons fortunately escape ! with only miner injuries at 12:30 ; o’clock .this morning in a head-on ; , collision of two automobiles on U. , j S. highway 27, two miles south of j Decatur. Keirhen Schindler. Berne, and Fred Heck, Union City, drivers of | the autos, stated that they were ' blindel by the headlights f each ‘other’s cars, this causing the acci-j ! dent. Mr. Heck was accompanied hy i ! Air. and Mrs. August Magidson, also lof Union City. Mr. Schindler was j traveling alone. The Union City residents suffer!ed slight cuts and bruises while ' Mr. S-hindler escaped injury. The i Heck car was practically a total ' wreck and was towed into a local | garage. Mr. Schindler was able to 'continue to Heine as his auto wat 1 only slightly damaged. | After having their injuries treatI ed, Mr. and Mrs. Magidson and Mr. ' Heck continued their trip by rail ! They were enroute for a visit to A . i CeCntury of Progress at Chicago. Monroe Merchants Plan Entertainment Merchants of Monroe have cib- : tained Zander, the magician, to entertain the crowds at that town Sat- . urday afternoon and evening. He will 'drive an automobile while ’ blindfolded at 2 p. m. and will pre- j sent a repertoire o( magic at 2:30 and 8:39. ! |A hog calling contest for both men and women will be held'at ! 8 o’clock. Nine entries wil' be perj mttted In each contest. All entries must be filed at the Monroe ma. aet ’ by 7 o’clcck. ’ ' The merchants also hav? obtain- #! ed soun d equipment and half-hour . ‘ programs of music will Ibe prasent- , jed before each scheduled perforntk ance.

SUPERVISORS ARE ANNOUNCED — Field Supervisors To Measure Corn Acreage, Count Pigs j Homer W. Arnold. Adams county ; | corn-hog control supervisor, an-; nounced today the names rs the; field supervisors who will measure the corn acreage and count the pigs' tinder contract. The field supervisors were select- j ' ed by Purdue University from .a list ; of 29 nominated 'by the county committee. The supervisors will begin w rk Tuesday. Mr. Arnold said today that it wii' j j he the duty of the farmers tc assist | in the measuring of fields and ' counting of hogs. It is absolute!.) 4 necessary for the farmers to have accurate information for hogs die i posed of since the count by neigh- ' hors last February. Farmers will j . also be expected to know the num-: .her of pigs farrowed since that ( ! time. 1 The field supervisors are; Henry C. Fuelling. Henry Aumann. Adolph I Sehamerloh, Theodore Hell°r, Dani iel D. Kauffman, Harve Inechen, Al- , bert Burke. Harvey L. Sipe. Henry ; Myer, Kermit F. Bowen. Glen L. ; |Chronister, Ralph S. Myers, Lewin i Stump, Fred Kauffman. Je-sse O. j Teeter. Walter Peck, Martin F. Gallmever, Thodore Hobrock. John E. Hiemann. Leon Neuenschwander Frank R. Braun. Benjamin D. Maze • Un, and William Grandlinard. i The majority of the excess corn ' acreage under contract is m w ! planted with roughage which wi l (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3TVE) MAN KILLED DY STEP-DAUBHTER Verdict of Justifiable Homicide Expected In Marion Slaying Marion, lnd.. Aug. 31. — (U.R) A verdict of justifiable homicide in the death of Curtis Preston, 34. shot by his 21-year-old step-daugh-i ter during a family quarrel, was anticipated today. Tlie girl. Mildred Woods, an at--1 active blonde, was held in the 'Grant county jail pending the report of Coroner Neal M. Loomis. The shooting occurred at the family home late yesterday when | Preston struck his wife and hit ! Miss Woods over the head with a milk bottle, the girl told police. I Preston entered the house swear, ing at his wife, her daughter and a niece. Mrs. Mildred Decker, po. lice were told. He threatened to | kill Miss Woods. “I don’t know how it did happen," she said. “I did not mean to kill him. My hand just seemed to "(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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BID BUSINESS FEARS USE OF FEDERALFUNDS Industrial Leaders May ; Challenge Right To Use Funds OFFICIALS REFUSE TO MAKE STATEMENT Washington, Ang. 31. — (U.R) —; Confidential Information reaching I official Washington toduy allowed j industry deeply shaken by the possibility that federal funds may be used to feed, clothe or shelter '■ i some of the thousands of textile ‘ | strikers. i Informal officials discern a niovement among industry to challenge , such use of federal emergency re | lief administration resources. General Hugh S. Johnson, recovI ery administrator who leads the ] Hattie here for self-government of industry within the NRA code I structure, may become the focal point of opposition to federal feeding of strikers. Representatives of big Industry I generally took startled cognizance tliis week of the statement that re- * ! lief would be forthcoming to strikers unless the national labor board j or Secretary of labor Frances Perkins proclaimed the strike un-' justified. The possibility that Johnson would figure in a battle among new j dealers over strike relief policies | aroused keen interest of insiders today. If the dispute develops; i along expected lines the general j may find a preponderance of industry massing behind him. This support might, conceivably, extend beyond the relief contest to the > bitter dispute now raging within | the new deal as to NHA’s future, i In any event, the relief dispute j seems headed for the temporary • j White House at Hyde Park. N. Y. Persons acquainted with the situ-j at ion assert that some (rs the big- ! * (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) HUGE PROFITS TO BE PROBED — World War Munitions Profits Will Be Investigated By Senate — , Washington, Aug. 31— (U.R) — j Gigantic profits of the armament ; and munitions manufacturers pi!-; ed up during the world war will j be a high spot of the senate muni-; tions investigation, tentative plans! for which were outlined today. i Senator Gerald P. N r ye, R.. N.D.. chairman of the group which will begin three weeks of hearings Tuesday, has refused to reveal any secrets uncovered hy his investigators. Sensational develop-, ments. however, are anticipated. Tlie extent to which they have; sought to unravel the strange linking of foreign and domestic | armaments interests is indicated hy tlie fact that 100 subpoenaes j have been issued. All these wit- 1 nesses will he heard in the three weeks of open hearings. Developments are looked for 1 , rivalling those which revealed ac- ' tivities of naval armament ntanti-: II facturers in with the Geneva dis- ! armament conference. The international “munitions; ! ring" has long been a subject of j | speculation. Little, if any. tangiI hie evidence to bear out the speculations has been produced. The senate committee, however, ex ‘ pects to produce substantial sur--11 prises along this line. Men’s Brotherhood Meeting Postponed . j > The Brotherhood of the Evange- •! lical Church which was to have met Monday night, September 3. has 1 been postponed until Septomlber 10, i it has been announced. t ] o 1 No Issue Os Daily Democrat Labor Day The Daily Democrat will not be ] Published Monday. September 3, In | observance of Labor Diy. lit has . I been the custom for many years , not to publish on Laibor Day in 3 order to give employes a holiday. , The Saturday edition of the paper will go to press at noon.

Price Two Cento

Condition Os Jacob Baker Is Serious The condition cf Jacob Baker, 93, f,39 Studebaker street, who Is a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital suffering from a fracture of the right hip, Is reported to he serious. Mr. Baker who was recently refused admittance to the Richmond State Hospital on the grounds that he was senile, chronic and incurable and could not he benefited by hoapital treatment, had been placed in the Adams County Jail. He suffered the fractured hip Wednesday when he fell at the jail. UNITED STATES IN EFFORT TO HALT FiGHTINO - Hope Is Stronger For Cessation Os War In Gran Chaeo THREE COUNTRIES OFFER PROPOSAL | (Copyright 1934 by United Dress) j Buenos Aires, Aug. 31 -<U.P>— i | Hope waxed strong today that i the hitter two years war in the i ! "green hell” of the Gran Chaco I might lie ended quickly through i 1 peace efforts of the United States, j Brazil and Argentina. Paraguay has accepted a pro-, I posal hy the three powers for j ! immediate cessation of fighting. President Daniel Salamanca of, j Bolivia is expected to reply to j ; the proposal during the week- j | end. Simultaneously the Unit e d 1 States is expected to answer a j Bolivian inquiry as to the legal. ' lor juridicial significance of a truce as it concerns possible fail- j ure of peace negotiations. It was believed that Salamanca, ' who was at the fighting front to-; day. was consulting his generals i as to the advisability of accept-1 j ir.g the peace offer. Chances of acceptance seemed; | heightened by the fact that dis- ' patches from the front showed | Bolivia to be in parlous position with the rainy season approach- ! ing. Within less than two weeks the j I Paraguayans, led by a brilliant French - trained commander -in - j I chief, have captured 11 Bolivian 1 1 forts. Part of the Bolivian force j |is crowded in a corner of thej ' Chaco bordering Bolivia proper,, ' hacks to the Pilcomayo river on ; the other side of which is neutral ; 1 Argentina, communications sever-1 j ed. For weeks the state depart-! ments of the United States, Ar-| ! gentina and Brazil have been ' working quietly to end the war. Since last December the Paraguayans have been driving the Bolivians back through the disputed .Chaco country toward Bolivia proper. The situation today was as foi-, (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) FERA Payroll For Week Is $656.40 The FERA payroll for this week I | totaled $650.40 with 83 persrns employed. Tlie pay roil is: men. $57120; truck. $14.40. and non relief $70.- ; 80. Seventy-six men and two wo- j ; men are working on direct relief. | and five men are working on non t j relief projects. A new project is being developed, lit is the community sanitation development. Only one man is now j employed, but more may be added i later. Missionary Worker To Sneak At Church [ Dorothy Mttsselman of Dayton, ■ Ohio, will speak to the Mt. Pleasant M. E. church Sunday morning ; at 10:15 o’clock. Miss Musselman , will leave scon to do missionary w. rk at Lost Creek, Michigan. Abandoned Auto Traced To Owner > | The auto found abandoned near t Kriek and Tyndall’s tile mill Thurst day morning was traced to a man j named Goodyear living in Fort i Wayne. Police have found no rea- . son for its abandonment and are • holding it pending further investigation.

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200,000 MORE GIVEN ORDERS TO QUIT WORK Woolen And Worsted Workers To Strike; Total of 600,000 Out MANY THOUSANDS ARE ALREADY OUT Washington, Aug. 31.—<U R) ! —Union leaders today order- | ed 200,000 woolen and worst- ! ed workers to join the cotton | textile strike tomorrow night. Negotiations in the silk industry still were pending but ! strike chairman Francis J. ! Gorman said there was a dis- ! tinct possibility that some ; 150,000 silk and rayon workers also would leave the mills at 11:30 p. m. tomorrow. Addition of the woolen workers brings the strike call effective to more than 600,000 workers. In Turmoil (Copyright 1934 by UP.) Washington. Aug. 31.—<U.R>—The cotton textile strike today threat--1 ened the nation with industrial ! warfare such as it hasn't seen since 'the historic labor battles of the nineties, when strikers carried clubs and police shot to kill. The strike order called for some ! "500,000" spinners and weavers to walk out of mills — peacefully—in i New England town and southern | village tomorrow night. Immediately it threw the vast textile in- ! dustry into turmoil. It sent reports of dissension and recrimination spinning up an il ! down the Atlantic seaboard, like an 1 engine without a flywheel. Thousands of workers disobeyed orders by striking ahead of time. Thousands more said they would ; not strike. Some mill owners locked their plants. Others intended to keep running, with strike breakers, if necessary. Peace negotiations in WashingI ton collapsed. Union chieftains sought to bring about immediate walkouts in the allied woolen, worsted, silk and ; rayon mills. Emil Rieve. president of the hosiery workers union, said his organization would not join the st nke—that it had contracts last- [ ing another yaer. Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins said he would “clamp down the lid" on free food if any strik. j (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Safety Department Head Gives Speech Loran Warner of the Indiana de- | partment of safety spoke to the i school hue drivers of Adanns county at a meeting held in Monroe' Thursday evening. Nearly every driver was present. Warner stressed the importance of the job and the necessity for go d driving. He asked that cooperation be given the drivers by par- ! ents and motorists. GUARD THWARTS | ANOTHER BREAK Deputy Sheriff At Crown Point Halts Attempted Delivery Crown Point, lnd.. Aug. 31. —(U.R) J —Diligence dt a guard at the Lake | county jail today had thwarted anj other escape from the institution which was made famous by the late [ John Dillinger. Dillinger, it will be recalled, es- ; caped from the jail with a wooden gun last February whtle awaiting 1 trial on charges of murdering an East Chicago policeman. Car.oll Holley, chief deputy and ! nephew of Sheriff Lillian Holley, , ] apprehended Mrs. Gladys Lamb, Calumet City, Til., as she attempt,l ed to smuggle saws to her hus- ! band, Clyde Lamb. The blades were inserted in j some pears. Hollev said he suspected the ' fruit when it was brought iu but | allowed Mrs. Lamb to give it to ’ her husband before intervening. - | Lamb is being held for Tennesi see authorities as an escaiped eont vict. He was arrested at Ham- - mond last week on a holdup charge, ? I Mrs. Lamb was locked up on •I charges of attempting to aid a jail break.