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York. sept. 20— Lindbei Ji murder WKm "■>' ■■‘ r; ‘<ked topolice .hi non need, with iM’/rreS ol Kwhard ■lKiptirann on charges <»t the K'.ipieiit of the Hb-eil u'f a remtwa'l i’> 'he >?"onx in a himtHn effort to recover the l ojW i| l son of ( 01. ( has. r «leii s an alien ■n came to the I mted 11 'ears ago as a stow wn a >h'i>. according to J. Moran, chief of I Keral detectives. re■ lansom money to man in a Bronx M . r v by Bi. ■>■ F (Jafsie) intermediary in the ■.. after evi1. ol l» . n r-.-.-iv.-d that eon'■>.i,,,:!, I'.ii.diHTEh and Dr _ that thev were dealing II the abdut tors. he man who received the ley was described by Dr. Conan speaking with a heavy man or Scandinavian accetr. lowing the arrest in behalf he New York police and on rest of New Jersey police and Mil Investigators, Police Comsloner John F. O'Ryan said I “we hare in custody the man i received the ransom money.” Hh name is Bernard Richard ,:it.-«l tint' I far as am mneed, did not essarily connect Hauptmann 1 abduction of the Lindbergh y which was found murdered r weeks of negotiations of lapers. One theory was that ransom money was paid to a i who ‘ muscled in" on the hiding negotiations but knew ting of the actual abduction. ew York. sept. 20— (U.P.) —An mflrmed report was circulated Ireenwieh street police station today that a confession bad i obtained from a man betas tinned by police in connection the Lindbergh kidnaping ■ The nature of the reported ession wag not disclosed. Three Arrested * le Lindbergh kidnaping mysatppeared to be "breaking” today with the arrest of three acts and the reported recovof $35,000 tansotn money. ie most famous federal and ‘ investigators assigned to the .on., of them P!l ordered to devote the rest of In — solving the mystery, hurriedly in the Green’treet police station and d suspects. f ■ were that the case was through identification of CONTINUED on page 'eight BXy /s Recognized II For its Industries Do'dtnr is recognized for its dlindustry. Among its manaf turing plants are nationally nm-erns. The principal inare: Genera! Electric Co., frai ti nal motors. 'Central Sugar Co., beet sugar, ecatur Casting Co., grey iron ■ 1 I '►■ri.uf Creameries. Inc., dairy H, Packing Co., pork and ■»""! .packers. ■. La F ntaine Handle Co., farm ■“Plement handles. ■ Decatur Coopenage C ~ barrel ■ I Krick Tyndall Tile Co., drain tile. ■-?? ey Dairy Products Co., dairy ■Products. ■ 'Wemhnff Monumental Works, ■Monuments. 11 a tl J afer < o ' ,larness and saddlery. H ' er Cement Works, cement M Product*

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TWO MEETINGS SET AT MONROE I Meetings At Monroe Monday And Tuesday For County Dairymen i | Two meetings of great interest to H Adams ccunty dairymen will be I held Monday and Tuesday, Septeni- ’ her 24 and 25 at the Monroe High School building. In the meeting of Monday even- ’ ing, G. A Killiams of the dairy ex- : tension Department Purdue University. will dte-.usa the feeding *f ' | dairy cattle, having in mind the • shortage of feeds occasioned by our (drought conditions. He will have some vital suggestions pertaining : ip keeping the cost of p induction i down. ' | In the meeting of Tuesday even- ■ | Ing he will talk to the farmers in- ' erested in reorganizing the dairy . . herd fmpr veinent association work I -for the ensuing year. This organina- -’ lion has been operating continui.uail ly f r the past t“n years, and there ■; is a firm determination in the meinI’bersltip to keep this organization I ' going. i The dairy committee set' up in lithe meeting in which Dr. E. E. Wright discussed the control of Bongo disease have been assured ' their appropriation for the c ntinu- [ ance of the T. B. work and they will II soon have the applications in hand 1 1 so that they may be filled out by 1 i cattlemen interested in cooperating ' i with the federal government for I the control of Bangs disease. The l i members of this committee are ■|N.ah Rich. Otto D. Bieberich, Ed ’ i Kingger. CClint n Soldner, and PetI er D. Schwartz. ( o ! Regular Legion I Meeting Monday i : Adams post number 43 of the i American Legion will hold the : regular meeting at the legion hall I on South Second street Monday evening at 8 o’clock. All members are urged to attend. LOUIS PIOUETT BOND REDUCED l __ r Bond Os Dillinger Gang Attorney Is Lowered To $20,000 ' Chicago Sept. 20-(UP)— The bond of Louis Plquett, attorney charged .by the government with implication in the harboring of John ■ Dillinger and Homer Van Meter. [| was ordered reduced today to S2O,0(10 by a circuit court of appeals. i Immediately following the decision, read by Judge L uis Fitzhenry, - who with Judge James Wilkerson - and George Page formed the court. r Ben Landis, attorney for Pbtuett. - set in motion machinery to free his client. 1 Judge Fitzhenry, in his decision, said that the original bond of |SO-. 000 was excessive and ordered the I $20,000 bond, or SIO,OOO each . n two counts, one for harboring Dillin- • ger and the o»her for harboring Homer Van Meter. I Meanwhile, four of the otner prisoners, charged with harboring the i two outlaws, had been taken tn the Lake Ocunty jail at Waukegan. 111. I for fear of gangkind reprisals, j The prisaners. removed yesterday . 1 from the Cook county jail on secret ’[orders from Washington, are Mar.e 1 Confcrti, Van Meter’s sweetheart, . Dre. Wilhelm Loeser and Harold i Cassidy, charged with plastic surg- . ery cn Dillinger and Van Meter: (land Arthur O’Leary, former law) I clerk in .Piquett’s office.

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MORTGAGE LAW RULED VOID BY FEDERAL JUDGE Frazier-Lemke Statute Is Ruled Unconstitutional In Federal Court BLOW TO FARMER SEEKING RELIEF Baltimore. Md., Sept. 20.—(UJO— Persistent doubts of the constitutionality of the Frazier-Lemke law affording liberal relief to debt ridden farmers bore fruit today in a decision by Federal District Judge W. Calvin Chestnut. The court in a test case held the act to be unconstitutional through violation of the rights of creditors as provided in the 14th amendment to the constitution and by seeking to supercede the jurisdiction of the state courts. The judge's decision took a view similar to that held by opponents of the measure which was passed in the closing days of the last congress. It passed iTespite adminis. tration opposition. Passage was obtained through filibuster threats by Sen. Huey P. Long, D., 1 .a, and others. It was signed by I President Roosevelt on the basis, of an opinion by Attorney Genera! Homer S. Cummings that it was constitutional. Considerable surprise attended signature of the measure by the President due to the initial opposition and the constitutional doubts. The measure provided that a farmer might appear in court and obtain a revaluation of his mort- | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) —. — o ———•— Brother Os Berne Resident Is Dead iB. H. Luginlbiahl, 65. of Columbus Grove, Ohi . a brother of Mrs Henry Reusser of Berne, died at his home Wednesday night at 9 o’clock of paralysis. o SOCIETY Will MEET FRIDAY Methodist Missionary Socities Will Meet At Bluffton Friday A number of local women are planning to attend the annual convetion of the Methodist Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Fort Wayne district to be held at the Bluffton Methodist church, Fri. day. The morning session will open at 8:15 o'clock with registration followed with a program including musical selections and hymns and I scripture reading. Mrs. Delton | Passwater of Decatur and a group of leaders will conduct the memorI ial services and greetings will be [offered by Mrs. T. V. Harsh. Mrs. John Floyd of Monroe will give the stewardship secretary's report and Mrs. Otto Longenberg er, also of Monroe, will report for the extension committee. Other reports will also be given. Mrs. Walter R. Werking will speak on the subject, "The Open Door.” at 10:45 o’clock Friday morning. A luncheon will be served at the noon hour and the program will reopen at 1 o clock. Election and installation of officers will take place during the afternoon and Rev. E. M. Morford, pastor of the Monroe M. E. church, will present special music. Mrs. Gertrude Tweedie will deliver an address at 2:15 o’clock. The banquet for the young people will take place at 6 o’clock. Mrs. Tweedie will give an address and lantern slides at the evening program opening at 7:30 o clock. — o — “Ruggedness” Car In Decatur Friday Word has just been received here by P. Kirsch and Son that the Terraplane ruggedness ear has started on its way. Decatur is on the route of the t<ur and the car is expected here Friday, September 21, at 5:15 p. m. It will stop at the show room of P. Kirsch and Son. laical officials and newspapermen have (been invited to ride in this car.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 20,1934.

Present Status Os County Bean Crop Soy bean raising is not entirely I new to Adams county farmers, al. [ though the crop is not a major | one. Soy beans have been raised i here for a number of years. The crop is used as hay and Is considered one of the best feeds for cattle and livestock. According to the annual crop summaries compiled by Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, 1932 was a heavier year in soy bean production than 1933. In 1932 acres harvested were [ 9,(181. In 1933 acres harvested were 6,981. The estimate of this year's acre-! age is not available. Robert E. Straszheim. assistant agriculture statistician of Purdue, today estimated the condition of soy beans as follows: 1932. 80 per cent of normal; 1933, 68 per cent of normal: 1934, 71 per cent of nor. mal. In 1932 the average yield of bedns per acre was estimated at 17 bushels. Last year Indiana produced 1.650,000 bushels, exclusive of soy bean hay. The income from beans alone. X-sed on the market price last December was $1,572,000. REGISTER FOR FALLELECTION October 8 Is Final Date For Voters To Register Here Citizens in Adams county are beginning to register and rectify old cards in County Clerk David D. Depp's office in preparation for the general election on November 6. October 8 will be the last day to register, transfer a registration card, for the county health officer's report of deceased v. ters, and for the clerk to prepare a list of disfranchised voters. IA list of registrations has already been given by the county clerk to the precinct cc-mmitteemen of both the democratic and republican parties. The committeemen will check the cards with the addresses of voters in order to make sure that every citizen will have an opp rtunity to vote. Miss Iverna Werling, thief of the registration department in the county clerk’s office, has reported the following changes made since the first of September: 43 new registrations. 54 changes of precincts, four changes of iwmes iby reason of marriage, and five cancellations. 'County health officer Dr. J. W. Vizard is n. w preparing a list of CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Many Corn-Hog Checks Unclaimed Several hundred corn-hog checks have not been called for by Adams county farmers and are now cn file in the county agent’s office. County Agent L. E. Archbold is requesting the farmers to call tor the checks as as soon as possible. The two blocks of checks which were not received in the county are expected any day. Farmers will be notified at the time of their arrival through the Daily Democrat.

Use Os Soy Bean Is Relatively Neu) In United States; Native Os Asia

The soy bean, also called the soja bean, the soya bean and the j stock pea is a valuable annual annual leguminous plant, native of southeastern Asia. The wild form of the plant, a slender, twining vine with small pods and very small, cull black seeds, is known to occur In China, Manchuria and Korea. The culture and use of the spy bean are recorded In ancient Chinese literature and undoubtedly date from a period long before the time of written documents. The sfiy bean has been a crop of prime importance in China and Japan since ancient times and in extent of uses is the most valuable legume now grown in those countries. Until 1908 the trade in soy beans .was largely confined to oriental countries, particularly China, Manchuria and Japan. Since that time it has gradually become popular id other countries, and mostly so

ROOSEVELT AND SECRETARY OF Frances Perkins And Mediation Head Confer With President DISCUSS PLANS TO END STRIKE Washington, Sept. 20 (U.P) ■ I Secretary of Lalior Franci s i ! Perkins and Gov. John (>. Winant, New Hampshire, i chairman of the government textile board of inquiry, went to Hyde Park today where they were to discuss the textile strike with President Boosevelt at the su m me r white house. Added to these developments [today was a decision by the apeI cial strike committee to call out 20.0IM) dyers to reinforce ils ranks. , "The order will he issued this afternoon.” Francis J. Gorman, 1 chairman, said. At the labor department, it was said that the formal report by the i textile mediation hoard would net 1 be submitted to the President today, as it has not yet been com- [ pleted. Winant, however, was ex- . pccted to outline, informally. | findings in a study of issues in II the strike. j The Winant board was underI stood to have completed a "fact J finding" investigation. For more ! than a week, it has interviewed I spokesmen for the textile industry and labor, and .NRA and labor department economists and statis- ' ticians. the latter concerning I hours, working conditions, and ■ costs of production. An M*empt *| by the board, earlier, to bring issues in the strike to arbitration ’ failed. 1 The other two members of the 1 textile mediation board, Raymond CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT SEVEN CLASSES l [> FOR COLT SHOW - - —- Annual Suckling Colt ‘ Show Will Be Held At Berne October 13 ’ The Gold Medal Colt Club com. ' mittee met in the county agent's ■ office Wednesday evening, to make 1 plans for the suckling colt show ■ to be held in Berne, October 13.. ■ This show is open to all owners of 1 suckling colts of Adams county whether they are members of the Gold Medal Colt club or not. The ! only provision is that non-members pay a fifty-cent entry fee regardless I of the number of colts they bring into the show. i The committee has made ar- ; rangements to have R. S. Hudson > of the University of Michigan and ’ Charles Wentz, past president of ; the Belgian Breeders Association i to do the judging. They set up seven classes of i colts for the show. Namely: pure . bred mare class, pure bred stud . class, grade mare and grade stud I class for colts foaled prior to June * CONTINUED*GN PAGE SEVEN

in the United States. At the present time the soy bean is cultivated principally in China. Manchuria. Japan. Korea. United States, and is of less importance in northern India, Indo China, Malayan Islands. Italy, France, southern Russia. Hungary, Hawaii, Egypt, South Africa and in a few countries in South America. Before 1917 fewer than 500,000 acres of soybeans were grown in this country, including acreages on which soybeans were grown interplanted with other crops. The first soy beans were brought to this country in 1804 but until 1890 it was considered a botanical curiosity. The United States is now second only to Manchuria in the production of this crop. TTie soy bean is especially well adapted to the corn belt although It may be grown in almost any * CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN

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Decatur Factory Expands To Take In New Industry

McMillen Views New Plant As A Community Proposition OPENS NEW MARKET FOR LOCAL FARMER Dale W. McMillen, president of the Central Sugar company, in announcing the building of a soy bean processing plant, adjoining the sugar factory, viewed the matter as a community proposition. its s u ccess and ■ Growth denending on local interest and cooperation. Mr. McMillen emphasized that a soy bean plant augmented the agricultural program of the sugar company and would be carried on with its activities and serve thej farmer by opening a new market ! for a local farm crop. The head of the sugar company [ expressed his appreciation over the cooperation extended him and , his associates in the developing of the sugar beet industry and stated much of the success of the new venture depended largely on the same degree of interest and enthusiasm. “Eighteen months agn I came to Decatur with the thought in mind of starting the Decatur sugar! nlant I shall never forget the) rvM-eption which we received from the 1.500 farmers gathered here to hear rmy story of the re-open-ing of the plant. So thoroughly loyal have all of the farmers been and so enthusiastic have the citizens of Decatur and of the surrounding communities been, that myself and associates are highly p'eased. It has developed into a great community proposition which has been of great benefit to Decatur. Adams county and surrounding counties in Indiana and Ohio," Mr. McMillen commented. The soy bean industry, an adjunct to the Central Sugar company. opens a new market in this territory for a farmer's crop, which is not extensively raised in this county. Commenting on the put-nose and development of the business, Mr. McMillen said.. "This new proposition of soy beans is just one other expansion of an agricultural program that undoubtedly will meet with the hearty approval of the agricultural community in this area. A t°rCONTINITED ON PAGE SEVEN GEDRGEALAGNA GIVES EVIDENCE Radio Operator On Morro Castle Tells Os Labor Trouble New York, Sept. 20— (U.R) — George Alagna, assistant radio operator on tlie S. S. Morro Castle which burned off the Jersey shore with a loss of 134 lives, testified at the federal inquiry into the disaster today of labor troubles aboard the vessel. "I was supposed to be fired when (he ship reached New York ' Alagna said. "But Mr. Hackney I fourth officer) took the, matter up with the radio operators union and a strike was called on the Morro Castle”. The dark haired, soft spoken youth, told -the inquiry that lie personally had 'difficulties” on the ship. He said the officeis had been fed stale bread and that plates and silverware they used were "always dirty.” "It didn't just appeal to me,” he said., 'and I complained about bad food and uncleanliness." Alagna said lie got up a petition which various secondary officers on the ship refused to sign. He said fourth officer Hackney was CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN

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Head of Industry j.. 4 liilk ' ... ■I A Hi ‘mH - 's — Just a little more than a year ago Dale W. McMillen and his associates purchased and announced the operation of the sugar factory. The yards and factory were im- 1 proven and more than 70.000 tons I of beets were processed into sugar last fall. Today. Mr. .McMillen an-1 l nounces an expansion ilf the indusItry with the building of an addiction for a soy bean processing [ plant and opening a market for farmers for a new and profitable crop. WOMEN ATTEND CATHOLIC MEET National Council of Catholic Women Meeting At South Bend South Bend, Ind.. Sept. 20 —(UP) —The National Council < f Catholic women, the largest group of its kind ever to assemble here met today for the annual convention. Mor? than 800 women attended. Sessions opened today with Solemn Pontifical Mass in Sacred Heart church on the Notre Dame campus. Bish' p John F. Noll, Fort Wayne, presided. Bishop Noll and delegatee to the meeting were greeted by the Rev. John F. O’Hara, president of Notre Dame in an assembly at Washington hall. Today's session included reading of papers on various subjects. On that pirt of the program were Mrs. Donnall J. McDonald, Fort Wayne, i Miss Esther OlKeefe, Plymouth; ' Mrs. Marie Stewart. La Porte; and i Mrs. A. P. Perley, South Eend. A banquet tonight at which BisI hop Noll will preside, and will in- [ elude addresses by Mrs. John Eggemean, Fort Wayne, and the Rev. Felix Seroczynski. North Judson. Dean of the South Bend district, of the society, will conclude the sessions. Constitutional Week Parade Here Tonight All members of the American Legion and legion auxiliary are requested to meet at Five Points at 7:45 p. m. tonight, to prep ire L r the Constitutional Week parade at 8 o'clock. Other organizations planning to march in the parade are also asked to report at the above location. One of the features of the iparade will be a ‘Spirit of ‘76’ band. o—. — Former Berne Girl Dies At Celina, O. Luetta Huger, 16, died at the home of her pzrents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Huser near Celina, Ohio, Wednesday. The girl was born at Berne on January 1918. Surviving are the parents and several brothers and sisters.

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Work Will Be Started Immediately On Construction Os Plant WILL BE BRANCH OF SUGAR PLANT A soy bean processing plant, a unit of expansion of the Central Sugar Company will be constructed here at once and will be ready for operation by January 1, 1935, Dale W. McMillen, president of the sugar company an[nounced today. A concrete building 40 by 190 feet, two stories high, with ; basement, will be constructed [ southeast of the present sugar factory. A storage building, with [ capacity to store betjween 100.000 'to 150,000 bushels of beans will also be constructed south of the sugar pulp house. Contracts have been awarded to the Indiana Engineering and Construction Company of Fort Wayne tor the buildings. Harry C. Offutt, 1 Fort Wayne, of the construction At a meeting held September 11, j Mr. McMillen told Chalmer C. [ Schafer and Arthur R. Holthouse, l he would locate his soy bean factory in Decatur. Mr. McMillen re- , quested the matter be held in confi- ’ dence until time of publication. The ' Decatur men assured Mr. McMillen of the community's sincere cooperation in the development of this new and Important industry. company will tie in charge of the work. Mr. Offutt has constructed 1 1 several feed and processing plants for Mr. McMillen. Work will 'begin immediately and a crew of at least 40 men will be I engaged at first, extra employment ‘ being given as construction proceeds.. A switch from the Pennsylvania tracks will also be constructed to the storage building. The new building will be devoted exclusively to the processing of soy beans, an agricultural crop which can be produced in this county and within a 50-mlle radius of Decatur. Equipment and machinery, such as dryers, expellers and filter pro- , cessers will be installed, with capacity to process at least 1,000 tons of beans a day. Present schedules call for year around operation of the processing plant. Soy bean oil, used for many ’ commercial purposes and soy bean meal for livestock and cattle feed will be nialle from the beans. Enlargement of plant capacity will be made as rapidly as possible. The generating system of the Central Sugar company will be used in operating the factory and in addition to the present organization and employes of the sugar company, others will be employed throughout the year. Mr. McMillen has not worked out dela>ls pertaining to the new industry, but stated that in all probability the concern would be operated under the name of the "Central Soy Bean Company.” Associated with Mr. McMillen are his two sons, Harold of this city; Stewart of Fort Wayne; Henry D. Egley, Fort Wayne 1 and Decatur; J. Ward Calland and H', A. Maddox of this city. Headless Body Os Young Woman Found Chicago Sept. 20 —(UP) — The [ headless body of a young woman . was found in a wooded ravine north of Chicago today. Mystery surrounded the discovery since the igirl evidently had been dead for more than a month but no one answering her description had been reported missing. o — Fire Department Meeting Tonight All members of the Decatur vol- ■ unteer fire department are asked to ! meet at the engine house on South I Seventh street tonight at 7:30 o’clock.