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IK MM WILL hisiLY OPEN ■TEROADS2? Ultioii Will Ho Hold State Lm 1). ADAMS I ■|< i UK SPEAKER I Tha iK ■ ■ i .ini t°t' tl't‘ opcnL s . «(, (|. "lication of state i MM' I inlay afternoon. arranged at ■MB' of chairmen held IgMt hotel last evenimr. llwff ' rani will he held i-Ohio state line. ETM< ! -vk ((’ST), weath:i<>. Plans have E'P'iM' Pc to transfer the tic pavilllon at Sun;n ;/ have of-' n lie- building free I the §> .ioil WiHshire hand < Ind the ’ 1 on I \\ ill Ini' - tlivll . XJames ,1V Adams. director of the Jdlana ,! ' missiim. v 'll S’ thtS " eakei at 1 h>* Sdicath 1 "ill cut the ribbon, , ■ ■A. R. 1 11 ' i •■i m . "" 1 ■gran "I appreciation fm\ .Ef-atnr la.l 'el nr- counts f"" th' Eat Mi-nv,■meat. F (A Great Caravan ig • lie have rill" IVcu - " - 111" ■t<S>' k ' '!«* linf ’ Thl> ■easstX V : .I.'..’eiation will join i ■fillshl. i' caravan will l>e met K|h 2 .1-1. .1 to the state line Set. W, ''W Tre Program ■ FollAiiriß is the program: |t TSamls Emery Smith. K pAs e" Mills ■merit*—Audience Mr. A’ :i;.uuh. WiHshire of Road and Bridge Adams and Van K9B' .ami' ■•. el'irineet - anil I • aap : mi. ne. tils M t lan/ a "'1 lloffer. the Banks the WaIteratin' high school I Ob filth. linn. .Tames P. Adams. It Tnd hiahwas dir. ■nginr "Beautiful Ohio" — Willl| Shi' ■ liiah selnml fllee Club lion. Bale Huff, Lima. ■marls It. E. Snvder. count v el' Van Wert ■marl W. M. Howland. Indian-K^M.-c to Heeatur Mayor X Gtpi ye Krick of Mr. Adams IB the Misses I i Ani’a I Syne" nroeeeds in Decatur for industries. I; The Chairmen E|Atteniin IL ' ||i" meeting last ■ T. A. fox and Dale "f Wiltshire: Mr. I.utz, Mr. Ho'thoiise. Tames Fib"*' P*tt. f)' I'" 0 I’attersnu. elmil nri'i BHs h’ttsie committee: E. W. chairman of the lies and faetorv visiting cdiiiflavor (lent Krick. Hir a member of th" Meshlieraer Bros., the ''Td'-rs ■ flail Ten,talf lil'o«iBIEU the t'hamher of Commerce. P?v|val Rorvicos I At Church Os God senyicp, will rp n at the of Cod Sunday night. with " r Chapnel of Mt. Sterl■jjßTrntm ky as the evangelist. 1 music will h» afforded each The public is cordially inthese services.

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Sticks to Subject j jB-k'v * vMB X * JpF % V \ «§ Jtgk ' Arriving in Chicago, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the former President, could not be persuaded to talk of anything except the (ilrl Scouts. There she entrained for Palo Alto. FRED SGHURGER IS NOMINATED Decatur Man One Os Ten Listed For Directorship Os Seven Fred Sclmrger of this city reoeiv- ( ed notice today that he has been nominated for one of the seven dir ectorships In the Fiurth Ban.l Bank District of Louisville which includes the states of Indiana. Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. He is one of 10 nominees. In the letter the Federal Bank officials stated that an election would soon he held for directors in the hank. Mr. Schurger being «t nominee far local director. The board of directors for the hank will he elected for a three year term, beginning January. 1. Mr. S htirg r has been an investigator for the 1 :an division of the j bank for the Muncie district which inclules the following 10 counties: Adams, Wells. Orant, BTackford. .lay, Tipton, Hamilton, Madison, j Delaware and Randolph. One of the functions in this district of the Band Bank is taken care of by the Muncie Productive Association. This is an organization of farmer borrowers serv- ! ing a local territory, generally con-: sisting of several counties. It is cooperative in nature and lends to VrONTINTRD ON PAGE TWO) PRISON ESCAPE IS MAIN ISSUE Broak From Michigan City Prison Holds Political Spotlight Bv United Press The state investigation of the i “wooden gun" escape of John DlllJ inger from the Bake county jail, was replaced in the political spotlight today by the sensational break of 10 inmates from the state : prison more than a year ago. The two prison escapes were destined to remain the dominant Issues of the campaign by both Republicans and Democrats who today faced the last week-end before ..... (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) * DOLLAR FOR PIGEONS j Jesse Rice, proprietor of ihe | • | Rice Hotel, has announced that he will pay one dollar to the j j boy who brings in the first pair , | of white pigeons to the hotel. The pigeons will he released at the Ohio state line during the ; | ceremonies dedicating the new | state highway, 527. iFrtday, No- 1 j ■ | vember 9. '♦ *

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DAVID HOGG IS L CHIEF SPEAKER AT RALLY HERE Republicans Hold Final Meeting Os Campaign Friday Night WOMEN’S BANQUET PRECEDE MEETING “The constitution Ls the iron i frame of our government,” stressed ' David Hogg. Republican candidate ' for congressman from the Fourth Indiana district, in a speech deliver-1 , e.l at the Catholic high school auditorium in this city Friday night. Mr. Hogg, former congressman, was the principal speaker at th© j closing meeting of the Republican party in Adams county. Thus meeting was preceded by a banquet held at the First Christian church in this city. Following the banquet, a parade was formed and. led hy the American Legion drum corps, the General Electric ami Boh White's bands, pro- • eeded to the Catholic school. More than 2f>o persons attended the banquet, ond reprseentativee , from Geneva, Berne, and Monroe were also present. The meeting at the school was opened by W. A. Klepper. who aete.l .is chairman. Mr. Kltpper introduced a men’s quartet from South Whitley, who entertained with several political songs. After the songs, ! the bands and drum corps enter- i tained briefly. Tli> acting chairman then introduced Mrs. Lula B. Souders, Columbia City, who spoke on the issut* ol ! the oumpaign . Mrs. Souders described President Roosevelt as a clever skillful politician. She sail that the 73rd Congress was really not a lawmaking body, but that it submitted willingly and meekly to the Roosevelt poliCONTINUED*ON PAGE SIX) PROPERTY TAX LESS IN STATE 1935 Taxes Will Be More Than Seven Million Under 1934 Indianapolis, Nov. 3.— (Special! —Property taxes will be $7,334.070.87 less in Indiana in 1935 than was paid in 1934. it was revealed here today by Anderson Ketchum. secretary of the state board of tax J commissioners. j Ketchum announced receipt of a letter from Harry Miesse, execu-1 I five secretary of the Indiana tax- j 1 payers association, giving tit e. amount of reductions already made > and indicating the possibility of further reductions of $500,000. Miesse's figures were gathered from official reports from each of the 92 counties in the state. He : reported that the reductions affect 63 counties and that they were brought about by -fine co-operation iof the state officials ami local of- ! ticials." '•The use of the gross income tax j money had more to do with the . reduction this year than any other Item," Miesse said. “The use or the excess gasoline tax to pay off bonds and maturities went a long way toward t educing the levies as did the collection of old delinquen- * (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Citv Campaign Closes Monday The city Democratic campaign i will close Monday night with two school house meetings. The chief speakers at these meetings will be. Judge H. M. DeVoss; A. R. Holt-1 house Democratic candidate for mayor, other city officials and Ira j Fuhrman, Democratic candidate for , Washington township trustee. The first meeting will be held at the North Ward school house at 7:30 o’clock with Harold Dtniels. precinct committeeman, presiding, j The second meeting will be at the; West Ward school house at 8:15 o’clock with David Adams, precinct j ' committeeman, presiding.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 3, 1934.

A Personal Letter To The Voters Os Decatur DEAR CITIZEN: — Pull up your chair folks for a family chat about the election. Next j week you are going to elect a Muyor. Clerk-treasurer and a City council. That's Important to you because these officers administer your city government and to some extent can help you in the butldlfig of the home town. We’ll get right to th© point. 1 would like Tor you to entrust me j with the office of Mayor. In the primary last May you helped nominate me as the Democratic candidate for the office, for which 1 ant grateful, and if you go to the polls next Tuesday and vote the Demo erat ticket ! know IH win. You might ask. “Why do 1 want to he elected Mayor.*' That's a fair question and I shall try to answer it without making any "catchy" j promises or resorting to what might be referred to as meaningless . campaign propaganda. You know, I am a young man and have for 22 years been aettvely engaged in the newsnaper business. My training has been to keep in touch with community affairs, to help where I could in prhmotlng the public good. 1 want Decatur to continue to go Forward, and let me say. no one is more appreciative of headway already made than 1. Vou know as well as I. that today our city is one of the outstanding towns in the country, bullded on a spirit of good will, a century of honest work and effort. The groundwork is here and all we need do to accomplish finer tilings and progress, which mean for general happiness, is to work together intelligently. Through the office of Mayor I would like to he your servant in giving unremitting service in carrying out a program for the greatest good to all. public improvements, taxes, the protection of public head and property, utility services and rates thereof, all being considered. Cooperating with our spiritual and educational Institution** which lmlld for us and teach us the advantages of good citizenship, the glory of giving of our services ami instill that spirit so necessary , in successful careers. I realize that one way to help my home town Is to make this a place of busy factories, employing hundreds of people, a good trading center, and where men and women get happiness from home life, I the laughter ami prattle of children and in being able to smile and say "Howdy" or "Hello” to those who lass. This my friends, is my home town ami It would take more than an earthquake to even cause a waver in my enthusiasm for it. The love for Decatur has been handed down to me by ancestors. | the first of whom settled here In IS37 —one year after the town was founded. The fact that the present campaign has been void of personal attacks or ' ’mud slinging", is proof that we are a fine people and warit a united community. Far be it from me to hold one's personal conVlctions about political parties or as a barrier to my friend ship or admiration. With a viewpoint that cacti man's life is his own. I believe my life in ihis community is evidence that I can see both sides. If. as Pitkin writes, "Life begins at 40." I shall come into my own about the time a new city administration takes office. Os course 1 see the sunshine, have faith in the future and enough in myself to he able to dispatch the duties of the office I seek. In all humbleness, permit me to say that my work has acquainted me with city and civic affairs and lias furnished me with the enthusiasm and the desire to carry on. Allied with me in this program to Build Decatur and the campaign has not brought out any other issue are men and women of experience, active in the business and social life of the community. Mrs. Ada Martin, present city treasurer is a candidate for the new combined office of Clerk-treasurer. Herman M. Gillig. is a mem her of the council and a man of wide experience in city affairs. Albert Miller, a member of the bakery firm of Miller and Son. has shown his ability for leadership as former commander of the American Legion. George Stults and Andrew Appelman, are grocery proprietors, splendid gentlemen, able and duly appreciative of the advantages of home town growth and anxious to help in this program. Regardless of the most sincere desires, we know that we’ll make mistakes, that perfection cannot be wrought by mortal humans, hut we have our mind, heart and soul hitched to the ideal of serving you and firmly believe that in striving and attempting to give the best public service possible, we shall at least reacli a goal higher than if we had not tried. We are willing to bo your public servants on these standards, assuming that the fine spirit of cooperation always shown here will be i extended to us, if yon so determine next Tuesday. ARTHUR R. HOLTH'OUSE. Democratic candidate for mayor of Decatur

FARMERS FAVOR OBEYING RULES Chicago Area Milk Producers Agree To Abide By Slash • Chicago, Nov. 3 — <U.R) —farmers supplying milk to the Chicago area were on record today as overwhelmingly in favor of complying with the recent AAA regulations issued by secretary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace declaring a reduction in the farmer's price for milk. At a meeting of the Pure Milk association, the representatives of farmers in the local area, attend-, ed by 300 delegates of farmers supplying milk to the Chicago district, it was voted to abide by ; the 25 cents cut per 100 pounds, rather than forsake the AAA price for one established by the Pure Milk association. The vote to abide by the AAA i reduction was made following an address by E. N. Harman, of the dairy division of the department of agriculture. The association had requested that a member of the agriculture department appear before the meeting to explain the reason on which the AAA had j *lcONTil* TOED*ON PAGE SIX)

♦ « j : 1 American Legion Urges All Voters Out Next Tuesday I ♦ ♦ For months The American Legion has been engaged in a campaign for better government, designed to stimulate interest in the election and bring the large percentage of voters who have felled to exercise their franchise in the past years, to the polls this year. The preliminary work, largely educational in nature, has been done. The final Bteip, the active work of getting the voters to the voting 'places on November 6, is an endeavor of the Legion program and the following appeal is made: Ten years ago this country fated , an emergency—was in the midst, j of a war. Every good citizen put j ; forth his utmost effort for the suc- | cess of the United States and the j cause it fought for. The men of The I American Legion went forth to battle an dthey were victorious because | they had the backing of the people back home. The American Legion believes j that the right to citizenship has not been eeablished unless a citizen vote«. The franchise to all men and women has been paid tor in hard-ship-even in the life blood of our forefathers. Yet how few people exercise the right? The American I-egiou is non- pollTcT>*NTINUBd”oN PAGE TWO)

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SAMUEL INSULL FIGHTS CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT Former Utility C/.ar On Witness Stand For Third Straight Day EXAMINATION IS MADE BY LAWYER Chicago. Nov. 3—(U.P) —The full force of a prosecution which has been two years preparing for the moment was unlimbered today against Samuel Insull, fighting with a flare of his old time fire against charges of swindling thousands of investors. For the third consecutive day the stoop-shouldered old veteran of a thousand financial wars was summoned to the witness chair, faced with the necessity of fencing again against questions which searched every act of his life and questioned every motive he attributed to himself in a dramatic ac- ! count of his career. A gaunt, hard-faced prosecutor, an assistant rttorney general of 1 Ihe United States especially sent to Chicago to wage the government's fight against eight nationally known defense lawyers, 1 sought with every wile of crossexamination to break down Hie picture drawn hy Insull of a finanj cial disaster in which he. like his ] j 500,090 investors, went down to | inescapable defeat. Tlic special prosecutor, Leslie E. Salter, took tip today at exactly the spot where he halted yes- j terday the step by step tracing of [ Insult's career and the organization of Corporation Securities ! company. He pointed every question to ; ward impeachment of Insull’s ver-; sion of the days in 1929 and 1930 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) CAPTAINS FOR | DRIVE LISTED Annual Rod Cross Drive Will Bo Conducted In This County 'Captains have been appointed for the annual American Red Cross roll tall in Decatur. The roll call will open officially on November 11 and will continue to and including Thanksgiving Day. November 29. The roll call in Decatur will start November 18, on account of the activities for Armistice Day. Each captain appointed will in turn select worTters to participate in the drive in Decatur. Adams county is being organized to assist in the annual affair through the Home E-onomios Clubs of which Mrs. E. W. Busche of Monroe is diairman. Following are the captains which have been appointed: first ward, I. Bernstein. Mrs. Charles VV. Knaipp and Mrs. H. N. Shroll; second ward Eno Lankenau, Mis Margaret Holthouse.'Mrs. P. B. Thomas and Dr. Burt Mangold; third ward, Mr. and Mrs. Wal Wenihoff and Avon Burk. One Scarlet Fever Case Is Reported One case of scarlet fever was reported in Adams County in the morbidity report for the week ending Saturday. October 27. A total number of 121 cases of the disease was reported for the state. Hundred Attend Democrat Meeting A crowd of a hundred attended the Mt. Pleasant Democratic meeting last evening, though the event was planned but a day or two before j Charles E. Magiley. committeeman for east Root, had charge and the entertainment was interesting, including excellent music and speeches by J. Remy Bierley, can didate for county clerk and J. W. Tyndall, candidate for auditor, Dick Heller of Indianapolis and others. Several cars from here carried a j dozen or fifteen to the meeting.

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Elder Robinson Freed -rr " j Smiling and happy because of the federal court verdict which refused to grant his extradition to Louisville. Ky.. to stand trial on 1 charges resulting from the kidnaping of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, society matron. Thomas 11. Robinson, Sr., is pictured following the release from federal custody in ! Nashville. Tenn. Robinson is the father of Thomas H. Robinson. | Jr., sought ns »lie actual kidnaper j of the woman. TWELVE MINERS HURT IN BATTLE More Than 1,300 Men Engage In Pitched Battle Today Nanticoke, Pa., Nov. 3 — (U.R) - Twelve men were injured today in ' a new pitched battle between mem-1 hers of the United Mine Workers ; of America ar.d the United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania. More than 1,300 men engaged in ; fighting in front of the entrance, :of Susquehanna colliery No. 7. The United Mine Workers. 1.0001 strong, routed 300 anthracite min-| er pickets who had attempted to! j dose the mine. Shots were fired by both sides! hut none was reported wounded | 1 from revolver fire. Because the anthracite miners had called a strike at the colliery and a battle was fought at the en- , j trance yesterday th U M. W. A. forces congregated inside the mine property before dawn. The anthracite pickets assembled in Central park and after being ordered by local police to disperse they started a march on the eolliery. situated at the end of Main street. At a signal the U. M. W. A. army charged. Rocks and other missiles filled UiP air The pickets had a supply * (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)* NOTED HOOSIER EDITOR IS DEAD Don Nixon. Owner Os Newsnaner Chain, Dies Os Injuries Michigan City. Nov. 3—(UP) — Don Morrison Nixon, 54, militant Hoosier editor and owner of a chain of six daily newspapers, died in a hospital here today of injuries sufferel in an automobile accident October 29. He suffered a brain concussion and never regained consciousness. His death ended a fearless newspaper career which began approxi-! matejv 40 years ago as a reporter in ! New York. in 1922 he acquired the Wabash Plain Dealer, the first of a chain of seven daily papers and began an | extensive campaign against graft j and corruption in municipal govern- j ment. Funeral servicas will he held at the home in Wabash at 9 a. m. Mon- j day. Services will he conducted in the congregational church at Terre ■ j Haute at 2 p. m. that day and bur-! ! ial will be made in the Highland Lawn cemotery, Terre Ilauto.

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TRUCE BETWEEN LABOR, CAPITAL BEING AWAITED Tests Are Reaction To Automobile Code, Grocery Dispute A. & P. DECISION IS EXPECTED SOON Washington, Nov. .°>.— (U.R) —President Roosevelt’s truce between capital and labor faced two important tests today with chances apparently good that it would win both decisions. The tests were labor’s reaction to renewal of the unchanged automobile code and the decision of unions and the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. on the proposed Cleveland grocery truce. Tlte seven Cleveland unions involved in the grocery fight forwarded their decision on the truce to the national labor relations board. It was kept secret but relief persisted here that the response was favorable. Ttecision hy the A. & P. was due shortly, possibly today. Early indications have been that it also | would vote for peace and resttmpj tion of operations. The company ■ l ad planned to abandon its Cleve- ! land business in the face of a : strike by the seven unions. While not overly enthusiastic at failure of the administration to 1 open the automobile code for pos- : Bible amendments desired hy laj bor. union opinion was expected ! to go along with the president in view of his intention to investigate conditions thoroughly prior to expiration date of the renewed code Feb. X. Francis Dillon, chief of the *7 CO N TINTIED ~ON *PAOE*S TX) * —o Dubach Automobile Found At Dunkirk The automobile owned by Roy Du- ; bach of Linn Grove, which was stol- | en from its packing place in Berne ! Thursday evening, was found aban- ! doned in Dunkirk Friday evening. The car had not been damaged but had been run until the gasoline | supply had been exhausted, j o Berne Commencement Speaker Announced — Dr. E. G. Homrighausen, pastor of the Carrollton Avenue Reformed church of Indianapolis, will be the commencement speaker at Berne for the graduating class of 1935. it was announced today. The commencement exercises will be hel l on May 20. Dr. Homrighausen del livered the address at Berne in 1933. Republicans Will Receive Returns Arrangements have be,, n completed by the Republican cential committee to receive and give out the election returns next Tuesday night at the Republican headquarters on South Second street. Long distance circuits in the county have been leased by the Republican party and anyone may mil j free of charge, in the county. ReJ turns may be received any tt-ne I Tuesday night after 6 o’clock, it was announced. Geoffrey Archbold Perfects New Method Oeoffery Arthbotd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Archhold, former residents here has perfected a method of stencil painting, producing "Pochoir prints” in colors which has cause considerable favorable comment. Geoffrey, who is a grandson of the late Judge James R. Bobo is also becoming ao olumnist and | you can follow him hy watching for j his ‘ Geoffrey" column in various j large city papers. The Cleveland Plain Dealer says:“Geoffery,’’ Cleveland artist, has j four drawings in the October STAGE. He has contributed to a. number of periodicals; Esquire i bought a number ct his drawings several months ago and they may | appear shortly. "Geoffery" is Geofrey ArehboU of Kenmore Road, Shaker Heights, a son of Charles | L. Archbold of the National Refining Co. Hie dad made the "boy on the slate" famous.