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■PERATIONIS SB BETWEEN ■BOB. CAPITAL ■G&rnment Official I’ro!"&es Joint Efforts | I For Recovery Igßinr XT desires i I®)U<H<l \E TRI ( E I flMferh'ht •"■■* •'>' 1 :.i' il Pr.-.--i J was®"' "■ i'• •' x >b pl. to Jd'tuate the i’i IjlnErial Hinco desired hv ■ pM&nt r.i.os.Aelt tiiroii: h BiiOns' nj'i's. Him- < .'ini d | w iW b v ip s: -t 'Ji I -ci rebiiA <>l | !'. Mt'C.radv. i ' -■’ Ainowta 1 '' ' """ !11 "B ■ lajlfctr ■I" 1 • tn* Ulis Hi'ill -': . I , r Iflpllijfr rlall Ul'atMEr. ojiFitßt' I-'hM?" #<•'' ••<' »>:•<>!•.•: • -t I ;hey “act (together. - ’ I Laborßorces have been loath UB to get Bx ‘ii’l'l th.. Pr.-.-bi- tv's I ’rate. hMding that to cease the I battle fcr labor's rights would ■ -are industry in possession of all lit always lias had, and all that / ' I whkh labor desires. I A lull rath. r than a trit. o iniliren ea»“ while Ichor wit. '•■■ - ■ the progri- < of newly created iu- | ilustrial ■relations boards in tex I .Hr and Steel industries, and th- , ' I rational^!a 1 >r relations board I AutCSUOI ' workers, di-sa'i-fi-I ■ with pro: ' >na! v. nr. sent'i >n | sot up by President Koos'" - It ■ > B amid a general walk-out la I pring. are now awaiting a study ■of labor conditions in that hid '■'■ gil | try to be made by NRA at the I President's request. I TMreet|pn , 'onl by workers to the B labor boa ds makes quick action ill ■ 'nssible, but labor leiule-• I>ee a gr. wing determination in | .ertaln tnii-r industries to igz'n' lit I the board or resort to court acti n | to circujn rent them. I MeQrad however, advises eonI eerted effort "to secure united «s ■ action of labor and irnm tuetn.-nt B>” CTeatin I planil, d m-in.i ■■ m I of industry " Out of such cooperntßatlonhe thinks it would l>.> po. • d '■ sibie to create "i perm.im-nt I American labor policy.” i* K . ■ < > I State To Conduct • San other Crow Hunt I i Kenneth M. Kunkel, director of .. I flte fi*h a game division of the a ■ Indiana' Econs.-nati.m i'nn-n ■ has announced that the state will I s l»naor another crow Inuit inn < on 1 b ie «t 91 ■ Thetonlcst will bo;,’iil on Jami ■ ary first; and conclude Apt 11 :>. A I total of S2OO in cash awards will | be given to the winning e'ubs in addition ito one quail or pheasant ■ for every .00 crow feet turned int > . I the state department. 'I All conservation leagues in ilia I s, Bte'"ill lie eligible to enter v. Oil I mtt the kayment of a fee i- . | monthly . prizes will be given to ■ maiiitalni interest during the con I '«t-

jfX J Santa Claus will be in A DECATI R ■KfWf VA Saturday MMpzK , \ afternoon -A 1 * y and nighL wBRZ”" 4 H e has a ,rt,a ‘ i for the children. l&fcaJL Do your shopping at Decatur stores.

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Sifts Expulsion Move i *««»» K 9d V fl Premier Julius Goemboes of Hungary, above, summoned his Belgrade minister, Waldemar Ritter Van Alth. home for a report on maes expulsions of Hungarians from Yugoslavia in reprisal for the assassination of King Alexander. Reports from Belgrade asserted that 18.000 persons would be expelled from the country because Yugoslavia contends that Hungary sheltered the terrorist gang which plotted Alexander's death. DEADLINE FOR FILIN£JAN. 2 Veterans Must File For Adjusted Service Certificates Washington, I). C., Dec. 8. — Deadline for filing applications by Wor'd war veterans for adjusted service certificates is January 2. 1985, General Frank T. Hines. Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, advises all ex-service men in an official statement released here. Blanks for making aplications for adjusted service certificates or adjusted service credit may he obtained from the War or Navy Departments. or from the Veterans Administration, General Hines said. All applications must be filed with the secretary of war if the last service of the veteran was with the military forces, or with the secretary of the navy if the last service was with the naval forces. The application should be made personally by the veteran, if living, unless physical or mental incapacity prevents. In the latter event a guardian or other properly’ constituted representative may file the application. In the event that the adjusted service credit of the veteran is SSO or less payment of adjusted service pay ie made immediately. If the amount is more than SSO, an adjusted service certificate is issued. In case the veteran has died befre making application for benefits, the amount of his adjusted service credit becomes payable to his dependents in the following order of preference: (1) to the widow; (2) if no widow entitled to payment, then to the children; (3) if no widow or children entitled to payment, then to the mother. (41 if no widow, children or mother entitled to payment, then to the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

JUDGMENT IS | AWARDED FOR MRS. FISHER Mrs. Amos Fisher Is Awarded Compensation By High Court INDUSTRIAL BOARD RULINGS REVERSED The Indiana Appellate court has reversed the rulings of the Indiana Industrial board in regards to liability in connection with the drowning of Amos Fisher, former i city street commissioner and has , awarded Mrs. Fisher, the widow, i I compensation of $4,950.00 and I SIOO additional for funeral ex- ; penses. The case was appealed to the i Appellate court by Attorneys C. J. Lutz and Herman H. Myers of this city. Briefs in the case were filed only two weeks ago. Unfavorable rulings had been made by ' the Industrial board following two ; hearings in this city and a hearing before the entire board in The city of Decatur carries liability insurance and the finding of i the court will compel the Ocean Accident and Guarantee corpora- ' tion. Ltd., to pay the claim. The appellate court reversed all ; three decisions of the industrial I board on argument and citations • presented by the Decatur attorI neya in their appeal. As a result I the higher court awarded Mrs. i Fisher compensation of $16.50 per week for 3<M) weeks. totaling ' $4,950 and also awarded her SIOO [ for funeral expenses. Mr. Fisher was drowned in' September 1933 at the spray’ pool at the city water works plant. He was employed by the city as street commissioner and tfie Ap ' peltate court found that his visit to the pool was. In line of duty. A synopsis of the case and the 1 »•••«»• • • I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) | o CLUB PLANNING ANNUAL PARTY General Electric Plant Will Hold Christmas Party Dec. 21 Plans are being completed for : the annual General Electric Christmas party to l>e held in the Cath- ■ olic school auditorium Friday, De--1 cember 21, tor employes of the local [ i General Electric plant and their j | families. A special feature of former G. E. 1 parties has been the arrival of i Santa Claus, who distributed gifts ' i and candy to the children. A mov-, ing picture is alsjta feature of the I program. Committees have been named to I j have charge of the arrangements | I for the party and will be as fol-; I lows: General Committee Bert Gage, thairman; E. L. Lank-! i enau, Lohnas Mclntosh, Wm. Heim,' ; Frank Braun, Carl Smith, Chas, j ! Langston, Ethel Tumbleson, Lor-1 ena Reppert, Erna Welland, Dora | Miller, Elsie Brunnegraff. Door and Ticket Committee i Warren Kleinknight, Waldo Eck-' rote. Clyde Beery, Leo Ulman, ■ Chas. Miller. Moving Plctu r e Committee Cal Wait, Ralph Roop, Bernon Aurand, Fred Stauffer. Entertainment Committee Dora Miller, Lorena Reppert, I Laura Lankenau. Decorating Committee Solomon Lord, Cal Wait, Carl Smith, Leo Ulman, Alva Buffenbarger. Ushers Committee Albert Fruechte, Albert Beery, ’(CONtTnUeYoN* PAGE FIVE) Charles Omlor Heads Spanish-American Vets Charles Omlor was elected com- , mander of the local Spanish-Amer-ican war veterans at a meeting held at the American Legion hall Friday night. James Hakes was chosen vice-commander; William Noll, adjutant; Jacob Hess, trustee, and Charles Kitson quartermaster. Officers announced that an oyster supper will be served at the next meeting, Friday, January 4, and; all members are asked to attend.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 8, 1931.

Prison in 36 Hours k' * Wj Within 36 hours after 12-year-old Love wae found murdered at Lansing, Mich.. la-roy Carson, above, 24-year-old convict, began serving a life sentence I at Marquette prison. Carson confessed killing the girl with a hunting rifle. SNOWANDCOLD COVERSNATION Coldest Weather of Year Is Experienced In North America (By United Press) Winter enow and cold covered the entire United States and most of Canada today, carrying sub norI tnal tempetutures even to Florida and smothering northern states deeper in snow. j Thermometers rose sliguitly this morning over western planes, but , states farther east experienced the mast severe cold of the year. Charles City, lowa. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Northfield, Vermont were the cold/et epots in the counI try. with readings two degrees below zero. At Moosonee, Canada, it was 34 degrees on the minus side, lowest temperature recorded this season at a station reporting regularly to the weather bur >lll. | Snow fell over most of the northern tier of states east of the Rocky • • • • (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 _ Most Os Ransom Money Is Found Washington Dec. 8 —(UP)—Federal agents have recovered a total of $124,000 of the Urschel kidnap . ransom money, the department of justice announced today. Operatives found $30,000 hidden in the hills near Portlan I, Oregon, yesterday and $14,000 more in the same vicinity about three weeks ago. Previously they discovered $30,j GOO at Paradise, Texas. Ttie department said all the money so far recovered would be returnl ed to Charles F. Urs'. hel, wealthy Oklahoma business man. who was | kidnaped and held until he paid ' $200,000 rjnsom. 0 DEMOCRAT CLUB PLANSMEETING Young Democrats M ill Hold Banquet, Meeting December 12 An inportant business meeting of j the Young Democratic club will be i held after the victory banquet to be sponsored by the club Wednesday, December 12, in the Masonic Hall. At this meeting iplans will be distussed for tike continuation of the organization. It is exipected that local committees will be appointed, to supervise the founding of chapters in communities where there are sufficient members to warrant it. The chapters will have meetinge as often as they desire while county meetings will be held only five or six times a year. It has been suggested that each chapter play .host to the county organization once or twice a year. A number of the county officers have been Invited to make shot t bilks at tihe banquet. Wednesday. Samuel Jatkson, Fort Wayne attorney will give the main address.

AVERAGE COST II OF HOMES NOT OVER 53,000 Contractors State Homestead Houses Will Not Go Over Estimate HOUSE EXTERIORS NEAR COMPLETION —- I 1 With the superstructure and exIterior of the 4S subsistence home-, stead houses, being erected here. , nearing completion, the estimate that the average cost of the houses will not exceed $3,000 was reiterated today. The contracting prices for the several types of homes being erected range from $2,458 to $2,550. Othessential costs of the homes will . i raise the price to just below $3,000. The price of under $3,000 Is for . the standard homes. Those in which the purchasers have desired < hangj i‘S not included in the original set ! of plans set up the architects. Mc- ' Nally and Quinn of Chicago, will ! be paid to the contractors in casli 1 before they are made. i The average cost of the extras ; i per home will be S4O. This price in- ' I eludes the weather stripped windlows with modern steel springs in •(Place of the familiar sash cord and 'weight; alteration of doors; extra : switches, recessed bath tubs, and ! installation of pipes for motor i plumbing of soft water. The approximately SSOO which ■ will be added to the cost of the construction of the houses and iwhich will bring the total to just ■ 'below $3,000 will be for five major. 1 items. The land which was purchased 1 at SIOO an acre is one of the larg- • est items charged against the' ‘ homesteaders. Landscaping ami im- 1 ' proving the grounds will be taken ■ from the budget as well as tlie cost ' • of laying the entrance gates. The *CONTIN’;Ed’on’ PAGE FfVE) 0 TOTAL EXPENSE ; OF CANDIDATES Candidates In County Spent Total Os sl.399.07 In November 1 The 60 candidates in the general • i election who filed expense accounts I spent a total of $1,339.07 in their i contests for office, County Clwrk- ’ David D. Depp announced today. The city nondidat is spent $121.15. There were 12 city contestants for , office last November. t The 22 candidatea for county ofi flees spent $934.95 in electioneering. i The 26 township candidates .spent ■ $282.97. Candidates who have filed re-ent- ■ ly are: ■I Harry Moore, commissioner, ■: $21.60. i Andrew Applewon, city councilI man, $5.00. 11. M. Gillig. city councilam $17.50 Sim Burk, city councilman, $3.00 ' Fanney E. Callow, city clerk-trea-surer, $8.30. Emanuel Joray, trustee of French I township, $2.50. O. A. Potter, trustee, $5.75. I Edwin H. Gilliom, trustee of Monroe township, $9.21. Groce Tope, trustee, $7.50. | Monroe Plans Stunt Night December 14 ' The Better Homes Economics thoiub will '.lOl a stunt night program i for the (public Friday night, December 14 at 7:45 o’clock. The program . will be presented in the Monroe ■ ball and admission will be 10 cents. > o *BUYS HEALTH BONir B U Y The General Christmas Electric Co mseals w pany has put I chased a $25 ] 1,34 , Health Bond. W. J ! Guy Brown. 1 . a [ chairman of the ' ' Adams County ( J - 5 i Tuberculosis AsIj» « t ,z ! soc ia t ion anHr i n nounced today. : E L P I FIGHT I TUBERCULOSIS

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FOUR MEETINGS ARE PROPOSED Historical Society Will Be Organized Here December 11 Persons Interested In the formation of the. Adams County Historical Society were requested today to consider plans for the constitution. A tentative constitution has been drawn up by a committee from those used by other counties. This will be presented tor revision. Four meetings a year are propound in the tentative constitution. One is December 11, which is knoWn as In-liana day and is commemob.ited because it is the anniversary of the admission of the state into the union. Another meeting is tailed for January 23 which commemorates the anniversary of the organization of Adams county. A third meeting is set for May 16, whlci'jl represents the anniversary of the location of the county se.:t at Decatur. A fourth meeting is set for August 28, the anniversary of the birth of Samuel Russel, founder of Deca-, tur. August Is also the month in which Anthony AVayne male his famous trip through Adams county on bis way to capture Fort Wayne. The constitution will also permit toe president of the society to fix other meeting days during toe year. It has been planned to have the meeting of the society at 8 o’cltr k Tuesday, December 11 in the Dear-j tur high school building. The first thing to b- taken up will be the approval of a constitution. Officers will be then be nominated from the floor and elected. o Washington Township Relief Report Given I Washington township trustee T. R. Noll announced today that poor relief In Washington t wnship increased from $297.86 in October to $835.13 in November. There were 39 families representing 148 .persons on direct relief in November as compared to 50 families representing 191 persons in October. The Itemized account of Mr. Noll’s report of his expenditures is food. $141.20; fuel. $124.25; clothing $8.98; medical care, $115.55; hospitalization. $145.15; total, $835.11. O Fort Wayne Plans Orchid Show Sunday — A rare orchid show and lecture will be sponsored by the E. J.me Hamilton Society Sunday afternoon. De'en*ber 9, at 3 o'clock in the ■ Shrine Clubhouse at Fort Wayne. Many varieties of orcuids will be on exhibit and William A. Hansen, of Chicago, who Is an authority on the culture an i cultivation of orchids, will sp.ak. The public is invited to attend. A nominal fee will he charged. The Mesdames Guy Means and H. Eric Mulholland are co-chair-men in charge of arrangements. Musical selections will be given during the afternoon ity Mrs. Constance Bogart Beavers and Miss ; Vera Ewlg. STATE SOLONS WILL ORGANIZE Stein Slated For Speaker; Thompson Majority Leader Indianapolis, Dec. B.—<U.R) —Democratic members of the 1935 legislature caucused today to organize for the approaching session. Edward 11. Stein. Bloomfield, is slated tor election as speaker of the house while Jacob Weiss, In- ! dianapolls, is expected to be nam- ] ed president pro tern of the senate. Administration leaders are exi pected to push the program through without opposition, although some ! dissatisfaction was reported In the ranks. Gov. Pttal V. McNutt addressed | a joint meeting of the legislators through the group divided to name i their officers. zMeNutt planned to outline briefly his legislative program although i most of his plans still are tentative. Frank G. Thompson, Bluffton, is slated for election as majority ; leader in the Itnuee; John N. Dyer, ! VlnctZln'es, is scheduled to be elect I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) •• • • ♦ ■■••••••

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Fiancee of Victim "Phil, why did you do it? You' loved John as much as I did. Whom are you trying to shield?” I Thus did pretty Doris Rogers. I above, 21-y tar-old sweetheart of John Gorrell, question Philip Ken- ' narner, who allegedly has con-; ! fessed slaying Gorrell, when the two met in the Tulsa, Okla., jail. Miss Rogers, who lives in Pitts1 burg, Kas., is expected to play an important part in tlie state's prosecution of Kennamer. son of tin Oklahoma federal judge. LOCAL MEN ARE UNDER ARREST Fred Fullenkamp And Cecil Bess Arc Arrested At Kendallville ■ i Kendallville, Dec. B—(SpecialB—(Special) —. Fred Fullenkamp tin I Cecil Beas, bn-th of Decatur, were to be arraigned before Mayor W. C. Bauman in city court this afternoon on charges growing out of an automobile accident neir this t'fty Friday. 1 Bess will face a charge of (public intoxication and Fullenkamp. probably two charges, including operating a motor vehicle without a, . driver’s license. No charges have been preferred gainst Miss Geraldine Diehl, also of Decatur, a companion of Bess. The accident occurred on U. S. ; highway 6. about two miles west of this -ity, when their auto skidded ion slippery pavement and struck a telephone pole. Miss Diehl suffered a possible fracture of the right arm. Bess sust ined painful scalp wounds and cuts about the hea l and arms, and Fullenkamp escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Shortly after their injuries were treated by a local physician, the trio (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) . ■ 1 Girl Scouts To Sponsor Movie Girl Scouts of Troop No. 8 will, have a benefit movie Wednesday and Thursday >it the Cort Theatre. ' “Peck’s Bad Boy" featuring Jackie Coot) r will be shown. A (mission . will be 10 and 15 cents. Matinees will b? held Wednesday and Thursay afternoons.

City Os Decatur Is Well Equipped For Parks; Five Included In Town

If the citizens of Decatur should ' decide to divide up the municipal i parks each man, woman and child j would be entitled Ur about 550 square feet or a plot of ground a- .' bout 23 and a halt feet square. This interesting, if irrevelant fact was uncovered today by our • statistically minded reporter with i the assistance of most of the county and city officials and Hugh Andrews, instructor of mathematics in the Decatur high school. Incidentally, few cities in the ' I United States can claim such a | large amount of park space per i 1 1 capita. Decatur lias three plots of ground used only for park purposes. In J computing the park space the two 1 athletic fields were also included, i Hugh Andrews computed the square feet to the sixth decimal point. Each person would be en--1 titled to 550.263714 square feet. Written out this would read five ' hundred and fifty and two hundred and sixty-three thousand seven ’ hundred and fourteen millionth | square feet. This plot of ground would be ex-

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NATIONS FEAR WAR THREAT IN BALKANOISPUTE French Leader Supports Jugoslavia; Italy Backs Hungary BITTER FEELING OVER EXPULSION Geneva, Dec. 8. — ( U.R) — French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sided with Jugoslavia in a bitter Balkan dispute before the League of Nation council today, indicating that France considers Hungary indirectly guilty of aggression against the Jugoslavs. i In contrast to the position | taken by France, the Italian delegate came to the defense of Hun- ' gary and supported proposals for I revision of the post, war treaties which the Budapest government lias long protested. Thus Italy and Hungary were aligned before the consul against Jugoslavia, supported by France, Czechoslovakia and , other Bulkan allies. War Is Feared (Copyright 1934 by UP.) I Geneva, Dec. B.— (U.R) —Europe's (powers, aware of the danger of an ■ explosion in the Balkans, tried today to throw barriers of pacific resolutions between the disputing delegates of Jugoslavia and Hun- ' gary. Pierre Laval, French foreign minister, and Anthony Eden, Brlti ish chief delegate, took charge of : pacific efforts at the League of Nations extraordinary council meet- . ing which is considering the sltu--1 ation. Eden hoped to halt the exchange of bitter charges between Bogoljub Jevtic, of Jugoslavia, and Tibor Eckhardt, of Hungary, by a resolution calling for a general conI (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Further Violence Feared In Strike Las Angeles, Dec. B—(UP) — >A stick of dynamite was found today 1 on a trolley line track shortly after two troll y tears collided In another section of the city. Trolley employes are on strike. Police said if a street tar had passed over the explosive it would Live been blown to bits. Thirteen persons were treated in hospitals for injuries received in the trolley collision. 0 Condition Os John Pence Is Improved The condition of John Pence, Fort j Wayne who was critically injured ! in a fall here Monday morning, was reported Improved toluy. Pence is slowly regaining consciousness and pneumonia which developed a few iaye ago is breaking. Pence was injured while shingling the roof at the Central Soya company plant. He fell u distance of nearly 50 feet, sustaining a fractured skull and internal injuries. Hopes for his recovery are now p'.’.eld by the attending physician.

actly 23.458 feet by 23.458 feet. Following this train of figures it was discovered that if the land were to be given to families and if the families average five members, each family would be entitled to a plot of ground about 117 feet square or twice the size of the average city lot. The largest park belonging to the city is the Hanna-Nuttman citypark, one mile west of Decatur. I This park tas a clearing on the east i side and has been equipped with • park and recreational fixtures. The ■ west side of the park is wooded land and is on#"of the largest and most beautiful municipal game preserves in the state. The greatest portion of this park probably will never be Improved. The city does not have a budget which wdvld Include this work which might cost $5,000. Left as It is, it will prove a popular rendezvous for wild life lovers. The Hanna-Nuttman park contains exactly 45 acres. The oldest park In Decatur is the I 7o>*NTINUW ON* PAGE* TWO)’