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|fcenfh Expert Mays Defendant Sis Note Writer X|l |) Osborn, Son of Previous Witness, Is f »venth Government Expert To Declare Bruno I n luptmann The Writer of All The Lindbergh f Kisom Notes; Expert Also Asserts That De--1 ftidant Made Attempt To Disguise Handwriting I B<th In Notes And In “Request" Writing.

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Vol. XXXIII. No. 14.

ALL HOMESTEAD HOUSES ROOFED Various Paint Combinations Approved By Architects On Project The 48 houses being constructed I on the Deentur homesteads project now are under roof. The sides of the ihuildings have all received the j primary coating of paint. Part of tlie carpenters have been laid off. Tie re .Ruining force i J i finishing the interiors. Tho ply ' l>o rd is being nailed to the walls. The hardwood flows also will lie laid s on. i The i. aint for the houses is bang ■ purchased by the contractors from I the Schafer Wholesale Co., of this ; city. The homesteaders will be cperI’nitted to make their ewn selection i of colors. i Three combinations have been | approved bv the architects for the i exteriors. The rcmbinations are: I house. light crotm with brown shttti ters; house, white, with green ahut--■b-rts. and house. wltTfe with "fust j slvutters. 'Five colors have been approved i for the living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms They are case an lait, i Norwich earary. peach blossom, | lilly of the valley and Slid n ivory. The bath room will be white or ivory at the preference of the purchasers. The halls and the stairways will the painted the same color as the living room. The closets will be finiei'iPd to mjtch the rooms to which they connect. To enable the homesteaders to see exactly what the colors will look like, house number 21, twill he painted with a different color in each room. Eli C. Engle Asks Divorce Charging that his wife "falsely Hocused" him of associating with other women and th.it she accepted advre from her parent which "always caused discord and trouble” in his ’erne and family, Eli C. Engle today filed a complaint for divorce ap'irut his wife, Lulu V’. Engle. The plaintiff further .Ileg'e that his wife “went to her parents' home and stayed with them for weeks at a time, without first informing the plaintiff where she was going and how long she would be gone." He also alleged that hie wife is not fit to h*tve t ie care and custody of the one child. He it asking for the child. JOHN I. LEAHY DIES TUESDAY Brother of Mrs. William Bowers Dies In Kansas City, Missouri John age 47, brother of Mrs. William Bowers of this city, died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Kansas City. Mo., following a short illnees of 'pneumoni t. Word of Mr. death was received in a message by Mrs. Bowers last evening. He had been ill oniy tt few days. Besides the sister in this city, Mr. Leahv is survived bv a wife and two children, John and June, one brother and several sinters In Fort W ° vr» 9. I The ibodv will be taken to Fort I Wayne and funeral services will 'be j held Friday morning at 9 o’clock | from St- Andrews' Catholic church. ! Burial will be mode in the Catholic j cemetery, Fort Wayne.,

CITY COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION Decatur Council Holds Regular Meeting Tuesday Evening The city council in session last evening ordered Engineer Ralph Roop to prepare plans and speciI (Rations for the McConnell alley improvement. The improvement, as petitioned j for under petition number two, includes the alley back of the ImsI itiess houses on the east side of Second street between Jefferson land Monroe streets. A Half block between the McConnell wholesale I tobacco building uml the Staley i Dairy Products building is also included. The alleys will be resurfaced. Bonds of city attorney Herman I Myers, chief of police Seph Melchl and night policeman Floyd Hunter were tiled and approved. The electric light committee approved the contract for the building of the W. K. Kintz light line in Washington township. Mr. Kintz is the only patron on the line, it being an extension of a regular circuit in that territory. The cost of building the line, paid by Mr. Kintz was placed at $105.71. The finance committee recoinmended that the surety bonds of the cily treasurer for the Barrett law funds lie reduced from $5,000 to $4,000 and the bond for the same official for the civil city, street and municipal plant funds be reduced from $25,000 to SIB,OOO. The premium on the bonds is S2OO, paid by the city, an appropriation being made for this amount. Tlie street and sewer committee reported favorably on the granting of the petition for the McConnell alley improvement and the preliminary resoUiliuu ‘- lll “' U)ii Um. Jill', provement was adopted. The financial report of Mrs. Alice Christen, clerk, for 1924, was filed and ordered published. The enforcing of the garbage contract was referred to the board of public works and safety, the city attorney being instructed to notify the contractor. Bills were read by Albert Miller, chairman of the finance committee ami allowed. Adjournment followed. All the councilmen were present. Mayor Holthouse presided and city clerk Ada Martin read the minutes of the two previous meetings.

EDGAR UNTHANK TALKSTO LIONS Ft. Wayne Man Addresses Local Club; Ladies In Charge Edgar J. Unthank, executive secretary of Wheatley Center in Fort Wayne gave the principal address at the bi-monthly ladies night meeting of the Decatur Lions club. The ladies had charge of the program. Mrs. Walter Krick sang three gongs entitled “The Cuckoo Clock' by Young, “Morning” by Speaks and “Friend of Music" by Sanderson. Evelyn Jane Graber gave a son? and dance number and Donna Bell Fennimore danced. Mr. Unthank, a colored man, discussed the cultural progress made by his race. He is in charge of the social service work of the Wheatley Center. “At the time of the Civil War the culoied people were six per cent illiterate. Since then they have progressed rapidly in literacy (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Abandoned Auto Held By Sheriff An automobile was tewed into Decatur late Tuesday nielit on orUeys issued by Sheriff Dallas Brown The e?r was reported to have been abandoned on road 27. south of Decatur. Tuesdav morning. The city police were notified and an investigation made. The car’s lights were left ignited. A connecting rod was broken and is believed to he the cause of its abandonment. The ownership of ths cir was traced to a Fort Wayne fin- - ance company. It will be held here until the exipenses of towing it to De'otur aro paid.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 16, 1935.

Strong Witness for State *> Miss Hiidegarde Alexander. New York model, surprise witness for the state in trial of Bruno Hauptmann, is shown entering courtroom in Kleminglon, N. J. Mise Alexander, an acquaintance of Dr. John tJufsie) Condon, testified that she saw Hauptmann shadowing the doctor in a New York railroad station during ransom negotiations.

TWO HUNDRED MEDAL AWARDS Give Awards To Livestock Winners At Purdue Conference Today Lafayette, Ind.. Jan. 16. — (U.R) — Distribution of 206 medals to 1934 winners in various Indiana livestock contests featured the annual state agricultural contest at Purdue university today. The medals will be awarded at the annual banquet of the Indiana Live Stock Breeders’ Association. Sectional meetings under sponsorship of various cattle, horse and sheep organizations were held throughout the day. Tlie group sessions were sponsored by the Indiana Sheep Breeders’ Association, Indiana Draft | Horse Breeders' Association and the Indiana Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ Association. Co-operative credit institutions were credited with bringing more reasonable interest rates and better credit practices to farmers by William I. Myers, president of the farm credit administration, in the principal address before the conference yesterday. He said that Indiana farmers ob(CO NT INI ED ON PAGE SIX) WILL EXPLAIN NEW CONTRACT Training School Will Bo Conducted Here January 22-23 A training school f:r county | agents, local AAA. control committee meni'iers and Central Sugar company field men will be held in Decatur on Tne-sday and Wednesday, January 22 and 23. The meeting will be for the purpose of explaining the new AAA sugar beet control contracts, which j will be signed soon. The nine districts In which sugar beets are grown for Fie Central Sugar company of Decatur will he represented by men frem Indiana and Ohio. At the school will he ten countyagents, 27 committeemen and nine field men. Representatives from Purdue and Ohio Stite Universities will explain the manner in which the contracts should be filled out and signed as well as the provisions necessary before a sugar beet grower can con- 1 form to the program.

No. Prisoners In Adams County Jail l For the .‘(-and t+tllP m two yef*-,, f the Adams county jail has no pri- - nets. Sheriff Dallas Brown anuouneed today- The last man, serv- ( ing a public intoxication sentence was released Tuesday night. No one has been eentenced to the jail since Sheriff Brown came into office. One b y was held overnight pending hearing on a fraudulent 1 check harge. For several weeks last summer l the jail w:is empty. Burl Johnson - was sheriff at that time. MAKES ATTACK ON YODND GIRL Unidentified Man Attempts To Attack Young Decatur Girl An unidentified man escaped police Tuesday night after an attempted attack on a De-a'ur girl. The attempted attack occurred at It):3b in front of the 'Smith Plumbing and Ideating company on Monroe street between Third an'l . j Fourth streets. The man giabbed at the girl as she waived past. She escaped hini I and ran home before notifying the| police. By -t.'mt time the man had I made good his es ape. The girl identified the man as 1 wearing overalls, li avy shoes and a ] cap, pulled ever his eyes and ears. Beyond being greatly frightened, the girl was not injured. ( This is the first occurrence of 1 this nature since last spring when several attend, ts were made to grab | young girls. At that time a vigilante organization was formed bv former sheriff : Burl Johnson In the west part of 1 town. A man was captured after an ; alleged attack and was identified • by a number of young girls as the i person who either grabbed them or attempted to entice them into empty box cars and d :rk alleys. Tlie man was convicted on this ' c harge and served a sentence in the ' penal farm. o ; Elrov Winieregg Is Given Divorce Judge Huber M. DeVosa late j Tuesday afternoon granted a divorce to Elroy Winteregg, the plain- ] tiff in a case tried in the Adams circuit court Thursday. Mrs. Win ( teregg wao grinted $250. The CBS- ( tody of tlie one child was given to , i Noali Winteregg and the costs were taxed against the defendant.

Officers Battle With Criminals In Two States

Hank Bandits And Officers Stage Running Fight In Illinois BANK CASHIER AND SHERIFF ARE SLAIN Lonoro, 111., Jan. I<‘> ( U.FD Hank bandits and vigilantes lought ;» series of bloodv gun battles in central Illinois today. Three men were killed and three were wounded. Three of the gang of four bandits were captured. \o monev was obtained. Tht> victims: J. C. Bundy, cashier of the (tank, shot and killed. .Sheriff Glenn Axeline, sheriff i f Marshall county, shot and killed. Charles Setup. LaSalle county supervisor, shot and seriously wounded. Norman Nash, kidnaped by the bandits and shot through the hand before he was released. One unidentified itandit who shot and killed himself with a machine gun to evade capture. One unidentified member of the bandit gang wounded by the posse. An attempt had been made a j month ago to hold up the state bank here and elaborate precautions hud been taken by authorities. Consequently suspicion was aroused when a stranger was seen tinkering with an automobile in the alley in back of tHe bank this morning. Quietly the village posse was assembled and surrounded tl e bank, wounded and captured the ■suspect who was working on the car. Inside they found three bandits waiting for the time lock on the bank vault to open. The posse charged and the bandits fled through the rear door. Finding their car surrounded they rushed to a nearby garage where they Ftole an automobile and kidnaped George Yusco, a repairman, and Nash. As they fled thev stopped long enough to engage the posse in another gttn duel and take their wounded comrade away from the officers. In the due! Bundy was ■shot and killed. The alarm was broadcast and Sheriff Axeline started from nearby Marshall county to intercept the bandits. He was successful in heading them off on the highway but in a gun battle he was shot and killed and tHe bandits went on. Peace officers throughout the central part of the stale were (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) RETURN SAAR TO GERMANY MAR, t Communist Leaders In Hiding; Many Jews Leave Country Geneva, Jan. 1G —(UP)—The committee of the leugue council, headed by Baron Pompeo Dalcisi of Italy agreed tonight to recommend to the • ounril that the Saar he returned to Germany on March 1(Copyright 1935, 'by United Press) Saarbrticken. Jan. 16 — (UP) — Communist and socialist leaders in the Soar prepared to go into hiding today and Jews were closing out their business interests in fear of Nazi repraisals. France awaited the beginning of moss exodus of anti-Nazis, including thousands who already were refugees from Germany, as Saarlanders continued to celebrate their prospective reunion witti the fatherland. American consular authorities in the Strasbourg area expe. tod apipli cation of anti-Nazis from the Saar for passport visas to the United (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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ALL OFFICIALS ARE REELECTED Officers And Directors Os Reet (i rowers Association Chosen Officers and directors of the Cen-j I tral Beet Growers, Inc., were re- ' j elected at the first annual meeting > of the association held at the Decatur high school last evening. 'Nine directors were elected for three, two and one year terms. • Those elected for three years are E. \V. Busche, Monroe; Clyde S. hI ultz, .Union City; Allen I.oniont I New Haven. For the two year term. William Hughes. Van Wert, Ohio; Gecrge Wallenhorst, Fort Jennings, Ohio and Martin Etzler, Convoy,' Ohio, were elected. Ernest Knob-1 lair h. Woodburn; Leroy Piter,' ] Rockford, Ohio and C. C. Caley, , 'iMirkle were elected for the one j vpar term. The same officers were also re-] elected. They are. Mr. Busche, pre-j sident; Mr-Schultz, vice-president; •Mr. Lomont, secretary; William j i Hughes, treasurer. The officers also j (comprise the executive committee. , I The Central Beet Growers, Inc., i I j ! , was organized here last October. ( | The by-laws provide that the annual meetings shall lie held on the second Tuesday in January, not , counting the first Tuesday if it he , a holiday. C'jirence Oviatt, of Lansing, Mich. . rrl, resentative for the sugar section of the AAA. was one of the speakers i at the meeting. Mr. Oviatt de'lt 1 - with the sugar control act and ex-' - plained the necessity of beet growers complying with the control pro(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ACTION SLOWED IN LEGISLATURE 11 Final Action On Three Important Emergency Measures Delayed 'lndianapolis, Jan. 16 — (UP) — Presmature adjournment of the ( senate today delayed final action in ! the legislature on three important I emergency measures. The bills would extend the moratorium on tax delinquent property sales for two years and amend the election laws to fascilitate the special second district congressional election scheduled for January 29. ■ The senate adjourned until 10 a. m. j ! tomorrow before lieutenant gover-' nor M. Clifford Townsend signed i 1 the bills. The house, meanwhile, j was waiting for the measurers os* that speaker Edward Stein could j | sign them and give them to the gov-1 I I erncr. Since the rules provide that the bills must be signed in the presence of both .houses, final action cannot ibe taken until tomorrow. Fifteen bills were introduced in ; the house during a two hour session. Four new bills were introducI e<! in the senate. The house advanced to third reading eight conservation hills and the Dowmey/Klen bill njaking the death sentence mandatory for con- , victed kidnapers. o Graliker Is Named Committee Treasurer Theodore Graliker. cashier of the ’ First State Bank of this cRy. was named treasurer of the committee . sponsoring the birthday ball for the ■president. Mr. Graliker served in the game capacity last year. The tickets were distributed this afternoon by Severin Schurger, . "chairman of the ticket committee. They are priced at sl. The affair . will he held at the Decatur Country | Club on Wednesday, January 30.

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Federal Agents Kill Notorious Outlaw And Mother In Florida SEVERAL HOURS’ RATTLE IS WAGED Oklawaha. Fla., Jan. 16. — (U.R)—Federal agents and Marion county, Florida, officers toshot and killed Fred Barker, notorious outlaw, and his elderly, equally notorious mother, in a long-drawn out machine gun battle at a frame house here. There were no other casualties. Barker was suspected of complicity in the kidnaping of Edward G. Bremer, wealthy St. Paul brewer. The squad of ten department of justice agents, headed by E. J. Connelly, raided the house about 6:45 a. m.. in company with a squad j of sheriff's officers from Ocala. “We are department of justice men. come on out,” challenged one of the officers. Shooting started from the house. The officers returned the fire, i scurrying to cover. Machine guns 1 were used on botn sides. Several hundred shots were exchanged within a space of 15 minutes. The shooting died down only to ' tiare up intermittently. After an I hour's quiet, shortly after noon, the federal agents began closing in on the house and tilled it with tear gas. When the officers crashed in. they found Barker and his mother dead. Barker rented the house in November under the name of J. C. Blackburn, from Carson Bradford, president of the Hialeah Kennel club at Miami, ft is a large twostory white frame house near a lake at this resort village. "Blackburn" was accompanied by a woman. They had spent their time here hunting and fishing and became known as "good spenders.” Several visitors came to the house from time to time. Among them was believed to have been Alvin Karpis. widely-hunted midwest desperado. A large party of visitors came to the house several days ago. Two of these left Sunday night. Offiers then were not sure just how many were in the nouse wlien they raided it today. The department of justice men had shown photographs of the men they were hunting to local residents who identified them as occupants of the raided house. o Regular Prayer Meeting Tonight The regular prayer meeting of the Evangelical church will be held tonight at 7 o’clock, Rev. M. W. Sundermann stated today. There will he no chblr practice following the meeting. FT, WAYNE MAN FOUND GUILTY Allen County Jury Returns Second Degree Murder Verdict 'Fort Wayne. Ind., Jan. 16—(UP) Charles F. Howenstein, 57, faces probable life imprisonment — the maximum penalty—following a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree returned by a jury in Allen circuit court here la-st night. Howpnstein, charged on first and second degree murder Indictments, was found guilty of aiding and abetting Mrs. Louisa'Schmitt, 23, in poisoning her husband, Urban Schmitt. 27, last March 23. The case went to the jury at 4:50 P. M. yesterday. The verdict was returned at 8:15 P- m. The trial began on January 8. The six days of testimony during the trial focused on the intimate relaON PAG® FIYiB)