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loCTOR GIVES fnSTIMONYIN | IIURDER TRIAL S h o w s LindJFWh Babe Killed Durj Riim Kidnaping llHovery of I BOin IS TOLD I Fie; linutoii. N 1 ■ •bin-. 17. (Indies A. Lilldson instantly blow receixed llh E lh< dclunl kidnaping, disclosed todav nlivsieians' testitin murder trial oi ,i, ■ Hi" oli those who ■gijjrtj; aii'l 'kroiiu'h those who identification i .-xperietne Charles A. * ! "’ " ;>l ' fll,shed 1,11,1 ■‘y.Bjuhapi through the recital, it HOK n to retiit- many strange th'' defense, among Lindbergh as that of his babv. Kpwujh.yve b a child who had “’WfUrayet ■ orphanage. ■wUlf d Alien. Kfgaoa in. partner. who made the discovery near the Mt. Kase read, four and a half miles ■from fce Lindbergh home. ».1t b< meiiy to refute ■Ek 'hat Col. Lind■kergh as mistaken. when Ser-!-l>■ called to say baby - clung to when v. as found. The !■•- important, because it ■rndWit a curl treasured by Mrs. Bhwfl W. Morrow, the baby’s ■psndiiotlier. ■Kt identification ■m II li.'in-i ter Harry HBM of the Jersey city police. KVho »;; ’■ 11..1" m: tile clothing the with cloth Lindbergh home. it Coroner Walter who signed the death - Charles Mit-■vm-flli,, ronoi, r's physician who autopsy. ' his hearers the chilling details of his ..Kconlhxued ON PAGE FIVE) (CHACO FIRES ■ill two men Others Injured As Fires Cause $300,- ■ 000 Damage 17.--<U.R) — Fires, ' fury by a 56-mile an hour k>- out on the fringes of loop today, killing two injuring six others. "i injured were firemen, nne at a terminal freight ■•■ and th,- other at an express garage, were marked by ■H 6B of explosions. was expected to amount ■e than 5300,000. Bard McHale, 68, was trapped ■med to death in the blazing Bh railroad out-freight docks • southwest edge of the loop. Bn found his body i n a posh •dicat ing that he was attemptcrawl to an alarm signal man. about 4(», when fire partially parthe <’leveland-Chi »^K Kx :company garage less n,lle away from the scene docks blaze. Wilson. 35, and William ■B 1)01,1 °f Kansas City and of the trucking firm. E3 ser,uus, y burned when the in. ”' a '> ,'iop fi r e m p n led )|y • "' ,la <’l Corrigan battled the Mr T;XL ’ E - J) ox PAGE FILTH ■fchts Os Pythias ® To Initiate Class I Wi ” ' be inltiated tonight KfcL„/n° nd degree 01 the Pythias lodge. A large ' me,nbei ' | s are expected to

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Marland Takes Office ■ kk , •ii fe 1 ” V I' £»-* . * i i. E. W. Marland, new governor of Oklahoma, is pictured taking the 1 oath of office before a huge crowd t in front of the state capitol at '■ Oklahoma City. Once a millionth laire oil man. Marland replaces W. < H. (Alfalfa Hill) Murray. i i, —— FIREARMS BILL IS INTRODUCED I* Crime And Old Age Pension Bills Are Considered By House H flnfLanap'jlis, Ind.. Jan. 17—(UP) 1 —Crime and old -ige pension bills r» ■ • • t prffvTded the house of ret. resentatives with its first real excitement ', of the session today. Representatives re-eived their inilial thrill when .speaker Edward H. Stein received an anonymous let- ; ter. signed “we crooks,” thanking J' the legislature for considering the ’ uniform fire-arms bill. The measure wan introduced by represenbitives • Martin Downey, ,■ Himmond. and Frank G. Thompson ’ Blnfftcn, both Democrats. ’ It provides that no one can carry a pistil without a license from the circuit judge, sheriff or police ' hies. Retail fire arms dealers must obtain licenses from sheriffs and report within six hours any opplications to buy arms. Drunkirds. persons convicted of - felonies and drug odidets would be I prevented from obtaining licenses Ito carry weapons. | “We crooks thank you for your armament law for crooks,” the anoI nymous letter said. “It will make ail good citizens 5 afraid to c.irry a gun. “All we crooks have to do now is Ito say, ’sti-k ’em up.' knowing our I victims won’t be armed. “We drink a toast to you.” • The second bit of excitement was r I precipitated by Rep. 11. H Evans, j F R.. Newcastle, when >he moved that ’ [ ths Bk'ok .Reisinger old age pension (bill be made a special order of t| (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) i j o Democratic Women Will Meet Tonight I The program for the meeting of 5 the Adams county Democratic wu- ,; man’s club to be held in the mayor's . i '.ourt room at the city hull tonight . at 7:30 o’clock has been outlined. The paper on “Our Legislative I Program will be given by Mrs. Ada Martin; “C. C. Camps” by Mrs. Charles Lose and “Child Labor Bill' - Mrs. Charles Knapp. A review of • current magazine articles on “Woi men in Politics” by Lady Astor will > be given by Mrs- J hn Parrish. o1 Judge Grants Two Divorces Two divorces were granted in the Adams circuit court today by , Judge Huber M. De Voss. Lilly Myers was granted a divorce from William 11. Myers. The six-year-old child. Billy Myers. Jr., was given to Mrs. Myers and the defendant was ordered to pay $1 > a week for the support of the child. The costs were taxed against Wilt liam Myers. 1 A divorce was given to Albert * Bailey from Alta Bailey on his > cross complaint. The costs were taxed to Mrs. Bailey.

dale mcmillen ANNOUNCES NEW INDUSTRY PLAN Head Os Local Concerns Will Build New Operating Plant I MARKET PRODUCT FOR STOCK FEED Continuing the development of i his successful and large manu- | i lecturing operations in this city, | Decatur receives another new enI terprise through the aggressive program being carried out by Dale' W. McMillen, in connection with : the vast McMillen interests here. Announcement was made today that Mr. McMillen had organized McMillen Feed Mills, Inc., and although the executive offices of the. new concern will lie located in the Utility building in Fort Wayne, the operating plant will be in this city contiglous to the Central Sugar Co., and the Central Soya Co. development. . McMillen Feed Mills will prepare 1 and market a product formed from beet pulp, molasses, soya bean oil meal and other by-products of the local plants which will form the essential concentrates for the blending of a highly-nourishing ration for livestock and poultry. The new concentrate, which will be merchandised under the trade I name of “Master-Mix", will be used for blending with home grown grains, torn oats, etc. It is anticipated that McMillen Feed Mills will not only provide an active outlet for the by-products of the local plants but will also furnish an added phase of increasing business activity which is certain to benefit the city. The new i "Master-Mix will be almost immed- . iately available to feed dealers and I mixers m completely pumared form. Mr. McMillen plans to distribute the product not only in the middle west but in the territory embracing the major area east of the Mississippi. Although Mr. McMillen is well- ■ known here for the vast assistance (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) , | o U. 8. CHURCHES TO HOLD RALLY I Tri-angular Rally At Monroeville Church January 21 Nine United Brethren churhes in the Fort Wayne group will hold a . I Christian education triangular ralI ly at the Monroeville .high school J auditorium on January 21, at 7:30i I o'clock. Rev. H. W. Franklin, .pastor of the I Deojtur United Brethren church. i will be general director of the rally.; The Monroeville church will have j charge of the worship service. This will be followed by three discussion groups. They will be held simultaneously. each lasting 30 minutes. The I first 10 minutes will be t ,ken up by ! a talk, tbe last 20 by a discussion, j The topice for the discussion groups will be “Tow to Build a) Children’s Worship Service". Mre.; Maywhere, director children’s lead-1 ' ers; "How to .Prepare aad (Lead al Worship Servke.” Mrs- Osterman, j director, young people and leaders, and “What Is Worship in the! Church Service,’’ Rev. F. L. Engle, f director, adults and leaders. Mrs. Earl Chase of Decatur will! give an accordian solo when the. groups reassemble in the auditor-1 ium. The Tocsin girls' chorus will; present special music. An address. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) bulletin Washington. Jan. 17.— (U.R)—Arthur “Doc Barker one of the most dangerous desperadoes in America, was arrested nine days ago in Chicago, attorney general Homer S. Cummings revealed late today. Twentv four hours after Barker’s desperate brother Fred, and his gangster mother. ‘Ma’ Barker, were slain in a gun battle with in Florv a« the attorney general disclosed his department had captured the notorious j “Doc.’’ bank robber, murderer, and kidnaper.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, January 17, 1935.

Expands Operations 'ERm&HEI Og Dale W. McMillen, president of the Central Sugar company and Central Soya company, both of this city, today announced the formation of McMillen .Feed Mills. Inc. Although offices will be maintained in Fort Wayne, the operating plant will be in Decatur. TWO GANGSTERS STILL HUNTED > Only Two Major Gangsters Are Still At Large In Country 1 ! i Washington. Jan. 17 — (UP) — : Un- le Sam carved two more ' notches in hfe gun today, filled bis belt again with shiupnel shells and 1 went hunting for the let remaining ' pair of major gangtiters at large in America. The rest were behind bars, under .sod. or on the coroner's .slab as the ’ nation's most intense drive against crime reached a epeitacul.ir cres'tend . Onlv the capture or death of AlN | vin Warpis and Arthur R. (Doc) , Banker remained to complete the government's round-up of big-time desperadoes, who were cutting a swath of robbery, murder end ab- » ■ ductinn through the mid-weet last I year. The agents of the department of justice are close titjon the trail of Al and the “Doc” who organized an underworld corridor stretching , from Minnesota to Texas. The “Doc's" brother. Fred, and their mother were slain yesterday during • i five hour gun battle in Florida with federal operatives. , The 65 year old "Ma,” whose hair was dyed a jet black, died with a machine-gun, atill hot, in .her hands. With Mrs. Barker out of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Berne Woman Is Badly Injured Mrs. Martha Price, Berne, suffered concussion of the brain and other serious injuries at 5:45 o'clock Wednesday evening when she was struck by an automobile driven by Harley Lehman. The accident happened on West Main street, at Berne. Mr. Lehman stated that he failed to see Mrs. Price. MARIE EWELL DIES TODAY — Six-Year-Old Girl Dies This Morning At Home In Preble i Mabie Ewell, six-year-old daugh-1 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ewell i !of Preble died at her home at 2 o'clock this morning, following a ' short illness. Death was due to . meningitis, following the flu. , The child was born in Jefferson ; j township. Wells county on Decemher 28, 1928. She was a member j lof the Lutheran church at Preble. Surviving be/ides the parents are two brothers and a sister, Irene, Edgar and Ervin, the grandpar | ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ewell | of Preble, and Mr. and Mrs. Gust! Bultemeier of Allen county.. Funeral services will be held I Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home in Preble and at 1:45 1 o’clock at the Preble Lutheran . church with Rev.. Robert Gaiser of- ■ 1 ficiating. Burial will be made in I : ; the church cemetery. The body will be returned to the I ! home Friday morning from Zwick’s i 1 I funeral home and may be viewed 1 I until time for the funeral. 11

DONATE WIRES FORGREETINGS Postal Telegraph Company To Aid In Ball For President The Postal Telegraph company has donated ita wires for the use of the committees for the birthday ball for the president on Wednesday, January 30The •. ompuny has offered to send greetings to the p’rewldent from every citizen in the <■ unty fop 25 • I cents each. The total money received will be divided between the national and local committees. The Baknecht’s service station at the corner of Monroe and Third 'streets is the lo’ul agent for the. ' company. Each name presented to ■ the station with 25 cents will be wired to the president to be placed Ifielow the birthday greeting from ! the nati n. Seventy cents of each doll r will be reimbursed by the Postal Tele- j graph company to the local committee for use in helping local sufferers of infantile paralysis. The other 30 tents will be used for na- ; ional research work. Mr. Boknecht stated today that lie will remain fl.en until 9:30. o’clock on the night cf the ball to accept greetings for the preaident. Tickets for the ball were placed on sale today at a number of the lousiness housea in the city. S me of the places where tickets may be pur has.’d are: Staley's J I Confectionery, Peoples Restaurant. Loses Restaurant; Green Kettle; (Bob's Confectionery; Sheets Brothers. and Wertzberger’s Confectionery. Severin Schurger, the chairnr n of tre ticket committee also distributed tickets to part of those on the j committee. The admission to the ball will be I i one dollar a colt; le. Berne Residents To Sing At Purdue The Winner Chords of Berne will sing t. night at a dairy banquet atI Purdue University.. This banquet | i is a part of the annual agriculture contest. MEN TO CONDUCT CHURCH SERVICE Sunday Evening Service At First U. B. Church Led By Men The men of the Firet United Brethren church will conduct the I regular evening services at the. ! church Sunday, January 20. The ' program will start at 7:30 o'clock. The eonnylete .program follows: •Choir Men and Boys — Oliver Mills, leader. Earl Crider. Chairman. Song service. Pnyer—Orvile Roop. Orland Frank Baker, and Otis Baker. .Scripture Reading — Clarence Merriman. Seng—Congregation Offering Announcements. iS ong _4) t ,,ke Brothers Short Talks. Temperance—Earl Crider. Bible and Total Abstinence, — , Jesse Hurst. Alcohol Effects upon Society— Oliver MillsReading — Out of the Jungle Otis Baker. Short Talks. Brothenhood cf Men — Ftstn-k , Bohnke. . Fatherhood of God - Dick Shaffer. What has Christ done for me? ' —Frank Fisher, Frank Hurst Clar- ( ence Baughman, Thomas Fisher. < Russel Deßolt. ( Men, money, and the Church — ( Rov Mumma. Short Talk—Bob Robenold ( 'Song—Congregation. ; Benediction—Nelson Abbott. ( o- , Portland Legion Party Thursday J The fifth annual American Legion party, si." nsored by Robert Guy Ayers Post No. 211 of Portland, will ' be held Thursday evening. January ‘ 17 at 7:30 o'clock. The party will ' take place at the American Legion , Home, West Walnut street, Port land. A.U members of Adams Post j No. 43 American Legion are invited to attend.

ANNUAL REPORT OF CIVIL CITY IS ANNOUNCED Nearly $30,000 Expended From City’s General Fund In 1934 MORE MONEY SPENT TH AN IS COLLECTED A total of $29,863.94 was expended in the civil city’s general fund during 1934. the annual report of Mrs. Alice Christen, who retired as city clerk January 1, 1935. shows. The expenditure was approximately $4,000 greater than the receipts for the year. Receipts, including $19,319.05 of taxes amount-, ed to $25,943.26. the excess expenditure being $3,920.68. The general fund was reduced from $16,447.72. January 1, 1934 to $12,527.04. January 1. 1935. Tlie special street fund, including th« receipts from the state gasoline tax, was reduced from a balance of $2,668.29 on January 1.1 1934 to $1,746.12 on January 1. 1935. Expenditures in this fund were $5,820.05 and receipts. $4,897.88. The extra expenditures were necessary because of the purchase of material for CWA work programs and the improvement of macadam streets in the city. Nearly every macadam street was . resurfaced out of the special street fund. Money Tied Up Although the civil city has substantial balances in the general and street funds and in the municipal plant funds, about half of" the amount is tied up in dosed banks. On January 1. 1935. the records I sliow that all balances, both of the civil city and municipal nlant funds, amounted to $107,757.60. of | wbcih amount $53,12(1.30 was in j closed banks. Miss Mary McKean, bookkeeper for the city and auditor for the municipal plant, furnished Mayor Holtbon.se with the following summary of tied up balances in the various city and utility plan! funds, as of January 1. 1935. General fund, balance. $12,527.04' in closed banks. $1,610.06. Sneci H street fund, balance, i $1,746.12: in closed banks. $1,121.93. Electric light current cash fund, balance. $14,426.54; in closed banks, $907.65. Electric light denreciation reserve, balance. $70,854.13; in I closed banks. $46,081.68. Electric light account, certificate of deposit, $104.54; in closed banks. $104.84. Water department current cash fund, balance, $5,273.88; in dosed banks $937.51. Water department denreciation reserve, balance. $2,825.05; in closed banks. $2/61.47. The amount given in dosed banks is the net total on the books after credit for all distributions was deducted. o FOUR CONVICTS IN JAILBREAK Man Who F urnished Guns Caught; Escaped Men Recaptured San Quentin Prison, Cal., Jan. 17. —(U.R>—Clyde Stevens, paroled con- ' vict, provided the weapons and ' engineered yesterday’s bloody and spectacular break from this prison ' in which one convict was killed, the warden and two state prison 1 directors wounded, and three other escaping felons recaptured, officials ’ charge today. Stevens was captured near Anti- 1 och. Cal., by a posse early today ’ after an all night search. Three others —a detective and two suspected robbers —were shot. The break from San Quentin — 1 the world’s largest prison—was one ' of the most spectacular on record. I The four convicts forced four members of the state board of prison i directors and two guards to ac- I company them in a prison car. After a two-hour chase, the fugitives were cornered in a creamery at Valley Ford, 50 miles north of the prison. A two-hour gun battle followed. After Rudolph Steight, 30. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) •

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Warden Slugged ,< James B. Holohan, warden at San Quentin prison, was slugged i by four convicts in a daring escape I late Wednesday. The four convicts were later recaptured in a gun I battle during winch one of the! (■scaped men was badly wounded. McNUTT ORDERS CHANGES MADE Changes In Purchasing Department Practices Are Ordered Indianapolis, Jan. 17 — (U.R) —i Drastic changes in practices of i the state purchasing department were ordered today by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. His order cleared officials of, the department of any dishonesty! but demanded that restitution be, made in cases “where it appears. • the state lias been overcharged! for supplies.” Governor McNutt directed that present methods of the purchasing denartment be overhauled com--1 nlete’y by Jan. 25. He assigned the state board of accounts to! make a detailed study of the department's records to “determine : whether improvement can be made in its operation.” The order followed two invest!-! ! gations of the purchasing department. one by the Indianapolis' Times and the other by the governor himself. The Times turned its information over to the governor last week. “Both investigations arrived at identical conclusions.” the governor said. “It was found: “That the purchasing denartment had drifted into the position of a rubber stamp for department heads in buving office equipment, "That, while the department had | more than paid its wav in institutional buving. It had allowed I loose methods to creep into other fields of purchasing. “That because of these loose' methods unscrupulous salesmen [ have overcharged the state in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE' ' Robert Freehv To Head Brotherhood Robsrt Freeby was elected president of Ue men's brotherhood of the Zion Reformed church at the monthly meeting of the organization Wednesday evening. Other officers are Joseph Rash, vice-presi-dent: Albert Sellemever. secretarytreasurer. These officers were installed last night. Retiring officers are Peter Vitz, nrceident; Cletus Miller, vice-presi-dent; Robert Freebv, secretarytreasurer. Committee to plan a fish fry in February are Ben Schroyer, Fred Fruechte and Rev. C. M. Prugh. The committee for the regular Februarv meeting is composed of Charles Brodbeck, H. B. Macv and Joscl'h Ra=:h. Rev. G. O Walton, pastor of the First Presbyterian church cf thia citv, was the guest speaker at last night's meeting. BULLETIN Geneva. Ja n . 17—■1U.fi).— The council of fFe Leasee of Nations tonight awarded the Saar to Germany, effective March 1.

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PRESIDENT IN BROAD POLICY ~ FOR SECURITY Roosevelt Asks Legislation To Aid Unemployed And Needy FINANCE PROGRAM BY PAYROLL TAXES Washington, Jan. 17.— <U.R) — President Roosevelt today submitted to congress a definite program of action for the security of men, women, and children against hazards and vicissitudes of life. He sent to congress a message requesting legislation to carry out the second phase of the iiew deal, designed to protect the jobless with unemployment compensation, to care for workers in their old age, and to aid dependent mothers and children. The program would be financed mainly by taxes on payrolls, som» of the tax being deducted from ' wages and the rest paid by em- ! ployers. It was estimated SIOO,. 000.000 would be required to start. States also would contribute. Legislation has been prepared and will be introduced today to put Mr. Roosevelt’s program into effect. Simultaneously with the message were made public the recommendations of the president's committee on economic security. The committee urged immediate action ! to establish: 1. Unemployment compensation. 2. Old age pensions. 3. Benefits for dependent mothers and children. The committee reported it was not yet prepared to recommend health insurance but that this problem was under further exam- , ination.. . Mr. Roosevelt asked for speed. “Federal action is necessary to and conditioned upon the actions { of states,” he told congress. "Forty-four state legislatures are 1 meeting or will meet soon. In order that the necessary state action may be taken promptly, it is important that the federal government proceed speedily.” The president hopes to have his social security system operative by Jan. 1. 1936. The message said the program safeguarded the national credit I and considered the capacity of industry to assume financial burdens. Mr. Roosevelt was confident (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o — Farm Survey To Start Thursday The fourth cf the federal county farm enumeration surveys in the Fort Wayne district will get underway Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock when Kirt Boswell, district supervisor, will meet enumerators for Adams county at the court I house. 0 BANDITS FACE MURDERMARGE Three Who Attempted Bank Robbery To Be Charged With Murder Ottawa. 111., Jan. 17.--(U.R)— Three of four bandits who yesterday attempted to rob a bank at Leonore, 111., with subsequent slaying of two pursuers and suicide of the fourth robber, will be charged with murder. kidnaping and bank robbery before a grand jury Monday. State’s Attorney Elmer Mohan delayed presentation of their cases to the jury today to await outcome of wounds received by Charles Seipp, LaSalle county supervisor and director of the I<eonore bank and Arthur Thielen of Rockford. HL. one of the bandits. . Both men were wounded critically. Seipp was taken to a hospital in Streator. Thielen to LaSalle. Sheriff Glenn Axline of Marshall county, 32, and J. C. Bundy, cashier of the Leonore State Bank, were killed in a 25-mile pursuit of the bandits which roused three counties. Melvin Leist, 45-year-old Rockford gang leader, killed himself with a machine gun when trapped in a corn field near Me~CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR),