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fcBILLS ■iMITTED IN fc MOSE Kenate I’a" l '' 1 ,'" ht Kure< At Toda) < ■r session 1b mfk> s \l-Ls iixH' H !■.. |B r --.v-num. - IH, „ r ,..i<ling ■ '. . aDI ; ipcome IgHbi.' " rir P 3 ' v ie M,,. "' '■> piv, ‘ B IB'* i'" wh ' '■•’ ,>: " inpnt do ‘ (,f IB'.; of t!o- <liil'i labor f.-.loral < onsti r HUl.'lull'd bl the of utiliti- 1 ' ami transcomjanies. of a ’•'> "f meas- - . <1 organizations. of lhe intangibles tax each sl'l'l ePniinat L>:i the 15 levy on r.-.il and person- - ■ lii" u'ld r-vi-mg the bnard-; M.:.r.v,E eight ■WOE'S IW IS DEAD ■an Bricde Dies At ■me In Portland ■Tuesday Night ■ n H. Brlelp, 67, father of ■ri«i» of this city, died at ■tip on East Maia street in ■d at 11 o’clock Tuesday ■eith tris caused by n eitritis ■plications. He had been ail- ■ reral months. ■deceased w s horn in Ham■h:o, June 14. 1867. a son of ■ and Elizabeth Briede. He ■ Philonema Leifel on Nov■2s. 1889. ■riede had resided in Port- ■ ths past 42 years. For 25 ■'' was employed as a miller ■lanes Milling com,piny. UnB re ’ ir d a few years ago, he Bployed ae a milling supply ■iving are the widow, two ■aul of Decatur and Willard ■rank Dunn and Mrs. Harold ■ Wayne; two daughters. Mrs. ■ Dunn and Mrs. Harold GraB>ary; on e sister, Mrs. Hen■jaie. Hamilton, Ohio. Seven ■hildrtn also survive. ■fil services will be held FriBornlng at s o’clock at the ■ church in Portland with ■ v Father Raymond Derrick ■ng. Burial will be made in Jatholic cemetery in Fort pELIEVE IN SIGNS? * f'"'' wh o believe in signs r disillusioned Monday F and this morning by a f of real winter weather, pere was no sun to show pound hog his shadow If | F "Old have crawled out of ’ Pole Saturday. According Mtion this should have p immediate spring. If ; f " en shadow winter i L lXer COnlln ” e ' 1 f ° r SiX : L. thermometer at 5:30 i l' this morning was four | L , “ bOVe zern - Slowly i Rid n ? era, " re Ul ' B I lhe ah" 1 ,ake the tan * '"’t , Idv 'weath' - mnn preriictß m oiS; y r! ! Thursday. |

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Surprise Witness * IK Elsie Hart, above, Memphis, Tenn., social worker and former Hackensack. N. J., newspaperwoman. told authorities that she had interviewed Violet Sharpe, former Lindbergh housemaid, the night of the kidnaping. Miss Hart has agreed to go to Flemington to testify for the state, if called. CERTIFICATES ARE AWARDED First Of Training School Is Ended Tuesday Forty certificates were awarded Ito registrants who completed the I first semeolrr Is the community J leadership training school, at 'ast meeting held Tuesday night in Decatur high school. A large percentage of the students enrolled in the four classes passed the neetnsHry requirements to obtain the certificates. The : classes during the first .semester were taught by Mrs. H H. Myers, W. Guy Brown, the Rev. M. W. Sunderrrann a - d the Rev. H. R. Carson. Tie seccnd semester of the school will begin on Tuesday evening Febru ry 19 and will be held at the same place. Two n-w classes will be off°red. a course for ndult workers, 1 d by Mrs. Cora Downs and a course for young people w inkers. led by Mrs. C. M. Prugh. Two courses will be repeated to give the students unable to meet I the attendance requirements the first semester, an opportunity to obtain their certificates by m iking up the classes. One class for leaders in church and church school will be led by the Rev. M. AV. SunIdermenn and one for teachers will be led by the Rev. H. R. Carson. Text ’jocks for the second semester may be obtained from Mrs. Frank L. Engle. 430 North Fifth street in a few days by those interfiled in the. school. The only cost <f enrollment In the second semester will be a registruCONTINIIED ON PAGE SEVEN WILLIfM KLINE DIES TUESDAY Father Os Mrs. Emma Bolinger At Home In Bluffton William Kline, 84. retired carpenter and last of a family of eight children, died Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock ax the home of his son Stephen Kline. Clark avenue. Bluffton. He had been ill one week from heart trouble. Born in Ohio on May 1. 1850. h” was n son of Jacob and Mary Kep-pla-Kline. He was married to Jane Bobin. in Adamn County on July 4. 1871. She preceded him in death on October 9, 1922. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Emma Bolinger, Decatur: Mrs. Rachel Stephenson, Bluffton, and Mrs. Maude Harmon. Portland, and two sons. Stephen f Bluffton ■ind Samuel of Muncie. Funeral servic a will ho held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Zion church in Adims county I with Rev. P. B. Smith, in charge, assisted by Rev. J. 0. Hensley. Bur- '' ial will be made at Honduras.

STATE POLICE LAX IN PROBE

NEW DISPUTES ARE FEARED IN INDUSTRY CODE Secretary of Lahor Ignored In Automobile Code? Negotiations STATE PRESIDENT IS ILL ADVISED Washington. Feb. 6 -<U.R) -Secretary of luibor Frances Perkins I was authoritatively reported today as decidedly irked over tlie part ! taken by Donald It Riehberg, re- j eovery co-ordinator, in negotia-' tions which led to renewal of the] automobile code. She was almost ! comp'etely ignored during the negotiation*. The International latbor T’nion leaders. Green said, have full confidence in the President. “He's our hope and our strength” he continued, “but ne is surrounded by advisers out of sympathy with tlie aims and purposes of organizi od labor”. Among the subjects for the proposed conference will be unemployment. NR A and Itv eontinu-l ance, social security, and the public works bill. On the latter, labor, is battling to have relief workers naid prevailing wage rates in their communities. The council also would like to lav before the President. Green said, its insistence upon more | i epresentation for labor on the recovery board, on NRA code authorities and administrative boards. The NRA study of the automobi'e industry, also would be ' a topic of discussion. Presidential advisers referred to by Green included Riehberg. def nounced by labor for ignoring its demands for abolition of the Wolman board from automobile union affiliated with the A F. of L. previously had withdrawn. ♦ Referring to reports Riehberg said he would not resign while CONTTNTTKD OV PXGR FIGHT o SMALL NUMBER IS GARNISHEED W°ares Os On 1 v Eisrht poyenns I n Decatur Under Garnishment Only eight persons in Decatnr out of the estimated 5,200 population are now being garnisheed to pay indebtedness, a compilation of records of Justice of Peace John T. Kelley's and the circuit court reveals. Os this number two are in the circuit and six in the justice of peace court. A similar report made in Fort Wayne recently shows that only 275 or eight-tenths of one per cent of an estimated 25. persons employed are now garnisheed. This report was compiled at the instance of representative business and professional men who are interested in retaining the present I garnishee law. The group of men Is opposing efforts to have the State legislature abolish the law which makes it pos-j sible to garnishee 10 percent of an ! employed person's wages to pay judgments on indebtedness. I Leaders of this group are. Dr. C. B. Parker, representing physicians and surgeons: Forest Mol brook, representing medical finance companies: Fred K. White, representing Fort Wayne wholesalers, and H. W. Tat’linger. representing ■ retail stores of Fort Wayne. The garnishee figures were comCOKTTNT’En 08 PAGE SEVEN O—- ————— Public Officials Attend PWA Meeting ■County, city and school officials attended aZ meeting in Fort Wayne yesterday at which questions rela- . five to listing work .projects for the PWA engineer were answered. Among those from this county w-v-o attended were, Frank Martin, Phil Feuer. Moees Augsburger, county commissioners: Walter Gil- ■ Ho.-n. county surveyor: Walter J Krick, superintendent of Decatur schools: E. M. Webb, superintendent of the Berne school; A. R. Holthouse .mayor and Ralph Roop i civil works commissioner of Deca-j I tur.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 6, 1935.

Local Psi lota Xi Sorority Donates Oxy genair To County Hospital

A contribution to mankind and especially to victims of .pneumonia lias been mide by tho Psi lota Xi sorority of tthis city through the donation of on Oxygenair at the Adams County Memorial hospital. Tlie equipment, including the glass enclosure and tanks, has been ordered by the eorority and will 1 be placed in the hospital in the n'ear 1 future. Victims of pneumonia and others who require artificial aid in .breathing when the lungs become •congested are placed under the enclosure, commonly called a tent, and oxygen is given them from t'he tanks. Recently a demonstnition of the effectiveness of the oxj;genair was proved in the case of Mise Ruth , Yost, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Yost of tliis city. The child was in the most severe stage of peneumonia. An oxygenair from the Van '.Vert county hospital was obtained and the victim placed under it. She responded inim-dintely and within a few hours was brea&ing naturally.. As oxygen is indispensilile in respiration, the artificial ir/ ans of administering it from tlie tank often saves the life of the ‘person suffer- , ing from lung congestion. Tlie equipment purchased by the

FIGHT TAPPING OF KNAPPSEWER Three Citizens Object To Homestead Corporation Proposal Three citizens presented objec- ) tions Tuesday night at the regular meeting of the city council to the permission granted Decatur Homesteads. Inc., to tap tho Knagp sewer in the south part of the city, with the sanitary sewer system from the Homestead site. Jesse Niblick stated that only 40 rods of Tne old Cade farm were assessed inTlie construction of tlie sewer. This assessment, he stated, permitted them to use it as a surface sewer, giving them no right to tap it with sewerage. Mr. Niblick told the council that he owned five acres of land within the city limits which is now drained by the sewer. “If the homesteads are permitted to use tills sewer and if I should build houses on my land I will be compelled to pay assessments for the enlarging of the present sewer or the construction of a new one,” Mr. Niblick concluded. Burl Johnson stated that he understood permission had been granted Decatur Homesteads, Inc. to tap the sewer under the impression that easements had been obtained from all the property owners affected. “I wish to say that thie isn’t so," Johnson said. Mr. Johnson continued, “the existing sewer is entirely adequate for the needs of the present property owners. If the 48 additional houses are tapped into the sewer it will be inadequate.” Charles Voglewede stated that he CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN o WELFARE HEAD HERETHURSDAY Director Os State Probation Department Will Speak Here The Parent-Teachers Associations of the Central, Soutf.i Ward and West Ward schools will hold a joint meeting in the Decatur high sthool auditorium Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Tlie program will be opened with musical numbers by the Central School glee club and groups of childr n from the w rd schools, under the direction of Miss Helen Haubold. supervisor of music in the public schools. Judge H. M. DeVoss will give a short talk and introduce the prinIclpal speaker cf the evening, Frnn- ) cis D. McCabe, director of the state probation department. Indianapolis. Dr. McCabe is an interesting speaker ;nd will discuss probation in ' ndiana as a public welfare work. The public is cordiilly invited to attend the meeting and patrons of the school are urg.-d to be preI sent.

— local sorority is of the lateest deelgn and approved by the medical associations. Miss Elizabeth Pitman, superintendent at the hospital, ■ stated that the tents were tested I in two ways for their effectiveness. A tube extending from t:iie oxygen tanks to a bottle of water will cause the water to bubble, indicating that the patient is receiving a supply of oxygen. Meters also show the per rent of oxygen in the tent and tanks. Miss Pitman and members of , the board of trustees of the hospital expressed Yhelr appreciation to the sorority for the gift. It has been a long felt need at the hospital, officials stated. Otto Yost, father of the little girl whose recovery was marked from the time she was placed under the oxygen tent, commended the sorority and offered his services in supplying ‘he oxygen tanks, which are also used commercially. The Psi lota Xi sorority has placed oxygen.ires in many hospitals in the < euntry . nd the local chapter Has b’en investigating the purchase of the equipment for sometime. At the meeting last evening it was (lecided to buy and donate the appnai’i- to ths hospital for the use of rhe public. The equipment c .-.it more than |3OO.

Book Reviewer At Library Tonight A review cf the book, “Phantom Crown”, will be given at 8 o’clock this evening at Library Hall on Third street, by Kathryn Turney Garten, of Indianapolis, book reviewer and criticT.ie program is sponsore d by the Psi lota XI sorority ar.d tickets s an lie obtained from sny of the sorority members of at the door. Mrs. Garten will be entertained , at dinner at the Rice hotel, the commfttM in cßuai ■ be nf tfce Misses Eloise Lewton -uui Dora Shoaenberg and Mrs. A. R. Holthouse.. Phantom Crown, a story of the life and tragic ending of Maximil- , ian, emperor of Mexico, is one of , thj m st popul r books of the year. o BLANCHE MOORE DIES TUESDAY — Wife Os John Moore Dies Last Night At Fort Wayne Home Mrs. Blanche E. Moore, 29. wife of John Moore, 3403 Hanna street. 1 Fort Wayne died at her home at 9:12 o’clock Tuesday evening following a three year’s illness. Mrs. 1 Moore bad been bedfast tor the past three weeks. Death was due to per- ■ nicfcUß anemia. Mrs. Moore wis born in Washington township on March 8, 1905, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. ’ Tabler. She resided in Monroe for 1 a njimber of years where she at- ' tended school. ■ Her mc.riag? to John Moore took ' place cn April 7. 1926. They moved from Monroe to Hartford City where they resided for seven years, moving to Fort Wayne last July. Surviving are the husband, her mother, and a son. Jack. Her father preceded her in death last year. ' The body was removed to the [Zwick's funeral heme in this city I from Fort Wayne, and will be rei turned to the Moore home at 10:30 I o’clock Thursday morning. ’; Funeral services will be held FriI day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the | Manroe Methodist Episcopal church I with Rev. Elbert Morford, pastor, . officiating, assisted by Rev. W H. Moore of Wakarusa. Burial will be 1 made in the Decatur cemetery. ' i q —— Two Are Named As Road Patrolmen ii ' Green of this city and ■ George Bu!temei°r of Preble towni ship have started work as >patroli men on the state roads out of Dekntur. They succeed Charles Mag- . ley of Root township and Rudolph ■ Buuck of Preble township. .! The patrol includes U. S. read ■ 27 north of Decatur to the Allen . county line: road 224 east of Deca- ■ tur to the state line and road 527 i southeast of Decatur to the Ohio . ■ lineI The men got a good work out i yesterday, keeping the highways -)apen during the enow storm. They i worked until iat« last night.

CARTER GLASS OPPOSES BILL AS INTRODUCED Democrat Senator Charges Attempt To Form Central Bank REPLACE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (Conyright 1935 by United Press) Washington, Feb. (>—(U.K)—Sen. Carter Glass, D., Va.. former secretary of treasury, charged today tlie administration seeks l»y subterfuge to supplant the federal reserve system, which he helped create, with a central bank. Glass' criticism was aimed nt the bank bill introduced in congress yesterday in behalf of the federal reserve leiartl. tlie comp-1 troller of currency and the federal deposit insurance corporation. President Roosevelt sent the bill to chairmen of the house and senate banking and currency committees but adroitly avoided personal responsibility for it. “It is creating a central bank by subterfuge.” Glass told the, United Press. “Why should the administration want a central bank?” Glass was asked. "I won’t attempt to say what is in other men’s minds,” Glass replied. Others surmise the administration hopes to consolidate its control over the banking system to obtain, in effect, a control of credit in the United States. Administration spokesmen deny any purpose to erect a central bank upon the federal reserve foundation. The United Press was informed, however, that one major objective CONTTNHEn 08 PAGE EIGHT I , O Dewey Van Lor Is Released On Bond Dewey Van Lear was released under J2.C00 bond in the Whitley ' circuit court late Tuesday afternoon. A date f r the bearing ha-s not yet been set. Van Lear is citarged with grand larceny in an affidavit signed by Della M. I!>each and t'be prosecuting attorney of Whitley county, Glen E. Thrapp. He is alleged to . have stolen personal property and a lime deposit certificate for S2OO. He was arrested in this city Tuesday morning by Sheriff Dallas, Brown. o Two Automobiles Are Damaged In Accident Two automobiles were damaged in an accident which took place at the corner of Third and Monroe | streets at naon today. No one was injured in the accident. The automobile driven by Eddie , Lee was going north on Third ; street and Clarence Smith of Monroe .street, wa.s driving east on I Monroe street, when the cars collided. Neither driver was able to stop because of the icy pavement. : The fenders on both cars were damaged. INFANT DIES THIS MORNING Union Townshin Child Dies At Ho m e Os Parents Early Today Valentine Costello, three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Costello of Union township, died at his home early this morning from: pneumonia. The child had been ailing since birth and pneumonia developed several days ago. The baby was born in Indiana on ' February 14. 1931 a son of Henry j and Mary Costello. Mr. Costello came here from Mexico 19 years ago. Surviving besides the parents i are the following brothers and sisters Genevieve, Alphonso and Lupa. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o’clock at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Rev. Father Selmetz officiating. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery. The body will be removed to the Costello heme, siear the Schnepp school in Union township Thursday morning from the S. E- Black funeral home. 1

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New Governor L d North Dakota hopes for political peace and quiet now that former Lieut. Gov. Walter Welford has l become governor. He is the i fourth to occupy that position in the past six months. Welford' succeeds Thomas H. Moodie, who | ! was ousted on a supreme court ; decision. Will OBSERVE SCOUT SUNDAY Snecial Church Services Sunday: Banonnf Here Friday Night Two special Church services will be held in Decatur Sunday to commerate Scout Sunday which is being observed all over the United : states as a part of the 25th anni- j veriary celebration of the founding of the organization. Bryce Tlr.-uias announced today Hi t at least 200 persons will attend the annual banquet to be held at th j Knights of Pythias home Friday evening at 6 o'clock. The Protestant Boy Scouts in the i city will attend the Methodist ■ church Sunday where the pastor. Rev. IT. R. Carson, has preoared a special sermon. Special services will also be held at the St. Mary’s Catholic church where the St. Joe troop will attend. President Roesevelt and Walter W. Head, national Boy Scout president. will officially open the anniv rsary week with radio addresses iFriday evening at 7:45 'P. m. This will be preceded in this city by a ; banquet in the Knights of Pythias ■ home at which a crowd of 200 is expected to attend. The Scout Movement was incoroorated on February 8, 1910, in Washington. D. C„ formally launching the Movement in the United Statees. All Scout Troops in the United States, numbering 30 904, will meet : on the evening of February Bth,; | to renew agHn their Scout pledge,) by repeating with their leaders the Scout Oath and Law. This ceremony will be synchronized by a nationCONTTNITED ON PAGE SEVEN Official Board To Meet Tonight The official bo rd of the Decatur M- E. church will meet tonight at) 7:00 o’clock, in connection with the mid week service, according to the announcement of the pastor. After devotions the regular business session will be held and at i the conclusion, a brief session of ! the board of trustees. o —— Approve Petition For Light Lines Approval of a petition to extend t'he rural electric lines belonging to the city of Decatur two .miles ; north of the Charles Bohnke farm {in Union township was granted at a meeting of the city council Tuesday night. The .petition was signed by Jacob Weidler, Hugo Boerger. Kuklehan Brothers, ‘Henry M. Fuelling. Charles F. Fuelling, Otto Boerger and O. A. Hall. The contract oill d tor an expenditure of S6OO. A recommendation by Ralph Roop civil works commissioner, that John ) Kelly .be paid on an Sourly basis rather than weekly was approved.' Mr. Kelly, who sweeps the streets, will now be paid 37% cents an hour j ns do the other city employes, in-j i stead of $lB a week. I

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LLOYD FISHER RAPS METHOD USEDRY COPS Questioning Revolves Around Absence Os Finger Prints BEER STEIN LEFT ON WINDOW SILL Flemington. N. J.. Feb. 6 ~{U.R) — Bruno Richard Hauptmann's defense counsel fought long and bitterly today to prove the New Jersey state police were lax in handling the first investigation of the Lindbergh crime. C. Lloyd Fisher, associate counsel for the former German machine gunner, pounded at the testimony of Frank Kelly, Paul Sjostrom, and Sergeant Louis Rubier, who had charge of the finger print and ladder clues. He did liis utmost to demonstrate alleged inefficiency of their work. The only new fact he was able ■to bring out. however, was that there was a beer stein on the win- | dow sill at tlie time of the kidnaping. The beer stein had not previously been mentioned. Fisher’s questioning revolved around the fact that no finger prints were found either in tho nureery or on the ladder that presumably was used to commit the kidnaping. In cross examination of tho three witnesses, attorney general David T. Wilentz brought out tho state's theory that the kidnaper wore gloves. A process which would bring out finger prints on wood, ‘‘many years after they have been made” was not used by the police. But. it was shown, the process had not been perfected until long after the Lindbergh kidnaping, and meanwhile the ladder had been “processed” for finger prints by tlie old fashioned method. In the interval between tho finding of the ladder on the Lindbergh estate, on the morning of March 2, 1932, until it was carefully photographed on March 21, many hundred hands touched it, and the finger print results were inconclusive. The strange fact that no finger prints were found in the nursery, even of servants or members of the Lindbergh household, also was forcefully brought out. James Streppone, who admitted CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN O Appointment Is Not Yet Ratified Although the name of Phil Macklin, designated as the postmaster of Decatur, has not yet been sent to the United States senate for approval, it is expected that the ofi ficial appointment will be made within n short time. According to a dispatch from Washington a couple )of weeks ago, Mr. Macklin was named by Congress-man James I. Farley to succeed Postmaster L. A. Graham, whose term expires this month. Mr. Graham has not been )advis-d when the change will be I made. _____o WOULD CHANGE POLICE PLANS Senator Gottschalk Supports Feeney’s Stand On State Police Indianapolis. Feb. 6 —(U.R) —Substitution of the administration’s state police bill with a measure i embodying a strict merit-system of appointment and dismissal of officers was expected in the Indij ana senate today. Vigorous opposition to the administration measure, introduced by Sen. Henry F. Schricker, Knox, at a meeting of the senate judiciary B committee late yesterday caused the committee to delay action pending introduction of another bill. Schricker's measure would completely reorganize the state police department, placing it under the cont rol of a bi-partisan board. The board would be appointed by the governor and would serve at his pleasure. Chief opposition to the administration bill was the board plan 1 CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN