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START HOUSING SURVEY MONDAY Federal Housing Survey Opens Monday; 25 Million Available The FIIA housing survey will begin in P tatur Monday, Murch 11. it was decided at a meeting of the | city committee Thursday night in Aahbaueher'a Tin Sh p. The committee is eompoxed of George Krick, county chairman t I.eo Kirsch, city chairman. Jamee Kocher. Roy Mumma. \V K. Moon. 1 Calvin Yost. August Wolt- rs and A R. Ashliaticher. The men .who will make the actual survey will ihe Adrian ('offee and William August. Two additional men will be named later to ! assist. One girl will be employed to tahu’jite the rreults of the survey. The purpose of the campaign will 1 be to provide employment to the ; Decatur craftomen in the building trades. Imrans for Improvements of property may he obtained through government backed FHA loans at a' i low rate of interest. One of the services to be offered by the Decatur committe* will be free .otimates of any desired improvement. The person desiring the improvements may designate which i contractor he would prefer to make the stimate or if he gives no nature ; the committee will aseign a representative to do this service. Millions Available Indianapolis, Ind-. March S —ll’P) At least $25,000,000 is available in ' Indiana l»anke and lending institutions for investment in tome niortgag a under the Notional Housing Act. R. Earl Peters, state dire t >r of the Federal Housing Administration estimated today. Peters based his estimate on early replies to a questionnaire sent to the ”S banks, ibuilding and Icc.n associations and life insurance compaaies 4i» ItiduHM wiiich have approved a s mortgagees under the housing act. The first 14 nnswers came from lending ageheies .scattered throughout the state from Evansville to ! South ©end and lusted a total of $3.755,t)00 available for investment in insured mortgages, Peters eaid. Individaul amounts rang d from 125,000 to $1,000,000. "On that basis, the total m nevi available in th-? state easily is $25.1000,<;00, not taking into coneid ra lion other institutions whi h have , not yet been > T l , roved." Peters said. O Neuenschwander Funeral Sunday Funeral services for C. A. Ntuenachwander. Berne, who died Thursday morning will be held Sunday afternoon, at 1:30 o’clock u.t thej home and at 2 o’clock at the Mennonite church. Rev- C. H. Suckau. fiastor, will officiate. Burial will bi in the M. R. E. cemetery. FINAL TRIBUTE PAID JUSTICE Funeral Services Are Held For Oliver Wendell Holmes Washington. Mar. 8. —CU.RP- Tlie mournful toll of a vuneral dirge summoned citizens high and low ' today to a final tribute to Oliver Wendell Holmes, The solemn sounding of the bell of fashionable All Souls Church gave voice to the nation's sorrow : for its servant whose funeral mark- ' ed his 94th birthday. A thousand mourners and more crowded the severely plain chapel where the solemn last rites were held for the former supreme court justice who died early Wednesday. Assembled for the tribute were the mighty of the nation and plain citizens to whom ‘‘Mr. Justice Holmes" was a kindly, elderly figi ure seen sometimes of an early J evening strolling in pleasant weather through the old fashioned streets | near his home. At high noon the rites began. The casket borne from the rambling home at 1720 1 Street where the justice died, reached the church, surrounded by hundreds unable to enter. In the steeple the old bell, cast in the foundry of Paul Revere within the life time of men living when Holmes was born, rang out. The I ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

GREEK REVOLT | IS WATCHED BY MANY NATIONS European Nations Fear Rebellion Likely To Cause War AIRPLANES BOMB GREEK RAILWAY (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Vienna, Mar. 8. — (UR) — Europe, watched with fast growing anxiety today the spread of a Greek rebellion the powers feared might represent the makings of a war. Troops of three nations massed on Grecian frontiers as rebels and loyalists fought in the snows of Macedonia and rebel and loyalist fleets sailed the .-Egean Sea. France and Great Britain had warships off Athens: Italy was considering the dispatch of ships to. watch its interests. Bulgaria had before the League, ■of Nations a memorandum calling world attention to Turkish troop concentration in Turkey’s southeastern corner of Europe, with frontiers on Bulgaria and Greece. AJI reports agreed that the relielllon had given no indication of its ultimate fate. Snow impeded the soldiers in Macedonia where General George Cotulylis sent a government army against the rebels further east, hoping to crush them between his men and those of loyalist General ('hialistrag behind the rebels, toward the Turkish frontier. Bomb Railway Athens. Mar. B.—(U.R)—Government airplanes bombed and destroyed a section of the SeresDarama railway in the Macedonian war zone today, seriously crippling the movements of the rebels. Wholly unconfirmed wireless reports said former Premier Eleutherfos Venizelos. whose heorfcfftarters at Canea. Crete, were shelled (CDNTINUKD <>N PAGE TWO) O — — LIFE CONVICT SEEKS PAROLE Tw ice Acuuittcd Os Slaying Wife. Convicted At Third Trial Indianapolis. Mar. 8. — (U.R) - A : life-term inmate ot the state prison. twice acquitted on a charge pf slaving his wife, but convicted at a third trial, asked a parole from the state clemency commission today. He is John Smith. 54-year-old ■Clinton coal miner, who has servied seven years on the life seni tence. Smith was first tried in Vermillion county and acquitted. He was retried in Parke county and again i was acquitted. Re-arrested, he was offered a two-year sentence if lie would plead guilty. Smith refused the offer, and asJ ter a lengthy trial in Parke circuit : court, was found guilty and given a life term. Smith’s wife was killed in 1926 while they and their daughter were driving to Clin’on from Rockville. They stopped along a road to pick up a handkerchief and while the three were out of the car, Mrs. Smith was shot from ambush. Smith denied any part in the shooting, stating that he saw the murderer flee through the bushes i at the side of the highway. A former trustee ot North township, Lake county, serving a 2-14 vear sentence at the state prison on a charge of filing false claims for poor relief, and an alleged bank robber also sought phroles from the clemency commission today. Eric Lund the trustee, sentenced in the Lake criminal court. Dec. ' 31. 1934. was charged with making ( 5 WTINI'ED ON PAGE 'I HltEEl Stage Hohluo At Ohio City Today Police in this city were asked this afternoon to be on th- a look-out for two men who successfully staged a ,hold-up in Ohio City, Ohio. ’ about noon todiy. The notice did not say who was robbed. Th bandi‘« weighed about 165 potinda each had blue steel re- ' reivers and escaped in >t model TFord with the loot consisting ot ’ $65 in cash and a number of checks.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 8’ 1935.

Hopkins, Davey Clash On Relief ■I r : ■*o E -i l I Relief administration problems in Ohio provoked an open outbreak between Harry L. Hopkins, right, federal lelief administrator, and Governor Martin L. Davey, left, when the latter requested that Washington take over Ohio relief administration. Hopkins charged Davey with attempting to evade responsibility and claimed he was [ignorant of conditions in his own state. Ohio is the first state to ask that the federal government entirely assume its relief responsibility.

JOHN EICHER TO FIGHT CHARGES Denies Owning “Mexican Hav” Seized Bv Officers Last Fall Alleging that officers entered his home whhout a .search warrant John Eicdier today filed a moti n to suppress all the evidence in the case now in the Adams circuit court charging hint with unkiwfu possession of cannabis sativa and indiea (Mexican Hay). . The motioti further aligns that "no affidavit was filed with liny • Justice or proper ofHW’r describing the house to i'.e searched; that the - s arch wa? mad? in violation f the I constitutional rights of the defend- i ant; that the search was mode l.’-i fore reading a search warrant; that the officers of the State of Indiana tailed to comply with the provisions I i of cheater 249, section 3 of the' Acts of 1933 of the General A seem- I i bly of the state of Indiana, and ' ■ that the officers entered his house I in his absence.” ’ The case has been set for trial in i the Adams circuit court on Monday. The raid on Eicher's house was mode on October 20. 1934 and a quantity of the narcotic was discovered by the officers. The hay w now ■ at the Adams county jail. Eicher denied that he owned the I hay when questioned by authoritiesHe pleaded not guilty to the charge ■ on October 23 in the circuit court. I The affidavit was signed by for- ' mer sheriff Burl Johnson and pros-. editing attorney Edmund A. Bosse. It charges specifically that *he had ( , •( >viiNVl-TI > ON PAGE TWO) NEW TESTIMONY IN WOLFE CASE — Conflicting Evidence Is. Presented At Hearing For Leniency Indianapolis March 8 —(UP) — Al recommendation that a parole be-1 denied Chari s (One-Arm) Wolfe was submitted to Gov. Paul V. Me-1 Nutt today Gy the stata clemency commission. The governor is expected to approve the recommendation officially either late today or, tomorrow. • Indianapolis. Mar. B.—(U.R) New testimony was added today to the; conflicting evidence which sent ! Charles (one arm) Wolfe. Muncie.; to the state prison for life in connection with the slaying of a Delaware county farm couple in 1929. Wolfe, whose petition for a parole was heard by the state clemency commission late yesterday, was an alleged lieutenant of Ger-i aid Chapman, arch criminal of a. decade ago. Wolfe, Chapman and George (Dutch) Anderson, were alleged to have slain Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hance, while the trio was hiding out at their home near Middletown. Chapman was hiding out after his escape from the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. The state contended in Wolfe's i trial, held at Muncie in November, ((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Portland Woman To Give Book Review Mrs. William Magill of Port'nnd will review the book "The Forty Days of Mesa Dagh” by Franz Werf 1. at a public tea party to he given by the ladies aid society of the Methodist Epioc pal church at the church Fridny, March 15 at 2:30 o'clock. The book is one of the Ixxik of the month club selections and a best seller. Werfel shown in the book that the Armenians are not only a race interested in ruga and commerce but a heroic and courageous nation living in the mountain heights. Mrs. Delton Paaawnter is chairman of a committee composed of M ns. George Flanderu. Mrs. Nellie , Haney and Mns. Leigh Bow**n who ' j have charge of the program. AdmisI sion will be 25 <• nte. K, OF 0. SEEKS MORE MEMBERS Clarence Heiman Local Chairman Os K. Os C. Membership Drive Clurence Heiman of this city is chairman of fcji-‘ membership drive | of th? local council of the Knights I iof Columbus in the naflon-wide ; mobilization of man power for Cath- ’ olic action, .sponsored by the Knight of Columbus. j The local council hopes to enlisst I every eligible man in St. MnryM parish during the mobilization cumpaign. A survey has shown there ane 121 prospective new candidates ' and 92 probable reinstallmenta and the membersip committee will make , an effort to enroll a majority of ' them in the Decatur council. The membership drive will be I launched March 17 throughout the I country, John B K nnedy, national > Broadcasting company, William ' Larkin, president of P. F. Collier jand Son company. Alfred E. Smib.i of New York iind Governor Curley ‘of Massachusetts heading the nai ti.nal organization. Peter C. Reilly, I of Indianapolis in state chairman. The large memb rship is deoired in order to obtain the support in , I carrying out the Knights of Colum i bus civic and charitable objectives. Decatur council of the Knights of i Columbus is one of the most active ! in the state. The lodge and club I rooms maintained on the third floor of the K. of C. building in this city are recognized as being among the I finest in Indiana- The council now 1 has a membership of 225 and the ' goal during the mobilization campaign is to make it at least 31)0. The Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz. rector of St. Mary's Catholic church is a member of the state advisory committee. The mobilization of Catholic man power under the ban jner of th? Knights of Columbus i has the endorsement of (both Cathoilic bishops in the state. o— Fort Wayne Man Named Manager Howard Habig of Fort Wayne has ;been appointed manager of the j Singer Sewing Machine company here. The headquarters will continue to be located in the Vitz Gift shop on West Monroe street.

CONFIDENCE OF ‘NEW DEALERS' UNDIMINISHED Sen. Huey Long Proposes Huge Capital Levy To End Depression SENATOR SHOUTS TO SHARE THE WEALTH Washington, Mar. B.—(U.R) - New deal confidence in 1936 elections prospects was undiminished today by the share-our-wealth program of I Senator Huey P. Long, who pro posed to a national audience a $165,000,000,000 capital levy to end I "the Roosevelt depression.’’ Democrats responsible for fighting the administration's battles in ' the .senate expressed the wish Long would confine his line of attack in that body to his wealth sharing plan. They consider that program vulnerable and indefensible in debate. The capital was aware, however. - that the first shout of the 1936 presidential campaign was echoing over the nation from the lips of • candidate Long. Share-our-wealth ’ is a comparatively old story in the senate, heard first when Long appeared three years ago on the floor. But mor? recently Long han detailed his plan more often in his newspaper and in speeches away from Washington than at the capital. Long's program is conceded to be a challenge to the administration whether he or another leads the left wing dissenters in 1936. But the new deal is counting on a gain. Political strategists believe that as the radicals depart from the administration by one door the comparatively conservative. many of them hitherto tin sympathetic, will come in at an- . other. Long proposed a capital levy—.everything over $4,009,000. He fired at the administration and at Franklin Delano Roosevelt-a name uttered with scornful emphasis on every syllable— the current statistics of the nation's woe. 22.375.009 prtrsons on rejiief Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins says 20,500.000 is the correct figure. 10,837,000 persons unemployed. One per cent of the people own 59 per cent of the wealth, the senator shouted. Four per cent— 600 families —own S 6 to 90 per cent of the wealth. The middle class has disappeared. Seventy-five per cent of the people own nothing — not enough to pay their debts, so Long said. That was his story of what he termed “the Roosevelt depression", a phrase he intends to make famous during the months before the election in November, 1936. He said President Rooevelt had promised during his campaign and after it to redistribute wealth in the ii'iintixi i:n nN i-agi: I? >i i:> WATROUS HEADS DAYTON PROJECT Local Homestead Manager Also To Manage Project At Dayton Austin A. Watrous, project man- | ager of th-? Decatur Homesteads who returned Thnradny evening from Washington, D. €., announced today that his duties have been inI erased to include management of the $750,900 project at Dayton. Ohio. The government has furnished him an automobile, formerly purcbi'ised for tihe Reedsville, West 1 Virginia, project and he will be expected to drive back and forth (between the two projects. The $750/8)0 appropriation for j the Dayton project was to include four plots of ground. As yet only one plot has been purchased and only 112 houses have been built in more than n. year's time. The houses already constructed were built partly by the labor of the ipur■ohas rs. These houses will have to be remodelled. Mr. Watrous nlso stated today that transferring title of the kind here from tCie local hoard of directors to the government will make no difference in the administration of the local project. This change was made to facilitate the bundling of the project in Decatur and Washington. The government has always owned all the stock in the Decatur Hom steads Inc. so the change is only technical.

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ROTARIANS HEAR DISTRICT HEAD Ray Willis, Indiana Rotary Governor, Speaks Thursday Ray Willis, Angola, governor of I the Indiana district of Rotary i clubs, paid the governor’s annual visit to tlie Decatur club Thursday I evening. Mr. Willis delivered an inspiring address on the purposes and , ideals of Rotary, stressing Ihe ex I i eellent growth made by the inter-' ' national organization, even during the years of depresssion, and the tine services rendered communities in which Rotary clubs are located. "The aim of all Rotary club» now is liuilding a unity of purpose." the governor stated, “to establish a better understanding and a more lasting friendship among all the peoples of the world. ‘ Rotary has grown steadily since its inception, and now has 3,7601 clubs, the largest number since the . organization was founded. These ' more than 3.090 clubs are located ■ in 75 countries witli a total of 15”,-' 900 members." • The speaker then went on to j say that during tlie last few years ■ Rotarians have been severely pan-' ned by iconoclasts and cynics as interested only in seif advancement. but in late months people generally have come to realize the ‘ true value of Rotary clubs to the communities in which they are located. “Rotary now has an opportunity to apply certain fundamental human relations in everyday life. Every man wants friends. Without these friends", Mr. Willis asserted, "the material things of life are worthless. Around Rotary is a splendid opportunity to build friendship, not merely in the local community, but throughout the j world. • “One of the finest things any . group can do is to aid the young people truly to appreciate the finer (CONTtNURD 1 >N PAG E TW< >' W.C.T.U. MEET HELD THURSDAY More Than 200 Persons Attend County Institute At Berne More than 200 persons attended the W. C. T. U. county institute held at the Reformed church in Berne, Thursday. Mrs. Stella Doty of Frankfort, state evangelistic director, was the speaker. The afternoon session began at l:’3O o’clock and the evening meeting was at 7:30 o’clock. At six i o’clock the Berne union entertain- • ed with a supper for 209 persons. Afternoon Program Mrs. E. N. Webb of Berne played the piano prelude; Mrs. Eugene l Runyon of Decatur, gave the worship in song: Mrs. H. W. Frank- ( lin, Decatur, the devotionals. Mrs. Delton Passwater, county president. introduced the speaker. Talks j were given by local presidents and i county directors, and visiting min- ’ isters. The male quartet of the i Mennonite church sang two selections, and Superintendent Webb of •Berne spoke on “Teacher’s Place . in W. C. T. U." Colvin McWhirter gave a reading, and Mrs. C. E. Bell and Mrs. A. B. Brown sang a duet. Judge . C. L. Walters of Decatur also gave ’ a talk. Evening Program Miss Frances Burkholder of . Berne played the piano prelude, and special music was furnished by the girls and hoys chorus of . Berne high school with Miss Elizabeth Habegger in charge. Miss .! Dorothy Wells and Miss Mildred ‘i (''■(>NTlNl’i:n ON PAGE THREE) ■ I o Attorney Executed For Poison Deaths Aucker 'prison farm. Ark., March , B—(UP)—Mark8 —(UP)—Mark H. Shank, Akron, 0.. Attorney, was executed here tor day for the poisoning of Mr. and 1 Mrs. Alvin Colley and their two . children near Malvern. Ark., Aug. > 15. 1933. i Shank went to his death mumbling a prayer. He refused to make ■ any statement in connection witih i the crime.. The switch was thrown at 7:05 ? and Shank was poonounced dead at i 7:12, after (administration of five . shocks.

DOTH HOUSES SPEED ACTION OH MEASURES Legislative Action Is Completed On Seventeen Measures Today ADJOURNMENT SET FOR NEXT MONDAY Indianapolis. March 8. — (U.R) — legislative action on 17 bills was completed by the general assembly today as both houses speeded up their work to clear the calendars for adjournment March 11. Ten senate bills were passed by the house and sent to the governor while five house bills were passed by the senate. The house I concurred in amendments to two bills which previously had been I approved in both chambers. Only a few minutes were required for the house to concur in amendments to the anti-slot machine bill which was passed by the senate last, night, 45 to 1. Two bills changing the workman’s compensation laws of Indiana were among the bills passed by the house and sent to the governor. One would exclude persons employed on public works projects from the act. It provides, however, for a separate method of i caring for a relief employe in case lof injury or death. In case of temporary injury relief workers would receive the same amount of money they were getting while on the job. In case of permanent injury the governor's commission on unemployment relief could allow compensation up to $3,500. The other measure would establish a workmen's compensation rating bureau in the state and prevent insertion of an age limit in compensation policies. Two companion bills providing for establishment of county and city planning boards were passed I by the house and sent to the governor. The boards would plan physical improvements in their j respective communities. Another important hill receiving final legislative approval would reduce the number of names on primary ballots by requiring each candidate to have petitions signed by 40,) persons before he is eligible to a place on the ballot. Other senate bills passed by ' the house would: Require registration of stale and municipally owned vehicles with tlie secretary of state, but. | exempt them from license fees. Make tampering with meter or any municipally owned utility ! with intent to defraud a miedej meanor. MORRIS EHRSAM DIES AT BERNE Resident Os Berne For Many Years Dies This Morning J. Morris Ehrsam, 69. died at his I home in Bern? at 8:30 o'clock this morning after a two years’ illness I of heart trouble, dropsy and complications. He had been employed at the Dumbar furniture factory at Herne fcr miny years. The deceased was born in Switzerland September 18. 1565. a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Ellenberger Ehrsam- He came to this county i when a young lad and had resided in Berne since that time. August 13, 18<95. he married Rm- .' ma Braun, who preceded (him in ; death May 3, 1928. Seven children surviving are: Mrs. Walter Reuseer, Mrs. Homer Neaderhauser, Clara . Mynne, Edward and Henry, nil of Berne and Robert Ehrsam. basketball coach ; i at Lynn. Brothers and sisters surviving are Mrs. Ida Girod, Salem, Or gon; Bernice Ehrsam. Pleasant I Mills; Oscar Ehrsam, Monroe, Paul Jof Marion; Mrs. Calvin Sauers, Richmond; Mrs. Sam Miller and i Elizabeth Ehrsam, Columbus. Ohio. Mr. Ehnsam was a member of the Berne Reformed church and of ■ I the B. P. O. Elks lodge of Decatur. ■ ■ Funeral services will be held at J 1:30 p. m. Monday at the home and at 2 o’clock at the church, with the > Rev. Sauerwein of the Plymouth Reformed church officiating. Burial i will be made in the M. R- E. cemetery.