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Vol. XXXIII. No. 64.

CONTESTS PLANNED FOR SCOUT TROOP Individual and patrol conteats will Be held for St. Joe Boy Scout Troop i Marcellus Miller, scoutmaster of St. Joe troop 64 of thin city announced today IndividuaJ and patrol t contests for his troop. The Individual oontcet will be based on the living of the scout law. passing the testa, progress and attitude Thie winner will be awarded a trip to the national Jamboree to be held in Washington, D. C. next I 1 Augwst. Harold Daniels has donated a . (imt aid kit to be given to the catrol which will most successfully ; meet attendance requirements and i patrol projects. 1 Next Wednesday Dr. Den R. Duke will give a talk on first aid instructions. The imeeting will be held in i the scout rooms in tb> St. Joe school house. 1 Ijst Wednesday, Hamid Daniels . gave Instruction on signaling. ROAD WORK IS RESUMED HERE County Highway Workers Resume Work On Roads This Morning I The county road men are working ■ as usual. Walt r Gillimn. county road superintendent announced today. Work was ordered suspended Fri--1 day by Mr. Gilliom. after John W. Tyndall, county auditor. *ad received a telegram from James Slane. ipresid;nt of th- 1 Indiana county commissioners association. T!»# telegram read, “an opinion rendered by the attorney general's office Oh house hi IT number 41 Ts . i tint gasoline mon- y can not be ( paid out until tlie county highway budget has been approved by the county council- Ail county work should cease at once.'’ In common with other countiee over the state all road work was ■ordered ceased. Later state officiate denied that ouch an order had been made. Another interpretation of the law gives Adams county permission to \ continue the majority of its road work. A larga p r cent of the local road work is done under contract or by regularly employed county j highway men. Tire latent ruling is that this type of work can not be stopped. Mr. Gilliom said this morning. ! Mr. Gilliom also warned truck | drivere not to exceed the weight j ! limit of the county. Violators will be 1 prosecuted, he stated- The roads are now soft and heavy l ails will cut them, causing a heavy expense to the county. The roads are in fair sliap for thte time of year. The county trucks are now grading and repairing the damage done by the winter weather. Decatur Auxiliary Is Awarded Prize j The fourth district meeting of the j American Legion Auxiliary was held in Fort Wayne Thursday with the Fort Wayne unit 82 acting as j i“ostes66s. The meeting watt h id in the Zion Lutheran hall. The regular business meeting was , conducted and the Decatur unit | was given a five dollar award for aTiemberKhip, Decatur having reached Its quota on December 8. At the noon hour a lunch on was served in the dining room, followed i with a iprogram. Those from Decatur who attended the m eting were , the Mesdnmee Vincent Borman i, Leo Euinger, Walter Gladfelter, , Tillman Gehrig, Charles Weber, Herb Kern, Dallas Brown, Tony Metzger and Adrian Baker. The next district meeting will be held in May at LaGrange. Stinesville School Destroyed By Fire Stinesville, Ind., March 15—(UP) Defective flues were blamed for fire which dastroyed the Stinesville high school and gymnasium last night. | Loes was estimated at $125,000 by F. L. O’Neal, principal. Classes of the federal emergency relief administration were being | held in the building when the blaze started. All the students escaped i without injury.

MCNUTT NAMES ! STATE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD Two Democrats And Two Republicans Named; Fry Is Chairman Indianapolis, March 15. — (U.R) — | I Governor Paul V. McNutt, today! made public the names of Indiana's ! new alcoholic beverage commission members, who will have charge of : the enforcement and administration of the new liquor control law. They are: Paul P. Fry, of Linton, excise administrator: Henry Quigley, of Kokomo, former mayor; David A. Meyers, of Greenshurg, former judge of the supreme court; Russell J. Ryan, of Indianapolis, former judge of the Marion super- ! ior court. Fry ami Ryan are the Democratic members of the non partisan board and Quigley and Meyers arc the Republican members. Fry has been director of the excise department since its inception under the old liquor law in April 1822 ami becomes chairman of tlie 1 c ommission under the law. Mr. Fry also is state purchasing agent and is Seventh district Democratic chairman. He has been in the mercantile business for 25 years in the retail and wholesale grocery business and in the 1 automobile business in Linton ami South Bend, lie was a director in the First National bank of Linton and vice president of the Linton Building & Irnan Association. He; is married and has two children. Mr. Quigley was for five years the Republican mayor of Kokomo, was renominated in the primary Mid .was defeated last fail L*. ilia present mayor. Olin R. Holt. Mr. Quigley is a former county clerk of Howard county. He is 45 years of age and has been a resident of Kokomo for 25 years, being a native of Logansport. He served in the World War overseas as a member of the engineers. Judge Meyers was for approxi- 1 mately 20 years a member of the i state supreme court, a former j member of the appellate court and j judge of the circuit court of De-| catur county. He is a Republican and was renominated for the su-, preme bench at the last primary | and defeated In t lie election. Judge Ryan just completed a ; four-year term as judge of the; j superior court in Marion county. S He has been a practicing attorney jin Marion county as a'member of i the law firm of Ryan, Ruckelshaus (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) WILL DEDICATE ORGAN SUNDAY Program Is Announced For Dedication At First Evangelical Church The (program for the dedicatory service of Lie n w pipe organ at the First Evangelical church in tilie city Sunday. l*ss been outlined by the pastor. Rev. M. \V. Sundermann. The new two manual, Gottfried organ will be beard for the first time Sunday morning in the regular worship service of the church. E. B. j Bohn, organist and ,organ builder of j Fort Wayne, who completed the in- j etallation and final voicing of the ( organ, will preside at the organ; Sunday. Mr. Bohn will also give a recital Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, at ; which time tb> organ will be formally dedicated. Rev. Sundermann will preside at the afternoon program which will ibe opened with Scripture, Psalm 150. Following is the complete program for the recital, to which the j (public is Invited: Praise Ye the Father—Gounod. This composition Is known in the form of a triumphant anthem of praise. Andante Cantabile — Tschaikow- , sky. This one of the greate Master’s most popular melodies, was origin-, ally written for string quartet- I ■ Hymn of the Nuns —Lef'ebure— Wely. The melody of this number j, is carried In chord formation on | one manual while a light counter ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEV BN)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 15, 1935.

Confer on Warner Labor Bill - - 2

BMSenatot David I Senators David I. Walsh, of Massachusetts, left, and William E. Borah, right, of Idaho, of the senate labor committee, conferred on details of the labor disputes hill after its author, Robert Wagner, of New York, inset, appeared before the committee in Washington in support of his plan. Wagner's bill would create a permanent national labor relations board, outlaw company unions, and provide, for collective bargaining by the , ''majority rule."

“SLUSH FUND" TO BE PROBED Congress To Probe Alleged Holding Company “Slush Fund” Washington, Mar. 15.—<U.R) —lnvestigation of charges by Rep. Alfred Bulwinkle, D.. N. C., that a “slush fund” was t>eing collected to fight the Rayburn holding com panv bill was assured today. Chairman Sam Rayburn, D., Tex.,' of the house interstate commerce ! committee and author of the bill which seeks to eliminate utilities holding companies, assured Bui winkle today that the investigation would be made. Rayburn said he would summon as witness Dr. Hugh A. Magill, | president o fthe American Federation of Utility Investors, who Bulwinkle said was reported ac collecting “millions of dollars" from utility security holders to fight the proposed legislation. The decision to call Magill came as testimony was presented before the committee by Preston S. Arkwright, president of the Georgia Power Company, that the Rayburn bill constituted a dangerous invas-1 ion of state rights. He contended that President Roosevelt, when he was governor of New York, warned against the dangers of further encroachment ; by the federal government upon (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Two World War Vets Commit Suicide Today Wawaka, Ind., March 15—(UP) | —Arthur Franklin, 51, world war i veteran, committed suicide ot the I home of a daughter near here today i by slashing his throat with a razor. Despondency over ibis inabilty to se- | secure work was given as the motive. Butler, Ind., March 15 —(UP) — j Burn Dtnning, 61, a world war veteran, committed suicide by slashing his throat with a razor at his home here last night. Despondency over ill health was given as the motive. Senior Secretary To Roosevelt 11l Washington, March 15 —(UP) — Louis McHenry Howe, neulor secretary to President Roosevelt, is seriously ill at the White House, it watt learned today. Howe, under the care of Dr. Roes T- Mclntyre, the president's physician. was in a critical condition Tuesday and Wednesday, but yesterday and this morning has shown signs of improvement, it was stated.

Advertising Manager Os Newspaper Killed Wheeling ,W. Va., March 15 — (UP) —Ralph B. Cushing, 49. advertising manager of the Wheeling News and Intelligencer, was shot to death today, allegedly while making 'an attack on Ills wife with a hfffTTiet. Mrs. Cushing was charged with ee ond degree tnurd r and was re--1 leased trad r SIO,OOO bond for grand i jury action in May. Cushing formerly was advertising manager cf the Daily Times. Martin’s Ferry, Ohio. Tri Lakes Grocery Proprietor Killed Ligonier. Ind.. March 15 —(UP) Raymond Stapples, ”2. a grocery store proprietor at Tri Lakes resort , was killed instantly early today j when a small truck he was driving failed to negotiate a curve and struck a tree on state road two. two miles south of hereStap,. lea, it was reported, was Desp ndency over his inability to, | traveling at a high iate of speed j and lost control of the vehicle while attempting to make the curve. SIO,OOO SUIT ON TRIAL HERE Alienation of Affections Suit Venued Here From Allen County A SIO.OOO alienation of affection suit was begun in the Adams circuit j court today. The case, entitled Edwin L. Slagle vs Edward J. Hall was venued here from the Allen superior court. The complaint states that Slagle and his wife were married on January 20, 1913 and have three children. They were divorced in 1933. Hall claims that the defendant began visiting his wife in 1929 and i “met her at other iplac e, going with her in automobiles to different 1 1 places and remaining away several I hours together. It continues, “by showing my wife numerous marks of kindness and affection he won her affection.” The plaintiff continued, "they had clandestine meetings so that it was publicly known in Lie neighborhood bringing this plaintiff into great shame and dishonor.” In 1929 his wife "slated she lev d the defendant and that she would not give him uii> and that lie bad promised to-sland by her and to assist her and provide her with her needs and wants.” The damages are asked by the iplaintif because the defendant has destroyed the family life and won the affections of the wife and children from the plaintiff causing him (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

WAGNER URGES SENATE DEFEAT OF AMENDMENT Former Supporter of Prevailing Wage Clause Urges Defeat Washington, Mar. 15. —(U.R) DeI feat of the McCarran prevailing wuge amendment was urged in the senate today by one of its former supporters as the senate headed toward a vote on the most controversial issue connected with the work-relief bill. Sen. Robert F. Wagner, D„ N. Y., said congress could not afford longer to delay enactment of the $4,880,000.000 measure. • Neither a feeling of self-right-eousness. of pride or fear of public opinion should cause us to forget that our prime responsibility is to the millions of jobless people who need our help,’’ Wagner said. Administration leaders predicted defeate of the prevailing wage amendment and adoption of the so-; called Russell amendment, requir-! ing tile payment of code wages on permanent public buildings. Leaders of organized labor who have backed McCarran insisted on a finish fight, however. The executive council of the American Federation of Labor, meeting before the senate convened, refused to withdraw support of the McCarran amendment and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) TAX DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT ! \ Deadline For Federal Income Tax Payments Midnight Tonight Washington, March 15. — (U.R) — j President Roosevelt needs $550,000,000 from approximately 2,000.000 income tax payers today to realize his revenue expectations for this fiscal year. The income tax deadline is midnight. About one person in 60 is estimated to bo liable to income | tax. Returns are coming in. From March l to March 12 the treasury; received $30,286,000 this year com-: pared with $32,073,000 during the same period in 1934. Income tax revenue for the fiscal year ended last June 30 was $817,,961,000. Mr. Roosevelt estimated ! in his 1935 fiscal year budget for when that fiscal year began, the treasury has received $497,000,000. The balance must be realized before June 30 of this year. Each single person with a net income of at least SI,OOO, each head of a family with $2,500 net j and any person with a gross in- 1 come of $5,000 or more must make , a return. Each return must lie accompan- j led this year by a pink publicity slip, provided hy the government I but to be filed out by the taxpayer. This slip is intended for public inspection. It summarizes each re- ■ turn to show tax liability, deductions and the tax paid. The house has repealed the in- ! come tax publicity provision. The senate finance committee has favorably reported a repeal amendment. But the repealer reached the senate floor encumbered by j other amendments to the revenue act to raise income tax rates generally and particularly in tlie highi'er brackets. The pink slip must be filled out despite house action. i (.CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Charges Senators Are Communistic Washington, March 15 —(UP) — William B. Shearer, “big bass drum’’ for ship builders, was revealed today to have labeled nine senators as having been affiliated with the communist iparty. Questioning by senate munitions j committee men brought out that Shearer based ibis charge on lists In a book dealing with purported “reds Shearer also charged that the justice department tried to “frame" him during the 1929 senate investigation of his activities at the Geneva arms conference.

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Knights Os Columbus Broadcast Sunday A. M. A program sponsored by the Knight* of Columbus in observance of the national membership drive will lie broadcast from New York over an NBC net work, Sunday morning, March 117, from 10:15 to 10:45 o’clock, Decatur time. Notables will be on tihs program, including Martin II- Carmody, supreme knight; William Larkin, International chairman; John McCormack, world famous -tenor anil Jj;.hn D. Kennedy, radio commentator and keen observer of current events. The program will mark the “kick ; off” in the mobilization for Catholic action campaign. Decatur Conn-1 j cil or -the Knights of Columbus j launched its campaign this week. FT. WAVNE MAN TALKS ON PLAN J. Henry Hipskind Discusses Federal Housing Program Here J. Henry Hipskind of Fort Wayne j met with the city FHA committee at A. R. Ashbaucher’s tin shop Thursday evening to discuss the , housing survey n,.w being made in j j this city. Fie announced that Adams county J was progressing as well as any in the state and that Indiana was the; second best state in the Union in ! regard to .progress already done. One recommendation was that the dealers, contractors?, supply men | and draftsmen hire additional linen to assist the two FERA workers in making the drive. “The drive should be completed in a week or 10 days," j tie stated. He urged that through .the surj veys and visits to the homes the | 1 public be at attainted with the sea- , tores of title one and two of the i FHA. Title one, .permitting small j loans over a period of one to five j ■ years, wil lexpire at the first of the year he said. This should be an in-. ducement to the citizens to borrow ! the government quaranteed money. A number of questions were answered hy Mr. Hipskind on this subject. He stated that banks over the country are “falling in line with tlie program." Many large supply j companies are also financing the movement under government insur- j ance to sell their supplies. “The success of the iprogram here ; as in any other community will depend upon salesmanship. Tee program has already meant millions of dollars in .business and is now the leading recovery agency." Discussing title two which will give the public an opportunity Jo (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) WILEY POST ON RECORD EFFORT Noted Aviator Again Starts Stratosphere Flight To New York I»s Angeles, Mar. 15. (U.R) Wiley Post sped eastward today in his monoplane, the Winnie Mae. j hoping to span the continent in ! seven hours and pave the way for commercial flights through the substratosphere. The one-eyed Oklahoman, dressed like a “man from Mars” and piloting the craft in which he twice circled the globe, took off unexpectedly from Union air terminal in Burbank at 6:16 a. m. PST. The destination to which he hoped to rocket at from 350 to 400 miles an hour was Floyd Bennett field'in New York. The Winnie Mae which Post gunned down the long runway at sunrise and headed toward the Atlantic seaboard was substantially the'same old ship in which he rode to fame. It had a few new gadgets to increase its speed hut its motor and fuselage were the ones he started first, to fly five years ago. To get the Winnie Mae to a sipeed of 350 miles an hour, or better, Post was depending chiefly on the thin air of 35,000 feet where he expected to ride, a tail wind of 50 miles an hour and reduced air resistance through the elimination of his landing gear. To enable him to stand the sub(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) *

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ADAMS CODNTY QUINTET WINS OPENING GAME Bears Down Roachdale, 24-22; Richmond Team Upsets Frankfort Hutler Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Mar. 15. — <U.R) — The Berne Hears, playing in the most hotly contested game of the tourney to date, nosed out a 24-22 victory over the Roachdale live in the second game of the afternoon session. With the score tied at 2121, Neuenschwander came through with a field goal and Steiner added a foul toss to sew up the game. Steiner was the outstanding star of the game. In the first afternoon game, Montgomery gave the Jeffersonville Red Devils a real scare hut the state's only undefeated team pulled out in the final minutes to score a 41 to M victory. Butler Fieldhouse, ludianaJpolis, Mar. 16. — (U.R) — Richmond, Rushville and Michigan City advanced to the quarter finals of the state high school basketball tournament : today as 14,000 persons cheered them on to victory. Rushvilie nosed out Princeton, j 24 to 32, in the most thrilling of the three games on the morning schedule. Richmond scored a surprisingly easy victory over Frank- - fort, 34 to 17. and Michigan City humbled the smaller Mentone team, 35 to 24. Princeton grabbed an early lead, j clung to it tenaciously at the half, I T6 to 15, and was in front 26 to 23 at the end of the third quarter. In the final period, however. Sharpe of Rushvilie sank a close in shot to tie the score at 27 to 27 with less than six minutes to play. Both teams battled furiously and with two minutes to play Rushvilie was leading. 32 to 3fi. Roller counted for the winners and Abell connected for Princeton with a long shot just before the gun sounded. During the second quarter the ; lead changed hands six times, so ■ closely matched were the teams. Lawrence was the offensive star for Princeton with four field goals and three baskets while Sharpe collected 16 points for Rushvilie with seven goals and two baskets. Except for the first few minutes of the game, Richmond completely outclassed its opponent. The winners led 10 to 4 at the first quarter, 2l) to 6 at tlie end of the half, and 26 lo 13 at tlie end of the (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) THREE KNOWN DEAD AS FLOOD RESULT Ten Thousand Persons are Driven From Homes by Steadily Rising Mississippi Flood Waters Widening fkod waters already lapping over 100,000 acr, s of tho low -r Mississippi river valley today drove 10,000 ipereons to emergency shelters in five state* and menaced the homes of thousand* of others. Three men, negroes, were known to have drowned in the muddy sea centering around Ike boundary juncti ns of Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Kentucky. Several other persons ware missing.. Danger of the flood comparable to that of 1927, when the Mississippi routed 100,000 persons from their homes was minimized by predictions of fair weather. In many localities, however, the flood crest will not arrive until tomorrow Missouri authorities and Red Cross units gave aid to 8.000 persons la Popular Bluffs and Kennett, Mo., where thousands of volunteer workers labored through the night by the light of promotive flares to strengthen levi s of the St. Franc la river. Boatmen arrived every hour from the St. Francis (bottom lands with new loads of shivering and weeping men, women and children taken front roof tops of their hemes. A survey made by the Red Cross which already is furnishing food, medicine and shelter to 3,000' families, showed 6.000 (persons lhad been driven from their homes last night. Residences of 7,000 others were threatened.