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iIDPROGRAM ICGESTEB TO |mn PROFITS: l te Committee Would Lunate All Profits ■ from War L W tpn. Mar. 19- <U.» * , ■ program to rinn.nate war : ■ was P'l' forwaf’ by the • ■ n unitions committee today I ■ , sil months' investigation V Lu IJ inchide a drastic taxa- ] ■„ n t 0 limit ali Individual to $10.00” in wartime. gjitteemen arranged to dim j f ;r conclusions with Preaitamevelt later today, roitram will be submitted to (Ute in a preliminary re- ’ - committee on April 1. ! drafted by John T. Flynn, gnd student of stock t activities Iman Geraid P Nve. R . N. •Mttced the plan would be pd eventually by recommen- 1 s to reduce profits in war bs in peace time. P committee believes that , ■ profit out of preparations , ar is more important than . r taking the profits out of p. it has started." he said. I ie 12 points were included plan: To take 50 per cent of the ~ lii per cent profits of cor-! ans and 100 per cent on all > hat excess profits. To limit all individual in-, to SIO,OOO and to take all that In income taxes. To impose income taxes on iodr from SI,OOO or less up I Bcient amount to cover war ; Tn assess and collect i»-l-taxes quarterly out of In-1 si It is made. To check numerous meth-j 1 defeating income tax levies., Publicity of all salaries imtely upon declaration of wav. Industrial management draft general officers of corpora-1 to be registered in a draft 1 ugement and when deemed I ary inducted into military of the United States. Close all commodity ex-1 «. forbid speculation In odities. fix commodity prices ■ per parities and allocate to I tia! processors. Regulate a n new private ting through a war finance JXTtXTEn CIN PIGE FIVE) O LTER KRICK HEAD .T.C. ENROLLMENT at Military Training Camp I Be Held At Port Benjamin Harrison, July 10-Aug. 8 nied by Major Robert H. Jamcivilian aide to the secretary r tor the fifth corps area, the ry training camps association auipleted formation of corn-| M of patriotic residents in "ounty in Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia to assist t enrollment of candidates for summer’s Citizens’ Military in? Camp to be held at Fort “in Haryison, Indiana, July August 8. rollment in Adams county for •tnmer’s camp will be direct- , W. J. Krick, superintendent I ic schools, who has accepte Gouaty chairmanship as rep- I “ li 'e of the Military Train-! rumps Association, and an-1 S 8 that free physical exam ' '1 will be given by public-1 * Physicians to youths ap-. f for enrollment. ’ 9o<:t ®rs of the county who ’ohinteered their services' , J C - Gr »ndstaff, Preble; Dr. ■ if, Jones, Berne, Dr H. O.! l ’» BW n. e: ? r \ Corwln R Price J Dr C' Kay1 ’ F-fecatur,! Un Smith ’ De catur ' l. M T n r Who Wiah t 0 enter iptiv lhlß year m,lst act Whii. tht C ° U,lty chairma " | "he th la county has noted number of appli-j « ’ to th ” e wl » hardly be suf its ® mmodat « all the “P- 1 camp jng for Attendance a-.j *tarTto nment Pays the rail-J ishes f onri amP and return and intent i^’ nd UD!forms ' athleticj Motion and ot S h etVtCe ' mMI ’ “■Mation, \ her necessary 'indent. w 'thoitt cost to

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Vol. XXXIII. No. 67.

Indiana Democratic i Women To Meet Monday ' Mrs. Mary Briggs of Geneva has revvlved word that Miss Harriet Elliot of Washington D, C. will address the Democratic women of the state in an all <lay meeting at the Claypool ihotel in Indianapolis Monday. Miss Elliot is a member of the ] National Democratic committee. Mrs. Emery Schull, state vice-chair man. will be in charge of the pro-! gram. All Democratic women are Invited to attend. Reservations for | the luncheon should be made by ( writing the Claypool hotel be for-' , Friday. The luncheon wll least 75 ( •cento. i s - -■* ■ .Q— ■ WILL ENFORCE CITY ORDINANCE i , Peddler’s Ordinance, ' Passed In 1926, Will i Be Enforced Here —.— Enforcement of a peddler’s ordin- ( ance. passed by the city council in 1921 started today. The ordinance pr Dibits peddling : from house to houee of merchun-1 di.se, articles of medicine, unless 1 a SIOO annual fee is paid to t.'ie city ' when an auto is need and SSO a year when the peddler dors'not use a ' motor vehicle in selling his wares. 1 Farm produce, fruits or vegetables raised in the county or local trading area are exempted under the ordinance. The ordinance does not prohibit soliciting orders. The council committee on licenses and ordinances, composed of Andy Appelman. George Stuhe and Albert Miller, met with City I attorney If. H. Myers and Mayor A. R. Halt house last evening. The I 'e mm it tee also r-quested that any frail. wgoiaWe or geto-cal mer.-baa-dise vendor be denied a location on any street corner in selling his wnros. Orders to enfor.’e the ordinance wer? given to police today. T <* fine for violation can be in any sum up to SIOO. Any pxldler apprehended will be notified of the provisions of the ordinance and if he refuses , to quit work, will be arrested and arraigned In mayor’s court. The council meets tonight and it is likely that a request will be made ‘ to draft an ordinance requiring a city license for any dog hanixtred within the city limits. It is propos-sd ! to include a tag for all dogs and registering of the owner's name at the city hall. Reformed Church Services Tonight The mid week services will be held at the Zion Reformed church this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The pastor. Rev. Charles M. Pni®X will apeak on the subject "The Eternal Why.” This topic is suggested in the Lenten booklet. Condition Os Plant Engineer Unchanged Andy Foos, chief engineer at the City Plant, remained in a critical condition today Mr. Foos took ill Saturday night with a heart ailment and physicians extended only slight hope for his recovery. o Drives Without A License, Is Jailed — Virgil Cook is bring held in the Adame county >til on a charge of driving an automobile with ut a driver's license. He was arrested Monday by Sheriff Dallas Brown. o —— Training School To End Tonight - —1 Certificates will be distributed thia evening to 26 persons at th final session of the community lead j ership training school being held ; in the Decatur high school building under the auspices of the Dei catur ministerial association and the Adams county council of religious education. The leaders of the school today expressed thanks to the instructors of the two schools, to the superin tendent of the city schools, to the principal of th? Decatur high school and to the city school board for their assistance. Another school will be held next fall or winter.

GRAND JURORS TO PROBE OHIO GRAFT CHARGES High Democratic Officials Will Be Called To Give Testimony Columbus, 0.. Mar. 19. — (U.R) — High officials in the Ohio Demo-1 cratlc party will be called b-fore ’ the Franklin county (Columbus) ' grand jury next Thursday as a re-, suit of charges of "political cor-' ruption" in administration of Ohio! relief. County Prosecutor Donald Hoskins ordered grand Jury investigation of the charges 30 minutes after receiving affidavits from Federal Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins who had said investigation by his office proved “corrupt political interference" with unemployment aid in Ohio. Hopkins mailed the affidavits, said to allege that agents for the! Democratic state campaign com-j mittee of Governor Martin L. Davey solicited campaign funds I front firms doing business with the, state relief organization. Gov. Davey yesterday filed a criminal libel suit against the federal administrator, as a result of the charge, and last night address-, ed a joint legislative session, defending his administration In the dispute. Hoskins will summon Francis W. Poulson, state Democratic committee chairman, who has stated the governor is without knowledge of campaign contributions and that he. Poulson, “accepts full responsibility and has no apologies to of(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DEMO LEADERS TO COMPROMISE Administration Seeks To Pass Legislation Through Compromise Washington. Mar. 19 — (U.RT — The administration, meeting stubborn’ resistance in congress, embarked today on a policy of legislation through comnromlee. The decision marked a definite turning point in the Roosevelt administration. Congress thus far has shown but little of the “rubber stamp” tendencies of last year. Faced with a balky senate and house the administration decided upon a course of conciliation in pushing ahead with the more controversial parts of its program. House leaders, indicating a receptive attitude, were ready to discard some of the pending “reform” legislation, if the administration gives the word, in order to hurry adjournment. “Business would be better off if congress could complete its labors and adjourn,” Speaker Joseph W. Byrns said. “It would be helpful if’ we could postpone some legislation". The first major indication of a policy of conciliation was given when a compromise broke the , senate deadlock over the work-re-1 lief bill. Compromise probably ; will enter into consideration j>f 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) , ALBERDA PARRISH DIES MONDAY P. M. Mrs. James Parrish Dies At Home In Blue Creek Township After Illness of More Than Year • Mrs. Alberda Mae Dillinger Parrish. 51. died at her home in Blue ! Creek township Monday afternoon at 2:30 oclock of carcinoma. She! ha! » Keen jn for over a year. Mrs. Parrish was born in Blue Creek township on November 9.1 1883 She married James Parrish who' survives her. Surviving are the following children: Henry B„ at Fort Wayne, and Lester, Mary Elizabeth, Virginia. Viola and Role ert Jr., all at home. Four qons and: one daughter preceded her in death. One brother. Oliver Dillinger of Kirkland township, and one| sister, Mrs. John Carls of Chicago also survive. The funeral will be held Wednesday at one oclock CST at the Willshire Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Thain will officiate.

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Flyers Chart 6,400-Mile Flight Ml- —N * k •* '■ 1 1 -Wk > »: A _ 6.4tMj~niTe non-stop flight from Argentina to Cleveland has been I .announced by Gilbert E. Stoll, left, and James Prosser, right, two i Cleveland aviators, who stifled the course of their projected Hight ; lon the map. This flight wmuld eclipse the distance record of 5,627 j ! miles held' by the French flyers. Maurice Rosso and Paul Codos. —— — i

HOID HEARING ON NEW RATES Company Operating In Adams County Petitions Reduced Rates I Indianapolis. Ind., March 19 — . | (UP) —Hearing on a petition of the Indiana Service corporation.. Fort Wayne, for voluntary rate reductions to its consumers in 13 Central and N rtheastern Indiana counties • was opened today before the public e°rvLe commission. ’ The company asked approval of ' new rates which it claims will re--1 suit in annual savings of $32.00:> to i its 23,600 customers. Pitrone of the company are locat- ! ed in Adame, Allen, DeKalb. Grant Huntington. Jay, Noble. Wells. Whitley .Carroll. Cass, Tippecanoe and Wabash counties. The company proposed to establish a schedule of lutes similar to those approved recently for the Northearn Indiana Power company. Northern Indiana Public Service company and the Traction light and power company. All are operating units of the Midland United Utility group, formerh’ owned by th-e Insull corpora* tion. The proposed schedule is as follows: 1 : Residential—seven cents per kilo- ! watt for first 30 kilowatts per month; four and one half cents for next 30; two and one-half cents tor 'all over 60; minimum monthly . charge $1Rural residential—Seven andone(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MRS. HELM IS OLDEST WOMAN • Mrs. Sarah Helm. St. Mary’s Township, Will Be 95 In August The article in Saturday's Daily Democrat, referring to Mrs. Jane Acker, as the oldest native born woman in Decatur, brought to light, ' j that there is one woman older than I Mrs. Acker living in Adams county. Mrs. Sarah Helm, widow of the ' late Sam Helm, lives vfflth her son, D. A. Helm in St. Mary’s township. Mrs. Helm, however, is not. a na-j tive born resident of the county, although she has lived here since' she was five weeks old. Mrs. Helm I was born near Mansfield, Ohio, a I daughter of John and Sarah smith. Next August 8, she will be 95 years old. She was born in 1840. A brother. John Adam Smith, deceased, formerly lived in Decatur, Besides the son Dan, one other .son. John H. Helm, also lives in St. Mary’s township. Mrs. Acker Is without doubt tl’.o i oldest native born woman in the county. She will be 95 years old next October. She is in good health. Mrs Helm fell a few years ago and broke her hip and since that time has not been able to get about.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 19, 1935,

Mother Os Adams County Lady Dead Word has been received here of ' the death of Mis. Gotleib Reichenbauch. S 3, of Pandora. Ohio, moth- ; er of Mrs. Dan Stepler of route 2. ! I Decatur. Mrs. Reichenbauch died Monday morning of complications ■ and old age. The funeral services will he held I ■ at the St. Johns Mennonite church ■ in Pandora. Wednesday at 1 o’clock . ('ST and burial will be made in the! • church cemetery. Surviving are . six children. I ’ 0 WILLIAMBELL GIVEN DIVORCE William J. J. Bell Granted • • Divorce When Wife Fails To Appear , Alleging that he "couldn’t re- > form her”. William J. J. Bell to- • day was granted a divorce in tho ! Adams circuit court from his wife, Ruby I. Bell. He agreed to a set- , t’ement of $l5O. A cross complaint which had been filed by the defendant, Ruby ,1. Bell was withdrawn before the; case opened. Mrs. Bell did not • appear nor did she contest the! .; suit. . j Mr. Bell testified that he and his . wife were married on March 22,1 . 1134, and that they separated on , October 15 when he wanted to go I to a reunion and she wished to go . i to Van Wert. Ohio. ? He testified on the stand that I ! she was often seen in the compan" •of other “boys and men”, and that , nn everal occasions he had found 'her early in the morning at the (home of other men where he aiI leged she had spent the night. Her housework was just “toler- ' - able,” he stated. She left his house I often at 4 o'clock and did not re- , 'turn until late at night or early , ’ morning. He said that he tried to , "reform her” but was unable to , do so. i When asked whether he believed they could ever live together . again he said “no”. He also test!- ( , fled’ that there were no children born to thp union. • ' Mr. Bell said that he didn’t know ( I the age of his wife but believed , j that she was between 17 and 18. j IHe said that he prefered not to reveal his age and his attorney ( withdrew the question. He testi- . fied he was over 50. ( i Mr. Bell testified his wife had , agreed to the divorce if she would ( | receive $l5O. o | Former Resident Dies At Richmond 1 Word wav received here today ’ tha* M’-r. P. W. Smith of Richmond ‘ died this morning at 11 o’clock. She (’•ad been iil so nsome time. Mrs. Smith was well known In 1 1 Decatur, having b°en a former real- ' dent. Her husband, wh? is now in ' a sanatorium at Martinsville l« a ; broth r of A. J- Smith of thia city. , | One daughter survives. Funeral services will be held at ! 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the home in Richmond.

ALL OCCUPANTS OF PLANE ARE . FOUND KILLED French Governor-Gener-al Renard, Wife And Five Others Killed Paris. Mar. lb -<U.R>—A Belgian army plane flying over the Congo river today found the debris of French governor-general Edouard Renard's plane near Mossaka. with all seven occupants dead, the Belgian ministry of solonies reported today to French officials. The bodies of the governor of French equatorial Africa, his wife —widow of an American millionaire —his chief of staff, and four members of the crew, were crushed and mangled, the Belgian flier reported. “The plane struck the ground at great epoed, splintered and instantly killed the seven occupants.” the Belgian ministry re-! ported. The craeh of the party, which left Brazzaville, French equatorial ' Africa Friday on an aerial tour j of the French domain, occurred 1 7bo miles from the starting point. Several hours after the flying party took off the pilot wirelessed that it had passed safely through a tornado, but was in the thick of heavy fog. No further word was received until late Saturday when a report from Brussels indicated the plane j was found 50 miles couth of Coquilhatville. It was believed at first that, j had the occupants escaped injury ;in a forced landing, they might have become the victims of wild I Übangi savages, the beasts of the i I forest, or suffering from thirst. The reports today, however. ' were that the plane crashed in Hthe Belgian Congo. Tim four day search, ending in death, recalled the similar fate nt ! another French governor general, Pasquier. who was killed in the destruction of a giant air liner. Mme. Renard was the widow of the American soap king. Michael Winburn. She married Renard, former prefect of the Seine district. in 1933. Other members of the party | were Major Bonnineue. chief of the governor-general's staff: Pilot! Captain Gaulard. Adjutant Ditte. and two other pilots named Guili ard and Sonnit. Reformed Brotherhood Will Meet Wednesday The men’s ibrotherhood of the - Zion Reformed cCuurch will hold the ! 1 regular meeting a-t the church Wednesday evening nfter the regular ’ church service. Ferd Litterer will : be in charge .of the meeting. o REPUBLICAN CLUB CHARTS PROGRAM Irvington Club of Indianapolis Charts Course For G. O. P. To Follow In 1936. Indianapolis, Mar. 19.— (U.R) — A new course for the Republican party to follow in its 1936 presidential campaign was charted today by the Irvington Republican club here. The program was drawn up by a committee headed by former Senator Arthur R. Robinson. The club urged that its proposals be adopted as a national program so that the Republican party may lead the way to a new course in national affairs. The new Republican suit, as tailored by the Irvington club, is stitched from fabric of the “old deal” and patched with the less controversial features of the new deal. The first plank comes out solidly In favor of retaining the present form of government, with opposition to socialism, racism, communism or dictatorship. The club recommended that instead of following the Democratic administration's program of “plowing under", the Republicans help agriculture by developing processes that will use farm products in new ways and by introducing products that will open new markets. The club, one of the most prominent political organizations in the state, suggests a “social security system that applies to everybody.'' No details of the plan were out(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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r. . -4 Policeman Finds Roller Skatinjf Is Not So Enjoyable I The Decatur police will not wear roller akati« to apprehend criminals—not that they ever Intended to. Monday afternoon while off duty one of the night policemen dared his colleague to .put on a pair of roller ekutes at the local rink. He was taken up on the dare. Tihe policeman neglected to tell hl.s pal that 18 years ago he had been a skating Instructor. The two, in company with a number of witnesses, went to the ring where both put on skates. A reporter for the Decatur Democrat was willed to see the feats. The one policeman contented himself with keeping close to the railing and maintaining his equilivrlum. The other exhibited many of the fancy figures and spins he had (Perfected as an instructor. He even engaged in a game of tag with some biys there. During the two-hour course of his first skating experience in nearly two decades he ex--1 ecuted a number of interesting if painful “tailspins" and "nose divas”. Monday night one of the police- | men enjoyed telling about his exi perience. The former skating instructor was nursing several I bruises and a headache caused by some of his more spectacular falls. > o DON RICHBERG JOINS DEBATE Recovery Co-ordinator’s Address First Direct Administration Move Washington, Mar. 19 — (U.R) ~ i Donald R. Riehberg, recovery co-, I ordinator. sat in teday as a fourth ' ' in the turbulent Coughlin-Johnson- j Ixmg “battle of the air waves.” He appealed for “calm, dispassionate examination of facts” rather than the “shouting, raging | and coarse vituperation of passionate politics" in a national | radio forum address. Richberg's address was the first direct administration move to participate in the debate of national affairs engaged in by Father i Charles E. Coughlin. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson and Sen. Huey P. Long. He quoted Gen. Johnson and re-' ferred to him as a “popular humor- j ist” who has a “characteristic I disregard for personal responsij bility and truth.” He made no direct mention of Sen. Long and Fa’her Coughlin. The grave danger of the present time Ri ’hberg said, lies in the I failure of the progressive leaders of business, of agriculture, and of I politics to etand together in a common opposition “to the old i guard, who by doing nothing oxi cept obstruct progress, would wreck recovery, and to the destroyers who by fomenting class conflicts would drive ns into civil war”. "If the voters and the fathers and mothers of this nation really knew the facte and the dangers ON PAGE THREE) o Debate On Veterans’ Bonus Started Today Washington. March 19—(UP) — Ten hours of debate on fihe bonus started in the house today with Rep. Wright Patman, D.. Texas pleading for support of his proposal for paying ■ ff $3,500,000 world war veterans with $2,000,000,000 in “new money.” —i o Banquet Ticket Sale Will Start Wednesday Sale of tickets for the annual banquet and meeting of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce to he held in the Masonic hall. Monday, March 25, will begin Wednesday morning. A committee comiposed of Carl Pumphrey. Paul Edwards. Sylvester everhart and Barney Wertzberger will canvass the business men and •others interested. The committee is expecting a crowd of over> 200 to be present. Jesse Rice secretary-treasurer of the association, announced today that in addition to the annual banquet and election of officers important business will be discussed- New factories which desire to come to Decatur will be announced and will be announced and plans made for the coming year. "Every merchant,” he snid, "will be expected to attend.”

MOVE TAKENDf GREAT BRITAIN IS CRITICIZED England And Germany, England And France In Apparent Disagreement (Copyright 193f> by United Press) Ixmdon. Mar 19—<U.R> —Etirope'H arms crisis took a new. grave turn today with Great Britain and Germany as well as Great Britain and France appaiently in disagreement. Developments were: 1. Britain and Get many took divergent views of the basis on which Sir John Simon and Adolf Hitler should negotiate legalization of German rearmament. 2. French sources bitterly criticized Britain's procedure. The French government drafted a strong protest against Germany's army service law, to he dispatched to Berlin after a cabinet meeting tomorrow. 3. Simon, Britain's foreign secretary, was reported to have refused a French request that he visit Paris before he goes to Berlin to see Hitler Monday and I Tuesday of next week. 4 France was said to consider sending foreign minister Pierre I-av'al to Moscow’ next week to bring Russia, the world's most formidable military power, into i the crisis on her side. 5. Italy was understood to he 1 planning to back France by send- : ing a strong note to Berlin. Consideration of a visit by La- ! val to Russia was potentially perhaps the day's most important development. Simon will be accompanied to Berlin by Anthony Eden, who is to go on to Moscow. Laval has tentatively decided to arrive there coincident with Eden, March 27. and make the conference a three cornered one. But he also might try to nego- ! tiate an eastern European defense i treaty without Germany. Russia. France, and Czechoslovakia probably would be the original adherents, pledged to mutual military assistance, with the hope that Esthonia, Latvia, and Lithuania would join soon and Poland ultiI (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ELMORE J. COOK IS FOUND DE AD AT HOME Former Washington Twp. Trustee Is found dead; Acut Myocarditis is held cause Elmore J. Cook, 78, former Washington township trustee and prominent farmer was found dead in his home in Washington township this morning. C iron er Robert Zwwick pronounced a verdict of “death from acute myocarditis”. Mr. Cook was not feeling well when he went to bed Monday night. He got cp about midnight and told Mrs. Cook he was going to read a while This morning at 4:30 o’clock Mrs. C ok found him dead in a rocking chair with a book in his haqd. Coroner Zwlck stated that he believed death occured at aibout 2:30 o'clock tis morning. Mr. Cook was born in New York state on September 28, 1857 and came to ’Washington township when he was a young man. He and Mrs. Cook had lived in Washington township for over 50 years. Three years ago they celebrated their 50 th wedding anniversary. He cleared the land on the farm on which he lived at the time of his death. He was an ordained minister in ’ the Church of God and until 12 years ago preached- He is a member of the Church of God of Decatur. The widow. Mrs. Alice Cook, survives. Four children tire deceased. The children who survive are Mrs. . Lena Strickler, of Washington township; Mrs. Nola Haggard of Fort I Wayne; Mrs. Beulah Lyons of De- ■ fiance, Ohio, and Henry M. Cook of i Washington township. Two sisters, Mrs. Ida L. Wines of Chicago hnd Mrs. Mabel Shennefield of Burling- . ton, Michigan also survive. One sisI ter and one brother preceded him ’ in death. Funeral services will be held at • the home Thursday afternoon at 2 ■ o’clock and ut the Church of God t in Decatur at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. 1 Glen Marshall will officiate. Burial > will be made in the Maplewood • cemetery at Decatur. The body will I be taken home this evening from the Black fun era home.