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lOUSE APPROVES RELIEF MEASURE

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Male Chorus Will Sing Here Sunday Professor A. Gerber of Fort . Wayne will bring a male chorus' of 20 voice* front the College of Missions to the First Evangelical church Sunday evening. The chorus will wing several ae!ectl->nn. and brief talks will be given by some of the mem bene. Prof. Gerber and a chorus furnished special music at last night’* aervlcee. E. B. Bohn presided at the organ. Several outstanding mtuicMns from the etCiool will sing tonight. ROTARIANS AND DAIRYMEN MEET Rotary Club, Guernsey And Jersey Breeders Meet Thursday Night Members of the Decatur Rotary Club met with members of the Guernsey Breeders club and Jersey parish members Thursday evening in the regular weekly meeting at the Rice hotel. E. T. Wallace, expert from the Purdue extension department, was the principal speaker during the: meeting. Mr. Wallace was introduced by L. E. Archbold, Adams county agricultural agent. Mr. Wallace spoke of t?!e 4-H and ' economics clubs show, combined with a cattle show and Dairy Day. to be held in Decatur the first full week in August. The speaker pledged rail cooperation of the Purdue extension department in aiding to make the agricultural show a success and urged the business men o$ Deca tur to combine with the farmers of the community to stage a highly successful show. Mr. Wallace spoke of the transition in dairyTng methods during the past several years. In this, traneiton, the gap between the pro-: dueer and consumer has become greater and the speaker said that ; closer contact must again be established between the farmer, who produces dairy products, and the i ultimate consumer. “A new merchandising plan is ! needed." Mr. Wallace continued. ■ "to insure better dairy products ■ nd continued [profits so rthe producer.” Roy Johnson was in charge of the program, introducing Mr. Archbold. who in turn introduced the guests from out of the county. Arthur Brown favored the Rotar-j ians and g.iests with a cornet solo. ■II ,_Q„ — Adams Post Members Will Meet Sunday — All -T-embers of Adams poet number 43 are requested by Tillman Gehrig, commander, to meet at the hall on South Second street not lat r than 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon- The local post will conduct military services for Albert Mutechler. — .. oMrs. Muriel Bell Is Granted Divorce A divorce was gninted Mrs. Muriel*Bell today from her husband. Clinton Bell. The case was ijeard last Tuesday in the Adams circuit court. Mrs. Bell was awarded S2OO as olimony- She was also given ?75 as attorney fees. o — — FEE Chorus Class Will Meet Monday The FEE chorus class will not meet Sunday afternoon. It has been onnounced. hut will meet as scheduled Monday night at 7:30 o’clock at the Decatur higih school. —— —0 — DECATUR MOOSE IN NEW MEMBER DRIVE Decatur Chapter of Loyal Order of Moose Seeks 100 New Members During Month Invitations to join the Loj’al Oider of Moose have lheen sent by ' the local lodge to 100 rrospectlve members. Sol !x>rd. dictator an-1 nounced toduyilt is proposed to hold an initiation April 23 or 30 and plans are being made to intake it one of the largest in the hietory of the lodge. Ths initiation f?e fe only $5. This will be the last opportunity to join the Moose at reduced rates, officials eluted. Ti'.ie invitation was in folder form, the ipages depicting the benefits of • Moose fratornatehiip.

ESCAPE PROBE I COMPLETED Bf 0.8. AGENTS Federal Agents Report Dillinger Escape Aided By Outside Help Fort Wayne. Ind., Apr. 5.—<U.R) —Another of the Joi in Dillinger: myths was exploded today after de- i partment of justice operative re-1 ported to James K. Fleming, U. S. i district attorney, that the claim Indiana desperado escaped from the Crown Point jail with a blue steel automatic pistol instead of a wood- : en gun. The agents made their report verbally and Fleming said that a more complete account of the investigation into the jail break would be submitted in writing by the Chicago bureau of the department of justice. Fleming was informed that the break was accomplished by outside help, apparently furnished by Evelyn Frechette, one of Dillinger's girls. The agents said that no facts upon which criminal charges could j be based were uncovered, thereby ending rumors that Lake county officials or jail attaches might be involved. “Unless a confession were ob-; tained. it would be impossible to 1 bring charges against anyone connected with the break since the I department of justice has concluded its investigation." Flemrng said. Fleming pointed out that after Dillinger was captured at Tucson. Aril., and brought back to Crown Point to face charges of killing a policeman during an East Chicago (CONTI NT ED ON PAGE SEVEN) o POWER WORKERS ARE STILL OUT Twenty Illinois Cities May Do Without Gas Or Electric Power Peoria, 111.. April 5 — (UP)— Twenty Illinois cities and village* were thr=atened today with failure of gas or electric power services in a strike c-f employes of tt:e Illinois light and power company. Residents of Centralia and Mount Vsrnon pretpared meal* ond conducted business without gas far the : third successive day. Company officials feared they would be unable to maintain serIvi.e more than a few hours longer I in s venil of 14 other citie* where j workmen walked out Wednesday I afternoon. The men, members of an . electricians’ union, disagreed with the company over t- rms cf a contract. Office workers and tempo! ary workmen manned switchboards and power plants in Peoria. Campaign. Urbana. Danville, East St. Loute.! Collinsville. Belleville, Edwardsville | Wo d Riv r„ Gillecie, Hillsboro.| and Du Quoin. M J. Boyle. Union executive, said workers might be culled out today in other cities. The strike started in Peoria Wednesday when 11 electricians pulled I swito.es and deprived the city of | electricity. Street cars and factories ( were halted for two hours. 1 Pickets patrolled the vicinity of plants in all the affected cities, but ■there was no disorder. Comet Diner Sold To Mrs. Marbaugn —— William Ohler Thursday completed a d al in which he sold hte lunch tar, named the Comet Diner, to Mrs. Robert Marbaugh. Mrs. Mar-i baugh took immediate possession of the restaurant, located on Madison Street- , , Last October Mr. Ohler purchased the Hulbert Zerkle 7thacre farm ini Root township. He has been living I ! there since and now plans to de- | vote all his time to farming. I K Os P. Members Will Meet Sunday i * All members of the Knights of , Pythiae lodge are r quested to meet at the lodge home Sunday afternoon at one o'clock- The members will ■ attend the funeral services of Albert Mutscf-iler in a body.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 5, 1935,

Jobless Picket White House ffßr Stfw Ki 11 I IIIKKWKKII i Hr I 11 'W r -.. B l d m Illi —f * 'Mar- ■ ■ Mm ■ 'irYi'iWMnwli»n r -«mWow. daunting a banner bearing a picture of a rattlesnake and the inscription. “Don’t Tread on Me.’’ delegates from an unemployment ! organization picketed the White House, although President Franklin I). Roosevelt was absent on a Florida fishing trip.

FOUR DANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN Four Youths Obtain $842 Loot From Fast Train Passengers Kankakee, 111., April K—(UP)— Four bandits who terrorized 50 pas-, eengers afward the Illinois Central's Deluxe LouieSinna limited probably wen "drugstore cowboy.s" rather than deep radoes cf the old Wild west variety, authorities here .dedutlwL today. The train r; bbers, led by a ner- ■ vous and rosy-cheeked youth, com-; 1 mandeened the train an hour out I of Chicago, fired warning shots into | title ceilings of four cars and leaped ■ off with $842 in loot as the engineer .slowed for a stop hereBehind, in the lavatcry of a club I car, they left a wounded man. | George Kerr, Chicago insurance; man who thought it was “some college boy joke.” and was shot when he laughed at commands to throw up Ibis handsEd Jolly, veteran pullman conductor, said ti.r-e robbers were ‘just young punks, more nervous than the passengers.” He reported that the bandits overlooked thousands of dollars in loot, particularly a $7,500 diamond ring which a woman passenger wore. Posses roamed over a cold trail j left by the four boys and a confederate who waited for them to leap | from the moving train. The search turned to Chicogo with the discovery of the car used I by t)ie quintet after kidnaping EdI ward Goetzler of Kankakee and forcing him to accompany them to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) THIEVES LOOT BERNE OFFICES Little Loot Is Obtained At Two Berne Offices This Morning Thieves broke into the Berne Milling company and the A. J. Mos-' ure Ford Garage at Berne early this morning. They stole $2 or $3 at the , 1 Mosure garage. The yeggs used the same tactics |as the ones in Decatur several weeks ago. who broke into Schmitz blacksmith shop, tije F:rd garage and tee Mutschlers packing house. ■ | iln all of the robberies heavy mauLs were used to knock the com- J j binations from the safes. From this.' ' authorities believe there is a pos-, sibility that the same thieves robb- j I ed both places or that they were j members of the same gang. Because they were unable to open , I the safes in the two buildings they j robbed at Berne this morning, they ; | missed a considerable sum- of; money. One of the B me establishments was open until about midnight last | night. For this reason the robber-: ies must have occurred this morn- ■ ing. Ttie thefts were not discover- j ed until the offices were opened to- j day. I

Eight Measles, One Diphtheria Cases Eight cases of measles and one of diphtheria was reported in Adams County in the Indiana division of üblic health morbidity report for the week ending Saturday. March 30. Me si s cases in this county have increased 35 over the report of tbe preceding work, a total number of 475 cases being reported for the; week. A y ar ago, the report stated ' there were 855 cases of measles-1 Diphtheria cases decreased to 14. over 19 of the prec ding week. DOUBT SPECIAL SESSION CALL Special Session Os Indiana Legislature May Not Be Called Indianapolis, April 5. <U.R) — Plans for a special session of the Indiana legislature this summer to enact a state social security program are gradually' being abandoned. it was reported reliably here today. Chief reaeon for the growing sentiment against a special session is that a sales tax would have to be enacted to provide | funds for the security program. Many Democratic leaders believe that enactment of a sales tax j would be political suicide for the i party in view of the election coming up next year. Gov. Paul V. McNutt is expected back from a Florida vacation today and may have something to say about the question. He went before the legislature during the closing days of the , regular session to warn them that a special session would be necessary. Since then, however, it has (been I (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) I A short-short story. , ■ Something new in ] > serial stories. Complete Story ; > In 6 Day Run star :: For a 11 NICxHT : I - hy - : j I Jane Littell This interesting story will begin i , ; i Tuesday, April 9 ; and will fe completed j > in 6 days. i [ Tnis fast-moving fascinating novel will , j please you. 1 , i [ I WWWVWVWWVWWMAAAMM

ROY PRICE IS NAMES TO HEAD CHIB SHOW SERE Is General Chairman Os Agricultural Show Here Next August Roy Price, of Decatur, was nam-1 ed general chairman of the Guern-1 sey regional show, the Jersey par- 1 ish show, and the 4-H calf club shows to be held In Decatur during the first full week in August at a meeting held in the county agent’s office Thursday night. Dale Moses of north of Decatur ' was named chairman of the Guern-1 sey breeders show. Marwin Miller, county cow tester, was named chairman of the Jersey breeders. The calf club already has its officers. The dates for the different shows dufing the week were approved. They are: August 5, club show; August 6. Guernsey day; August 7, Jersey day; August 8, Dairy day; August 9, conservation day; August 10, Decatur day. The chamber of commerce named its general committee for the week. Each man on the general committee will name two other men to assist him, which will make 36 men on the committee. The chairmen of the general committees are; Dan Tyndall, James Elberson. Hubert Schmitt. L. E. Archbold, Carl Pumphrey, Cal Peterson. Pete Reynolds, Roscoe Glendenning. William Linn. A. R. Ashbanch- ' er, Oscar Lankenau and Dee Fryback. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce has promised to raise an amount equal to that collected | from the Guernsey and Jersey I breeders, providing the total is not more than $250 for each breed. Jesse Rice, c. of C. president, announced that the association lias raised $247.50. The Chamber of Commerce has also promised to furnish the hous(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o Receives Word Os Daughter's Death G. L. Bciiilya of Decatur has received word of tue death of his daughter, Mrs. G rg? Bobilya-Ed-ger, 51, of Hollywood. California, who died at her home at 11:30 o’clock Sunday morning. Death was due to paralysis. The body will arrive in this city i Saturday evening and will be taken l to the Buchanan and Son undertakers at Willshir?. Ohio. Burial will be made in the Willshire cemetery at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon. A short service will be held at the grave. Mis. Edger was well known in this vicinity. Sc ? was born in Van Wert, Ohio, and resided in Willshire until her marriage. For the ipast 25 years she had resided in California. I Survivors include her father, a j daughter, two sisters and a brother. TROUBLE LOOMS FOR DEMOCRATS Status Os Democrats In Michigan Worrying Party Leaders Was7iington, Apr. S.—(U.R) — Postmaster General James A. Farley’s bright prediction of a Democratic sweep next year is darkened by trouble spots on the political map. Michigan is the foremost Democrat problem. There are apparently authentic reports that a survey of New England industrial states has just revealed evidence that new deal prestigate in those areas has slumped considerably in ; the last three niontl>. Democratic strategy in Michigan must center on putting in the field a strong ticket headed by a gubernatorial candidate of proven votegetting ability. The outstanding campaigner among Michigan Democrats is Frank C. Murphy, nowserving as governor general of the Philippines. Senator James Cottzens. R., Mich., is up next year but political forecasters count him a winner regardless of opposition. Unless Farley can repair party machinery in Michigan and overcome scattered weaknesses else(,CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

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High School Class Visits Industries Under the direction of Mlse Glennya Arnold, the Instructor, and Mrs. Helen E. Mann of Kirkland township, the Kirkland higih school home economics class was shown through a number of local factories, stores ■ and industries today. The group which went through the Decatur Democrat office was: I Violet Arnold, Alice Baumgartner, I Eulalia Borne, Ruth Borne, Violet | Gillian), Irene Girod. Juanita Is^lt-1 ■ man. Lois Mann, Ruth Mcßaßrnes, Margaret Poling. Verrea Roth. Ruth ! Seesengutf), Glarviana Sullivan,! I Sullivan. Luella Worthmann. Mary i ! ann Wulltmunn. 896 SIGNERS I OFCONTRACTS Fewer Corn-Hog Contract Signers In Adams County This Year Although the number of contracts this year will not be as great as last, the acreage will be practically the same as last year for the corn-hog control contracts. Homer Arnold, the county chairman said today. The reduction in the number of contracts this year has been largely caused by the consolidation of farms under one contract. Although there are only 85 per cept ps many signers, the contracts cover about 95 per cent of the acres under the program in 1934. H. T. Vail, tabulation clerk, has prepared an interesting comparison of the contracts. The report for this year is composed of three groups of signers. One group is operating the same lapd they signed corn-hog contracts for last year. A second group has changed the base acre- . age of the land they contmcfed I for last year. A third group did not sign contracts last year. Os last year’s signeiva, 30 dropped out before the program was completed. The report is: Township Group 1 Group 2-3 1934 Preble 00 7 85 I Root 82 14 125 I Union 61 18 106 . Kirkland 57 25 97 ; Washington 7.8 24 12.> St. Marys 45. 17 French 43 16 i Monroe 76 18 100 . Blue Creek 54 25 88 Hartford 52 4 69 Wabash 46 13 78 , I Jefferson 53 8 92 707 189 1.140 J _o— School Girls Band Gives Concert Today The Decatur school girls band gave a concert during the high ' school chapel period this morning. Five of the members who have formed a saxophone accordian quinj tette played a special number. Miss Martha Erma Butler is director of the band. o WILL RECOMMEND ' SCHOOL STUDENTS High School Principals Will Name Students Eligible For School Scholarships. Indianapolis, April 5.— (U.R) — High school principals have been asked to recommend candidates from classes of 1934 and 1935 for 5 scholarships to Indiana State and Ball State Teachers colleges. The scholarships were made available by an act of the 1935 * j general assembly. Two students ' will be selected in each county for ' awards to each of the colleges. I ■ Final decision in selection of ‘ | recipients of the scholarships, ‘ awarded by the State Teachers colI I lege board, will rest upon information of a survey being conducted 1 by President Ralph N. Tirey of In- - 1! diana State and President L. A. Pittenger of Ball State. A "Recommendtaion for scholar- ’ ship," signed by a high school prin- ' cipal or a person designated by '; him. must accompany each appli- ’ i cation. All applications must be ‘ mailed to the secretary-registrar of L the respective colleges not later 1 than April 15, 1935. The new law also gave the State ’ Teachers college board the power ’ to rqnew the appointment of schol- ’ arship students from year to year until the course is completed.

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SENATE DELAYS FINAL ACTION ON WORK BILL Compromise Conference Report Is Approved By Lower House Washington, April 5 — (U.R) — i New deal senate Democrats tripp- . ed on their own legislative strategy and blocked immediate final action on the administration’s $4,880,000,000 works relief bill. Vice President John N. Garner gaveled the nuußtire through the Senate and announced adoption of the conference report. It was the sole remaining legislative formality, the house having previously adopted the report, 317 to 70. Majority leader Joseph T. Robinson asked immediately for a roll call. Garner was compelled to concede that he had ordered a vote without authority. At Gar- ' ner's invitation the senate had shouted a rousing chorus of “ayes’’ on approval of the report and ■ sending the appropriation to the I White House. After Garner had gaveled through the report in his breezy style, majority leader Joseph T. Robinson arose and said that on “an important matter of this kind I think we ought to have the ayes and noes.” I Then tlhe clerk began to call the roll, but several Republicans ole ,Ijected. They were told the conference report had been adopted but Garner ■ then announced he had been informed by the clerk that Glass • had moved for consideration of - the report and not for its adopI j tion. Glass denied this and said he I had moved for adoption. I Then the clerk began to call ’ the roll once more. As Senator Alva B. Adams. D„ -' Colorado, first on the list, an- ! swered his name, Senator Elmer Thomas, D., Oklahoma, asked for ■ recognition. , Garner asked Adams if he had I answered before Thomas asked for ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) SAMUEL M. FOSTER DIES AT FT. WAYNE i j ■ Leader of Civic and Business Affairs in Fort Wayne Dies Thursday Evening Fort Wayne, Ind., April S—(UP)5 —(UP) ;—Samuel M. Foster, S 3, leader of civic business and industrial cen- | tens here for many years, died at hie home .here last night after an | illness of six weeks. I He was diiairman of the boards )■ of director-3 of the Lincoln National . ■ Bank and Trust company here and > the Linocln National Life Insur- ■ an;e company for the ijast several i i years. He was a former president of ’I the latter company. Foster was appointed Amliassa- | dor to Argentina during the admin- , istration of President Woodrow \\ ilIron but declined the appointment. (I He was a nominee for the office of j lieutenant governor of Indiana in I I 1920. ! Fester came to Fort Wayne in 1874 from Coldenham, N. Y., where he was born in 1851. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Alice Foster - McCulloch of this city Funeral Seri ■ vices will be held tomorrow after«l noon. • o 1 Mrs. Blackmore To Speak Here Again , The Woman’s Home Missionary i-1 Society of the Methodist Episcopal ! church will sponsor a return ens gagement of Mrs. Elizabeth Blackmore of Gaffinlond, Monday night, '| April 8, at 7:30 o’clock in the , church auditorium. 1 Mrs. Blackmore appeared before . the Woman’s Club here several weeks ago, and will give an entirely different lecture, of which she faas many about her country. Mrs. Blackmore, who comes from y Baffinland where the temperature .- is always 60 to 70 degrees below s gero, will appear in the costume t of her country which is a drees r made from reindeer slkins. She has lectured 10 times in Kokomo and e four times in Fort Wayne. The puibr lie is invited to listen to this inspirI- ing address. Admission will be 2jk r cents for adults and 15 cents ' grade children. <