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MORE HOUSING JOBS LISTED ' Improvements Und e r Housing Program Listed With City Chairman Thirty additional possible housing, remodelling or repairing jobs I have been reported by the men 1 -'making the FHA survey in Adams . I ocunty, a cording to a report c ntI ipil-esl today by George Andrews, clerk for the city cammitt e. ’I The Jobe are divided as follows: • 1 corpentry, two: concrete, one; landi scaping, on?; painting, nine; paperI hanging, 13: [plastering, one; plumbs; ing. one, and roofing, two. Th-? jobs have been classified and '! filed in the office of Leo Kirsch. I city chairman. There, they may be ? read by any contractor. dealer or i craftsman interested in doing the . I work. - Urging that all citizens cooperate ' in the program, Mr. Kirsch said to- • day. "The heart of business activity the driving force —ie confidence; ! i confidence in ourselves and in the J economic condlti n of t ie country. ? When confidenc? is strong, it takes ’ithe form of active buying and sells ing. lending and borrowing. During I the years of the depr -. sion. when confid nee was low, ibillione of d 1II lars piled up in banks because 5 th?re was no stimulus to keep them . in circulation. Th? pulse of Ameri- . can business was abnormally low. t The problem has b en to reestab-, t lish confidence which will put i these billions back into normal n ir- . culation. 1 "Here Ls where the better housing 1 pr- gram enters tire picture. Our hawks, trust conttpani s, and other » landing ageccieu could easily lend t*Y?oo<i.O O,MO to home ownere. In r recent years much more than $2,- »! 000.00b.000 has been lying idle, i Lending institutions, however, have t not felt that they could lend their depositors' money without liquid se- . I curity required by good banking ' : practice. The FHA has provided , this security. i "No larg? group of work in has J been harder hit by fie depression I than those in the building trades and related industries. In normal j times .more thou four mill! n men I and women are employed in this ’ field alone. The better housing program can bring jobs to millions In j this field alone.” SCHOOL PUPILS 0 : GIVE OPERETTA 1 North Ward Students PreB sent Clever Operetta Thursday Night The De atur high school auditorI ium was filled to capacity Thursday night when the pupils of tine North I Ward school (presented the operetta, “The Magic Piper.” i The clever st-cry was presented in a splendid manner and was enjoyed ihy both adults and children. All [pupil’s of the school took port in the operetta, which was in thrje acts. The first act was laid in Hamelin _ city square during the morning- The l_ town crier, played by Eddie Bok ■ necht, appears throughout the presentation. with cheerful cries of B news. The part of Gretchen, who sings a little, is token by Mary s Louise McC y, and the part of Katt rlna, a very popular young lady. r by Bernice Barber. g The parts of Hans and Pet r are taken by Edward Walters and Vilas a Elzezy.respe tively. Rats, which int tested the village, led by Clown Rat. i- a funny acrobat, played 'by Billy f Beery, appear and present a drill number. The children representing c rats, are dressed in clever costumes e of black. i. Mutter Katzenheimer, Mary Jane [. Woodring, att mpts to teach kacob, r Don Eh.har, to sing. Frieda, a good little mother, iplayed by Alice Brown c appears with her small baby, and n directs Fido. Buster Ahr. to proII tect the child while she Ls absent. The rats enter, overcome Fldo and 1- take the child. a Songs are sung throughout tne t presentation by the Women of i t Hamelin, the men and children of y the village and the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Death and Destruction Left in Wake of Tornado i ~ • l\ XJR . Wig. - < »-v - ;-v ‘ i ***** ■ -J i Jfci’MHH •mv- — - « » a f I ’ j MiffßiL ■ 1 ” ■ -"x y- Al/ Death and destruction was left in the wake of the tornado which swept through Dixie, taking a toll of 31 lives and destroying millions of dollars worth'of property. Two were found dead in the ruins of a home at Gtoater. Miss., top photo. Lower photo shows a demofehed church at Gloster.

BRYANT MAN IS UNDER ARREST George Adams Is In Cuetody For Alleged Automobile Tire Theft Fort Wayne, April 12. — After waiving a preliminary hearing before William D. Remmel, United States commissioner. George Adams. 52. reputed wealthy resident of Bryant, was lodged in the federal division of the Huntington county jail last night, under $4,000 bond on a charge of alleged conspiracy in the theft of automobile tires from an interstate shipment at Bryant on January 29. Hearing on the charge before Commissioner Remmel is set for 10 o’clock a. m. on Tuesday, April 23. Adams is making arrangements to obtain bond for his release. Adams, who declared that he is the owner of the Bryant Telephone , company and the Bryant eleiatoi and has several farms in Jay and Wells counties, is linked in the ■ theft of the tires along with Bur-: nie Poling, 60, of Portland, and; ! Paul N. Moore, 40. of Bryant, who; were arrested Wednesday. The Bryant farmer and business . man was' arrested by state police and federal agents near Montpelier | late yesterday afternoon and was brought before Commissioner Remmel by Charles F. Brandt, deputy United States marshal. Poling and Moore were lodged in the Huntington jail yesterday j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) | o PROBE DEATH OF FT. WAYNE GIRL Thirteen-Year Old Girl Dies of I Poison; Coroner Will Probe Cause of Death Fort Wayne, .Ind., April 12 —(UPI ■ I —Dr. Raymond J- Berghoff, Allen ' ! county coroner. launched an invesI I ligation Cere today into the death ’ of Bernadette Doermer. 13-year-old ’i dauhgter of Henry P. Doermer. The girl died in St. J seph hosipi--1 i tai late yesterday following a nine, : dav illness whlcfc Dr. Berghoff ex-1 1 pressed was the result of poison. A complete chemical and .micros1 ceric examination of vital organs. • of the girl will be made in an es--1 fort to determine definitely whether, 1 the child was poisoned. ' The coroner state dthnt evidence , ■ secured in an autopsy in- ■ dicat id that tl’ie girl was the victim , 1 of a alow acting poison. Three other members of the Doer- ‘ mer tnamily were stricken with the j f stiange illness but recovered, f ‘ Do rmer mid that he knew of no! 1 one who would have any motive for the destruction of his family. j

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 12, 1935.

Local Rotarians Entertain Wives Members of the Decatur Rotary club entertained their wives and sweethearts at the regular meeti ing Thursday evening at the Rice . hotel A trio composed of Mrs., Dan Tyndall and Misses Helen I I Haubold and Sara Jane Kauffman I sang two numbers and Miss Martha. Elizabeth Calland gave two whistling solos. Accompaniment was played by Miss Louise Haubold. . Roy Johnson, president of the! Adams county fish and game conservation league, spoke briefly on the activities of the club, inviting ; all present to attend the clubs ban-j uuet Monday, April 22. I. A. Kal-| ver, in charge of the program, en-1 tertained the Rotarians and their guests with a theater party at the Adams tiieater following the pro-! | gram. o BERNE HIGH TO | !? GRADUATE 22 I Annual Commencement Exercises Will Be Held Monday, May 20 Berne, April 12. —The names of I the 22 members of the senior class ( I of the Berne high school who are, I candidates for diplomas were an- j nounced today by Supt. E. M. | Webb. The class contains 15 girls | • and seven boys, and is one of the. (smallest classes to be graduated j here for several years. The commencement will be held at the Berne Auditorium on MonI day evening. May 20, with Dr. E. IG. Homrighausen, pastor of the, .Carrolton Avenue Reformed church) lat Indianapolis as the speaker. Following is the list of the young people who will receive their di-1 i piomas, provided they make the te-. jquired grades: j I Gwendolyn Aeschliman, Helen ■ Balsiger. Ruth Baumgartner, Mary, Elizabeth Craig, Dorcas Habegger, i Irene Hirschy, Sarabelle Lehman,' Viola Lehman, Bernice Luginbill, j Catherine Mettler. Mary Jane Nuss-) baum, Anna Louise Schug, Jeanne j Snyder. Margaret Jane Steiner, Mereda Amstutz. I Gordon Augsburger, Richard; j Beitler. Arnold Flueckiger, Robert Neaderhouser, Paul Neuenschwander. Kenneth Neuhauser, Edward Stucky. Autos Collide At Intersection Automobiles driven by Dr. F. L. Grandstaff and Ronald Ellston.! both of Decatur, were only slight-; jly damaged In a collision at Madi-j son and Third streets at 1 o’clock i this morning. Neither driver was jinjured.

GENEVA BfiNKEH NAMED SPEAKER Kenneth Shoemaker Will Address Graduates Os Rural Schools Kenneth Shumaker. prominent |Geneva banker, will be the commencement speaker for the seven ' Adams county ihlgb schools He is assistant cashier at the funk of ■ Geneva and is well known over the l | county. | The commene-rnent dates will be, as follows: Geneva. April 22; Monroe. April 23; Hartford township, ! April 24; Kirkland township. April i 25; Jefferson township, April 26; I Monmouth. April 27, and Pleasant I Mills, April 29. I The complete program for the 'commencements have not yet been ; announced by Clifton E. Striker, i count}' superintendent. The annual county eighth grade i onimencement will be h id in June 'at Geneva. The program for this r.’.as not yet ibeen announced. I There are 113 candidates for gradintlcn from the seven rural high schools in the county this year. The majority of the senior classes I will ecmpleete their work next week. The senior class of the Geneva high school has alreiidy been .dismissed because of the condition of ti'.ie school building there. — _ Canning Factory May Locate Here Jess Rice, president of the Chamher of Commerce, announced today ! tbit a tomato canning factory could I be obtained in Decatiir, if 150 far--1 niers contracted to grow an acre ‘ each of. tomatoes. Farmers desiring to contract for ! the cron lire urged bo get in touch i with Mr. Rice at the Rice hotel. Tihe .factory would be started by a Hun- ! ington man, Mr. Rice stated. Cars Are Slightly Damaged In Crash | Cars driven by Anthony Teeple land Russel! Baumann were slightly 'damnged at W:3O o’clock this morn- ! ing when they collided at the interI section of Montve. and Second ‘streets. ,o Master Mason Work Here Tuesday Night There will be master Mason work at the Masonic hall Tuesday, April 116. Beginning at 4p. m. The degree ; work will be conferred on two canj didates. There will be a 6:30 o’clock fish dinner. All Masons are urged to be (present for the degree work and the fish dinner.

THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS JOIN STRIKE ON WAR College Pupils Stage Demonstration Throughout Country Today (By United Press) A “strike" against war drew many thousands of students from ' their classes for one hour today, with youthful leaders estimating a participation of 150,000 in demonstrations throughout the nation. A cold, drizzling rain in the New Y rk era and other eastern sec--1 tions forced many of the demon- ' strations indoors, but the first i groups to walk out at 11 a. m. reported heavy attendance. Police guards were provided for many of the mass meetings where there were threats of violence by ' j militant opponents of the pacifist strikers. At Columbia university, New York, leaders faced an estimated 4,000 students in the gymnasium, i where the meeting was transferred from the athletic field because of rain. At City college of New York ; the meeting was adjourned from a stadium to a hall seating only 1,500. New York university had 1,- , 500 demonstrators. New York college and school students p'articiI pating ill the demonstrations were j estimated at close to 30,000. Vassar college for girls attended almost en masse a 35 minute [program at which the president and students spoke. St. Lawrence university dismissed classes half an .hour early to permit students to, attend. More than 2.500 joined a Western Reserve university meet-j ing at Cleveland. Temple university and University of Pennsylvania dismissed classes at noon to permit perhaps 15,000 to participate. At Harvard, about 800 students joined in the demonstration. There had been some fear of trouble, but i the walkout was characterized ' chiefly by much horse play. At Albany (N. Y.) business college some 200 or moye were called (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) FIGHT MERGER OF COUNTIES Trustees, Commissioners Oppose Consolidation Os Counties A mass meeting of all taxpayers | has been called for Wednesday; night at 7:30 o’clock in the court house auditorium to determine the ; re-action of the -public on the proposed consolidation of Adams, Alj len, and Nobles counties. A protest meeting was held in ! Washington township Trustee John , M. Doan's office Thursday evening. The 12 township trustees and the. three county commissoners were I ’ present and al went on record as ■ being opposed to the consolidation.! It was determined at this meeting to call the mass meeting Wed- 1 nesday. Judge Huber M. DeVoss, former Judge C. L. Walters, both of Decatur and C. H. Musselman ' of Berne will address the crowd. A petition will probably be pre- ‘ sented to the crowd that night to i be signed and sent to the state, protesting the move. The [proposed consolidation has | I been promulgated as an economy measure aqd is now being investigated for possible presentation to . a later session of the general assembly. Under the plan the number of I counties in Indiana would be reduced from 92 to 27. Allen, Adams and Noble counties would be combined and the county seat would ; be at Fort Wayne. Another count ty would be composed of Wells, Jay and Blackford. The township trustees would be I eliminated. Their relief work > would be done by one man assist- - ed by deputies and poor relief ; clerks in each former county. The I rural schools would he administer- . ed by a school superintendent and a board of three members.

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Revival Rev. O. Wilbur Fix will conduct evangelistic services at the United Brethren "Mission on Eighth street, starting on Palm Sunday. Rev. Fix has spent two years at Huntington college and has had considerable experience. Rev. Lester Fix ; of Muncie will have charge of the ! music. MAJOR CITIES WILL RECEIVE MOST OF FUND Thickly-Populated Areas To Receive Bulk Os Work Relief Fund Washington. Apr. 12. —(U.R) —The nation's major cities — New York. | Chicago and other thickly-populat-1 ed areas —will receive the bulk of the $4,880,000,000 work-relief fund, high administration officials indicated today. More than half the 20,500,000 on relief rolls are crowded into metropolitan centers. President Roosevelt announced re-employment projects will be financed to meet local peeds. “A great deal of the money is going to big cities,” Relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins said. I “Right now. half the direct relief | expenditures of FERA is being ; spent in eight industrial states.” Hopkins pointed out that, while congress earmarked a major portion of the appropriation for rural I projects, it gave the President a $976,000,000 leeway in spending the money. Rural [projects such as rehabili-l tation, reclamation and irrigation I could be curtailed by executive | order, he said, and additional funds alloted to activities that could re- ■ employ needy city dwellers. Belief that Mr. Roosevelt might be considering such a move gained credence. Mayor Fiorello H. La- ; Guardia of New York and repre(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O Change Os Judge Sought In Case Hubert R. McClenahan ihas filed ian affidavit so rchang from, judge i in the case of Lawrence Debolt, ' charged with driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, j in Mayor A. R. Holthouse’s court. ■ The affidavit set up the customary ' reason, “bias and prejudice” as reason for asking for change. Debolt’s trial was scheduled for | trial this afternoon, but was post- ; poned until a judge could be select'ed to hear the case. Debolt was - arrested March 30. The auto ihe was driving ran into and knocked over the traffic light at Monroe street cressing. Three Boy Scouts Take Tests Tonight Scoutmaster Marcellus Miller and the Rev. Father Joseph J. Hennes will take three boys from the St. Joe Boy Scout troop to the Fort Wayne Community Center this evening. The boys will be given an opportunity there of passing the tests i necessary for the swimming and athletic merit ibadges. The boys are an Halthouse, Fred Voglewede and Dick Gillig.

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TRAIN STRIKES SCHOOL BUS AT ROAD CROSSING Driver of School Bus Held By Police On Manslaughter Charge Williamsport, Md., Apr. 12—<U.R) —Tragedy hung like a pall over this tiny mountain tanning village I today. No school bell tolled and no down on him at a mile a minute the red brick sc'aool house steps. Instead, the little community of 1,500 people mourned for the 14 youngsters, who died in an accident last night when a fast Baltimore and Ohio train struck their school bus at Rockville. Every person in the Cumberland valley town knew the children who were killed and, so closely has the community intermarried, hardly a household but counted some loss of a nephew, a cousin, a son, or a daughter. The school which was a happy throng of 27 students left yesterday for their excursion was silent I today. Outside little knots of boys ! and girls talked in hushed tones 1 of their comrades. In the funeral parlors of Albert Leaf lay the bodies of the 14 dead. Tomorrow group funerals will be held. At Rockville police held Percy Line, 36, driver o. the bus, on manslaughter charges as state, county and federal agencies investigated the tragedy. The manslaughter charge was filed against Line shortly after he i was apprehended by police for questioning in the fatal accident last night near here. Line was held in jail in lieu of SI,OOO bail. The charge referred [specifically to the death of Norris Downs, Jr.. 16, one of the children who met death when a fast Baltimore & Ohio train crashed into the bus on a grade crossing. Police said Line was so stunned by the shock of the accident that they had been able to obtain little i information from him. Line was apprehended by police early today at Williamsport, Md., i home of The 27 children who were riding in the bus. Os the 27, 14 were killed, two were seriously injured and a number of the others suffered slight injuries. The bus driver was unhurt as was - Miss Louise Funk, school teacher, who was bringing the youngsters back home from a science demonstration sponsored by the University of Maryland. Meanwhile police began an investigation into the accident. No one, as far as police could learn, except those in the bus saw the crash. Line said rain obscured his view of the track and that he was not aware he was approaching a. crossing until the train roared down on him ot a mile a minute clip. The crossing is one ot the most (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O FIRST MEETING OF CALF CLUB IS HELD Boys and Girls Calf Club Holds First Meeting of Year at Monroe Thursday The first boys’ and girls calf club meeting of 1935 was held at the Monroe high school Tuesday evening. with 64 people present, 15 of whom were new calf club members. Ardon Mosser, president, opened the meeting and then turned the program over to Joel Habegger, chairman of the [program committee. Accordian and mandolin music was furnished by Bixler and Bauman of Berne, following which short talks were given by George Krick. Roy Price, Mrs. Helen E. ' Mann, and L. E. Archbold- Merwin Miller, cow tester, led in yells and songs. The calf club show will be held in connection with the dairy show the first full week In August at Decatur, and the boys and girls will be competing for one-day state fair trips. Purdue round-up trips, I'and the junior leaders for junior i leadership training camps. Ardon Mosser, who has just ret turned from bhe eight-weeks short i course at Purdue, announced his willingness to train a dairy judging ■ team, and the county agent stated j that if a good team was developed. 1 the ways and means would be found ! to send a team to the state fair ! competition, with a weeik in the boys* camp on the fair grounds,