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■ecatur Welcomes You 'Decatur is happy in the nrivilege to he the host the annual meeting of the Central Distr ’I con|K nOO of the Evangelical churches. ■g. i c *V zer >ry is honored by the presence ol disbishops, zealous pastors, and anient lavmer. ■■the church, devoted to the cause of Christianity and training. It is a source of local pride to know that the selecJ j 01 Htf* Decatur Evangelical church came in recogSK° n of t]>e outstanding achievements ncconipl'.shed |] ie years by devoted pastor and ever ready EK imperative congregation. ■Mt. " *l lp delegates and visitors we hid an official |K?'"°; mingled with a view of that old fashioned IK “v ” os P’* a Hty of ‘Glad you've come.' ?’ which go to build a true civic conscious|K «!?. real and spiritual. Hlniif ls ., 10 wish of every citizen that you enjov every e of your week's visit and that your conference -■»uicess| u i in its undertakings. „ , Meed ” bchalf of tl,e ci, y of Dec® tur » 1 bi<l >' ml Got | ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, ■ Mayor, City of Decatur.

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Figures in Hollywood Mystery fa a* '.s W r *IIFW J - / K Ba. J-A Bl jStlmlb • / Los Angeles police investigating slaying of Paul Wharton (left), designer of gowns: for Hollywood celebrities, found telegram in apartment addressed to Countess Rina De Liguoro (right), pianist and Italian film star. She explained message to investigators’ complete satisfaction.

LIST WINNERS OF CONTESTS Winners of County Scholastic Examinations Announced By Striker _ The names of the winners of the ; scholastic contests held here SatI urday, April 20. were announced toI day by county superintendent, t'lifI ton E. Striker. The 1 pupils with the highest • grades in each division have been 1 given scholastic letters. The othi era are given honorable mention. The contestants were selected from the best students in each of ' the seven rural high schools. Tito contest is an annual event. English I: Dorothy Adler, Kirkj land; Rose Marie Romey. Hartford; Leßoy Schwartz. Monroe. English II: Anthon Brewster, Hartford; Mary Moran. Jefferson; Alvin Aumann, Monmouth. English III: Lois Mann. Kirkland; Bill Briggs, Geneva; Alberta Brewster. Jefferson. English IV: Franklin Franz. . Monmouth; Anne Romey. Hartford; June Marie Rupel. Geneva. Algebra 9: Rose Marie Romey. I Hartford; Dorothy Adler, Kirkland; ■ Marjorie Chronister. Pleasant Mills; Henry Marshall, Kirkland; Herbert Boerger, Monmouth. Advanced Algebra: Naomi Studler, Hartford; James Overla. Hartford; Ruth Seesenguth, Kirkland. Plane Geometry: Jamea Gorboden. Hartford: Ruth- Gottschalk, Hartford; Ruth Grile. Geneva. Solid Geometry: James Overla. Hartford: Naomi Studler, Hartford; Loris Habegger, Monroe. U. S. History: Burl Von Whiteman. Hartford: Floyd T.ehman, Geneva; Clara Gabel. Jefferson. World History: Robert Franz. Monmouth; Thelma Ray. Pleasant Mills; Kermit Hocker. Monroe. Civics: Fern Bierly, Hartford;! June Marie Rupel, Geneva; Wil-i liam Elston, Monmouth. Economics: Anne Romey, Hart--ford; Franklin Hobrock. Mon-, mouth; Herbert Glendening. ‘ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Robles Kidnaping Reported Solved Wac.hinton. April 3b —(UP) — Fed ral agenie have solved the mystery of the June Roblee kidnaping to their own satisfaction, director J. Edgiir Hoover of the federal bureau of tnv etigation said today. The agentc, are submitting their findings to a f deral grand jury in Arizona. Pending action by the grand jury. Hoover declined to reveal the filets which hie agents ihavo established in connection with the seizure of the Tuceon, Arizona, child who reputedly was held captive in the desert for many days last year. <• , Dispatches from Arizona laot wt. ek .-Hid a Tucoon clerk whose name was withheld, had been linked with the abduction. ANNOUNCECLASS FOR COMMUNION Class of 37 Girls And Boys Will Make First Communion Sunday A clarw of 19 boys and 18 girls will make their First Solemn Communion at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church Sunday morning at the 7 o’clock high mass. The boys are: Thomas Anderson, Harold Bentz, Felix Braun, John Brunton, Daniel Cowen, William Downs. Jam 1 >3 Ehinger. Francis Faurote, Richard Gass, .Albert Gillig. Anselm Hackman, Thomas Lose, Paul Ripherger. John Schultz. Thomas Terveer, Jerome Wait, Eugene Welker, Robert Meyer mid Robert Gillig.

The girle are Mary A. Biker. Marcella Brann. Lois Colchin. Martha Tyn son, Virginia Eyanson, Esther Geels. Norma Keller. Elizabeth Keller, Virginia Knhnle, Mary A. Lenler. Virginie Kunkle. Mary A. Ia ng>ericil’L Vera Lengerich, Barbara Lose. Rose .Ellen Miller. Elizabeth Schmitt. Elizabeth Stults, Joan Voglewede, Rita Lengerich, and Joan Ze.serTire masses Sunday will be the 7 o’clock high .ma.se, and low musses at 9 o’clock and 10 o’clock. The Rev. Father Joseph J. Seinietz will say the high mass and preach the sermon at the 7 o’clock mass. The first communicant* will be enrolled in the.Scajpulari.it tire afternoon services. .in ease there are any adults not enrolled in the Scapular they also will ibe enrolled in the afternoon. Holy Name, K. of C. To Recite Rosary The Knights of Columbus and the Holy Name society will meet at the K. of C. hall at 7:30 p. .m. Wednesday and march in a body to the Andrew C. Foos home to recite the Rosary. —o All Moose Members To Meet Tonight All members of the Loyal Order of Moose are requested to meet at the Moose home this evening at 7:30 o’clock to perform ritualistic work at tlhte Russel Deßolt home.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 30, 1935.

MANY ILLINOIS FAMILIES FEAR OF STARVATION Gov. Horner Makes Plea To Harry Hopkins For ' Immediate Aid Chicago, Apr. 30.— (U.R) — More than 300.000 destitute families in Illinois hoarded the last crusts of scanty relief rations like wartime refugees today as Governor Henry Horner carried an appeal for funds direct to President Roosevelt. Unless the President overrides a refusal by Harry L. Hopkins, FERA administrator, to give the state 114,000,000 or the legislature at Springtleld breaks a deadlock on revenue bills, organized relief will be shut down In all but a few of the state's 102 counties tonight' at midnight. The governor described the plight of 1,200.000 indigents, half ■of whom are in Chicago and Cook county, as “verging upon starva-'. tion.” Hopkins, referring to the state’s . relief situation as "a pain in the neck.” told Horner that no federal funds would be forthcoming until the legislature provides 13,000,000 a month as its share of unemployment aid. “I am going to the White House in a final effort to prevent suffer- ! ing and starvation among our peo- ! pie in event the legislators fail to act,” the governor said in a tele-; gram from Washington. Cliairman Robert J. Dunham of I the Illinois emergency relief com-. mission said “chaos” will result ! unless the legislature passes the ■ . relief program. Meagre food orders will be rontitiued in Chicago and 23 counties | for a few days, he explained, but iin most communities the dole , clients will be thrown upon private I I charities immediately. Chicago’s 23 relief depots were closed and squads of uniformed police patrolled the curbs where fam-1 i ilies gathered and read large signs, l I ((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ! 0 Hold Foos Funeral Thursday Morning Funeral services for Andrew C. Foose, 51, chief engineer of the Dec- j atur light and power plant, who died suddenly at his home, 128 North Seventh street, at 9:50 o'clock. Monday morning, will he ihield Thursday morning at 9 o’clock at the St. Mary’s Catholic church. Rev. Father J. J. Seim-tz will officiate and burial will be nude in the Cath- ' olic cemetery. The body was removed to the Fo s home from Zwick’s funeral home Monday evening.

NRA EXTENSION PLANS DELAYED Hopes of Compromise On Extension Appear Headed For Failure Washington, April 30— <U.R) — Initial hopes of a compromise to insure speedy passage of NRA extension legislation appeared head-1 ed for failure today when a White House conference of senators broke up without reaching agreement. Both Democratic and Republican senators attended the me ?tIng at which President Roosevelt called in secretary of labor Frances Perkins and NRA chairman Donald R. Richberg. Faced with possibility of a bit- I ter fight over the extension question, it was suggested that congress extend the present act to Marc 1 of next year instead of to June 16, 1937. as proposed in the tentaitve bill in senate committee. However, chairman Pat Harrison of the senate finance com- ( mittee said that the conferees were unable to agree upon this plan. As a result of the failure, Harrison said hiiy committee would 1 work as speedily as possible in i submitting an extension bill. He said that executive sessions would be called to consider amendments, i The necessity for speedy action ie emphasized by the fact that the present act expires June 16 i and undue delay might result in i a, lapse of the act. <

' Decatur Men At Masonry Meeting Charles Burdge, Charles ston und Cal E. Peterson wxre In Indianaipolte, Monday to attend the : deliberations of the Scottish Rite Masonry. Mr. Burdge and Mr. Langston attended on proxies while Mr. | Peterson attended by virtue of his : office as a regular member. Dr. Gay- | lord M. Leslie of Fort Wuyne pre- | sided. DOG ORDINANCE GOES IN EFFECT City Ordinance Requiring Dog Licenses Is Effective Today In accordance with an ordinance passed by the city council April 2. all dogs running at large on the streets of Decatur must wear a tag. The council extended this time to May 1 to enable the owners of dogs to purchase licences. A license may be procured at the city hall from the clerk for 50 cents and a tag bearing a ritltnber which i corresponds to the license number must be put on the dog. These licenses are good for one year. After today any dog found on the streets of Decatur will be taken to the city pound, where it will be kept for ten days and if unclaimed after this time will be disposed of. A dog may be redeemed from the pound by the purchase of a license. A charge of one dollar will also be made for care of the dog while in the pound. Ralph Roop, city engineer, is in j charge of the collection and disposition of stray dogs and lias em- ; ployed an experienced dog catcher i whose duties will begin tomorrow. The purpose of this ordinance is to protect the properly of the citizens of Decatur. Farmers wishing (o dispose of stray dogs are requested to bring them to the city i pound where they will receive prop- ■ er care. • — o — GOOD WEATHER AIDS GROWERS Central Sugar Company Official Forecasts Heavy Run Here J. Ward Calland of the Central Sugar Company forecasts the opening of the local sugar factory | several weeks earlier this fall on account of the extremely favorable weather conditions. Due to the fact that the ground is in condi- [ tion, Mr. Calland stated that a checkup showed that 4,200 acres of beets have already been plant-; | ed. The beet growers are busy ' planting today and if there is no : rain by the end of this week and : the weather conditions remain I fair they will have approximately | one-half of the alloted acreage; planted. This is the most opto- i mistic outlook which the beet I growers have had for a number of 1 years and should assure the: planting of the entire allotfnent of 13.770 acres. The government benefit payment checks have come in and will be distributed in the territory of Harry Overmeyer, Woodburn, and Dave Campbell, Wells county. The payments have ahso been approved for E. L. Harlacher’s territory, Adams county. This first payment is approximately $9.00 per acre for each acre of beets planted in 1934. It is estimated that the second payment which will be made later will be of an almost equal amount. Due to the recent increase in acreage allotment for the Decatur factory district, beet growers will be able to plant as much acreage ao they desire in practically every case. 0 Clean Up Week To Open Next Monday “Clean up week’’ in tho city of De.atur begins Monday. May 6- Any one desiring rubbish hauled away is requested to (place it in containers in the alleys. A city truck will remove the rubbish free of charge. Thia city council desires that this ■trtlßh be collected and placed In tt’-ue alleys as early in the week as possible so no one will be overlooked by the truck, drivers.

: C. C. DEALER ■ SUMS UP NEW DEAL RESULTS J 1 ’■ U. S. Chamber of Commerce President Discusses New Deal Washington. Apr. 30. (U.R) The ■ United States Chamber of Cotn- ! merce today found good and bad —I sound and unsound side by side! in President Roosevelt’s recovery program. " Conservative, white-haired Henry I. Harriman, outgoing president, summed up thus the conclusions of the nation’s leading industrialists at their 23rd annual meeting: e "As 1 discuss with business men the measures comprising the new B deal 1 am impressed with the fact that the chief objection is not to J the basic principles underlying , many of these measures, but to the extremes to which they have been carried. The new deal has e attempted much that is good but * it has tried to do too much in too _ short a time. ? "It has forgotten that gradual growth and development is the law of life and that great changes should come through the evolution I of human experience." Harriman opened the convention with hLs carefully planned address I in the magnificent great hall of the j chamber, where tho banners of r America's discoverers fluttered e from the beamed ceiling. He outlined for the 2,000 delegates the I ( accomplishments and the failures ] of the new deal, checking the good '. against the bad. so that apparently r ! they balanced almost exactly. . i Other speakers were not so diss passionate. C. B. Ames, chairman ■_ of the Texas company, said the K people were tired of “the bungling effort of Washington bureaucracy v to regiment" business. A. O. Dawson, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, indicated his membership dreaded a threatened spread of new deal policies to his majesty’s government in the north. Other si>eakers attacked other tangents of the recovery > drive. J Despite his qualms over such (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Deßolt Funeral Rites Wednesday Funeral services for Russel F. De--1 Bolt. 33, General Electric employe. . j wll'.o died at the Adame county me- , morial hospital Sunday night, will , be held Wednesday afternoon at , 1:30 o'clock at th'e home. 523 Jeffereon street, and at 2 o’clock at the United Brethren church. Rev. , iW. H. Fnmklin will officiate and i burial will be in the Decatur ceme- . tery, 3RD SHOOTING VICTIM DIES I Henry Bolte Dies; Third Death In Mysterious Hollywood Affair Hollywood. April 30 — (UP) — Three deaths were charged against the film colony’s strange murder my&ltery today as investigators sought to link “other crimes” with the baffling case. Henry E. Bolte. 39, law professor, died in u hospital, second victim of William M. Howard, former naval reserve ensign, who sh?t and (killed Paul Mharton, dress designer, pum'ped two bullets into Bolte’s body, and then committed suicide. Bolte’s death left investigators . without a witness tir on whom they could depend to clear up many mysterious circumstances that ibave been uncover, d in connection witli the tragedy. Captain Norris J. Stensland said he had counted on the law proses- ; ■sor's testimony to establish a definite motive for the double murder and suicide which is believed to have folowed a quarrel between Whorton and Howard over money. , Investigators await d the results of on inquest, called for tomorrow morning, la the hope ti at witnesses summoned to the inquest may provide additional evidence which could be used as a foundation for continuing the investigation. “We believe that one (person in ((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Conference Secretary Rev. Arthur H. Docscher, secretary of the Indiana Evangelical conference, has charge of records at the opening session. A new secretary will lie elected at this meeting, as Rev. Doescher will become assistant treasurer of the superannuation fund, with offices at Cleveland. YOUTH HEALTH DAY WEDNESDAY Youth Day In Health Will Be Observed In Decatur Tomorrow (Students of the public and parochial grade schools of Decatur will attend a mass meetinc at the Cath( lie high school auditorium Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock as the feature of Youtli Health Day. The affair is part of the city's observance of Youth Week. An interesting program has been arranged, both of an entertaining and educational nature. Heading the entertainment feature will be a 30-minute musical program by the Werling Twins musicians. The outstanding member of this group is seven-year-old Wanita Werling. who will sing several selections. Her sister, Viola, will accompany on the piano. Edgar and Oscar Werling will sing several numbers, nccomnan-1 ied by their guitars. Tho other: members of the group, Gretchen: and Maxine Stuckey of Geneva. (CONTTNURn ON PAGE THREE) Junior C. of C. To Meet Tonight AU ntembere of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce are reouesti d to attend the meeting to bo held at 7:30 o’clock tonight at the Central school building. The constitution wil be approved and officers elected fr.ni nominations from the floor. While the ballots are being count- i 'cd French Quinn, fi’’O first president ] of the Decatur Chrtmber of Commere? will give a short talk on the organization of the first club and the Doss Utilities of the junior gr up. Members of the membership committe? are asked to check up at the meeting and turn in the names of the members chained-

Rev. Sundermann Is Responsible For Bringing Conference Here

The Rev. M W. Sondermann, pastor of the First Evangelical church of Decatur, is the one person many responsible for the selection of Decatur as the conference city for the 83rj session of the, Indians annual conference of the Evangelical church, wilin'! convened in Decatur this afternoon. Rev. Sundermann is Hr? dean of the Protestant ministers in Decatur and is now completing his seventh year in this city. Born in Huntingburg he attended the pulflic and high schools there and lati. r tnught sciliiool for a few years. He entered North Central college at Napersville, .Illinois and was graduated in 1897. He followed this with a three year course- at the Evangelical Th'ologionl Seminary, where lie was graduated in 1900. Rev. Sundermann entered the mlnlstiery immediately after his graduation. His first charge was at Portland, He spent five yeans in

LOCAL CHURCH HOST TO LARGE STATE MEETING Indiana Conference Os Evangelical Churches Opens Here Today Delegates began arriving today to attend the 83rd session of the Indiana annual conference of the Evangelical .church which opened today and will continue through Sunday evening. Approximately 175 leaders of the Evangelical church in Indiana, together with a number of national officers and speakers, will attend the sessions of the first major convention in Decatur for several years. Tliis morning at 10 o’clock the first meeting was held, a meeting ' of the board of Christian education. This meeting was not open ' to the public. , The first scheduled meeting opi ened at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon with the annual meeting of . the conference board of examines, presided over by the Rev. D. O. Wise. This was followed by an address at 4 o’clock by the Rev. ’ George S. Lozier, pastor of the Broadway ciiurch in Indianapolis, w’ho talked on “Qualified for the Ministry.” I Dinner will be served at the Knights of Pythias lodge this evening at 5 o'clock. Tliis evening at 7:30 o’clock Rev. Wise will preside over a i meeting of the board of examin- ; ens. Music will be presented by ’{the Calvary Evangelical church I choir. Tlie Rev. H. 11. Mueller, -; pastor of the First Church of Ini dianapolis. will deliver the adi j dress of the evening on “Revival or Revolution.” i One of the first of the delegates to arrive in Decatur was :! Rev. Mueller. Arrangementshave been completed to house the dcleI gates and speakers in the homes ■of members of the congregation i and friends of the church. Noon lunches and evening dinners will be served by the ladies aid society of the church at the (CONTINUED ON PAGf! THREE) GIVE APPROVAL TO REAL ESTATE SALE Approval is Given by Judge DeV’oss For Sale of Property Os Closed Bank Approval was given today by Judge Huber M. DeVoss to Clark J. Lutz, special representative for the Indianu Department of Financial >’nstitutiors, to sell real estate belonging to the Peoples Loan and Trust company. This is one of the last stages of | the final settlement of the liquidation of the closed bank. Five piec e of property will be sold. They are the bank building at the corner of Second 'ind Madison streets; the Madison Hotel building at the •(■'. rner of First and Madison streets; a residence on tue 'east side of Mercer avenue near the Adams Coiijiity memorial h spital; the Singleton property on north Eighth street, and the 80-acre Clear farm in Union township. Notices of the sxle will he published soon.

Olney, .Illinois, Und five years in Evansville before being sent to the BeviUe Avenue Evangelical church in Indianapolis. He then became pastor of tine First Evangelical church in Fort Wayne and later the First Evangelical church in South Bend. From South Bend, Rev. Sunderrnnnn camie to Decatur seven years ago in the spring of 1928. Rev. Sundermann on April 17, 1902 married Miss Minnie S. Bitner of Manhatten, Illinois. She died five years ago in Decatur. He has four children living: Mrs. R. C. Hosterman of Charleston, WVa„ is an artist of national prominence. Mrs. K. D. Boucher of Boston, Mass, was a teacher in the Central Ihigh school at South Bend for seven years. -Esther Sundermann will be graduated from the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, this spring. Arthur Sundermann. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)