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Ask Authority To Examine Charges Washington May 10—(UP)—The house judiciary commjttee today voted to offer a resolution to the I [house caking authority to c induct |, full examination of impeachment charges brought by Rep. Everett | M. Dirksen, R. illlinois, against Unit- | ■ ed States circuit judge Samuel Al I sahuler. Committee chairman Hatton W. Sumners, D.. Texas, odd the extent ' of the hearings would depend "on deveLpmente brought out iby our inI vestlgatlon.s." . I The step wae decided upon in an . I executive session to have Jeese C. . i Duke, Washington attorney, admit 1 ted as hie counsel. COMPLETE PLANS j FOR INITIATION Knights of Columbus Initation Will Be Held Here May 19 II Plane are ipractiuully complete fer ' the holding of the Knights of Col- , umbus initiation in this city, Sunj day. May 19. ’ j A cla.cs of at least 33 candidates i and 16 former m- mbeiw who will be ' reinstates! will be received into the I local K of C. council. The day's program will begin wlto : I the Knights of Columbus, candi-1 1 dates and visitors attending the | j 8:30 o’cli ck mass ut St. Mary’s i Catholic church. The men will ,' march from the K. of C. hall to the . I church in a body. Th ? Rev. Father Joseph J. SeimI etx, ipantor of St. Mary’s will be cele,l bmnt of toe maee and will aleo de- , liver the sermon. J Beginning at 10:15 o’clock the ; first degree will be conferred on the candid t s at the K. of C. hall L .cal lodge officers, with Father >. Seintetz. acting aa.jiiaaler of cere-1 monies, will confer this degree. The. econd and third d -gre s will I be conferred by district deputy Hen- j ry Hasley and staff of Fort Wayne, | starting at 2 o’clock, .prompt, in the afternoon. A couple hundred visitors ore expected here for the initiation ceremonies. Invitations have been ex-, tended by the Decatur council to I lodges in 24 surrounding towns, in- | eluding Fort Wayne, Huntington. I Bluffton. Portland. Auburn and ; other places. Tie committee in charge of the i ■ program i-s composed of formet I grand knights of Decatur council j No. 864 ' f the Knights of Columbus, of which C. J. Carroll, immediate p:st grand knight, is chairman. The members of the class are, John F. Schurger. Jerome Ksller. Oscar Lengerich, Albert F. Hain. John B. Fburote, John G. Brite. Herman 'C. Keller, Leo F. Schultz, j James. M. Lose, Herman J Faurote. iHernijn C. Alberding. William R | Lc.;?, Richard J. Wertzberger. Edward F. Debolt. Cbirles J. Leonard. I Edward W. Noonan, Fran; is H. Geimer, George J- Sohultz, Edward f i Li se, Herbert J. Lengerich, Jerome ! F. Mylott. Herman J. Km pke. Noole I E- Drum, Clem J. Baker. Otto J. i Baker. Fred J. Mylott. Jerome H. I Geimer. Louis J. Kelly, Raphael I A. Meyer, Cyril E. Heiman, Adrian J. Lichtle, Bernard T. Lengerich, | Woodrow E. Wilson. The new class and reinstatements will give the 100 1 council a membership of more than 275. Medical Society Meeting Delayed The regular meeting of the Adams county medical society, scheduled to be held this evening, has | be n postponed until next Friday, i May 17. The meeting was canceled ! a« a number of 100 J .physicians deI sired to attend a meeting of the j Well*} county society at Bluffton this evening. Dr. 0- F. Dixon of the May> Bios, clinic at Rochester, Minn, will apeak I at the Bluffton meeting on ’N’ancer of the Colon.” This meeting will be I Held at the Bliss hotel, starting at 6:30 p. mWill Contest Verdict Given To Defendants A jury in the Adams <iliuit court late this afternoon found foi the defendants in the suit co -j testing the will of the late Milliam T. Waggoner. The J ur > ' liberated only 10 minutes The suit was one in which John A > Lhamon and others sough have the will declared invalid.

45 SEAPLANES I MANEUVER IN NORTH PACIFIC — Spectacular Mass Flight Os Naval Planes Draws Attention — | (Copyright 1935 by United Press) Honolulu. T. H., May 10—<U.R)— Stripped of its entire aerial defense unit, Honolulu looked westward today for the first trace or report of 45 naval seaplanes, "lost" In the huge war amphi--1 theater of the North Pacific. The planes took off from Pearl Harbor yesterday, bound for isolated Midway Island, 1.200 ! northwestward, in a spectacular I mass flight phaee of the United States fleet’s gigantic war games. Secrecy as deep as that attending start of the flight cloaked the unit's whereabouts today. • Indications were, however, that the planes would not reach Midway before Saturday. The island is the westermoat point of the Dutch harbor — iSan Diego—midway geographical triangle, within which 153 warships and 466 airplanes. comprising the bulk of America’s sea and air strength, are working with the intricacies of fleet "problem 16.” Apparent failure of the armada > to appear at midway substantiated growing belief that the craft had set down on the water near French Frigate Shoals, approxi-' ma’ely 600 miles northwest of Honolulu, overnight. It was believed the planes would . engage in extensive tactical exer-, cises before continuing their hop I to Midway’s sandy atoll, a strate-l gic though virtually uninhabited | island whose importance has in-1 j creased a hundredfold with wid-. ening air exploration of the I ! Pacific. A fact considered significant in i many quarters was that many of the 200 officers and mon engaged in the huge mass flight are entirely familiar with topography and conditions of Ihe frigate shoals region. On two previous occa-1 sions, smaller groups of navy i planes have made the 600 mile hop. This fact increased belief that the air armada, trailed and preI ceded by cruisers and destroyers of the fleet, had landed on tropiI cal waters of the shoals area for fueling and mechanical cheenups. I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CLUB OBSERVES MOTHERS’ DAY Rotary Club Pays Honor To Mothers Thursday Evening Decatur Rotarians, in regular meeting Thursday evening ut the Rii'"- hotel. p:id honor to their m' there as th? annual observance of Mother’s Day. Several of the members had j their mothers as guestsRev. George O. Walton, pastor of | the First Presbyterian church of tois city, delivered the Mothers’ Day i ddress. The speaker urged the Rotarians not to overeentimentalize the observance of Mothers Diy but to pay deep and uacred respect to the mothers. Rev. Walton said, “despite the rapid rate ut which the world is moving in this day and uge, we need have ino fear of destruction of our civilization so long as keep the respect and honor for lour mothers.” Mrs. Walter Krick, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Carrie T. Haubold, tang three beautiful selections, all depicting Motoers' Day themes. Bryce Thomas, preeident of the (.(XINTTNUED ON PAGE EIGHT) — 10Former Berne Man Is Given Sentence Bluffton, May 10—Andrew Biberstein, formerly of Berne, Thursday was sentenced to 1-10 yearn in the Indiana State prison, at Michigan City, following hie conviction by a jury in Wells Co., circuit court late Wednesday evening. He was found guilty on a charge of receiving stolen goods. Daul Crosibie, also on trial i with Biberatein, was acquitted. i

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 10, 1935.

Hold Youth in Extortion Plot HEt a / 4 iB " 1 1 i fl ■ ii " 1 Isl kl F juz. ■*' r Wwl / MR <, T| W/ b \ z Vyl; ■Bl ’(fr Mr. and Mrs. James Kemper Peter Warren An attempt to extort $250,000 from James M. Kemper, wealthy banker of Kansas City. Mo., led to the arrest of Peter W'arnen, 20. of Dallas, Tex., inset. Mr. and Mrs. Kemper, who were threatened with abduction, are shown above.

CROWDS ATTEND SCHOOL EXHIBIT Splendid Exhibit of Students’ Work Shown At School Gymnasium Approximately 500 people thronged the D. H. S. gymnasium Thursday afternoon and evening to see the most ambitious exhibit ever presented by the school. ; The outstanding feature of the ’ exhibit was the large futuristic. platform decorated a la Century of Progress. Black and silver was I I the theme portrayed in straight t lines in the background. Lights and flowers made the’ platform look like the stage at a first night (production of a Broadway show as high school girls mod-i eled dresses and other garments made, in the sewing classes of the Decatur high school under the direction of Miss Blanche McCrory, ! home economics instructor. The stage was designed and exe- j cuted by the art department of the , school under the supervision of ’ Miss Katherine Kauffmaji, art in-; structor. In the center of the floor of the gymnasium was a row of boards on . which were arranged the art work . of the more advanced classes. Sev- • eral of the pieces were far above j the average for high school pupils. The advanced work of the man- 1 ual training classes was shown in | a double row of furniture, boats and other projects which illustrat-1 ed the modern trend in the school j systems which attempts to give the pupils by actual work some] concept of the principles of the manual arts. Mechanical drawing exhibitions consisted of nearly perfect plates drawn by pupils in the classes under the direction of Amos Ketchlum, manual training and mechanI ical drawing instructor. Along the sides of the room were large boards showing the work of the art classes in the various public schools in the city. Several model stages, built, by the children in the ward schools, were peopled with paper dolls dressed to represent people in oth-; er countries. Proper settings were arranged behind the characters. An unusual exhibit was prepared by the pupils of the South M ard (PONTTNUWn ON PAGE TWO) —.— Berne Baccalaureate Services On May 19 The Rev H. E. Tropf, pastor of the Berne Missionary church, will preach the baccalaureate sermon to the members of the Berne high school senior class on May 19. The commencement exercises' will be held Monday evening, May I 20 at the auditorium. Tuesday even-1 Ing the high sc tool operetta will be | given at the school auditorium. i On Friday May 17 the alumni banquet will be held in ths auditorium. John Gottschalk, son of State Senator Thurman Gottschalk, will be the toast master. The annual junior senior reception will be held this evening in the auditorium.

JUMPS FROM AUTO, DIES OF INJURIES Leapt From Auto to Evade Arrest For Spearing Fish; Dies of Skull Fracture 'I Columbia City. Ind., May 10 — (UP)—Claire S. Wineland. 36. of near Tri-Lakes resort, died in Linville memorial hospital here today I of a fractured skull and other injuries received when he jumped from the automobile of Jake Ma?rs, a game warden, in an attempt to [take his life rather than fice , charges of illegally spearing fish. Moers had placed Wineland under] ■arrest for spearing fish in C dar 11 - ke and woe folowing another automobile occupied by Bert Harrirk and Arnie Egolf, I.' th of Columlna City, who were fishig with Wineland but escaped before being ari rested. i Th? gum? warden had just overtaken the fleeing automobile when Wineland jumped from Maer's cor onto the pavement of state road [ 102 near Cedar Lake. Harrick and Flgolf assist 'd Moers lin bringing Wineland to the hospital and were then arrested f- r . spearing blue gills and bass in i Cedar Lake. HOUSE PASSES I BANKING BILL Lower House Next Will Take Action On Farm Credit Measure Washington, May 10 —(UP)—The i house, having named the conttov reail 1 dministration Central Bank bill, turned today to the farm credit administration net amendment bill. The house parsed the bank bill 271 to 110 and sent it to an uncertain fate in the Senate. Sen. Carter ■ Glass. D., Va ardent foe of the bill (Planned an effort to defeat the sec- ’ tlon giving the federal reserve power to manipulate monetary iptjJiciesSenate consideration of the bill i may be delayed for aeveral days, I possibly weeks. I Leaders in toe house predicted early pamsage of the FCA amendments. Ct previously was approved by the senate. The following ntaipor features are | provided by the banking bill. Temporary insurance of bank deposits through the Federal deposit i insurance corpoilitiion imade permanent. Federal reserve board in empow- ■ ered to control open market operations of th? entire reserve system. Technical amendments to the banking law, largely non-controver-I sail, intended to ipto vide smoother I (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Q I Mothers, Daughters To Attend Services The mothers and daughters of the St. Mary’s Catholic .a'turch will attend services in a body Sunday in commemoration of Mathers Day. They are asked to meet at the echool before tha 7 o'clock mass.

LONG ATTACKS PRESIDENT FOR PLAN TO VETO Thousands of Messages Denouncing Veto Received At White House Washington, May 10. — (U.R) — | Huey Long charged in the senate | today that President Roosevelt’s | I refusal to accept the Patman bon-us-inflation bill was “leading the Democratic party to slaughter.” As he spoke, telegrams were pouring into the White House urging the president to sign the bill. Long said someone "ought to go down to the White House and tell the President to pay some attention" to messages. But a veto still seemed certain and the Patmanites hunted vainly for enough senate votes to over- ( ride the expected veto. Long’s tirade, branching off into a general denunciation of the President and his advisors, was expected to be futile as far as any effect on the senate lineup was concerned. ♦ More than 100,000 mesages pour-j Ing in from all parte of the country j apparently had failed to swing the President away from opposition to I the measure. The bill, passed 55 ! to 33 by the senate, has not yet reached the President. A veterans' organization launch--1 ed a campaign to bring 1.000,000 messages urging the President to I sign the ‘“greenback' 1 bill. Telegrams from Father Charles Coughlin's radio appeal continued to trickle in. Mr. Roosevelt’s continued opposition to immediate payment of the bonus was reflected in a telegraphed message to a St. Louis American Legion convention that ■ "war veterans are, and should be, ■ interested in tlie welfare of the, | country as a whole.” “Our constant objective,” the, Resident messaged, "is to care for the disabled, the sick, and destitute. American Legionnaires and veterans of all wars support this national policy.” Patmanites in congress were wary of comment, pointing out that the message contained no direct reference to (Tie bonus. "There’s nothing new in that (message) so j far as I can see," one bonus advocate said. Sen. Huey P. Long, anti-adminis-1 tration leader of the bonus, asked facetiously if the message was signed "knight of the nourmahal.” j “Then I have no comment to make,’, he said. Only forces generally conceded the President would veto the bill | oalling for the printing of $2,250,i 000,000 in greenbacks to pay the bonus. They denied, however, this would involve the country in dang- | erous inflation. Administration coders conceded ! the house probably would pass the bill over a veto. The house voted 318 to 90 six weeks ago to pass | the Patman bill. The real fight, if lit comes to a show-down, will be in the senate. A United Press poll of the senate revealed 38 members — tour more than needed to sustain a ■ presidential veto—pledged to a last, [ ditch fight against the Patman bill. I Only 48 indicated definite intention to override a veto. Boy Scout Troops To Collect Papers The American Legion and the Liona club Boy Scout troops will collect old pipers and magazincn in a house to house canvass of the city Saturday. The troops have divided the town between them. The citizens are requested to co- ' operate with the scouts on thie day which will be the conclusion of I cle n-up week. The money raised I by the sale of the papers and magazines will be put in the scout funds. Monroe League To Give Play Monday i The Epworth League of the M'.inroe Methodist church will give the third presentation of the play, "Wiki Ginger" in the hall above the hatchery in Monroe Monday night at 7:30 o’clock. General admission will be 10 cents. Virginia Reinhard and Mer-e---dito« Johnson will play the leading parts in the play. This marks the third presentation of the ipr duction it having been given previously at Monroe and Kirkland townships.

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College Choir To Sing At Hospital The Buffton College Vesper i Choir of Bluffton, Ohio, will sing | on the lawn at the Adams county I memorial hospital Sunday afterI noon at about 3:30 o'clock, for the I patients at the hosiptal. They will especially sing ia requi»t number of Ml.ss Martha Burkholder, a patient ut the hospital. whin- was dean of women at the college last year. FILES ANSWER TO COMPLAINT Gerhard Marbach, Held For Violating City Ordinance, Files Denial A general denial to the complaint against Gerhard Marbach, charged with violation of the city’s new ordinance prohibiting peddling j within the city limits, was filed in Marbach’s behalf before Mayor Holthouse toffay by Attorneys Fruchte and Litterer. Marbach was arrested last month i on an affidavit charging him with I house-to-house peddling of bread, in violation of the ordinance. He was released on bond and the case is set for trial Saturday morning ! at 10 o'clock. Paragraph one of the answer to ] the complaint sets out that Mar-] j bach denies each and every allegation. Paragraph two alleges that the ordinance "is unconstitutional and null and void and of no effect, for the folowing reasons: “‘That said ordinance is in violation of the Constitution of the State of Indi-1 ana and in particular section 23, j which reads. "Privileges equal —I The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of ' citizens, privileges or Immunities, which upon the same terms, shah not equally belong to all citizens.” The answer to the complaint | then cites the following reasons: I “The said ordinance grants privileges to the citizens of Adams county, Indiana, which are not equally and upon the same terms open to i all citizens. The ordinance grants i privileges and immunities to the citizen who is a resident of Adams county who offers for sale products raised, made, manufactured or grown in Adams county in that such citizen is not requir-1 ed to apply for a license nor to pay . the fee of $5.00 per day while the citizen who is not a resident of Adams county who offers for sale i such products is required to apply i (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) FRIENDS RALLY AROUND BANGS Huntington Mayor Remains In Jail As Friends Promise Support Huntington, Ind.. May 10—Supporters of Mayor Clare W. H. Bungs planned a campaign of retaliation against the Northern Indiana power company today while their lender enjoyed a martyr’s role in the ■county jail. Bangs advocated a program without violence last night when he spake torough cell bars to irate, followers who gathered to demand his release. “,I’itn in here for a principle — don’t di> anything that will reflect on my cause.” he said. Police chief R. C. Forest told the ■ crowd, “You’ll go home if you're, good friends of the mayor." The crowd dispersed after a vol-1 ley of cheers for the mayor. Bi inks went to jail two days ago rath r than post a $2,000 bond while awaiting appeal from a conviction on a contempt aharge growing out of operation of the city electric plant in competition with the power company. A boycott against the power company and continued extension of the city plant’s facilities were planned by the mayor’s followers. Pledges to burn coal oil lamips until city power is available throughout the city were circulated. Power Company officials retaliated with notice that its emergency .stand-by .service will be limited to street lighting, traffic signals and public buildings None of the current sold to the municipal plant by the private utility may be distributed to commercial customers, the notice said.

FEDERAL HEAD MOVES TO AID STATE'S NEEDY Harry Hopkins Announces Grant of Over Million For Early Use Chicago. May 10. —(U.R) - The federal government moved today tu avert actual starvation in Illinois. A stalemate between federal and state authorities which precipitated a desperate relief crisis was partially broken by federal relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins when he sent word to Chicago that a $1,200,000 “special fund" may be pressed into use to meet the most pressing needs of those on relief. The $1,200,000 was uncovered by Robert J. Dunham, chairman of the Illinois emergency relief commission who explained it had been ear marked for other purposes but had been released to help meet the crisis under a special ruling by Hopkins. Although the money is little more than a drop in the bucket toward meeting Illinois’ normal relief bill of $13,000,000 monthly it was a windfall to relief workers’ I themselves forced to work without pay, because it gives them enough to meet the requests of the most deserving families. It was anticipated that probably $500,000 of the money would go to I Cook county where there are about 50 per cent of the state's indigents. The remainder will be allocated to the downstate counties according to their needs. Siege Is Ended | Springfield. 111., May 10.—(U.R) — A dejected band of hunger marchers straggled back to their desti- | tute families today, leaving behind i the threat of a new "starvation . I siege" on the state capitol. | Several hundred marchers, converging on the statehouse from . communities where acute suffering following in the wake of relief station closings, were persuaded to ) evacuate when the legislature ad- ! journed until next week. Gerry Allard, jobless miner and leader of the marchers, said the siege would be resumed Tuesday i "if we have enough strength left in our starving bodies.” The destitute awaited an answer from a direct appeal to President Roosevelt in which they charged that "government in Illinois has ] broken down” and that “the politicians are playing Po litiea wit ]' (CONTINUBD ON PAGE TWO) O Two Berne Teachers Resign Postions Berne, May 10—Two local teachers. Miss Mirimi Small and Miss Nova Lehman, have resigned their .positions, effective at toe conclusion of the present school term. Supt- E. M. Webb of the Berne schools announced today. It is nnderntood that both of the teachers will enter the field of matrimony in the near future. MUST REGISTER MOTOR VEHICLES All Motor Vehicles for Hire In Indiana Must be Registered By May 15 (Indianapolls, Ind., May 10 —(UP) —(All motor vehicles for hire which come under the jurisdiction of the public service commission must be registered by May 15, it was announced today. The registration is held under the new (bus and truck law which bei came effective May 1. The law required that all persons and corporations which operate buses (and trucks for hire must apply fbr new certificates or permits to operate as common carriers, contract carriers, or householder movers before June 1. Those now holding certificates and permits may be granted new ones without the necessity of holdj ing public hearings and merely filing of (applications and a $25 fee with the commission. Motor vehicles operated for hire must be registered et a fee of sl2 a year. Provision is made for a $2 registration fee to cover May and June, after which the sl2 fee for the ensuing fiscal year becomes due. Househiold movers, placed under the commission’s jurisdiction by a 1935 law, are required to tpey only a $5 application fee. The registration fee is sl2 a year,