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Security Measure ■Passed By Senate I Provides Pensions

■| Keu.it(led Keystone w Deal's ".Must” ■eolation: Only lew M o te Against Bill. KjjiXOß CHANGES ■ lul "' - u <U.P> 1 in , ' <>ll l |K 11. ted prompt u.l|K... • . ■ 'll’.lire of sella’.• differences in the passed mid ■ ponsi.rship. hlll was sent inn i. .1 K .enter, lice with repre|K, ~s ~( the house. which a -m, iar measure April Ki to Ro..<evelt, who th,, bill as the key..tone - legist.,>n. « given assurance he oW 51 .. : I, 11 promptly. Minor ' f'' ted in the senate K, .< ,'ded as seriously ■•. i adimtiisi 'ice pensions ;o d financial aid to tin .■ and unemplov.-.! graduated tax on K.v,-< and employers to fi- ■ .vment insurance ainst future dopreson- Democrat Harrv K. A Jersey -■> nt ion to join ti>c votin : wer. Austin of Vermont. Towns.nd of Delaware of Delaware. f..r the bill were 14 lb - or,.. Progressive, one Lal..-. ,te. and til) Denio measure provides an old- - ■ • ■ ;»-n.-mn program and an (in- ’ to i. o h 25.000.1HH> p.-rs, pensions for the blind ■n.'i i .re, crippled liuldreii. |.: \ d children, and I? for general health. admit .'(ration, in gm.line dir, ugh both, houses, siltonly on one major, IP im.-tt Clark. D . Mo That was a proposal private pension systems alin effect in industry Im from provisions of the i" i amendment was adop.o.l protest of Sen Pit Mrison. D.. Miss., in charge of ■ bill. by a vote of 51 to 35. leaders plan to seek its in conference. half dozen minor amendchiefly aimed at .strengthox- page t-'ivi'i |B* ■o Autos Collide ■ At Street Crossing 0! m bib's driven by Pet \ and Mark Colchin. both of - ded at the int.-r. '•• 1 I"' 1 and Jefferson streets. b fore noon today. N itlmr tr was injured but both <utv s me d' mage. ■K o — Ilk control I LAW IS FOUGHT K e n County Farmers Injunction Against ■ Enforcement Jott Wayne, Ind.. June 2d. -(U.P) suit, seeking an injunctio'.'. s t enforcement of the milk law, enacted by the 193.> •wa general assembly, and emJhcy order No. 2 of the milk B r:i1 board fixing prices in the Wayne area, was ■ fi >e today i n Allen county super- ■ jourt. action, which charges both ■ control law and emergency ordre unconstitutional and void. ■* a led on behalf of ten Allen ■J® 1 !’ farmers and samps Philip Jt-. attorney-general and Ihe ■ members of the state milk con- ■ board. ■wording to the plaintiffs, the of prices as promulgated ■” r emergency order No. 2 "a.re ■“easonable and arbitrary." ■“ e suit was brought in the ■~® of Theodore Buuck, Bernard ■ , ®es. John o. Blume. Frankli ■ - c ». Ervau Knight, J. R Art y, Bernard J. Sorg, Arthur N. ■*bler, p re( j p oe v,i er an d H. L. ■®oney.

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TWO BOYS ARE GIVEN 9S-YEAR JAIL SENTENCE Lads Who Kidnaped Dubois County Sheriff Are Sentenced Today Jasper, Ind., June 20— <U.R) — Two boys, 14 and 17 years old. who admitted kidnaping the Dubois county sheriff in a stolen automobile, were sentenced to 99 years in the state reformatory today- by Judge John L. Sumner in 1 1 circuit court. The boys heard the sentence i without a visible show of emotion. Both the youths, Bascttm Ray, Jr., 14. and Maurice Sheridan. 17, confessed they had broken into houses and stolen automobiles at their homes in Huntington. \V. Va., before coming to Indiana. Judge Sumner gt - them a severe lecture regarding the seriousness of their crimes before i passing sentence. He had postponed the sentencing yesterday when notified that Bascum Ray, Sr., father of the j youngest hoy, was en route to : Jasper but the parent had not 1 I arrived when they were taken to I court today. Sheriff Edward Luegers said he I would transfer the youths to the . reformatory at Pendleton tomorrow. Luegers was kidnaped in front of the county jail here early I (CONTINI'En ON PAGE FIVE> . FERA GRANT TO EXPIRE JULY 27 Appropriation For Adams County To Expire; New Program • The local FERA ■ ffice is marking time until the new federal relief program Is announced. The new program will swpplant the FERA >tnd is reported to be more liberal in the matter of selecting applicants.. No word has been sent here from Indian, polio concerning the working of the plan although the appro-; priation for Adams county expires, Thursday. June 27. The local office has investigated ' under ti'ie FERA program enough needy persons to take care of the new reli 1 f projects. Two PWA projects have been mentioned f-r the county. One is ■ paving of sti.te road 224. The other ' is r building of the school building 1 at Geneva. The state approval has not yet been received for the road project., It has not yet been determined whether to pave the rend with concrete or asphalt. 1 The Geneva school house will tprobablv be built this summer. Tine old building h. s been condemned by the state school and tire mspeHors. . Unless it is completed in th'? next ‘ few months school in Geneva and Wabash township will have to be conducted next tall in rented rooms. Sev ral projects hove been mentioned for Decatur but the city has ' mad-o no application. ‘ The PWA program has a pro [ sion by which the government will ’ make an outright grant of 45 per ’ cent and will if nemssary make a » loan for the balance. O' ’ Tornado In Texas . Takes Two Lives 1 - R, Ils, Tex., June 20-(UP)-tA' • tornado smash, d through a snran 1 .. n i»v 14 mil 1 .6 eoutn •or neie % community H . d • sx.ur— — . a 7 h TS «««-■ -■ “• ' 1 • !„«!. «'• “ k,n “ L " 8 bock to a hosp,tal a ln from the j The M . Numerous nort !’ ea * 3t a hugineS a buildings, and residences wrecke d here be- ' r o re the dipped southward into t.h» Owens conununi y.

Senate First Termers Unite Against “Kingfish” j If- lk FIJLftAjaRT ' J W A J B. □Ko. iMiiiil \ ■■ v \ BK .■ ;? / \ W, I M / ’ V. '- —■■ Z; mW— MM4M t According to their declarations, these new sqlons plan to make it “hot" for Senator Huey (Kingfish) t Long of Louisiana any time he rises in the senate for a filibuster. This Democratic group, calling ' j themselves the "Young Turks," plan to impeed Huey's oratorical outbursts in the senate —if they can. l j The senators pictured are, left to right, Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania, Edward R. Burke of a Nebraska. Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Washington. Sherman Minton of Indiana, and A. Harry Moore I of iNew Jersey. The group got together n Washing ion. _

COMMITTEE FOR DISTRICT MEET Auxiliary Committees Are Named For Conference July 4 Mrs. Charles Weber, president of the American Legion Auxiliary today named committee for the I fourth district legion conference to, be held here July 4. Peg Barr of Princeton, state auxiliary presid' nt; Hattie Waltman. I Columbia City, fourth dHtriet preei-1 dent ; Beulah Brocks of Angola and Katheryn DeWald of Wolcottville, will attend. Following are the coiuuiitteec: | 1 Rec ption committee. Mrs. Charles | Weber, Mrs. Via ent Bormann and ; Mrs. Leo Ehinger. Kitchen com-i ] mittee, Mrs. Tillman Gehrig and ; Mrs. Lloyd Kreischer, co-chairman, | and the M' sdames Fred Ahr, Edgar . Y der. AllLrt Miller, Nick Braun,' Vei n n Aun nd. Frank Liniger, lArt i Myers, Miles Roop, Walter Bock-j man, Charles Burke, Fred McCon- j j nell, Jam 1 s Staley, Ernest Stengel,■ R»iy Clarence Weber, j Harold Daniels. Estella Coverdale, Burl Johnson, Joe McConnell, Lillian Burdge, Lois Graham and Hel. n Umbley. Bingo ■committee: Miss Agnes Ccse, chairman, and the MesdameSj Dallas IBrown. Hubert Schmitt, Raym nd Kohne. T. J. Metzler, Harry Stults, Faye Mutschkr and Theresa Schafer. Registration committee: Mrs. Ralph Roop and Mrs. Adrian Baker. Flower committee, Mrs. Herb Kern and Mrs. Harry Miller. WALEYS, MAHAN ARE INDICTED Federal Grand Jury Names Mrs. Waley As Ransom Note Author Tacoma. Wash.. June 20—<U.R>— Indictments returned by a federal grand jury revealed today that Margaret Waley. 19-year-old Utah K irl who married an ex-convlct against the wishes of her family, played a leading instead of a subordinate part in the kidnaping of George Weyerhaeuser of Tacoma. The jury found that the blonde wife of Harmon Metz Waley. 25. not only rented the Spokane house in which the nine-year-old son of a Tacoma lumber millionaire was confined but also sent the ransom payment contact notes to John Philip Weyerhaeuser, father of the boy. The indictments refuted previous belief that Mrs. Waley had little to do with the abduction case, that she had remained aloof from any participation in the crime except the spending of the ransom money, and that she had had no knowledge of the abduction until informed by her husband that the boy was hidden in the home at Spokane. Confirming previous suspicions that a woman had written the notes signed by the "egotist, a single indictment naming only Mrs Waley indicated that she might have written the notes de on page eight)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, .lune 20, 1935.

Coughlin Advocates I New Deal Measures I St. I.ouis, June 20 —(UP) — The Rev. Charles E. CougCilin. Detroit priest and advocate of social and economic reform, !■ et night outlined , the ipurpos s of hie national union for social justice and attacked the fedenil reserve banking system before an audience of 15.000 s heering followers from Missouri. It was hie first appearance here. The Detroit priest advocated sev- ( i eral n w deal legislative measures, . : either pending or recently passed, ( as carrying out the purposes of his union for social justice. , Prominent among the measures , he favored were the Nye-Sweeney 1 central banking bill and the W 1 gner Conmery labor disputes bill. MANI BANDS TO BE HEBE JULY 4 — Bands And Drum Corps To Compete For Prizes At Conference I I At least 20 bands are expected to i march in the mile long parade to be held cn the Fourth of July in a pro- • gram sponsored by Adame poet number 43 of the American Legion [ for the Fourth District Legion posts . land the general public. Invitations were sent to 75 drum ■ corps and bands in northeastern Indiana. Twelve have already ac- j ■cep ted. Three large cash ipriace liavV been announced for the beet hinds and drum corps. They are: first. 35; second, $25 and third sls. Announcements of the affair will be made over radio station WOWO in Fort Wayne, Saturday, Monday and Wednesday, June 29, July 1 and ; 3 in the news fl sites broadcast at 11:15 o'clock each day. Invitations to speak have been sent to J. Hamilton Lewis. Deme- ■ cratic senator of Illinois, and James I. Farley. Democratic r iprosentative j in congress for the Fourth District. Both men have indicated a willingness to be present if they are in this territory at the time. It may not be possible for them to come as Congress will probably still be In seen ion. The program will open at the Decatur Country dub in the morning. At 1 o’clock the parade will be iheld [ through the Decatur business dis-[ trict. Immediately after the parade the new flag pole, purchased by the ■city of Decatur, will ‘be dedicated ■ [ in the American Legion Memorial j • pork by the rasing of a flag bought , by the local Legion post. .In the evening a display of fire i works will be given on the golf . course of the Deottur Country club. This will be open to the public. Ti'.ie fireworks will be followed by a I dance. i Church Congregation Meeting Is Called t A congregational meeting of toe - Presbyterian church has been call- • ed by the moderator. Dr. Fred I’att terson. The meeting will be held at the close of regular church services > Sunday morning. t This cull is in response to the 1 annual congregat):nal meeting. ' which adjourn'd a few weeks ago to 5 meet at the call of the moderator. ' Matters regarding government of ■ the ■churcihi will be voted on and all ' members are urged to attend.

COMMENTS ON GIRL GRADUATE, 1 Mildred Fogle To Graduate From Mooseheart On June 27 i Commenting on the graduation , of Miss Mildred Fogle, formerly of ■ Geneva., from Mooseheart, on June 27, the first student from Adams i county to be graduated from this J restitution, Charles A. Heare, secretary of the Loyal Order of Moose, said: "Immediately after the death of Mildred's father, application was made to the governors of Mooseheart by the lodge for the admission of the girl to the Moose Child I City of Mooseheart, the internati tonally known trade and academic school in Illinois, founded in 1913 by the Loyal Order of Moose. The application was granted, and Mildred was admitted in February, ' 1930. With her were her brothers Erman, Dailey a-.'. J Joseph, and her ■ ' sisters Sarah and Betty, all of whom are still at Mooseheart. "For more tha.n five years, conI tinned Mr. Heare, “Mildred Fogle [ , has enjoyed all the privileges and ■ opportunities of the Moose program lof child welfare. This program, ; means for every Mooseheart child I the best of care in homelike sur- ' roundings, spiritual and moral : training, ajid a sound education — (both academic ar.d vocational. In I the latter, Mildred's vocational [training has fitted her in cafeteria i management. “In addition." continued the secretary, "Mildred has received al broad cultural educational (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 0 DELAY ACTION ON COAL BILL Guffey Measure Not Likely To Be Considered Until July Washington, June 20 — (UP) - Sipcuker Joseph W. Byrne today said he doubted the house could take up toe Guffey Coal regulation bill until the first week of July, raising new uncertainties in the coal laj bor situation. I The United Mine workers postj poned a strike from June 17 to July on aesur inces that the bill probably ' would be passed by then. I If the bill is not pissed by July ,! tire United Mine workers’ attitude ' at that time would depend largely on whether action on the measure was imminent, it was believed. Byrns sad the house would adjourn Friday until Monday, when the TV A bill will be considered. “We ■sfii/Uld pss that bill by Tuesday, then take up the utility I bill and get that and the federal alcohol legislation out of the way ' by July 1.” he said. Bituminous operators opposing the Guffey bill were joined by the railr.ad.-i, the National Association ’ of manufacturers, and the United Staten steel corporation. The added opposition to the bill, ' setting up a “little NRA” for the ’ bituminous industry, was revealed . when representatives of these I groups asked a ihouse ways and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Roosevelt Proposes To Share Wealth[Of Nation By Levying High Taxes On Large Incomes

COMMITTEE TO GREET GREENLEE Reception Committee Is Named To Welcome Democrat Executive — The reception committee was named today for Pleas Greenlee by Edwin Kauffman, general chairman for the picnic and dance to be sponsored by the Young Democratic club of Adams county at Sun Set park on June 27. The reception committee will be composed of Mayor and Mrs. Arthur Holthouse, Mr. an:d Mrs. Henry B. Heller, Mr. and Mrs. James T. Merryman, David Depp, ajid Mr. and Mrs. John Tyndall. Mr. and Mrs. John Heller, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kirsch, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knapp, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Long, Senator and Mrs. Thurman Gottschalk. Mr. acid Mrs. Herman Ehinger, Mr. a.nd Mrs. Phil Macklin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, G. Remy Bierly, and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Myers. Nathan C. Nelson, Democratic county chairman, will be chairman of tliis committee. Mr. Greenlee will come to Decatur at 6 o dock. He will sit at a, table with the reception committee at the picnic which will begin at 6:30 o’clock. The program is being arranged this week and will be announced Monday. The feature of the program, which will begin at 8 o’clock will be the address by Mr. Greenlee, executive secretary to Gov. Paul (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) _ —o — CHURCH SCHOOL CLOSES FRIDAY Decatur Vacation Church School Exercises Friday Nijfht Closing exercisee for the Decatur vacation .ciburch school will be held at the Decatur high school gymnasium Friday evening at 7:15 o’clock. 1 All the puipite will take (part in the I program. . The last school season will be I- rti day morning. The children will meet ae usual at 8:30 o’clock on the . Central school yard for the flag I raising program. A worship hour i will be held in title building. The children will then go to the i high school gymnasium to practice | for the program Friday evening. The teachers of the school urge that every pupil be present Friday tmorn-

Ing as it will be the only opportunity to practice. Parents are especially urged to attend the program Friday evening [ and the general public is invited. No admission will be charged. The kindergarten class will play I several games and sing a number of 'songs. The primary class will dramatize ' the story of Joseph and his 12 brothers. The juniors will have charge of the worship program. The interniediale class will re- , enact a typi al day in the Decatur vacation church school. Following Ithe prognim certificates will be awarded to several members of the intermediate II class who iliave completed about (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o— McMillen Addresses State Grain Dealers J Anderson, Ind.. June 20—(UP)— I Loans up to -50,000 for moderniza- . | ti'on of plants are available, R. Earl ' Peters state director of the federal housing admlntetraton. told appro- , ixlmately 250 delegates to the Ind- , iana grain dealers assocatfon here I Other speakers included D. W. , Me Millen, Fort Wayne, and L. W. Horning. Indianapolis. Name Clarence Heiman 1 To Assist Committee Clarence Heiman has been ap (pointed to represent the Decatur 3 1 Junior Chamber of Commerce on ' ! the horse show committee for the B j Decatur Free Street Fair. He will 1 , make weekly reports to the imemI bers of the club and the directors.

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LAWYERS FIGHT |' TO SAVE LIFE OF HAUPTMANN Defense Attorneys Seek i To Save Lindbergh Kid- i I naper From Chair -1 Trenton, N. J., June 20—<U.R>~ < Three attorneys sought by argil- I ment and legal precedent today to save Bruno Richard Haupt- , manti from the electric chair. Appearing before the court of i errors and appeals, they contended that the taciturn German carpenter was not guilty of the kidnaping and murder of the Lindbergh baby and was unfairly and improperly convicted by hie Flemington jury. . The appeal was heard secretly by 14 jurists. Every precaution was taken to preserve the calm, frosty dignity of one of New Jersey’s highest court-1. The proceedings were in marked contrast to the trial in Flemington where in a packed courtroom a jury of country-folk listened to weeks of sensational testimony and decided Hauptmann was guilty of one of the most revolting crimes of the generation. The defendant himself was in the death house of New Jersey state prison. He probably will have to wait two or three months before the court hands down the decision that will mean lite or death to him. If it is against him, he will have but one appeal ■—to the court of pardons, which !id strictly a tribune of mercy. It I that fails, then the chair. Hauptmann’s case was argued I by Egbert Rosecrans and FrederI Fisher, his present chief of counick A. Pope, assisted by Lloyd sei. Fisher, not being a counsellor, could not argue. David T. Wilentz. attorney general and the fiery pro«e<Vtor who proved to the satisfaction of the trial jury that Hauptmann is an arch-crim-inal, defended the conviction. Only these characters of the I sensational Flemington trial were present. Absent was Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who day after day occupied a place behind the prosecutor’s table. Also misusing was Edward J Reilly, colorful critnin- . al lawyer and then Hauptmann’s chief counsel. Reilly fell out with liis client after his conviction and ’ was dismissed by Hauptmann’s wife, Anna. The defense had three hours to ' advance its argument and give * rebuttal, and the state the same t (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

GUMMINGS WILL PROBE CHARGES Department Os Justice To Probe Ousted Officer’s Charges Washington. June 20— <U.R) Attorney General Homer S. Cummings today promised to make a “sweeping” investigation of Ewing Y. Mitchell’s charges against the department of commerce. The investigation already is in progress under immediate direction of assistant attorney general Joseph B. Keenan, in charge of the criminal division, Cummings said. “It will not be limited to what Mitchell saw fit to write, but It will be sweeping enough to reach a definite conclusion.” the attorney general said. “An attempt will be made to find the exact, facts.” Cummings’ announcement followed a second appearance of Mitchell, ousted assistant secretary of commerce, before the senate commerce committee. It was even less productive of facts than yesterday’s hearing. Mitchell repeated earlier charges , tha». insutfidientj and regulation by the commerce department “might have been” part- . iy responsible for the Morro Castle disaster and the airplane crash in which Sen. Bronson Cutting, R., N. M„ was killed. “Mr. Mitchell will be given a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Estimate Program Would Net Billion Dollars Annually From Rich Os United States. PLAN UNEXPECTED Washington, June 20. — (U.PJ — President Roosevelt shifted to coi> gress today the responsibility for immediate action on his billion dollar share-the-wealth tax program. The White House indicated thaX while Mr. Roosevelt was desirous of early passage of his three-point program for Increased tax levies on the wealthy, he preferred to let congress decide when and how the measure would be taken up. The White House Intimation was met by a statement from chairman Robert L. Doughton. D„ N. C., of the house ways arxl means committee that his committee would be unable to consider the program for several weeks. A meeting of the senate finance committee was called with an Indication that the group would vote whether it should go into the broad plan at this time. The committee voted to report the resolution extending the present “nuisance” taxes, but with an amendment continuing them for one year instead of two years as the house provided. It was indicated that the White House felt the tax pronouncement was one of the most significant pronouncements by Mr. Roosevelt since assumimng office and that there was no intention of rushing through immediate legislation. Mr. Roosevelt’s three point plan —sent to congress in a dramatic surprise message —provides for: 1. High inheritance and gift taxes o:» large fortunes. 2. Sharply higher income taxes in the upper brackets. 3. Graduated corporation taxes placing a heavier burden on large corporation incomes. The program wa.s estimated as carrying a possible yield of one billion dollars annually. It was indicated that the White House would allow congress to make its own interpretations of the program and to work out legisIsi.tfon in its own way. Doughton said that he did not consider the proposal as being on the president’s “must ’ list. Most of the legislators were unaware the tax plan was coming. The immediate congressional reaction was confused. But in general the plan, found a partisan response of approval and objection. First congressional tax shirmish will come with a left wing senate effort to attach a. high inheritance and excess profits tax rider to the $502,000,000 nuisance tax bill wnicn is due before the senate this week. Sen Robert H. Lafollette, 1 rog.. Wis.. undertook to offer the tux

r < “We are confronted,” he said, “with the alternative of taxing to maintain our credit or being forced into uncontrolled inflation. The “little fellow," individual or corporate, does not ti/ire in the Roosevelt plan as a new revenue source. But the president expressed confidence the program would progressively reduce the burden of the average tax payer. A few thousand of the most profitable corporations a.nd the select group of individuals whose incomes are $1,000,000 or more a year would pay most—probably all-ot the new tax bill. The United Press was Informed that the Roosevelt personal tax plan was aimed principally at mib nondollar Ricomes, of which tlier were 46 in 19-T3. Presentation of this plan to encourage "wider distribution of wealth" and to curtail "inherited economic (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —o- —” Workers On Strike At Ft. Wayne Mill Fort Wayne, Ind., June 20—(UP) —Approximately 600 employee of the Wayne Knitting Milla went on strike today and started picketing toe company plant. Police were assigned to the plant ' as a precautionary measure. Union officials sai dthat 500 kniti sere, affiliated with Branch No. 2of I tlie American Federation of Hoefery • Workers, and 100 employee from un- ■ organized departments were on 1 strike. * The employes charge that the ' company refueed to recognize their union, attempted to Increase the 1 number of working hours and reduce wages. _