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bj INTEREST Un centers hjOIINR EUROPE LitJ \nnics Are Temp rHriiy » ,a,u : d By I Klea'} Rains t as Louis F. Keemle, ■ cable Editor) BA,. p ... u armies in EthiI*' „.,.•' / Halted by rain tl „. ■** ta Il where Great -.1 >oasing signs ,h ''| | mall. approach ■Fg. ■ Mediterranean ■m interpreted in ways: Kiihsr Britain is anxious to fW'-" ' V persuading Mus■T. J Ids army out of Litening the way to when fchertb :.e Sign of yi. lding on EldL Mussolini has with■z- m of troops from h and told Ej, •«up to Britain to some ships : . him that one the bucket i,, number still rehe retort was KgkL in t May uhell an official Rome EK, '>iat Mussolini ... Bfttsltuatioii was grave enough the head men of the Britm ofr fr ""’ ■Hn.-ral . ampaign to hold a on the subject. item of interest was Kwieneva where the league stopping the of oil. coal, iron and Italv Deprived of those E3Bh pnuinets. Italy eventual- ■ & !..■ ■ poke.| mtn sulimis- .. . :> i n tie- lea-. ie lay Bw’ neutrals feSls the United States and | EaSy tn stop such exports. To eyes, it looks like a stiff to hurdle, but the league i »»*rl given up hope of gett- 1 United States to join the j ■Mfßunishinent of Italy, under btMwiili pretext as the provis-Kellogg-Briand anti-war ITte military situation in Ethistatic. The Italian adhalted by rain, as anyesterday by Webb Milis at the front, reporting! | Addis Ababa, which ’75 remote j and whose official ! of information have prov-| too accurate, announced Italian patrol had entered ■Bit and had been uHven off Bh ikses. The report was ratein view of other inWTMHion, although it was poss Be tlat small advance scouting of native Italian troops BMpave reached the town. |FT OF ROD" CURE NEAR ENO ■ Knse In Famous Baby Rase Nears End Os Testimony Nov. 6—(UP)—Counsel St. Louis "gift of God" baby cn convening of today that the defense testiwill .conclude today, likelihood oi rebuttal tesopening tomorrow. development indicated that may be reached late .this M«s to whether Anna Ware, an Newton, Pa., domestic, or -■belle Tipton Muench, middleK St - Louis woman, will be acustody of the eleven-weeks now in children’s hospital. of Miss Ware’s court of action opened a half hour Edgar J. Keating, counsel 3 E rs ' uenc h, stated he wished [ K poena several additional wit- j none of whom immediately °®l He located. unwed mother in the case ■J aite here in mid-August to ' ® oirth to a son, charges that she surrendered it for adop- ■ BJ? hours after it was born, it ■Ei'en to Mrs. Muench and not ■Memphis, Tenn., couple as she ■been led to believe. ■y night session in the specHr’’ caße secured last night in Rush H. LtrnBoN'IINUBD on PAGE SIX).

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Merchants Warned Os Check Forgers Decatur merchants were warned today by Sheriff Dallas Brown and Chief of Police Sephus Melchl to guard against check forgers. A for- | ger, attired an a fanner, passed two bad checks in this city a few days ago. Also, local officers Lave been notified of numerous forgers traveling throghout this section of the state, most of them traveling in couplet). CRIME EXPERT TALKS TO CLUB Kenneth Boadway Speaks To Decatur Lions Club Tuesday -Kenneth Boadway. who has charge ~f the personal identification, finger printing and photography i bureau of St. Claire -ounty of which i Port Huron. Michigan, is the county seat, addressed the Decatur Lions club Tuesday night. George Morris. brother-in-law of Mr. Boadway. wae in charge of the meeting. Mr. Boadway stated that the history of personal identification through the use of finger prints goes liack to 1,200 B. C. when Chinese statesman signed important papers by pressing tlie . rint of their thuir'is into a drop of sealing wax below the signature. He told of the many ways in whl.h police now discover the truth after a crime or wreck has occurred. Photography is one of the chief means of preserving the record of the crime or ac ident for the jury, j He said, however, that pictures oft ?n lie. Photographers by the use | of various angles for exposures can make a picture either a tool for the defense or for the plaintiff, he said. As a specific example he told of i an automobile damage suit in which -two .ars crashed at an intersection : which was partially hidden by a hedge. A picture was introduced by eaf h party. One was taken below the level of the hedge and showed - that th*- view was <otrplet-“ly obIstructed. The other was taken by a I man standing on the running board I and showed that a clear view could I have been obtained. Mr. Boadway. as finger 'print ex I ;ert for St. Claire county, exI changes finger prints with the Michigan State police, various Michigan local police headquarters and with Washington. He also cooperates with the mounted police of Canada. He was present in the j base which resulted in the capture of Youngblood, negro convict j who escaped from Crown Point with i John Dillinger and who was shot . when cornered near Port Huron. One amusing incident was men- | tinned by Mr. Boadway. He stated that he had once investigated the I robbery of corn from a form corn •bin. A suspect was arrested but refused to admit his guilt. Mr. Boadway told the suspect that he had found damaging finger prints on the shovel used to scoop the grain. The suspect replied. ‘ You did not. I used gloves" This “slip” furnished the material which resulted in his confession. Mr. Boadway had many pictures of wrecks and crimes as well as finger prints whi.ll he exhibited to ! the memlbers of the club. He illustrated the nine different I types of finger prints and explained I how they are identified. —o Auto Accident Is Narrowly Averted An automobile accident was averted at the Monroe and Fifth street crossing last evening, when a quick applying of the brakes by the driver traveling east prevented a collision with a car going south on Fifth street. The crossing ie one of the busiest in the city and the council has under consideration the installation of flasher lights. Several accidents have already occurred at the corner. The crossing is now marked with stop signs on Fifth street, travel on Monroe street having the right of way. — o Report George Hill Condition Unchanged The condition of George Hill, foreman of the city street de’part- ! ment, was reported "about the same’’ today by attending physicians. He reefed fairly well from i midnight on last night. Absolute quiet has been prescribed by the doctors and hope is extended for liis recovery. Mr. Hill is a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital. He was overcome by I sewer gas while working in th* ; Monroe street sewer last Friday.

WESTERN COAST OF FLORIDA IS AGAIN MENACED Death Toll In Eastern Part Os State Now Grows To Eight Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. C—<U.R) —A freakish hurricane that killed eight and damaged property on. the east Florida coast, Monday, continued an erratic course In the Gulf of Mexico today but weather forecauters said there was no 1 danger to the Gulf coast line for at least 24 hours. A 12:30 p. m. bulletin issued by I the IT. S. weather bureau here ‘ said that the center of the storm , was about 300 miles west, north-1 west of Key West and at present jis moving west-northwest away i from the Florida gulf coast. A) the freakish winds threatened the northwest coast of Florida, the eighth death was recorded in Florida's winter playground which was Struck Monday by 100-mile wind-s. ADiert Pinder, 11, died I ill a Miami hospital this morning of injuries suffered in the storm. With the Florida east coast rapidly clearing away the debris, the northwest coast made preparations to weather the “blow." Coast guard cutters were ordered to clear the gulf waters of small boats. Shipping interests were urged to keep in contact with weather bureaus for later advisories. Fishing fleets south of Tallahassee kept a careful watch and their craft was made secure. The recurring nature of the I storm was first indicated early yesterday afternoon and the change in direction as it whirled over the Gulf of Mexico became ' more pronounced late last night. The menace to the upper west i coast came as Miami and other I winter playgrounds on the south- - east Florida coast were rapidly ' (CONTIN'ITEn ON PAGE FIVE) j O THIRD SON OF KING MARRIED Duke Os Gloucester Is Married In Quiet Ceremony Today London, Nov. 6.- —<U.R) The Duke of Gloucester, King George's third son. and Lady Alice Montague-Douglas-Scott, daughter of the late Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, were married today in a simple ceremony by the archbishop of Canterbury in the royal chapel at Buckingham palace. The death of the bride's father October 19 causbd cancellation of plans for an elaborate state ceremony at Westminster Abbey with 2,000 guests. Because of the change in plan, only members of the families, Queen Maud of Norway and former King George of Greece attended the service in the tiny chapel which seats but 200 people. The bride’s eight bridesmaids ’ included the little royal Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. The duke was supported by his brothers, the Prince of Wales and Duke of Kent. The Duke of Gloucester wore the uniform of a major of the 10th Hussars in which he is an I officer and his brothers also wore ' military uniform. The brief wedding ceremony began at 11:30 a. m. (5:30 a.m. CST). It had been shortened because the smallness of the chapel would not permit a big choir for the full musical ceremony. It was entirely private. oRotarians To Hear German War Veteran Henry Frey, member of the German-American Legion post at Fort Wayne, will speak to members of the Decatur Rotary club ( Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. All members of this poet served in the German army during the World War and Mr. Frey will relate some of the incidents' connected with Armistice Day in ( Germany. C. C. Langston will have charge of the program. , —-—o Christian Church Teachers To Meet There will be a meeting of the toachers of the Sunday school board of the Christian church in the church parlors this evening at 7130.

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Rogers Memorial Rises Skyward * U ii * M BJ ' ft i ,i i j I Or In memory of Will Rogers a 120-foot granite beacon tower is being erected on the above promontory, at the edge of the America’s midwestern prairies near Colorado Springs. Colo., by Spencer Pentose. Colorado Springs capitalist and friend of Rogers.

ANNOUNCE CAST FOR OPERETTA Riley School Pupils Will Present Operetta Friday Night “What’s the Matter With Sally?" is the name of the two act operetta to be presented by the pupils of the Riley school in the auditorium of the Decatur high school Friday evening. The play will start at 7:30 o’clock. The public is urged to witness this clever presentation by the small children of the school. The scene of both acts is laid in the schoolroom of St. Thomas' ‘orphanage. The story centers ■around Sally, a rich little girl, who, i has grown to be selfish and who 'is placed in the orphanage for a few weeks where she learns that i ! her sense of superiority is the natural development of selfishness. The characters in the play are , 'as follows: Sally, a rich little girl Betty Roop Miss Celia Jeffries, a teacher at St. Thomas' orphanage .. Edna Mae Schultz Prudence Alice Sheets Agnes Barbara Jane Kohls Betsy Kathleen Shackley Peter . Paul Moore Mrs. Donnelly Phyllis Owens' Mrs. Blount, matron Pauline Britzenhofe Billy Howell and Joann Miller will dance, with Marjory Brown the accompan"st. Mrs. Paul Schultz will act as pianist for the songs. Following are the special selec- l tions: Welcome Song Harold Zinsmaster, Kenneth Bailer, Robert Drake, Raymond (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o G. 0. P. CLAIMS ADDED STRENGTH Indiana Democrats, However, Minimize Town Election Results Indianapolis, Nov. 6. —KU.R> —Republicans today claimed added strength throughout Indiana as reports were received from more than 300 towns which held clerk-, treasurer and town board elections. Despite reports that little interest was being shown in the elec-; tions. more than 100,000 ballots, approximately 10 per cent of the total vote in the state, were cast I yesterday. Republican leaders claimed added strength by virtue of carrying elections in 45 towns. On the basis of incomplete reports, Demo- ( crats carried 30 towns. The remainder of approximately 100 towns which have reported were carried by citizens’, peoples’ and other independent tickets. Several towns reported even splits between Democratic and Republican candidates. Despite an apparent "’Republican trend. Democratic leaders gave little import to the indications, claiming the issues were purely local, wet and dry questions, or those of personal popularity. Two towns voted to relinquish (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Local Volunteers Attend Fire School Fire Chief Chari « Robenold and 11 volunteers of the Decatur department attended the fire school at Berne last evening, held under the auspices of the State fire off! e. The meeting was held at the town hall and interesting discussions | were conducted by Chief O’Brien and Chief Cox of Indianapolis. Talks on safety measures, hy-' dralics, water pressure and general fire fighting tactics wore made by the fire chiefs. Questions were also, answered by the speakers. The Berne fire department also : attended the meeting. TWO TOWNSHIPS * I IN CONVENTION Union And Root Township Sunday Schools Convention Sunday A convention of the Sunday schools in L’ni-n ami Root townships will be held Sunday. Novenl ber 10 at the Mt. Victory church ; |in Union township. The program • will open at 2 o’clock (CST). j Rev. H. R. Carson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in this I i city, will be the principal speaker, i Special musical selections will be features of the program and the . i public is invited to attend. Ths complete program follows: I Song servi e—Congregation ! Devotions — Led by Rev. Hollingsworth Special number —Clark’s Chapel ' Special number—Pleasant Grove. ' Attendance check-up. Special number —Mt. Victory. Offering. Address—Rev. 11. R. Carson pais(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Special Service 1 At M. E. Church J A special service for leaders will 'I be held at the ST. E. church as part ' of the mid weeik service tonight at 17:30. The subject will be, "do I I want a revival.” Scripture Csaiah ■ 6 verses, 628. The various revival meeting committees, captains and all lieutenante are to attend. >A short I conference wil Ibe held following i the devotional meetings. o Sorority Plans Annual Short Story Contest i Plane for the annual short story ' contest sponsored by the Psi lota j Xi sororities over the state, will be completed at the Northern province meeting in Fort Wayn i Saturday. j The contest is open to senior girls of high schools in the state. The stories are not to exceed ; 5.000 words. The state prize . awarded for the best short story I will be SSO and the province; prize, $25. I The local sorority will offer three prizes in the contest, the first prize, $5: second. $3 and third prize, $2. Girls of the senior classes of the Decatur high school and the locaj Catholic high school are urged to take part in the. event. Announcement of the winners will be made on the night of I commencement.

First Kentucky Returns Show Chandler Leading Republican Candidate In Governor Race

BERNE, MONROE VOTE DEMOCRAT; GENEVA G. Oi P. I Voting In Town Elections Tuesday Follow Usual Trends Voters in Berne. Monroe and Geneva cast their ballots to continue present town administrations in elections held Tuesday. Entire Democratic town boards were chosen in Berne and Monroe, I while Geneva voters reelected an entire Republican ticket. The closest race in the three ■ elections developed in the first ward in Geneva, with Alvin H. Windmiller. R.. incumbent, nosed • out Fred E. Lindsey, D., by ( a mar- ' gin of two votes. 230 to 225. Only one close race developed ' in Berne, with Henry Winteregg. incumbent Democrat, defeated Calvin Sprunghr for second ward | councilman by 13 votes, 354 to 371.1 All Berne councilmen were reelected, with David 1). Stauffer, D..i replacing John Myers, incumbent, | as the Democratic candidate. In Monroe, thte entire town tic- 1 ket of Democrats was reelected, with only slight variance in the total vote of each successful can--1 didate. Berne Democrats again made a clean I sweep of the Berne town election Tuesday, naming all three councilmen and the clerk-treasurer. All ! three Democratic councilmen were ‘ I candidates for reelection, while I David D. Stauffer replaced John' Myers, incumbent, as the Demo-1 ..Viatic candidate. The race for councilman from | the second ward was the closest race. Henry Winteregg being ehos-1 . en by a margin of only 13 votes i over Calvin Sprunger. Republican. Paul Felber and C. D. Balsiger : were the other successful council(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Noted Reader To Be Here Tonight — Many ticketa have been sold for the book review presentation by Kathryn Turney-Garten of Indi anapolis in Library hall at S o'clock this evening. The program is sponsored by I the Psi lota Xi sorority of this ; city and is the third appearance : of Hie accomplished artist in Decatur. She will give a review of ■ the books, "Leopold the Unloved" by Ludwig Bauer and "Four Gardens" by Margery Sharp. Tickets can be purchased at the door or from any of the sorority niembens. proceeds being for the sorority’s charity fund. UPHOLDS RIGHT OF NEWSPAPERS Court Rules For Right To Publish Trial Proceedings Austin, Tex., Nov. G. — <U.R> — Newspapers have a right to publish court trial proceedings, the Texas court of criminal appeals held today, discharging from con-' tempt six Houston newspaper men ! who violated an order against publication by district Judge W. S. Munson of Angleton. Texas. The six newsmen were Harry McCormick and E. M. Pooley of the Houston Press; Ed Rider and George Cottingham of tffe Houston Chronicle, and Frank White and Max Jacobs of the Houston Poet. McCormick. Rider and White were reporters attending the trial of a prison farm convict charged with murder. Two other convicts also were charged in the killing. Judge Munson ordered the newspapers not to print testimony In the first trial, saying-’it might interfere with getting juries for the other trials. He did not bar the reporters from the court but when they printed the proceedings, he fined them $25 each and the three other men, managing editors of the papers, SIOO each. Payment of the fines I was declined and an appeal was taken to the court.

SWIMMING POOL REPORT FILED City Council Approves Contracts With Rural Light Applicants A total of 22.8311 swims were enjoyed by the citizens and visitors to Decatur laet summer according to the annual report filed by W. Guy Brown, superintendent of the pool, with the city council nt. its session Tuesday evening. Swims recorded at the pool for 1 the last five years were reported by Mr. Brown as follows: 1930, 8.647; 1931, 11.857; 1932. 19,106; 1933. 24.490, and 1934, 29,755. Mr. Brown explained that although there were a.s many individual swimmers registered this year ao in the last two years, the swimmers did not take advantage of the pool on as many days ns previously because of cool weather. Receipts from the stand which totaled $157.21, paid all the expenses of maintaining the bath i house with a balance of $9.16 i which was turned over to the ■ council. The city council approved the . | report anil voted to place .the! I $9.16 in the city's general fund. John L. De Voss presented ape-1 tition to the council for the vacation of Bowers street, located in | the north part of town. The peti-i lion wa.s signed by Al Schneider and property owners who stated that the street extended 251 feet and is not used. The petition was ! referred to the street and sewer | committee for investigation. Contracts signed with rural I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)F. D. R. PLEASED WITH BALLOTING Roosevelt Reported Well Satisfied With Election Results Hyde Park. N. Y.. Nov. 6—(U.R) I I —President Roosevelt today view- | ed the New York state election returns as sustaining Democratic i popular majorities in the state a.s a whole and made light of Republican claims that the result could be interpreted as a repudiation of the new deal. Mr. Roosevelt refrained from direct comment on the election, in which Republicans regained | control of the state assembly although failing to get a majority of the total popular vote, but his views wore interpreted by close friends who went over the results with him. The Philadelphia result Mr Roosevelt was understood to look upon as a “technical" victory for hist party, inasmuch as the Demo-1 cratic mayor?,'ty candidate was. defeated by only 47.000 votes. In | 1932 Mr. Roosevelt lost Philadelphia by more than 100,000 votes. To support their arguments. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) | o Local Sorority To Hold Dances The Pei lota Xi sorority is sponsoring a dance Friday eveI ning at 9:30 in the new Masonic I hall. An admission of fifteen cents, will be charged and a large attendance is desired. The regular basketball dances will be held this winter starting the last of November. o — Jess Leßrun Auto Is Stolen Tuesday A 1934 Plymouth coupe owned by Jess Leßrun was stolen from a parking place near the Cort theater sometime Tuesday afternoon. Mr. LeißTun parked the at 1 o’clock and did not discover the loss until 5 ip. m. The car bore Indiana license 427-260. The theft was broadcast to the state police. o WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Thursday, except possibly light rain or snow extreme north; not so cold tonight central and north, wanner Thursday.

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Democrats Lose New York State Assembly But Poll Majority Vote; Varying Results Shown —• i BEAT BLUE LAWS Louisville, Ky„ Nov. 6 —(U.R)— A Democratic victory in Kentucky’s election was portended today as the counting of votes cant. Tuesday was started. Returns came in slowly during the first two hours of the vote count. On the basis of early returns Lieutenant Governor A. IT. Chandler, new deal candidate for governor, had a growing lend over Judge King Swope, Republican. In 31 scattered precincts, Chandler had 2,492; Swope, 2,046. First precinct reports indicated the proposal to repeal the Kentucky dry amendment would be adopted by an overwhelming vote. The early vote count showed about six to one in favor of local option. Election officials here were late in starting the vote count. There are 4.219 precincts to be reported. Poll Majority Albany, N. Y„ Nov. 6—(U.R) — Now York Democrats piled up nearly a 690,000 majority popular ' vote over Republican opponents in I yesterday's “off year” election, but lost control of the state assembly, virtually complete tabulations showed today. According to United Press ta.bu- | lations of returns from all except IS counties in the state. Demoj cratic assembly candidates were 1 given an aggregate vote 1,934.87:’ as against 1.316.985 for Republicans. Despite the Democratic majority. 82 G. O. P. assembly candij dales were elected, reducing the I Democratic assembly membership ! to 68. Poll Heavy Vote Columbus. 0.. Nov. 6— (U.R) — I Aided by a substantial party vote i in the more thickly populated i areas. Republicans gained a de- ■ cided advantage in the Ohio muI nicipal elections Tuesday. i Election returns toda.y showed that Republican mayors had been elected in 91 cities and towns. Democratic mayors were chosen ! in 61 places. A emashing Republican victory was recorded in Cleveland where Harold H. Buron was elected mayor by a majority of about 40.000 votes. His Democratic opponent was Ray T. Miller, endorsed by Governor Davey and backed by Burr W. Gonkwer, Cleveland poliical leader. A bitter mayoralty campaign in Columbus was climaxed by the I election of Myron R. Gessaman. Republican floor leader of the Ohio house of representatives. He defeated the incumbent, Henry W. Worley. At Cincinnati, the Hamilton county charter proposal was ex(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o WILL DEDICATE MASONIC HALL New Hall Will Be Formally Dedicated Tuesday, November 19 The new Masonic hall on north . Third street will be formally dedi- , cated with a banquet and program , Tuesday evening, November 19. . The dedication will be made by I gra.nd officers of the organization 1 and the meeting will be for Masons and their wives. The Masons moved into their new quarters the past summer after many years in the Schafer building on Second street. Various committees appointed to have charge of all arrange- ■ ments for the dedication meeting ' were announced today by officers of the lodge. Members of the program committee are Cal E. Peterson and • Dan IL Tyndall. Arrangements for the banquet will be made by Charles Burdg and I. Bernstein. The ticket committee memberl are Robert Krick, Tom iVa.ll and Norman Lenhart. Tickets will be on sale at the following business houses: Peterson and Everhart, Pumphrey jewelry store and Holthouse and Schulte.