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I Striker Speaks At Legion Meet On interesting program wan s>reLented ut the regular meeting of i Adams pout number 43 of the Am(■rieatt Legion Monday evening. E. .StrHter, Adams county ecltool Superintendent, gave an instructive I .iddreee on "Youth in Depression.' I short talks were made by Frank ’ Lynch, district chairman of the Sons of the Legion, and Earl Grossman, isith of Kendallville. 11. V. Aurand hud charge of the program. The next meeting on Monday, March 23. will be arranged by Walter J. Bockman. ADAMSPOSITO HOLD PROGRAM Local Post To .loin In Observance Os Founding Os Legion Adams Post No. 13 of the American Legion will participate March 17 in the nationwide celebration of the 17th anniversary of the founding of the organization with la party for the members of the j legion, the lutdies Auxiliary and : veterans of all wars, int ituling the I Civil War. Vincent J. Bormann has been iappointed as chairman of the eom--1 mittee in charge of the arrangements. and expects to have the complete program ready for announcement the latter part of this week. Efforts are being made to I select a prominent speaker as a part of the program. National Commander C. R. Murphy will speak over the NBC hook lup on Tuesday. March 17 at 10:30 p. m.. the exact date of th“ found ling of the organization 17 years ago. The weekly program of the I Fort Wayne Post No. 47 over staj tion WOWO at 10:30 p. m. the i following Wednesday will also be devoted to the celebration, and all local veterans are asked to tune I iu. A membership drive is being 1 conducted by each post in the jnation. and those who Illi their quoti are to receive a reproduction of the original Amerjcyiu. L.iUW charter signed by President Woodrow Wilson and Vice-President (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) —o Bandits Get $15,000 Loot lin Florida Holdup Hollywood. Fla-, March 10--(CPI Bandits robbed the Hollywood Country Club of $15,000 today, using draperies to tie up a half dozen employes. Five or six roibbere swarmed over ' the dub as it was preparing to closeManager Harold E. Leopold was struck on the head by the bandits as he was forced to open the safe. He estimated the lass at ?15J>dO. o Liquor Hearing Held Here This Morning — A public hearing was held at the county auditor’s office tlri# morning by the Adams county alcoholic beveragee commission on the petition by Dewey S. Van Lear for a package liquor store at 121 West Monroe street. The store, if granted a permit, will hold only package liquor. PWA ENGINEER ARRIVES HERE George R. Hereth Assistant I2ngineer On City Plant Addition George R. Hereth has arrived in the city to assume the position of asofenant engineer inspector on the building of the addition to the City Light and Power plant building. Mr. Hereth was assigned here by the inspection division of the public works adminietraton, through the offee of state engineer, Indianapolis. Work on the buiding will be started as soon as the PWA. approves the awarding of hide for the turbine and other equipment. Councilmen George Stult.s and Forest Elzey and city attorney Herman Myers are in Washington, endeavoring to obtain formal approval on the awarding of contracts for the equqipment. The contract for constructing the addition, which will house the turbine. condenser and other equipment wae awarded to the Indiana Engineering and Construction company of Fort Wayne. The award has been approved by PWA. The city will also have an engineer on the job, he to be supplied iby Bevington, and Williams, consulting (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

OVER TAX PROPOSALS ON COMPANIES Congress, Treasury |)is-| pute Over Taxing Os Corporations Washington, March 10 —(UP) Whether the new deal's budget-tax bil will carry new processing levies affecting food prices depended today on the outcome of a dispute between congrees and the treasury Hover how much corporation* should I be taxed to finan. e the permanent Congressional tax experts have informed the triaeury of opposition to an outright corporation undivided profits tax to yield $620,0(10,000 iiness some .partial exemptions are given to wnall companies to aid . them in buiding up "ctwhion” rei serves for future hmtiness doldrums, i If treasury figures, expected to be ■ .submitted today, show that such i extemptions would reduce the $620,- ■ 000,00" yield by SIOO 000,000 or more I congrets- may be forced over wide- ■ spread obpcctlon to write new iprocessing taxes in the new revenue i bill. The only other alternative if the ordinary budget is to approach - balance, would be yield in the ex- ' emption fight. « House ways and means commit--1 tee Democrats informally agreed ’ yesterday to oppose administration 1 demands for as onporate surplus tax with no exemptions. The treasury ’ was aoked however to submit data ■ showing the effect of euch partial 1 exemptions bet re a final decision was reached. ’ j As it stands now the admintetra- ’ , tion wants congrwss to find reven- ’ | lies of $792,000,000 a year for three years and $620,000."10 a year therei after to finance the present farm deficit, th permanent substitute and bonus amortization costs. Acceptance carte-blanch of the administration's suggestions of a corporate surplus levy and “wind- ! fall" tax to recapture processing revenue w old (produce between ' ' S73n,non,nnn m $7Wn.fW».'W Tte-we-w processing taxes on 33 different . cohimodities as a temporary two year tax- would raise 221,000,000 annually. At present congressional tax experts are anvious to discard I * ' this latter proposal entirely, putt--1 ing off action on it until next ses(CONTINt'ED ON PAGE SIX) adlmscounty NATIVE DIES Christian Bultemeier Dies Monday Night Os Infirmities I Christian Bultemeier, age 79. ■ i prominent life-long resident of | Preble township. Adams county, died at his home at 8:20 o'clock Monday night of infirmities. Mr. Bultemeier was born March 22. 1556. a son of Ernest and Maria Bultemeier and spent his entire life on the farm on which he was born. In April, 1882, he was united in marriage to Miss Louise Huser. who died in June. 1900. In January, 1901. he married Miss Sophia Wefel, who survives. Mr. Bultemeier was prominent in the agriculture development of his community and was widely known in the north part of the county. Besides the widow, the following children survive: Otto and Ernest of Fort Wayne; Martin. Preble township: Walter, Root township; Oscar, Marion township. Allen county; George, Kirkland township; Victor, iladison township, Allen county; Mrs. Anna Kiefer, Preble township; Edwin, Preble township; Mrs. Edna Selking, Marion township. Allen county; Mrs. Lena Neff. Marion township; Theodore. at home. Forty-two grandchildren and two brothers. William of Preble township and Fred of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O — Student’s Trial Is Delayed By Measles Fort Wayne. Ind.. Mar. 10. —(U.R) —Because he is ill with measles, Ralph Schwartz, high school student. will be unable to attend his trial set for March 10. Special Judge Walter R.-Helmke yesterday continued the trial, on a charge of assault and battery with intent o kill, until April 6. Schwartz is accused of slashing Henry E. Webb Jr., another student, with a knife Dec 14, 1934. This is said to be the first time measles ever obstructed the path of Allert circuit court.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 10, 1936.

Scenes of Key City on Rhine 11 J* Germany a Rubicon? L SX'L ? M li I 1 ■■ lib • ilFb.., -•i fj » r$ * “fl J View of city | -r._ Here are two views of Cologne, key city on the Rhine, which was occupied by the Germans in direct violation of the Locarno treaty. At top is the famous Hohenzollern bridge which spans the Rhine river, and below is a view of the city itself with the historic Cologne cathedral in the background. . — -- - —

LOCAL PEOPLE TO FORM CAST All Local Cast For Pageant During Centennial Week In August > | The cast of characters in the ' i great historical pageant to he proI duced here during Centennial week, 1 August 2 to 8. will he composed en- ' tirely of local people. Dr. Fred Pat- •| tenson, chairman of the committee emphasized today. The John B Rogers Producing I company of Fostoria. Ohio, will dirI ect the staging of the pageant only: ; and furnish the costumes, stage and lighting effect®. At least 600 persons 1 ; will take part in the spectacle, onel Desirable sites for staging the 1 ' pageant are being considered by the i committee. Among those most favorably mentioned are the Decatur Country club grounds and the Niblick field, east of the Monroe street river bridge. Several note worthy features are being planned by the committee to be staged in connection with the pageant and production of the historical episodes The committee and C. C. Pumphrey, president of the I Centennial Association, are work-; ing on plans and expect to make the (presentation one of the most spec-1 tacular and entertaining ever pre-1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o THIRD LENTEN SERVICE PLAN — Third In Series Ot Sermons At Zion Lutheran Wednesdy t The third in a series of Lenten services will be held at the Zion Lutheran church this Wednesday evening. The service is arranged in a presentation of she Passion , history in readings, the singing of Lenten hymns by the assembly, and the sermon by the pastor of the church, the Rev. Paul W. Schultz. This’ Wednesday evening the pastor will speak on the ( topic, "The Revelation of Jesus' Glory by a Divine Declaration and by a Divine Prophecy." The Rev. Schultz stated to date the attendance at these services surpassed all expectations, and that ever more people are vividly evidencing the conviction that Christian churches everywhere who are really dispensing spiritual food exert the most beneficial and 1 wholesome influence for body and soul in the entire scheme of human existence. These Lenten services at the Lutheran church on Monroe street are conducted every Wednesday evening until Easter. The public is cordially invited to attend

Marissa Long Dies At Berne Marissa Long. 78. died at her home in Berne at 10:10 p. m. Monday after a several weeks illness of infirmities and complications. Born in Butler. Ohio, a daughter of James and Ardie Long, she had lived in Berne since 1902. Surviving are a son, Arrteie of Berne and a brother. W. L. Long of New Haven. Another brother. Sam. died February 3. Funeral services will be held at the home at 1:30 p. m. Thursday and at 2 o'clock at the Berne Evangelical church.' Burial in the M. R. E. cemetery. LADIES NIGHT AT LIONS CLUB Lions Club To Honor Ladies: New Members To Be Inducted A special induction ceremony for the four new members of the local Lions club will feature the program at the regular meeting of the club in the Rice hotel tonight. . The club will also observe ladies ! night, with the ladies of the new members P 3 the honored guests. C. L. Walters, local attorney, [who will be in charge tonight announced the following program: address of welcome to the new members and their wives ly Ralph Gentis; response to welcome by Lloyd Cowens, Lions club president; “Liberty and Intelligence. Our Nation's Safety," by ('. L. Walters. The address of Mr. Walters is part of the induction ceremony. with the first letter of each of the five main words in the subject spelling Lions. Walter J. Krick will speak on "The Lion’s Objective." and Rev. H. W. Franklin on “Lion’s Code of Ethics." Mrs. Walter J. Krick will sing a group of songs as the special music of the program. George Morris and W. F. Beery will lead in the group singing by those present. The new members who are to be installed tonight are T. J. Metzler, Glenn Hill. Herman Krueckeberg and C. W. England. The wives of the new mmebers will ejso witness the ceremonies as the honored guests. Miss Marian Neprud To Speak To Club Mis® Marian Neprud, recently placed in charge of the subsistence homesteads here, will be the guest spaker at the weeky meeting of the Rotary club at the Rice hotel Thursday evening at 6:30. Miss Neprud. who has traveled extensively, will speak on international relationship of Rotary. The scheduled ladies night program for Thursday evening has been postponed until a later date.

French Attitude In European Situation Changed; Russia Is Ready To Back British Action

NEW YORK CITY LABOR EXTENDS STRIKE THREAT Building Worker Strikers Extend Walkout To More Buildings New York. Ma.r. 10—(U.R) — Building service union strikers, angered ■by refusal of employers to arbitrate on their demands, extended ! their walkout today to more than 60 office, bank, theater, and loft buildings in the J|tsy Grand Central and Times Square districts. Sealed orders had been disi patched to district leaders order- ' ing a strike in Brooklvn and i Queens, but were cam elled at the last minute until tomorrow. j Eighteen tall structures in I Broadway, including the 33-e.tory i Paramount building which some ; 10.000 persons visit daily, were affected. Also involved were the Strand and Palace Theater buildings. the Generaj Motors and ’ Manufacturers Trust buildings. in Fifth Avenue, walkouts ocj ettrred in 27 buildings. The New ' York Central building, the ParkLexington, and 11 other Park Avenue buildings were "pulled iby the building service union. Buildings in Madison Avenue, in , East 42nd street north to 59th street, from East to Hudson rivers, i were covered by the walkout call. Strikebreakers were on hand to man abandoned elevators, and in most major buildings service was i not long impaired. o Holv Name Society Meeting Held Monday • I More than 125 persons attended 1 the monthly meeting of the Holy Name society Monday evening at 1 the K of C hall John N. Roth 1 of the Fort Wayne detective burI ,an delivered an interesting addI res.s ii police work, citing numeri oils cases to illustrate his talk. Hej ; concluded by telling that the departmejit has fingerprinted 6.800 C riminals since its establishment. | Lawrence Beckmey r president I j of the society, had charge of the meeting- ‘ Three File Petitions For Committeemen Winfred Gerke. of Monmouth. 1 . j filed his candidacy today for Democratic committeeman from i Root township. East precinct, in ' the coming primary. latwrence Green, local highway man. filed his candidacy for Democratic committeeman from Decatur. first ward “A." Dee Fryback filed his candidacy today for precinct committeeman from Deca.tur first ward B on the Democratic ticket. JURY TRIAL TO BE HELD HERE Breach Os Trust Damage Suit On Trial Here Wednesday Sheriff Dalas Brown completed his summoning of the Adams county petit jury today, from which the panel is to be drawn to hear the breach of trust damage suit of Minnie Aeschliman against the Berne Savings and Loan association which will be tried in the circuit court Wednesday. Mrs. Aeschliman states In the complaint that, the association failed to turn over to her a warranty deed, when Emi and Ina Aeschliman defaulted in their ipayment of loan made in the purchasing of real estate. The complaint further states , that the plaintiff loaned to Emil and Ina Aeschliman S6OO to be used . as the initial payment of the purchase; at a later date the loan association loaned to the same persons SIBOO for the balance due on the purchase. According to the plaintiff Emil placed in the hands of the defendant a warranty deed in escrow , to be tuftied over to the plaintiff on the contingency of the default of payment. The charge of the plain’iff states (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE).

RIGHTS OF WAY ARE COMPLETED Plans Progressing For Improvement Os State Highway 101 - - I Plans for the completion of the | new state highway 101. to run i from federal road 224 to state road 1. are progressing following the announcement of the settling of the last hold-out on the purchase of the rights-of-way for the ' building of the road. Dallas Spullcr, holder of the last of the rights-of-way, released his right to the land today, after the instigation of condemnation proceedings. The proceedings were ( dropped and the agreement was. settled out of court. The appraissal of the laud owned by Mr. Spell- . er amounted to $229 instead of ( $132, as was previously stated, that appraisal lieing for the other , hold-out who finally agreed after ( Leo Kohne, the selected appraiser, had completed his work. Mr. Spuller was allowed $l6O for the land. S6O for fences and $3 for oa.'h valuable tree, as agreed ' upon in the appraisal. The work i' on the road is to start as soon as | possilje. with al! permissions granted and continued favorable I ( weather forecast. The work is to | j be done under WPA forces of the ] state department. | ( The building of the new road is | considered as a progressive stepL in linking this county and northeastern Indiana and northwestern: Ohio with a short cut route on a L good improved road. DALLAS BROWN is candidate; Sheriff Os Adams County Seeks Re-Nomination At Primarv - Dallas Brown, sheriff of Adams , I county, today filed his declaration L as a candidate for re-nomination | lon the Democratic ticket, being . ] the first to file. ; I . Mr. Brown, who was nominated , for the office in the 1934 primary, i won the nomination from a field < | of more than 15 aspirants far the ; I same position. He took office on!; . January 1. 1935. and he and his ■ i 'wife and two daughters. Clarabelle : I iand Betty Louise, moved into the 11 I specia.l living quarters reserved in I; I the county jail for the sheriff. 11 • upon taking office, where he is j I still residing. 11 Mr. Brown, on announcing his I candidacy, stated that he felt that ; he had served his office well dur- < ing the present term, and if re- > elected pledges to uphold the rec- ; ord set during that time to the ■best of his ability. ( While the present sheriff is the ] first to file, several others have ] considered their intentions of I'il- < ing. calling attention of the voters ] to the heated interest in the 19:,4 i I nomination for the office on the Democratic ticket. which Mr. Brown won after leading the field of the largest number of aspirants ■ for any single office on either ticket. Before his election to the office, the sheriff was employed in the j city as an auto mechanic, having practiced that profession for many years. —.—o — Beverage Commission To Conduct Hearing The Adams county alcoholic beverage commission will conduct a public hearing at 9 a. m. Tuesday. 1 March 31, on the application of ' Adams post number 43 of the Am- ' • erican Legion, with location at ’ First and Madison streets, for a 1 permit as a beer, liquor and wine . retailer. The hearing will be held ' . in the auditor’s office at the coun- . ty court house. o Lutz Will Address Men’s Brotherhood ) ’ Clark J. Lutz, prominent Decatur , attorney, will deliver the principal ( address to the men’s brotherhood , of Baptist church tonight. The meeting will be held a.t the church and will open with a dinner at ' 6:15. All men and boys of the church are urged to attend.

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France Waives Demand For Military Sanctions As Russia Informs Britain Os Her Support. TWO CONDITIONS Washington, Mar. 10 — (U.R) ~ War, not between Germany and France, but rather between Germany and Soviet Russia was foreseen today by diplomatic realists as the greatest danger in Europe's present crisis. Statesmen generally are agreed that the prospect of immediate fighting anywhere in Europe is dim. (Copyright 1936 by ÜB.) Baris. Mar. 10.- (U.R) France decided today to waive her demand for military sanctions against Germany and even, on certain conditions, to withdraw her demand that German troops be withdrawn from the Rhineland. The adamant French attitude veered suddenly today after a conference of the powers signatory to the Locarno treaty, which Germany has denounced. The change came while ('apt. Anthony Eden, British foreign secretary, was telephoning Loudon. advising his government that Foreign Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin of France wanted economic and financial but not military sanctions. France decided to abandon her demand for withdrawal of the Rhine land troops on two conditions: 1. Germany must pledge not to rebuild fortifications in the Rhineland. ' 2. Fuehrer Adolf Hitler must ! modify the proposition he made in a speech March 21. 1935. to assure I "certain guarantees tor the fu I lure." In the speech, Hitler outlined j the conditions under which Germany could return to the league and agree to a European aerial defense pact. Flandin was understood to have assured Eden that French policy is 100 per cent pacific and is not. intended to lead to conflict. The league council will meet informally at Geneva tomorrow, to consider the Italian Ethiopian problem and discuss the German crisis. It will meet formally Friday to take action on Rhineland armament. Flandin tried vainly, it was indicated today, to obtain British agreement to a four point program against Germany which would entail a virtual ultimatum to Adolf Hitler to withdraw his Rhineland troops and. if he refused, withdrawal of diplomatic representatives from Berlin. This actino would be but preliminary to other penalties. French. British, Italian, and Belgian delegates as representatives Ilf the -Locarno powers met in the great salon of the foreign office adjoining Flandin’s office. Once during the meeting Sir George Clerk, British ambassador, left the meeting to telephone to London tor fresh instructions because of the sternness of the French attitude. He returned to the conference with them. Russia To Aid (Copyright 1936 by UP.) London. Mar. 10. - (U.R) —Russia (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ELMER MAGLEY PLEA IS HEARD Local Man’s Leniency Plea Heard Today By State Commission Indianapolis. Mar. 10. (U.R)—Sev. en inmates of the state reformatory sought leniency in hearings before the state clemency commission. One was Elmer Magley. Decatur, serving a 5-21 year sentence undeiIndiana’s 1933 jail-escape law. Magley said his wife had deserted their three children and he broke out of the Adams county jail to assist them. Magley was sentenced on a statutory charge June 22, 1931, but; paroled on Dee. 12, 1934. He was being held on another count when he escaped from jail. Irvin Miller of Miller’s Bakery, former employers of Magley and police officer Ed Miller of this city, attended the hearing.