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BOND SALE FOR CENTENNIAL AT $6,000 MARK Today’s Report Brings Total Subscribed To More Than $6,000 Decatur’s "Good Will” bond drive to finance the city’s Centennial celebration next August, was boosted over the $6,000 mark today with the latest report filed by Herman F Ehinger, chairman of the finance committee. The total reported this morning was $6,081.25, a boost of SIBB over the last previous report. Retailers purchased additional bonds to a total of sllO, the employes division had an additional $44 reported, and churches, lodges and service clubs added $34 to the total. The following reports have been made by, the chairmen of the var-j ious divisions: Manufacturers, wholesalers, utilities $2,000 $ 2,020.00 Retailers, cotnmerconcerns 3,000 2.287.50 Employes of factories, offices, stores 1,000 889.75 Professional men and women 500 421.00 Lodges, service clubs, churches 300 289.00 State, county, city, postal employes 200 180.00 Total $7,000 $6,087.25 100% Club The following firms and individuals were added to fiif lOOe; list jtoday: Retailers: C. A. Bell Grocery. I Decatur Floral Co.. Elberson Service Station, Local Loan Co.. Frank . W. Downs. Sheets Brothers. Employees at factories, offices and stores: Adams Theater. E. F. Gass Store, Holthouse-Schulte Co. I Churches, lodges and service I clubs: St. Marys Catholic church. I Psi lota XI, Eata Tau Sigma Sor- | ority. Junior Chamber of ComI tnerce. TO MAKE TOUR I OF PROJECTS Ctunty Officials To Make Tour Os Drainage Projects D. 11. Harker, extension drainage specialist from Purdue Cniversity. was in the city today making arj rangements with county officials for a tour and demonstration of | drainage projects. .Mr. Harker asked County Agent 1 L. E. Archbqld to appoint a committee of those interested in drain|age problems in the northern six I townships to take Tart in the tour and later to serve as contact man in an advisory capacity. The tour will Include two or three counties in which the Fort Wayne CCC drainage camp has projects. Demonstrations will be made of dynamiting ditches, tile ditching, the use of the drag line and other methods of opening up drains. Members of the special committee, the county agent, the county surveyor, the county commissioners and others interested in drainage work will be invited to attend. Arrangements for the tour will be made 'by the Fort Wayne CCC camp. This will be held some time during April. o Roosevelt Nears End Os Vacation Miami, Fla., Apr. 1 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt moved closer to American shores today as he neared the close of the sea-going vacation that has taken him through tropic Bahama waters. After several hours a.t Nassau, capital of the British Bahamas, he ordered the yacht Potomac to (proceed to Tongue of the Ocean, a remote spot 60 miles off the Florida coast where he planned to continue his fishing excursions. With the Potomac went the escorting destroyers Dale and Monaghan. The president yesterday held his 286th press conference since entering the White House March 4, 1933. Seated beneath an awning on the comfortable quarterdeck ot the Potomac, the chief executive received White House correspondent®,, chatted for an hour of his fishing ibut declined to discuss weighty problems ot government. o WEATHER Rain, sleet or snow tonight and Thursday; colder Thursday and southwest tonight.

As Mrs. Hauptmann Offered Prayer for Husband » - .

I This unusual photo, taken tn the German Lutheran , church at Trenton, N. J., shows the Rev. John Mathieson. spiritual adviser to Bruno Kiiha.'il

HARRY KINLEY TALKS TO CLUE I Research Expert Speaks On Electricity To Decatur Lions Harry Kinley of Pittsburgh. Pa., employed in the research labora- ' tories of the Westinghouse Lamp company, delivered an interesting and futuristic address on electricity at the weekly meeting of the De- ’ catur Lions club Tuesday evening at the Rice hotel. i Mr. Kinley discussed briefly the ' history of the development of the I various uses for electricity but deI voted the major portion of his disi course to future developments., making sotne mternenag jawlic.-. I tions as to the things in store in . the next 25 years. i The speaker urged higher editI cation for boys, saying that science , is making more and better posh tions possible instead of eliminat- ' ing jobs as many persons think, i He said that 46 years ago, when ' Alexander Graham Bell was de- . veloping the telephone, he was considered insane. 'I Mr. Kinley went on to explain the value of electricity to the i farmers, how it has improved living conditions in tne rural com- : munities of the nation, and also ' the future possibilities. He told • of fever machines to kill weeds • and hugs, and how electricity may : be used in preparation of the soil • for planting and for revitalizing i worn out soil. Predicting some rtf the possible , uses of electricity within the next . 25 years, Mr, Kinley branched into thte future possibilities of tele- > vision, of artificial lighting, artificial air and violet rays. He also spoke of the great changes made in national life and customs through the development of the , radio. G. H. Wehmeyer had charge of ( the program. o — EASTER PLAY SUNDAY NIGHT 1 Play “Barabbas” Will Be Given At Zion Reformed Church > : As a part of the pre-Easter pro--1 gram of the Zion Reformed church the play "Barabbas.” ‘by Mattie B. • Shannon, will be presented on Palm ’ Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. ’ The play is a dramatization of ■ scenes in the home of the famous thief of Jerusalem. The first scene ' takes place on the day before the • Crucifixion. The second scene takes ’ place on Easter morning. The duration of the iplay is approximately three quarters of an hour. The cast of the play is as follows: Barabbas, a thief and leader of 1 a band that is guilty of sedition against Rome, — Rev. C. M. Prugh. Cleona, the lame daughter of Barabbas. — Kathryn Sehroyer Anna, sister of Barabbas, —(Helen , Kirsch. Gaius, member of Barabbas' band, —Tillman Gehrig. Deborah, a neighbor woman— Clara EgleyMary, wife of Cleophas—Arline Becker. Raman Soldier —David Adams.

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| Hauptmann and Mrs. Anna Hauptmann, as the I latter prayed for her husband in the chapel of | the Trenton church.

Veteran Democrat Editor Is Dead Aurora. Ind.. Apr 1. —(U.R) —Robert B. Cass, 60. editor and publisher of the Aurora Bulletin, died suddenly of a heart attack at his i home last night. Born in Ottawa. 0.. Cass came here in 1909 and subsequently became editor of the paper and a leader in Democratic politics. His newspaper career started at Toledo, 0., where for six years he was part owner of the old Toledo Commercial. He later "worked on a newspaper at Warsaw, N. Y. PLEASANT MILLS RESIDENT DIES Ambrose Penland Dies Tuesday Night After Long Illness ' Ambrose Asbury Penland. 87. I died at his home in Pleasant Mills | at 11 p. m. Tuesday after a three ■ months illness of complications. The deceased was born in White county. August 12. IS4S. a son of Abrose and Jane Bradford-Penland. He had lived at Pleasant Mills for the last 19 years, moving there I from Auburn. He married Laura ' Lockwood of Auburn in 1889. - Surviving are the widow and the 1 following children: Mrs. Arch Dunn, Spencerville: Mrs. Elmer Roop. St. Joe, Mich.; Mrs. John Miller, Battle Creek. Mich.: Mrs Leonard Lerouk, Holton. Mich.; Mrs. Verda Lusce. Grand Rapids. I Mich.; Alvin and Carl Penland. (Grand Rapids. Mich.; Mrs. Dave Sovine. Pleasant Mills; Alpha Penland and Mrs. Nellie Ourig. Au--1 burn. Three sons are deceased. ’ Also surviving are three half;l brothers, three half-sisters, 35 ' grandchildren and five great grand- ( CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Riddle Candidate For Congressman T. P. Riddle of Clear Lake. Steu- ' ben county, has filed his declaration of candidacy for the Democratic nomination for congress from the Fourth district, with the secretary , of state. In his announcement, Mr. Riddle. I pledged support to President Roosevteltt His platform covers statements on his political affiliations, views on legislation affecting agriculture, labor, old age peneions, pensions and war veterans. He also subscribes to the sixteen principles of the national union for social justice. 4 4 APRIL FOOL I Indianapolis. Apr. 1. — (U.R) — | Leo Connor, deputy prbsecutor j in municipal court 3 had steel- | ed himself against explosive | matches, loaded cigars, and j other April fool's day tricks. With the due dignity of his I office he arose in court session I to call traffic violators to the bar of justice. "Ima Nutt,” he read bruskly j from the affidavit. No one came forward. "Ima Nutt, Ima Nutt,” he | shouted. Judge Dewey Meyers leaned | over and said, “I wouldn't ad- j mit that in open court.” ♦ —— 4

PAYROLL TAXES NOW IN EFFECT All Employers Os More Than Eight Persons Must Pay Tax Indianapolis. Apr. 1. —(U.R) —Payrolls of all employers of eight or , more persons became taxable today under the newly enacted employment compensation act. Collection of taxes will he started May 1 by the gross income tax department. Payments will be made to that division until the compensation department is established. I Under terms of the act, only employers will be taxed on payrolls during the last nine motuba of I 1936. They will pay 1.2 per cent of total payrolls in monthly installments. The tax will be increased to 1.8 per cent in 1937 and to 2.7 per - cent for 1938 and the first three months of 1939. After March 31. i 1939. employer taxes will be deI termined on a basis of funds held , in individual reserve accounts to I ■ which contributions are paid. Employes will not be required to . pay Taxes on wages and salaries , during 1936 or the first calendar year their employers are taxable. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) II Rural Home Rocked By Meteor Crash Linton, Ind, April 1 — (VP) —The ' rater of a meteor was found today 'by a rural mail carrier seeking the cause of an explosion which rocked his heme last night. The crater was about six feet ’ deep and had a circumference of six ; feet. It was found two miles northeast of here, just a half anile from ■ a monument designateing the center of papulation of the United States. o ELLA PEOPLES FOR RECORDER Mrs. Peoples Is Third In Race For Democratic Nomination The race for the Democratic nom- , ination for county recorder became i a three-point affair today with Mrsi Ella Peoples’ announcement that ■: s-ha was a candidate for the office. Mrs. Peoples had made two pre- ■ vious races for the nomination and ' jokingly remarked. “'if you don't ! succeed, try, try again.” Three years ago today Mne. ; Peoples established the Carmel ' crisp shop in this city and has been ' active in the management of the ' business. Mrs. Peoples has lived her entire life in De.atur and Adame county. . She was born in Root township. She ' has always been identified with the I Democrat party. The primary election will be held Tuesday, May 5. The recorder's race is one of the most interesting of any i of the county contests. The other I two candidates who announced II their candidacies are Mrs. Ruth 11 Hollingsworth and Walter J. Bock- ! I man. present incumbent of the of- > | flee.

Bruno Hauptmanns Execution Is Reset For Friday Night; Grand Jury Continues Probe

NEW THREAT OF WAR LOOMING IN FAR EAST —» I It '■ Japanese-Mongolian Forces Clash; Russia Sends Warning (Copyright 1936 by United Press) ’ Moscow. Apr. I(U.R>~ JapaneseManchukuoan forces fought soldiers of outer Mongolia in the ’ frontier area today while two great military powers watched developments tensely. As they fought, an unmistakable Russia,n warning that there was ' danger of a Russian-Japanese war 1 was on Us way to Tokyo. Official reports both from Ulan ' Bator, capital of outer Mongolia. and from Hsinking. headquarters of the Japanese army in Manchukuo. indicated that the fighting not only was continuing but that j forces bigger than those of the numerous previous clashes were engaged. The Ulan Bator dispatches, published here, said that a large Japanese Manchukuoajt force with ' tanks, airplanes, and artillery clashed fiercely with Mongolians at Mongoli. 28 miles inside the ' outer Mongolian frontier. At first repelled, the dispatches said, the Japanese ■ Manchukuoans obtained reinforcements and resumed the offensive in a fight that was continuing still. From Tokyo came a dispatch reporting that a Japaneee-Man-(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOt'R) o —- CLUB BOOKLET ; IS COMPLETED Historical Club Completes 49th Annual Program The 49th annual program of the Historical club of this city was completed today. The year book its dedicated to Decaturs Centennial. Officers of the club are Mrs. Ettie Schug. president; Mrs. Edith ( S hafer. vice-president; Mrs. Ruth, Hol‘lngs w ortii, secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Clara Pnsswater. press reporter. Members of the club as listed in the book are: Marie Ahr. Mary Ahr. Hattie Beery. Leota Beery. Anna Butler, May Butler. Agnes Campbell. Fannie Christen. 'Helen Cowens, Agnes DeVor, Kannie Fristoe. Anna Hancher. Phoebe Hite. Ruth Hollingsworth, Eva Krick. Marguerite Langston. ’H. Katherine Lee. Nora Linn. Ada Lower. Sadie Miller, Clara Passwater, Velma Porter, Edith Schafer, Effie Schugg and Lydia Shamp. A page is dedicated to the deceased (members ot the club. These are: Mrs. Florilla Segur. Mrs. Marie Holloway, Mis. Katherine Allison. Mrs- Elsie Bollman and Mrs. Alberta Wertzberger. Committees for the year are listed in the booklet. The constitution and by-laws are included. The book is bound with a yellow cover. It was printed in the Decatur Democrat job department. o Local Girls Graduate From Nurses Schools Three Decatur girls will be graduated from nurses training schools in Fort Wayne next May, it was announced today. Elva N. Anspaugh and Mary Jano Colchin of Decatur will be in the Class of 22 young women who will complwtn (tlhsir wotUr in the St., Joseph’s hospital this year. Corn- , mencement exercises will be held on Sunday, May 10. , . Leah Griffiths of Decatur is among the 15 young women who \ will be graduated from the Luther- , an Hospital's nurses training school in May. ! Ed Green Is Taken To County Hospital I Ed Green, Adams circuit court i bailiff, was taken to the Adams ■ county memorial hospital this morn- - ing. His condition was reported as slightly improved

FINAL PAYMENT WILL BE MADE [Current Report Is Filed For Peoples State Bank Os Berne i On December 31. 1935, the Peoples State Bank of Berne had uncollected assets of a book value of $121,961.37, the current report just filed in the Adams circuit court by Robert T. Kramer, special representative of the department of financial institutions, reveals. The report covers the period from June 31. 1935 to the end of the year. Mr. Kramer stated that it is planned to make the final payment in the near future. The bank has been in liquidation under the control of the department since October 25, 1933, and has paid depositors 90 per cent of the amount held at that time. Last May a 100 per cent stock assessment was made on the stockholders. Stockholders of the bank are now attempting to secure waivers from the depositors of the bank upon the interest which has accrued since it went into liquidation. All interests which was due before the bank closed or "contracted interest” will be paid. The report shows the following cash receipts: Collection on real estate mortgages, $9,026.53; collections on other loahs and discounts, $24,453.14. and on real estate sold. $950. interest and other earnings, $6,838.43, total $41,268.10. A total of $41,268.10 was transferred from the collections on stock assessments to the general iliquidation account for the purpose lof paying a dividend. This would I make a total cash collection of | $85,844.04. ; The disbursements during the period were: common claims paid or distributions to depositors (45 per cent), $74,484.32; expenses, taxes, etc., $2,798.91, total, $77,283.23. The report shows that total expenses amounting to $2,798.91 and earnings to $6,838.43, make a total net profit during the six months of $4,039.52. The report further shows that the trust has an inventory on hand of uncollected assets as of December 31. 1935. as follows, mortgage [loans $15,911.80. personal and colilaterial loans $56,306.53, bankii t house $17,321.35. furniture and fix(CONTINTTED ON PAGE FIVE) _O : K. C. District Deputy To Attend Meeting District Deputy Henry Hasley of Fort Wayne will attend the regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus next Monday, April 6. Matters of importance will be discussed and all members are urged to attend. The meeting will be held at 8 o'clock at the K. of Chall. SATURDAY LAST DAY FOR FILING Five-Way Fight Develops In Sixth Congressional District Indianapolis, Apr. 1. — (U.R) —At least a five-way fight for the Republican nomination front the sixth district was assured today when Wilbur S. Donner, Greencastle, former circuit judge filed declaration with the secretary of state. Earl Mann, Noble 'Johnson and Felix Blankenbaker, all Terre Haute, and Dr. Thomas L. Cooksey, Crawfordsville, already have placed their names in the race. Alanson Albright, state senator from Vermillion. Fountain and Warren counties, is the only candidate on the Democratic ticket. Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, Terre Haute, the incumbent, is the only member of the Indiana delegation who has not filed for renomination. Candidates have until midnight Saturday to file petitions wTTIi the secretary of state.' Fred T. Robinson was the second to file for congressman on the ■ Republican ticket in the fourth dis- > trict. Howard S. Grimm, Auburn, is the other candidate.

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[ Prison Warden Further Delays Execution Os Convicted Killer Os Lindbergh Baby. BRUNO HAPPY Trenton, N. J.. Apr. 1— (U.R) “ Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s execution was reset for Friday at 8 'p. m. by chief keeper Mark O. Kimberling of state prison. Kimberling decided to give Hauptma.nn an extra 24 hours so that the grand jury, which is considering the alleged confession of Paul Wendell, will have plenty of time to complete its investigation. Hauptmann was scheduled to die shortly after 8 p. m. yesterday, but at the request of the grand jury Kimberling deferred the execution for 48 hours. Today •he added 24 more hours to the stay. Kimberling explained, however, that the Friday date for the execution might be changed if the grand jury had not ac-teci by that time. “If the jury is still sitting Friday at 8 p. m„ I probably would hold up the execution until a decision is made," he said. Hopes For Best (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Trenton, N. J.. Apr. 1— (U.R) — The miracle happened for Bruno Richard Hauptmann and todav, rather than being a corpse in the whitewashed morgue of the state prison, he was happy and alive in his cell in the death house, expecting "better things.” Inanother part of Trenton. 22 men and a woman —the Mercer county grand j ury _hotly divided among themselves. were custodians of his ultimate fate. Hauptmann’s head was shaved. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o NAMES FILED FOR OFFICES Several Additional Candidates File With County Clerk Several additional candidates filed their declarations today with County Clerk G. Remy Bierly. The last day for filing declarations is Saturday, Mr. Bierly stated today. The law requires that petitions be filed with declarations of candidacy for county offices and delegatees. The signers on the petitions for declarations for county offices must equal one half of one '.per cent of the number who voted for the secretary of state at the last election. This will require 24 names on Democratic (petitions and 17 on Republican petitions for county offices. Ten names are required on the petitions for the candidates for delegates th the state conventions for both parties. No petition is required for candidates for precinct committeemen. Next Monday is the last day for filnig new registration blanks or i changing old registrations where required. Declarations of candidacy filed today are: Menno Burkhalter, Republican delegate. North Hartford, ißerne B. and Berne C. ' Harold T. Fields. Republican delegate, Geneva A. Geneva B, Ceylon and South Hartford. Mrs. Ella M. Peoples Democrat county recorder. Leo E. Engle, Republican, prei cinct committeeman. French. Silvan Sprunger, Republican, pre- • cinct committeeman. Middle MonI roe. ' Eli Engle, Republican, precinct committeeman. South Washington I Ross Harden, Republican, ipre- ’ cinct committeeman. West Union. • August Schlickman Democrat pre- • cinct committeeman, French. Melvin Kohler, Democrat, Iprer cinct committeeman. French. 1 Charles N- Brown. Democrat, pre. ‘ cinct committeeman, Geneva B. o : Many From County > Wil l Hear Hoover t A large group of Ada,ms county s residents will bear ex-president Herbert Hoover speak in Fort. Wayne Saturday night. County a Republican Chairman Ralph Yager i- stated today that the majority of i, the block of 175 tickets sent to the county has been sold.