Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 165, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1936 — Page 5

i|RL BRANDED I RY ASSAILANT I Tortured ■ oshington.'w' Eation applied by 21-year-old. B ’-ha'red Jean Costello sent New K k and Washington police today ■" ‘ h <>f lieutenants of Charles ■ ' kv - Luciano, former New York Kring leader with whose initials K. was branded. ■ Washington police and detectives K, here from New York question- ■ two men who were with Miss Ktel’o a few hours before a man Ke im» hr apartnien| dearly Knday, carved the Initials "C. U” B.i the numerals "3-12’ on her abKen and left her in a giw-fllled Kchen to die. ■ police declined to reveal the ■ mes o f Miss Costello's companon a c ay round of night clubs Kurday night, but said they were Ktvineed it was a case of "gangKd vengeance’ perpetrated by Kw York associates of Luciano. ■ t:i<’ two men questioned were Bth Mies Costello at two of the Hipitals noted "hot spot" night Kias Jimmy Lake’s and the HanBr place when she recognized a ■ . .-i — --. t known to her only B "Leo-” B Poli,e -ought t > chi. k on rnoveBtnis of "Leo " They learned he arBved by airplane at 4:30 p. nt. K: ;i rd.i? and left by plane for New Berk at 4:3" A. M. Sunday an hour B Mj .. I'.fic':,, was mutilated in Ber apartment. Bchit-f of detectives Bernard Kwmp-on. after questioning the Ben for two hours released them B<l :h,n lef! .m'icc headquarters. ■ssim .C', said he would be back

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"later today." Thompson was quoted as saying the names of two men suspected of the attack on Mias Costello were known and that they would be arrested within 24 hours and charged with conspiracy to murder. Mias Costello, told police, however. that she did not know her assailant. Police assumed he was a hired killer and that “Leo” made the f’ylng trip here to act as a "finger man" to point out Mine Costello. They believed he, too, had fled Washington. Miss Costello said ene was an "employe" of Luciano's white slave ring for five years. She was one of 80 girls who testified In an Investigation that resulted -in the vice overlord and eight lieutenants being sent to Sing Sing prison for from 30 to 50 years recently. “I knew they were out to 'get’ me, that is why 1 left New York two weeks ago and came here to hide.” Miss Castello said. It was her anxiety over a girl pal that led her to telephone the gang's doctor In New York Saturday. Through him the gang apparently i traced the call. "Leo" was aboard the next plane leaving New York for Washington. HOPE OF RELIEF fjfJpNTIWKDFROMi PAPg QNB) row or Wednwsday. Wth the blistering sun continu-' ing, deaths attributed to the heat | mounted to nearly 1,000 while the ! damage to crops reached approxi- - mately $40,000,000. In the east and south, scattered ehowers fell Sunday over New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. Atlanta reported .22 of an inch of rain with showers general over northern portions of the state. Temperatures were lower in eastern Pennsylvania today with scattered showers forecast, apparently breaking ithe drought in that territory. A "good itainl" itelitfved tjrnth and central Alabama yesterday and last night. The temperature dropped from the high 00's to about 80. Weather bureau officials said it was impossible to draw an effective picture of the territory ■which received relief because of the scattered nature of the showers. Cloudbursts swept down on Bunkerville. Nev., and in the Dakota badlands, 12 miles west of Medora. N. D. At Bunkerville, the j deluge brought a flood that cut off the 300 residents of the town from food a.nd supplies until they were brought in today from Las Vegas. Hindenburg Ends Ninth Ocean Voyage Lakehurst. N. J.. July 13. —<U.R>~~ The dirigible Hindenburg moored at the end of her ninth voyage across the North Atlantic at 5.46 a. m. CST today. 63 hours, 49 minutes after she left Frankfort, Germany. She arrived over New Jersey almost two hours earlier, but cruised until daylight before approaching Lakehurst. Site carried 50 passengers. Woman Kills Son, Commits Suicide Indianapolis. July 13. —<U.R> —Apparently despondent over a nervour breakdown. Mrs. Bessie Wiland, 35, shot and killed her five-; year-old son, Winston, yesterday and the committed suicide by turn ing on the jets of a gas stove. Police found a series of notes

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Queen Britannia Builds to Rule the Air Paths 'MX * yfiFWr I* ’ •*g * * — ____ j. * • /w J ••i’AZORES / y&jgj •' ~ N .BERMUDA CANARY / 0 —lslands/, Africa The United British Kingdom, admitted ruler of the seas, now plans to rule the air with the establishment of a fleet of giSnt fou'r-motorcd seaplanes such as the one above. Langstone Harbor at Portsmouth, England, will be developed into the air hub of the Government-sponsored trans-Atlantic line which will use the northern route in the summer and southern route in winter, as shown on map. They Pray for the Blessing of Rain - ■■ , Sides’ - . qp "Xovt "A */*■ a*.-. Under a burning unrelenting sky, Stuart Rudd, a farmer of Miller, South Dakota, kneels with his two sons in the midst of his sun-devastated fields, and prays for the life giving rain. His crops now completely ruined, ba. like thousands of others, faces povertv and starvation.

written by Mrs. Wiland to her husband. Rohe, a railways mail clerk, which showed the mother apparently had planned to take only her own life. The notes described how she wanted to send her sc.- to an eastern training school. The bodies were found by Mrs Wiland's mother-in-law, Mrs. Minnie Wiland. Falling Waters. W. Va., when she returned home from church. Mrs. Wiland said her

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• daughter-in-law had been in ill' . health recently. Will Rehabilitate Impoverished Farmers Washington, July 13 —<U.R>— Ex-' paiioiun of efforts by the resettle-' ‘ ment administration to rehabili-. • tate impoverished farmers in ' i drought stricken aread was plann- ' ed today on the basts ot firslt hand

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Farmers Os Indiana Lose Several Million Lafayette, Ind., July 13.—(U.W— Indiana farmers have lost several million dollars through the present drought and are expected to lose much more unless sufficient rain is received within a few days, Purdue university officials predicted today. Light local showers received in ■ many communities gave temporary relief from the extensive heat I wave during the last week, extenI sion representatives of the university reported after a tour of the state. General rains are needed in many counties where corn is firing and showing other damage, they reported. g York Again Hits Liquor Traffic Oakland City, Ind., July 13.—<U.PJ —L. E. York, superintendent of: the Indiana Anti-Saloon league, speaking before a church congrei gation yesterday, protested against I alleged activities of gamblers and liquor dealers throughout the sK?te. , “The gamblers and liquor dealers in Indiana have never enjoyed such a freedom of operation as they do at this time,” York said. “The dog race gamblers, with others, are openly and defiantly pursuing their illegal business in many communities of the state,” _ he said. o Forest Fire Danger Increases In State Indianapolis, July 13. — <U.R) — , Danger of forest fires which would destroy hundreds of acres of Indiana woodlands is increasing with each day of continued drought, Vir- ! gil M. Simmons, commissioner of I the department of conservation,' ‘ said today. Approximately 40 fires, destroy-: ing an average of from 25 to 40 , acres each, have been reported I during the last six weeks, he said. Many of the tires were started along roadsides where matches and i cigarettes were thrown by passing motorists, and others were caused by camp fires not properly ex--1 tinguished. j

McNutt Eulogizes Lincoln’s Mother Lincoln, City, Ind.. July 13.—(U.R) —Eulogizing Nancy Hanks Lincoln as "the greatest type of pioneer woman." Gov. Paul V. McNutt addressed members of the Boonville Press club at the annual pilgrimage to her grave in Lincoln park here yesterday. The governor asserted Lincoln had spent the 14 formative years of his life in Indiana, living on the spot where the para now stands. An address by Raymond Springer, Republican candidate for governor, preceded that of the governor. o Paramount Theater Looted Os $1,500 Fort Wayne. Ind , July 13. —»U.FP —Thieves who picked the office lock in the Paramount theater here ■ last night escaped with more than $1,500 in cash. o MANY PLAN TO (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) and tour, insuring a cool place. The luncheon menu will consist of pastries and delicacies baked in the shop. There will be no charge lor the affair, the Holsum company having arranged the party in honor of' "Miss Decatur." A member of the local party will deliver a short talk on the Centennial celebration August 2 to 8.

HEAT RELIEF (CONriNUKD FROM PAOjC ONK) winds make driving unbearably hot, I and hardly worth while for the few • hours of lake breeze enjoyed while 1 there. Black accompanied by I lightning for the past few evenings ■ have failed to produce the much ’ needed showers, further delaying the relief to the sun-scorched crops 1 in the community. fl— i— —— Austria To Retain Its Independence l Vienna. July 13 —(UP) —Austria i will retain its independence under . its new agreement with Germany and will refuse to join any war like combination, chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg said today. In an interview with the United Press he explained in detail the negotiation of the agreement and its ‘meaning. He said, specifically, that the ' question of restoration of the Hapsburg dynasty in Austria would remain dormant for the present. Fierce opposition to the Hapsburgs by little entente nations, he said, makes it -inadvisable to raise the question. Q Fund For Youth Aid To Be Distributed — Washington, July 13 —(UP) —National youth administrator Audrey W. Williams today split $10,000.00<) among 48 states, as a start of his new $71,250,090 educational and relief program. o Consumer Price Os Milk May (Jo Higher i Chicago July 13 —(UP) —.Repre- , sentatives of producers on the Chi- ; cago mi'k shed met today to deter- ' mine whether drought parched pas- ' tures and the resultant loss to farm- : ers warrants a general increase in the consumer price of milk. A one cent increase lifting prices to 12 cents a quart, was contemplated. o Howard Hughes Held After Fatal Accident Los Angeles, July 13 — (UP) —i ! H .ward Hughes, refreshed by a ■ night's sleep, today awaited ques- | tioning by district attorney's in-1 ' yestigators on an automobile acci- i

NOTICE Property owners are ordered to cut and clear all weeds off their premises located in the city of Decatur, on or before July 15th If this is not done the weeds will be cut by the city street department and the cost charged against the property owners. Do not pile the cut grass and weeds on paved streets. This is in compliance with the City ordinance. DR. R. E. DANIELS Secretary of the City Health Board.

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