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Comforts Slayer Hf < BT<w I r. jH - •- S■ -'• ■ Grief-stricken Theodore Danielsen : tries to comfort his son. Theodore. Jr., who confessed slaying his mother in a sudden fit of <;age Scene is at Inquest in Chicago | where the elder Danielsen promised to help the hoy. THIEVES ENTER LOCAL SCHOOL Principal’s Office Damaged By Thieves Monday Night Thieves entered the Decatur high ■ school building sometime during' the night, escaped with several dol- i lars in loot and created considerable property damage. The vandals gained entrance to the building through the manua: training room and used tools from that room to further their way into, the private office. Utilizing a saw and tools gained ! from the first floor the culprits i neatly sawed away a double pannel | and glaes from the door leading into the office of the principal, W. Guy Brown. This office was the only one dam-1 aged. Practically all drawers in three of four cabinets were damaged by the instrument used to force them open. The money, estimated by school authorities to be 17 oils. was taken from one of these drawers A number of pennies, also lodged in the drawer were not i taken. Janitors, arriving at the school early this morning to assume their duties, first noticed the theft and damage. Several pennies were found lying on the floor of the principal’s office. Sheriff Dallas Brown ■a id Chief of Police Sephus Melcht : were notified and an immediate investigation opened. Little Hope Held For Charles Fisher * Charles Fisher, retired Decatur fireman, is critically ill at his home on Eighth street here, members of the family report. Little hope is I held for hie recovery MRS. LEWTON BADLY BURNED Mrs. Amos Lewton Is Seriously Burned Early This Morning Mrs. Amos Lewton, 60, of north , of Monmouth, was seriously burned at 7:40 o’clock this morning in a gasoline explosion at her home. Mrs. Lewton was brought to the ' Adams county ntemorial hospital.; immediately following the accident The attending physician stated at - noon that she suffered second de-1 gree burns from her hips to her j heels. He stated that the seriousness lof her injuries could not be determined at an early hour. She Is I reported to have been in ill health for some time. The explosion occurred when , she was filling the fuel tank of a gasoline - engine - powered washing machine. The gasoline exploded, spraying her and the room with flames. The local fire department was called, but the conflagration had been fairly well checked when it arrived. A summer kitchen in which Mrs. Lewton had been accustomed to doing the laundry was quite heavily damaged.

HOUSE REFUSES TO PUBLICIZE HIGH SALARIES Votes To Refuse Restoration Os Salary Publicity Provisions Washington, March 8 —(UP) — The house, by a vote of 85 to 48. today refused to restore salary public-' ity provisions to the tax bill which President Rooseve.lt specifically endorsed. The vote was the first of a series on major issues presented Ln the administration tax revision bill. The vote rejected an amendment ' proposed by Rep. Gerald Boileau. progressive of Wisconsin, which would have reinserted in the tax bill a clause providing for disclosure of salaries in excess of $15,000 a year. The clause for disclosure of such publication was eliminated in committee. The vote ignored wishes of President Roosevelt, who said at a prese conference last week that the publicity feature should be retained ; as a matter of public morals. . 0 Return From Long Trip Through South Arthur Hall of north of Decatur and his nephew. Robert Werling of Preble, returned Monday evening jfrom a S2OOO mile trip through the .southern states. They went from 'here to Biloxi. Miss., where Mr. Hal' visited with a nephew living there and continued to Bradenton 'and Sarasota. Florida, o — Youth Is Indicted For Slaying Mother | (Chicago March 8 —(UP) — A grand jury today indicted Theodore I (Teddy) Danielsen Jr.. 16, for the t bread-knife slaying of his cripped I mother. The grand jury presented to chief | Justice Cornelius J. Harrington the true bill it voted against the blond, 'slender youth yesterday NAMES FILED FOR OFFICES Additional Declarations Are Filed By Candidates Today Several more aspirants for public office filed declarations of candidacies and petitions in the county clerk's office at the courthouse today. Following are the candidates: John W. Kraner. Democratic candidate for precinct committeeman, Seylon. Walter H. Meyer. Democratic candidate for precinct committeeman, Soth Hartford. Philip Strahm. Democratic canid idate for county commissioner, 'first district. Will Winnes. Democratic candidate for Washington township as--BOSSOF. Franklin H. Fruchte. Democratic candidate for Kirkland township trustee. William Adams. Democratic candidate for trustee, Jefferson township. Ed Stahly, Democratic candidate for trustee, Wabash township. A Clayton Smith. Democratic ’candidate for trustee, Monroe towniship. O. W. P. Macklin, Democratic I candidate for committeeman. Decatur 2A. i Sam S. Egley, Democratic candijdate for committeeman. East JefferSo,b J! Frank Liniger, Democratic candidate for county commissioner, second district. —o Reports Airplane Plunged In Ocean Oceanside. Cal.. March 8 (UP) |—Police here were notified that a I flaming airplane plunged into the I ocean about three miles oft OceanI side shortly before 11 a. m. today. The naval aid base at San Diego sent two patrol bombers to the area to search for wreckage. — O Sewing Project For Township Approved Announcement has been made here that the Indiana WPA has approved a project to operate a sew ing room for Washington township. An appropriation of $3,295 has been made for the purpose. The women, who take part in the project, sew garments for the poor of the township.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 8, 1938.

♦ ♦' BENEFIT PAYMENTS , ! Since January 1 of 1937, some 750,000 employees of more than |, 9,000 employers in Indiana have begun to establish rights to |: benefits under the Indiana un- | 1 employment compensation law 11 Indiana begins to pay bene- |! fits next month to employees | who become unemployed on or I j | after April 1 and who meet cer- ! j ' tuin other requirements. The Decatur Dally Democrat. | beginning Thursday, March 10, | 11 will publish a series of six ar- 11 tides explaining for its read- | 1 era the facts about the Indiana 11 unemployment compensation j law. Whether you are an employee or an employer, you will not | i want to miss this series. Watch | j for the first article Thursday i on page four. | FARMPROGRAM IS OUTLINED County Agent Outlines Highlights Os New Farm Program Highlights of the new farm program were outlined today by L. E. Archbold, county agent, on his return from a district AAA meeting at Huntington. The meeting was attended by Mr. Archbold and members of the Adams county agricultural conservation committee. Fieldmen of the Indiana agricultural conservation ' committee, and Purdue University extension service district supervisors explained provisions of the new ! program. The 1938 AAA program. Mr. , i Archbold declared, offers Adams county farmers specific financial advantages, in addition to the value of soil conservation. These are: 1. An AAA payment for keeping the acreage of soil depleting crops within acreage allotments and for carrying out soil building practices on a portion of the farm. 2. Guaranteed corn loans at I rates varying from 52 to 75 percent [ of parity High points of the farm program, 'explained by Mr. Archbold, are: j AAA Payment A farmer’s payment is calculated at the following rates of payment: 1. 10 cents per bushel on the I normal production of corn in the corn acreage allotment, providing at least 80 percent of the corn I acreage allotment is planted. i 2. $125 for each acre in the general soil depleting crop allot-1 ment, adjusted for productivity of j I the farm. 3 50 cents for each acre in the conserving acreage on the farm. The conserving acreage is the acreage of crop land in the farm not devoted to soil depleting crops or orchards. 4. Other payment rates if applicable to the farm: 12 cents a bushel on the normal yield of wheat: $1.50 per acre for the average acreage devoted to commercial vegetables in 1936 and 1937; $2.00 per acre of commercial orchards on the farm January 1. 1938; and 2 cents per acre of noncrop open pasture on the farm, plus SI.OO for each animal unit of grazing capa (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Jacob Hoffman Is 11l At Geneva Home Jacob Hoffman, of Geneva, is re-1 ported seriou&'y ill at his home in that town, suffering from heart disease. He has had several attacks in recent weeks.

LENTEN MEDITATION <— ' (Rev. Joseph J. Seimetz) (St. Mary s Catholic Church) SELF-APPRAISAL Lent is especially a time of self appraisal. A time we should employ to gauge our spiritual condition. A time in which we should make an earnest effort to realize who we are. what we are worth, and what wp can do. Are we merely animals living no other life than that of the senses’ Is the dominant motive of our lives: "Let us eat. drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die?” Instead of being a little less than the angels, are we simply a little more than the beasts? As we ponder these questions, everything forces home the fact that we are not merely body That we have an intellect that can seek the truth, a will that can seek the good. That there is an enduring, intelligent, spiritual part of us that comes directly from God and which gives to us a claim to His fathership. His own Son has taught us to pray “Oil' Father.” • . , . As to what we are worth. God Himself has answered that question and He has delivered the price "For God so loved the world as to give His onlv-begotten Son." He has again made possible for us the bliss of the Beatific Vision lost through Adam’s fall. Rather than do without us in heaven He humbled Himself, becoming like us in all things except sin. He suffered every indignity, was insulted, scourged crucified We have been bought with a great price. What can we do? We can gain Heaven or Hell. We can be etern- j ally hhppy with God or eternally miserable in His loss. There is no | shirking or dropping out. Every thoughtful act is taking us closer to ; either goal. Which is it? For each individual that is the important . question and he must answer for himself, alone, face to face with God. Think it over. This Lent may be your last. Remember we are children of God worth the blood of Christ and I we cau GAIN HEAVEN. I

MAYOR REPORTS I ON ACTIVITIES Detailed Report On Projects Sent To State Planning Board Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse has completed a detailed report of PWA and WPA work relief activities and Improvements carried out in this city during the past four years. Triplicate copies of the ( survey, together with photographs of completed projects have been forwarded to the State Planning 1 ( Board. , A national survey is being made | by the United States Community Improvement Appraisal, with the , idea of obtaining information on . what has been done and what com- , munities have in mind for future improvement and development. . These facts will be presented to the Works Progress Administration. In this state the survey was • sponsored by the Indiana State Planning Board, with the Indiana ■ 1 Municipal league cooperating. Mayor Holthouse was asked to prepare the Decatur report. The federal government desires an authentic picture of the work relief program, together with comments about future administration of the PWA and WPA agencies. The operating plan, as prepared by the sponsoring agency, consisted of nine typewritten pages, it being divided into three divisions, namely the state, county and municipalities. A paragraph from the mayor’s report reads: “Many worth while improvements have been made in our city by the WPA and other Federal Relief Agencies. Two ( notable permanent improvements ( have been aided by the PWA.’’ The ( improvements referred to are, the addition and installation of the now 2,000 KWH turbine and ac- ; cessories at the City Light and Power plant and the $250,000 high school, now under construction. Continuing with his comment.! the mayor included in his report,'; "nearly all the work-relief programs carried out here show for themselves and have been made for the public good. They are, more or less of permanent value. Pro-; (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FEAR EX-LOCAL MAN A SUICIDE Melville Fuller. Suicide In California. May Be Decatur Native United Press reports from Burlingame. California, state that a resident by the name of Melville Fuller, 35. committed suicide Saturday after finding his wife had alI ready taken her own life. Fuller is thought to be a brother to Mrs. Charles Peterson and uncle of D. Burdette Custer, both reeid-1 ents of this city. It is known that the Melville Fuller. formerly of this county, lived in the community of Burlingame, j Mr. Custer this morning wired Buriingame authorities in an effort to learn the suicide's true identity. The press report states that upon arriving home and finding that his 27-year old wife had committed sui- i cide. he took his own life, but fails to state the manner in which he died. The local relatives await verification of the relationship. Mr. Ous-' ’ ter expects a night letter from the chief of police there in answer to I his telegram.

MURRAY LEVINE PRESSES CHANCE TD REGAIN SON Again Appeals To Kidnapers To Return Missing Son New Rochelle. N. Y.. March 8— (U.Rj Murray Levine pressed today for a chance to re-establish contact with the kidnapers of his 12-year-old son. Peter, who vanished 11 days ago on his way home from school. Convinced that the boy Is still alive, the attorney nevertheless appeared distraught after a day of unusual activity. He declared that Peter had not returned home, and added: “1 can't answer any questions. I feel as though 1 can’t answer anything." Earlier, Levine left his 14-room house with two men in a dark sedan. They drove away hurried- j ly Questioned later, Levine refused to discuss it. The father, who has $30,000 ransom ready, assured the abductors again that they could negotiate without fear of police interference. "The promise still holds good." . he said, “that no attempt will be made by the police or any other authority or any one else to follow or interfere with the go-between selected to deliver the money." o Heidelberg Choir To Give Berne Concert The Heidelberg college women’s choir from Tiffin, Ohio will give a concert at the Cross Reformed church in Berne Saturday evening March 12 at 7:30 o’clock. —o Named Custodian Os Berne Post Office W. O. Neuenschwander has received his appointment as custodian of the new $67,000 Berne post office. John Ladoyt McCrory has been appointed as substitute custodian. He will assume his duties immediately. For the past three years he has been oustodiam of the IBterne school building. The post office has been moved ! into the new federal building and is serving the public from that place. Samuel Beitler will serve as janitor of the echool building until a permanent appointment is made. a— Willis Selects Neal As Campaign Manager undianapolis. March S —Raymond i E. Willis, editor of the Angola, Republican, who has entered the race for the Republican nomination for United States Senator in the coming state convention, has selected Judge Noel C. Neal, of Noblesville, as his campaign manager. He plans to perfect an aggressive organization in all districts of the state to secure delegates to the convention. Railroads Granted Increased Rates Washington, March 8 — (U.R) The interstate commerce commission today authorized the nation's ' railroads to increase freight rates 10 percent, adding millions of dol- • lars to their annual revenue. Exempted from the increase ! were products of agriculture other I than tropical fruits, bituminous' . coal, lignite coal and iron ore. The commission ordered that the increased rates may be carried out in not less than 10 days notice to the company and the general public. BUY EQUIPMENT FDR HIGHWAYS Commissioners Award Bids For Tractors, Road Equiqment The county commissioners in their session Monday afternoon pur-1 chased two tractors and roa.l equipment. The tractors were bought from ' the international Harvester company and consisted of a 1-30 tractor complete with a mower attachment, and an 1-40 tractor complete. The ' ibid for the two tractors was $3,565.12. Other bids were submitted by ' the Oliver Hart, Allis Chalmer, and ;J. I. Case companies. The commissioners also purchased two road maintainers at a bid of $1,738.70 and an Adams Power I control at a bid of $270 from the I J. D. Adams company. Bids for this I equipment were submitted by thu Allis Chalmers company and by Dave Beateon.

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Rotary Speaker Robert S. Richey. Indiana director of the National Youth Admin ' istration, will address the Decatur Rotary club at its weekly meeting Thursday evening. Mr. Richey, formerly of Bluffton, is well known in Decatur. PARISH WOMEN MEEHHURSDAY Women Os St. Mary's Parish To Meet Thursday Evening Two Fort Wayne women, prominent in Catholic parish activities, will address the women of the St. I Mary’s parish in a meeting at the I Knights of Columbus lia.l here | Thursday night. Miss Mary Laughlin, Fort Wayne , deanery study club chairman, and Mrs. D. B. McDonald, a’so of Fort | Wayne, will be the speakers with "Organization and Conducting of Study Clubs" as the theme. A short musical program, composed of vocal and instrumental selections. will also 'be presented. Mrs. Hugh Daniels, president of the local organization, will preside at the meeting, which will open at 8 o’clock. All ladies of the local parish are urged to attend the meeting. o ROBERT RICHEY ROTARY SPEAKER State NY A Director To Speaks In This City Thursday Robert S. Richey, state director of the National Youth Administration, is to address the Decatur Rotary club at its regular dinner meeting Thursday night at 6:30 p. m. at the Rice Hotel. “Is there a Youth Problem?” is | the subject of his talk. He will outline the work of the National Youth Administration in providing part-time employment for approximately 2.300 out-of-school young persons in Indiana and more than 9,000 needy high school and college students. Mr. Richey has been state direci tor of the National Youth Adminis- j ! tration since October, 1936, having I served as assistant director in i charge of works projects for a year prior to that. He was graduated from Indiana | | University in 1933, and formerly was connected with the U. S. Department of the Interior, supervising engineering projects at Camp Kankakee and in the Brown county state park. Mr. Richey, a former resident of Bluffton, is well known in this city. Morris Kindler of the Rice hotel j will act as chairman of the program. 0 .— Snow Storm Delays Search For Liner Fresno, Cal., March B—(UP8 —(UP) —A mountain snow storm today delayed j the search for a T. W. A. liner that I i was lost last Tuesday with nine ' persons aboard on a flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Airplanes were grounded and ground searching parties were driven to shelter when a blizzard struck the Sierra, Nevada mountains 60 miles east of here, where the search j was centered. |

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Maxim Gorky, Other Noted Russians Poisoned By Former Head Os Russia Secret Police. DOCTORS TESTIFY Moscow. March 8— (U.R) -Henry Grigorievich Yagoda. dreaded former head of the Russian secret police, maintained a secret "poison laboratory,” ostensibly to work out formulas for the destruction of his i enemies, it was testified at the 1 treason trial of bolshevik leaders I today. Pavel P. Bulanov, police execu--1 live and personal secretary of the OGPU head, testified that Yagoda worked in close association with several chem Hts and employed a number of men to work out poison formulas. Testimony had been given earlier that Viacheslav Menzhinsky. Yagoda's predecessor as secret police 1 chief, died a slow death and that Maxim Gorky, famous Russian writer, succumbed to a “medical murder” at Yagoda’s directions. Bulanov also described the attempt to poison Nikolai Yezhov, who succeeded Yagoda as head of tlie secret police. He told a fantastic story of how the office of Yezhov had been sprinkled daily with poison. “When he was removed from the I NKVD (secret police) Yagoda beI gan poisoning the office of his sucI cessor and an adjoining room." Bulanov said. “I did it myself on Yagoda’s instructions. “I dissolved mercury in acid Sept. 23, 1936 and made a solution which I sprinkled in Yezhov’s office. This was done with the I help of Yagoda’s servant, who had 1 been there for 20 years. "The sprinkling was done Sept. 29. Yagoda said the office had (o be sprinkled three times, it was done with an atomizer.” The medical murder of Gorky was confessed to by two of Russia's leading physicians and Yagoda. They c<% fessed to not only murdering Gorky but his son and two high soviet officials. The fantastic story was unfolded by Prof. Lev G. Levin, formerly head of the Kremlin hospital; Dr. Ignati N’. Jazakov, inventor of a famous cure-all extract, and Henry Grigorievich Yagoda. ex-head of the secret police. Dr. Levin testified that he had been ordered by Yagoda to commit the slow murder of Gorky as part of a plot against the government and its staunchest supporters. He said Yagoda threatened to use his almost unlimited power of life and death to “liquidate” him if he failed to obey orders. The drugs given to Gorky. Levin said, were such as not to cause suspicion—such as camphor, caffein, digitalis and other common drugs to stimulate the heart. “Gorky received sometimes as many as 30 or 40 injections of camphor a day.” Levin testified. “This might not be harmful to any other patient, but in the case of | Gorky, who was exhausted by illi ness, it was harmful. "In addition to these, there were sometimes given on the same day two more injections of digitalis plus four more injections of caffein and two of strychnine. This naturally was harmful to Gorky's health." Dr. Levin also testified to the al(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CHOIR TO GIVE CONCERT SUNDAY St. Benedict’s Colored Choir To Present Concert Here Plans have been completed for the concert at the local Catholic high school, to be presented Sunday by the St. Benedict's colored choir the Rev. Fr. Alvin reported today. The choir from Toledo, Ohio, presented a concert here last year and was well received. The organization is heralded as one of the most widely known in this section of the country. An impressive program, including polyphonic singing and church hymns will be included in the program Sunday. The concert will open at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Tickets are selling for 35 cents and may be secured from members of the local Cath;olic youth organization, sponsors ot | the choir's’ appearance.