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Postmasters To Meet At Berne Pont masters of the fourth district will meet Saturday evening at the Berne auditorium, it has been an--1 notinced. Many of the pos'masters from the district will be in attend'.nice at the dedication services of the new Berne post office in the i afternoon and remain over for the ! evening convention. WORKERS HALT POWER STRIKE INMICHIGAN Saginaw Valley Power Plants Back To Normal As Strike Ends Detroit. April 5— (U.R) —Regular crews returned today to Saginaw Valley power plants which committee for industrial organization workers surrendered last night after winning a four months extension of their contract for exclusive bargaining rights. Foremen of the Consumers Power company, whom the strikers evicted last Friday, took charge again. The strikers had maintained service to the northeastern Michigan industrial area, which they had controlled three days. The new as»ee ment extended their contract | until Aug. 4, guaranteed against wage cuts prior to that date, and I promised there would be no discrimination against those who struck. The utility workers organizing committee called the strike. It represents only one of three unions to which the 5.000 employes belong. An American federation of labor union and an independent union also demand the right to bargain for all workers. The interunion dispute was sidetracked at the peace conference arranged by Gov. Frank Murphy yesterday, by J the promise that the national labor relations board would hold a collective bargaining election within 60 days. Meanwhile, the UWOC, a C. I. O. affiliate, has the right to bargain for all workers. Gov. Murphy, who hurried home 1 from a Florida vacation for the conference, denounced the seizure - of the plants. "It is a bad precedent," he said “It contributes to the use of force and violence when workers use this means of settling strikers.” Last year when C. I. O. strikers closed the Saginaw Valley power I plants and left the 200 communities ,of the heavily industrialized area 1 without power for 24 hours. Gov.: I Murphy threatened to call out the . national guard. Company foremen who inspected j the plants behind the evacuating ! strikers last night reported they 1 found the machinery in good conI dition. Several plants in Saginaw. Bay City, Flint, Lansing and Mil-! I waukee were littered with empty I lunch boxes, papers and cigaret ■ stubs but were undamaged. Gov. Murphy kept the UWOCj | and company conferees in session : j in a hotel room seven hours before he announced the agreement. It ■ was signed last night by Dan E ! Karn, general manager of the company, and Albert Stonkus. national head of the UWOC. James D I Dewey, federal labor conciliator, i was present. RANSACK HOME, NO LOOT TAKEN Phil Schieferstein Farm Residence Is Ransacked Monday Night Two men entered the farm home of Phil Schieferstein, north of this city last night about 11:30 o'clock and held Mr. and Mrs. Schieferstein at bay while they searched the house. The men entered the home about 11:30 o'clock. As Mr. Schiefstein w’as unarmed, neither he nor his wife dared leave the bedroom. ! while the men roamed through other parts of the house. The blinking of flashlights gave evidence of the men continuing their search. After the pair left about 2 o'clock, the Schiefersteins arose and investigated, but found j nothing missing. When Thurman Schieferstein re-1 turned home, he notified Sheriff Dallas Brown, who immediately opened investigation. < While the Schiefersteins aro at a loss to name a motive for the visit of the intruders, 'several clues found by the sheriff are expected to lead to early developments.

TOWNSEND NOT : CANDIDATE FOR ■ 0.1 SENATE t I ____________ Governor Definitely Spikes Rumors He Will Be Candidate Indianapolis, April 5 <U.R> Gov. . M. Clifford Townsend today definitely spiked rumors that he might become a candidate for the I United States senate to succeed Senator Frederick Van Nuys. ' 1 Asked directly at a press conference today concerning reports , principally from Washington that I , he was being asked to run. par-' tlcularly by labor leaders. Town-; 1 send said: “I'll not be a candidate for the . senate. The people elected me i | governor and if they made a mistake they'll just have to suffer." The governor joined in the general laughter and then added: "My duty, I feel, is to serve the full time of my term.” Townsend said curtly “no comment" when asked about Senator Van Nuys' charges that the liquor control setup in Indiana is shot with corruption. The governor also said he has taken no sides in the senate campaign and that "the senate race is still wide open as far as I know." He said he was not ready to commit himself for any candidate. Sam Jackson, Fort Wayne lawyer, generally has been considered , to have the backing of the statehouse organization. His only opponent thus far is Alex Gordon, labor leader and vice-president of the state unemployment compensation board. o AFL Labor Groups Meet On Fridays The regular meetings of the AFL labor group here will be held on the third Fridays of each month In the Ben Hur lodge hall above the Holthouee drug store. The next meeting will be held Friday night. All meetings start at 7:30 o’clock. Members are urged to attend. o JERSEY CATTLE SALE IS ASKED Efforts Being Made To Hold Annual State Jersey Sale In Decatur Efforts are being made here to have the annual state Jersey cattle sale in Decatur this summer, according to Roy Price, director lot the Indiana Jersey cattle club. The annual Indiana Jersey cattle sale is one of the largest held each years in the midwest. A committee headed by L. E. Archbold, Adams county agricul- ! tural agent, appeared before the county commissioners Monday afternoon to request the use of the Adams county highway garage for housing the cattle if the sale should be held here. Permission was granted. If the sale is held, two days will be required to arrange the garage for the sale, and I the third day will be given over ■to the sale. • Others who appeared before the commissioners on the petition were: Mayor A. R. Holthouse, John L. De Voss, president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce: Roy Johnson, auctioneer: August Heiman. representing the restaurant proprietors: Jared Reed and Avon Burk, representing the feed dealers, and Mr. Price, as the official representative of the state Jersey cattle club. j It was pointed out today by Ml - j Price, who is one of the prominent Jersey cattle breeders of the j state as well as a director in the | state organization, that should the sale be held here, Adams county farmers would have an opportunity to see cattle owned by some of the best cattle breeders in the state. There is a possibility that some of the stock might be purchased locally. Cattle buyers from all over the ' county attend the annual state sales and a large crowd of both (CONTINUED ON ¥AOE FIVE) Moses Augsburger Severely Injured County commissioner Moses Augsburger is recovering from a severe injury to the thumb on his left hand. While pruning a tree at his farm last week, the ax blade glanced off and caught his thumb, cutting a large gash down the side. Part of the thumb was cut off.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 5, 1938.

Torturer Murders Two Women A f j I CAL. ) j J ~ MXo 0 I N ME*. V Xyuma X ! _pU<=u_ \ __l__| VAN HORN • P^ os \ — • V O * BQDi£S A(. \ MEX. 'j> \\ k Discovery of the battered bodies of a mother and daughter. Mrs. Weston Frame, 46. and Nancy, 22. or Los Angeles, in a desolate section of Texas launched a manhunt for a bandit-maniac in the southwest. An autopsy indicated the two women, who were en route east to visit another daughter of Mrs. Weston, were frightfully tortured before being robbed and slain. Map shows scene of the crime.

CONTRACTS ARE LET BY BOARD Commissioners Award i Contracts For County Infirmary Supplies The awarding of contracts for supplies for the county infiimary was announced today by the county ! commissioners. These are for a three months supply. The Deitech Grocery, of Decatur ' was given the grocery contract, and 1 the Home Grocery, of this city, was awarded the tobacco contract. The ! Amstutz Bakery of Berne and the I Decautr Bakery of this city, tied ! for the low bidders on the bread ! contract. A coin was tossed, and the I contract was won by the Decatur !! 'Bakery. The viewers were appointed for | the Bleeke drain in Union township. ' They are Edward Bishop and Rudolph Schlemmer. Two other drains are being investigated by the commissioners and viewers may be nominated at this session. o Feed Dealers, Farmers Are Guests Here Today Several feed dealers and farmers were guests of L. A. Holthouse, salesman for the McMillen Feed Mills of this city, at luncheon today I at the Rice hotel. George Hackett, reporter and photographer for the Muncie Star, accompanied the dealers here and obtained information for a feature story of the local industry for his paper. o — Berne Church Plans Confirmation Service Ten young people of the Berne Cross Reformed church will be confirmed Sunday during special confirmation services. Those who are to be confirmed: Melville Martin Hirschy, Herman W. Gerber, Mak E. Winteregg, Norbert B. Nyffler, Glenn A. Hirschy, Gaylord A. Stuck- . ey, Kathleen R. Beer, Mary Ellen ! Dro, Jeanette C. Reusser and VirI ginia R. Fluedkiger.

LENTEN MEDITATION (Rev. J. J. Seimetz) (St. Mary's Catholic Church) “SUFFERING” As we near Passion-tide there is one lesson that is brought home to us, the lesson of suffering. The Passion of Christ was the divinely chosen means to expiate our transgressions. It teaches us that i suffering in itself is holy, is meritorious, unto eternal life. True followers of Christ must tread in His footsteps. As He walked the road to Calvary so must they walk it after Him. By suffering we become like unto Him: by suffering we become united to Him. Those who have learned this lesson do not ask the why and the wherefore, but with calm resignation say with the suffering Christ, "Thy will be done.” May this Passion-tide give us a different understanding of the meaning of suffering. May it teach us that we must not only suffer for our own transgressions but also for the transgressions of others. It is thus that suffering acquires a meaning and a purpose, and helps us to become as it were other Christs bearing in our body the marks of our Saviour. We may kick against the goad. We may instinctively recoil from the sting of pain. But it avails us not. There is only one who can lighten our burden of suffering and that is the patient suffering Christ. May He then give us the courage and the strength to carry pur cross and not drag it.

Ask Donations For Scout Cabins Here | 1 Scout leaders of Legion and RoI tary troops have issued an appeal for old davenports to be used as | bunks in the scout cabins in Han-na-Nuttman park. Persons having old bed davenports for sale, or one which they I would be willing to contribute to the scouts, are asked to call Sylvester Everhart. The Lions cabin has be?n com--1 pleted. Members of the Scout troops [are now holding overnight camps at the cabins. o CIRCUIT CODRT JURIES DRAWN Petit And Grand Jurors Are Drawn For April Term Os Court l The grand and petit jury panels 1 for the April term of the Adams circuit court were drawn Monday by the Adams county board of jury commissioners. Members of the commission are ■ Henry F Gallmeyer, Forrest Elzey and G. Remy Bierly, county clerk, i The members of the petit jury, whose names were drawn for the [ panel are: Joseph Brown, Kirk- ■ land township; Tillman Beer. MonI roe township; William Kessler, 'jefferson township; Emma Augsburger, Wabash township: Earl Martin, Kirkland township; John ,! Morningstar, Jefferson township; Martha C. Zeser. Decatur; Emma Beer, Blue Creek township; Harold E. Martin, Washington township; Forrest Balsiger, Berne; [ Amos Gerke, Root township and Dan Augsburger, Monroe town-' ship. Members of the grand jury are: Adolph Kiefer. Preble township; Adeline Chew, Geneva; Elsie Hackman, Preble township; Herman C. I Geels, Washington township; William Evans. St. Mary’s township; and Bernard Keller, Decatur. The April term of the court opens next Monday. There will be no vacation between court terms this time, since the February term closes Friday.

COUNTY PLANS BOND ISSUE TO IMPROVE ROADS — State To Take Over Roads; County To Benefit More Than Cost To pay for right of ways along three stretches of state roads in the county, which the state will improve, including the building of a modern bridge at Pleasant Mills., Adams county, with the approval of the state board of tax commis-, sioners. will issue $25,000 of general revenue bonds. Circulating of the petitions, to be signed by free holders in the coun- i ty, started today. Several peti-! tions are being circulated, the signing of them being the first legal step required in getting the program started. The state tax board has held that the county could not appropriate the money out of the general fund since it was not included in the budget prepared last September. The state board recommended the Issuance of bonds. The county will receive more in benefits from the state than the right of ways cost. The state highway commission is taking over approximately 29 miles of road in the county. Maintenance of the 29 miles will begin immediately and the roads will be improved as soon ;as the highway commission can get to it. Besides the building of a new, bridge across the St. Mary’s river i at Pleasant Mills, which will re-! place the old wood covered top bridge, the state will take over two bridges east of Geneva. The roads which the state is tak- ' ing over in the county are state roads 101 and the building of the new road from Blnfftoii, east to Geneva and then over to the Ohio state line. Approximately 29 miles i are included in the program. It has been determined that state ! 1 road 101, south of U. S. road 224. will be routed one mile east on No. 224, where it now intersects i 101, and then south through Bobo! and Pleasant Mills. This is a stretch of more than 6 miles. The new bridge at Pleasant! Mills is estimated to cost between $28,000 and $30,000, which item I alone is more than the entire cost ' of the 29 miles of right of ways. County Commissioner Phil Sauer | has been chosen by the board of ! county commissioners to obtain the j right of ways. Reasonable payments for land and damages to fences and orchards are being paid to land owners by the county. Mr. Sauers hopes to obtain all the easements within the next couple ■ months so the work can proceed immediately. The county bonds will be issued as soon as legal details can be arranged and providing the issue is not held up on account of remonstrances. Interest will not exceed 4% per cent, the purchaser bidding the rate. The taking over of the 29 miles of roads will save the county several thousand dollars a year in maintainence. in addition to the I | outlay for a new bridge at Pleasant I Mills and those east of Geneva. 1 o RUSHING WORK i I ON NEW SCHOOL Boilers For New School’s Heating Plant Arrive At Site Worki on the new junior-senior I Decatur high school buildings is rapidly progressing, a view of the I site reveals. The two huge boilers, which are ■to be used in heating the new j $245,000 high school, have arrived (and have been set on the school site i to await Installation. Workmen are feverishly working on the gigantic walls of the room, which is to house the heating units. A large crew’ of men in that portion of the work has speeded up the labor until the walls are almost | completely finished; The forms are. nearly filled. Meanwhile the interior bride walls are steadily climbing, with two of the steel staircases already I in place. Other steel, including girders and beams have been moved to the school site, preparatory' to installation. j Sewage and plumbing fixturee are also located on the grounds, as a crew of workmen and city water employes are making preparations f. r hooking up the sewage and water systems. j

Revised Tax Bill Is Submitted As Aid To Business

COOKING SCHOOL ENDS TOMORROW Final Showing Os Demo-i crat’s Free Cooking School Wednesday The final showing of "A Etar In 1 : My Kitchen,” free cooking school at the Adams theater, being sponsored by the Decatur Daily Democrat, will be held Wednesday afternoon, etarting at 2:45 o’clock. Decautr’s future housewives and matrons, the high school girls of today, who are now learning the first steps of the kitchen and home-mak-ing classes, will be special guests of the newspaper. Through special permission of Principal W. Guy Brown of the pub-1 lie high school and the Rev. Joseph J. Seimetz of the Catholic school, the girl students will be dismissed at an early hour, enabling them to witness the last of the Dem-, ocrat's three day school. Doors to the theater will be opened at 2 o’clock Wednesday after-' noon. Although the showing will be ! held especially for high school students .employes of the Democrat in I charge of the school have urged ■ any interested housewives of the I community to attend. The spacious seating accomodations of the theater promise ample , seating capacity for an unusually large crow’d. The second presentation of the school got underway this afternoon with registration preceding the show, and the distribution of door prizes following. Monday's winners were: Bertha Voglewede. Decatur, five-pound eack Pillsbury flour; Florence Baumgartj ner, Preble, five-pound sack Pills--1 bury flour; Julia Rose Passwater. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ' o GIVEN FINE AS | DRUNKDRIVER Decatur Man Fined By Court. Driver’s License Suspended John Krebs, local employe of the Central Sugar company, was fined sls and costs in circuit court late yesterday by Judge Huber M. DeVoss. Krebs plead guilty to a charge of drunken driving, when arraigned on the charge. His driver’s license was also suspended for six months Krebs plead against the revocation of his license, stating that daily work at the sugar company would necessi- | tate long walks. The court, however, indicated that it would be unfair to make a concession in his | case, since other convicted drivers have been penalized in the same ■ manner. ; Krebs was arrested Friday night by state patrolman Truman Bierie i on federal road 224. when he alleg- ■ edly was operating his car while under the influence of intoxicating j liquor. State police, under orders from i the state department, have been | making a concerted drive in recent | weeks against drunken driving, in j an effort to curb traffic accidents and fatalities. It will be recalled that once a driver's license has been revoked on the charge, a cash bond of SIO,OOO or insurance to that amount is required again to procure the license. It has been reliably reported that but one out of an approximate i two score drivers, whose licenses ! have been revoked in the past few years, in the county, has been able j to regain his license. Local Man’s Mother Is Buried Monday Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for Mrs. Martha Calland, mother of J. Ward Calland of this city, who died Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rarlin Maynard of Pennsville, Ohio. The body was taken to Summerfield for burial. Mrs. Calland was well known here, having spent the past several winters in Decatur with her son. Mr. and Mrs. Calland and Mrs. Eli- : zabetlh Markel will return to Dejeatur this evening.

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Bill Reported By Senate Finance Committee Is Designed To Decrease Unemployment. BOOM BUSINESS Washington, April 5 — <U.R) — The senate finance committee toi day reported to the senate a re- ■ vised tax bill which it said would "rapidly decrease" unemployment by its liberal treatment of business. Chairman Pat Harrison, D., Miss., said the senate draft of the revenue measure was designed to go “even further” than that of the house ways and means committee to “improve our existing revenue system, to remove inequities, to equalize the tax burden and to stimulate business activity.” Harrison asserted in the committee report that “under present conditions it seems of the utmost importance to bring about greater business activity and a freer flow of capital into productive enter- ] prises. “If this can be done, the number of unemployed will rapidly decrease," he added. "Moreover ! such a result is vital to the revenue. High rates of income tax are ineffective in producing revenue when there is very little Income to tax. "If business goes ahead, and there is no reason why it should not go ahead under the provisions of the bill as reported, then there will result more taxable net income, with a consequent increase in revenue.” The senate will begin consideration of the tax bill tomorrow. “In making its recommendations,” Harrison pointed out, “the committee has also given special ■ attention to changes which will simplify the law and increase its '.certainty. This, also, is important 'to business. Finally, every effort has been made to adopt measures which will free frozen capital and allow it again to be productively employed. "Under business conditions such as are estimated for the calendar year 1938, the bill as reported will J* produce about $20,000,000 in revenue more than the house bill, if it is assumed that all the changes proposed have come into full operation. But this estimate leaves out of account any added revenue which your committee is certain will result from increased business activity.” A bi-partisan coalition has been formed to drive the tax bill to passage by the end of the week. The administration is expected to oppose elimination of the undistributed profits tax and drastic modification of the capital gains levy. Speeds Action Washington, April 5 — <U.R) — Congress speeded help for business today in a general movement to check recession and avoid a burst of railroad receiverships. A business recovery tax bill, formulated by the senate finance committee, is expected to meet some of the major objections of business to new deal tax policies. The house in voting authority for $1,500,000,000 of emergency RFC advances to business removed interstate commerce commission power to veto loans. The new reconstruction finance (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) POST Off ICE TO DE DEDICATED New Berne Post Office Will Be Dedicated Saturday Afternoon Arrangements for the dedication of the new Berne post office next Saturday have been completed, it has been announced. Congressman James I. Farley will be the principal speaker, with former state senator Thurman Gottschalk now head of the state penal institutions, as program chairman. Visitors at the dedication will be taken on a tour of Berne, under the direction of Joe Winteregg, Grover Sprunger, and O. N. Smith. Committee heads are as follows f C. H. Mueelman, publicity; Leonard Baumgartner, decorations and Vilas Schindler, reception. The services will start at 2:3® o’clock Saturday afternoon, with music by the Berne school band. C. D. Balsiger, town board president, will deliver the address of welcome.