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IJ CLUB CALENDAR . -— . Society Deadline. 11 A. M. , Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Monday Music Department Mrs. C. J. I Beavers. 7:30 p. m. Tuesday pinochle Club Culled Meeting. ' ' Mrs. William Lister. 7:30 p. m, ', Personals D J. Sprunger. for 23 years a ’mall currier at Borne, will retire j ' from the force on September 30. I it has been announced. I Mrs. Marion Ray and daughter land Miss Ruth Hurst of Muncie are , ; visiting their parents. Mr. and Mrs. ( , Frank Hurst for the remainder of , I the week. Mrs. Ralph Wise and daughter I , Phyllis and son Jimmy of Van Wert j , | Ohio are spending this week with . Mrs. Wise’s parents. Wr. and Mrs., i I Frank Hurst. i t Norbert Holthouse of Indianapolis arrived in Decatur Thursday even- ' ’ ing to celebrate his 12nd birthday I anniversary today. David H. Swaim, veteran news-' ' naperman, Mr. and Mrs. Roger ' Swaim and daughters. Janet and ' ; Doris, of Bluffton are among the i enthusiastic visitor here. A special meeting of the city ' j council for Monday night wa* called , ' today by Mayor Holthouse. \ , ; Hugh Hite of Detroit is attending , »he fair and visiting with friends. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. McDuffey of , ! Peru, formerly of this city, attend- . . ed the fair last night Alfred Mougey of Toledo attended i ' the fair yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Rd Macy are plann- i I ing to go to the lake next week. 1 o 11 Boy Preacher To Conduct Meetings i Rev. B. M. Rollins, famous “boy • preacher” from West Virginia, will . ■ begin a series of revival meetings ■ in the Pleasant Dale Church of the , Brethren Sunday. August 14. and ‘ continue for two weeks. The Pleasant Dale church is , 1 located 744 miles southwest of Decatur. Rev. Russell Weller is

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ONE KILLED IN 1 PRIMARY ROW • IN KENTUCKY — Two Others Wounded In Wild Shooting AIT ray At .Jackson, Ky. Jackson. Ky., Aug. 5 (U.R> —! Former Sheriff Lee Combs, 36, lay dead today, the victim of a wild shooting affray between supporters of Sen. Aiben W. Barkley, senate' majority leader, and Gov. A. B,| (Happy) Chandler, opponents for the Democratic U. 8. senatorial nomination in Kentucky's primary tomorrow. Combs' brother, Lewis, .33. (’handler's campaign manager in Breathitt county, and Sheriff Walter ( Deaton, Barkley supporter, were. wounded. William Combs, 33, i Barkley's county campaign manager and the city jailer, was sought for the slaying. He is not a relative of the Combs brothers. Police said that Sollie Combs, l father of the brothers, had sum-1 moned his kinfolk when he learned , of the shooting. A dozen strong.! they were roaming the countryside searching for William Combs. It was the first major outbreak of violence in the tense campaign, which inrtilves a clear-cut and acknowledged test of President! Roosevelt’s political prestige. Tha shooting occurred last night 1 on the steps of the county court-: house, located In the Margie Bank building which houses Barkley's county campaign headquarters. I Police Chief A. S. Sizmore said the Combs brothers had attended' a meeting of their own faction and then went over to the court build-1 ing where a Barkley rally was in progress. Sheriff Deaton was standing at the top of the stairs. “The brothers started up the stairs." Sizmore said, ‘‘and Deaton warned them to keep away, but 1 they wouldn't pay any attention to him. Then Bill Combs came out and the shooting started.” Siaore said Lewie Combs had charged that the Barkley manager had fired the shots which killed his brother and wounded him. Deaton was wounded slightly in the arm by a stray bullet. Lewis Combs was shot in the shoulder. The bullet penetrated downward and lodged in his left lung. Attaches at the Good Samaritan hoepital at Lexington* said his condition was critical. “He told me,” Sizmore said. ‘‘That neither he nor his brother had guns. There were several other shots fir- ■ d but everyone that was around there at the time hue disappeared and can’t find out much about it.” He said William Combs had fled from the city. “It seems to me,” he added, “That they have been fussin’ about the election, I'm a Republican so I’m not on either side. They were all het up from politicin’. ” Sen. Barkley, adminietartion, floor leader in the senate, Is runu ing with the outspoken approval of President Roosevelt. Gov. Chandler, who is making the race against the President's wishes, is backed by a powerful state organization. He has based his campaign on his record as governor, principally that he has reduced the state debt by twothirds. Vote Saturday Frankfort, Ky., Aug. S—(UP5 —(UP) — One of the memorable campaigns of Kentucky’s battle-scarred political history ended today. On Saturday, an estimated half' million Kentuckians will vote in a primary election, the majority to vote on whether U. S. Senator A'ben W. Barkley, blessed by President Roosevelt, or Governor Albert B. Chandler, who bears the apt nickname of “Happy,” shall be the Democratic senatorial nominee. Because of Kentucky’s Democratic majority, nomination in August' means election in November. Almost a month ago, President Roosevelt rode through Kentucky on his way westward, telling voters } in forceful terms that he was for Earkley, the senate majority leader, and against Chandler, the smiling young Governor who has been in politics less than a decade. Gov. Chandler would make a good senator, the President said, but he added that Barkley’s experience made him a better one. The power of Roosevelt endorsement will be tested Saturday. The 40-year-old governor has not known defeat at the polls. He campaigned against Barkley, backed full by powerful new deal resources . when wise politicians said his cause i wae hopeless. Both candidates have campaigned tirelessly. They have crossed and re-crossed the state, speaking in almost every city and Hamlet. From the Ohio river to the Cumberlands and from the Blue Grass to the Mississippi, voters have heard their speeches—as bitterly personal as could be imagined. Sen. Barkley chose to dwell on — pastor. , Services will commence each i night at 7:30 and continue nightly I throughout the two weeks. |

I the fact that he is a 100 per cent new dealer. He chided Chandler for' j being lukewarm to the President I ■ and accused him of “reactionary' ' Republican talk.” Gov. Chandler sarcastically re--1 marked time after time that Bark-, Iley was "trying to ride back into I i the senate on the president’s coat-j tails." He referred to Barkley as, “Dear Aiben." Chandler pointed to j hte record as governor, which ini eludes a balanced budget and sales i lax repeal. Barkley has been in public Ilf® j more than 30 years. He has been ! a county attorney and a county judge. He has been In Washington since 1913. 14 years as a congress-: man In 1928. he was elected seni ator and was re-elected in 1932. In 1929, Chandler was elected' to the state senate, his first political venture. Two years later he was 1 elected lieutenant governor under j Gov. Ruby Laffoon. Chandler broke with Laffoon over i the sales tax issue. In 1985 the Demmocrat state committee decreed; that the state ticket be drawn In convention. Laffoon favored Thomas S. Rhea to succeed him. Chand-1 i ler called a special session of the: legislature while Laffoon was in Washington and had enacted a compulsory Primary law. Subsequenti ly, Chandler won the nomination. o MAHAG PLANT NEAR NORMAL Workmen Return To Work In Strike-Ridden Maytag Plant Newton. la., Aug. 5 —(U.R> Newton's industrial life, which has been troubled for three months by • the Maytag Washing Machine i company strike, returned to near normal today and indications were : that civil law may be re-establish-1 ed within the next 10 days. Workmen started entering the , plant at 6 a. m. and by 7 a. m. it was estimated that 1.300 men had returned to their jobs, about . 90 percent of the normal force. Two national guardsmen stood on top of the plant to survey the scene. Two machine guns still weie mounted at the main gate and two guardsmen stood near another gate with Thompson machine guns. In all. there were only about 35 guardsmen at the factory. Maj. Gen. Matthew A. Tinley, ' commanding national guardsmen who have patrolled the city since : martial law was declared July 29, said that it the situation remains quiet he would be able to recommend that the troops be withdrawn by Aug. 20. “By the end of that time the ■ Maytag workers will have received , I theii first checks and conditions should be normal,” he said. The strike, which has cost company and workers an estimated $1,700,000, ended at least tempor arily, yesterday when the company's plant was reopened under I supervision of the troops. Strikers, members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union, an affiliate of the committee for industrial organization, voted to return to work. It was expected that virtually all of the company's 1,400 employes ; would be back at their machines today. The strikers went back to the plant under a company settleI ment proposal providing for a 10 per cent wage cut which precipitated the strike May 9. The unionists said, however, they were returning under protest and would i continue their fight for a “fair” ■ deal. o Additional Parking Space For Saturday Additional parking space will be ! provided for Saturday’s fair crowd and farmers, it was stated today. , The two parking lots on First street will be available and the parking lestrictions on First and Third streets will be waived throughout the day. Motorists will be permitted i :o park on the above streets in the restricted areas and tickets will not be issued. The regular parking regulations will be resumed Monday, Chief of .police Melchi announced. SUSPECT HELD AS MURDERER Farmer Is Held As Suspect In Murder Os Hermit-Miser — Cannelton, Ind., Aug. 5. —idl.RU —A . pocted today to start a search for ! Perry county grand jury was exevidence which may link Ervin Gude, 38, with the murder of John Beresford, 60-year-old hermit-miser who died at his small Ohio river shanty July 17 of shotgun wounds. Gude was arrested yesterday by Sheriff R. M. Hobbs and state policeman Norman Burnsworth who went up river a mile from Beresford’s shack, five miles north of Tobinsport, to Gude’s parent’s i farm, where he has been living.

NEW OUTBREAK I REPORTED FROM RUSS-JAP AREA I — Artillery Bombardment Breaks Out On Frontier In Dispute Tokyo. Aug. 5.—- <U.R> —- An artll- | lery battle broke out on the : Slberla-Korea-Manchukuo frontier I today as Japan sought to initiate i diplomatic negotiations with Russia to settle the border dispute peaceably. Russian artillery opened a bom-' bardment of the Changkufeng area at 6:43 a. m. today, a foreign of- ' flee spokesman said. And Japanese artillery then opened up in reply. . It was indicated that the exchange I was proceeding still this afternoon. The Japanese war office Issued a communique at 9 p. m. reporting that soviety artillery had bombarded Changkufeng throughout the day. Sporadic attacks were also reported in the Kowo area. Kensuke Horimuichi. vice for-eign-minister, at once made a strong protest against the Russian bombardment to Constantin Sme-1 tanin, the Russian embassy charge [ d'affairs, the spokesman said. Before news reached here of the j new outbreak, the foreign office; i spokesman had disclosed that I Horiouchi yesterday made the 1 same proposal to Smetanin as those made by Japanese Ambassa- 1 . dor Manoru Shigemltsu to Maxim I Litvinov. Russian foreign commissar at Moscow. This involved evacuation of dis- ! pitted frontier territory by both sides. The spokesman said that the Japanese government considi ered that withdrawal by both sides

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| was a necessary preliminary to a i settlement. 1 Ambassador Shigemitsu's report ! began reaching the foreign office i this afternoon, the sections of It were decoded and distributed to I high officials as they arrived. I The cabinet met late today, but ' the entire report of Ambassador i Shigemltsu was not yet ready for | the ministers. Despite the firmness of Litvinj ov’s tone the foreign office spokes- ; man said that Shigemltsu's report ! indicated that negotiations would |be continued, possibly leading to a friendly study of the border = question. He called the general situation hopeful. DespilF the artillery fire at Chengkufeng, the spokesman said comparative quiet Indicated Russia was taking a i "reasonable" attitude. HOT WEATHER 1 TO CONTINUE; W eathermen Forecast No' Immediate Relief From Heat i The forecast of “somewhat , warmer" weather made today by! weathermen dimmed the hopes of i Decaturites and residents of the! , community, who had looked for- j ward to a cmitinuance of the slight respite in the heat wave. | A light breeze, following cloudy , weather, enabled many residents | to secure their first caal sleep of the week last night. After climbing up to a top read-' i ing of 93 degrees, five degrees I cooler than the previous day, the ■ 'temperatures gradually fell to the| low 70's last night. • Fair-goefs, appreciative of the slight breezes that filtered down ; the midway of the Decatur Free Street E’air, remained on the streets

BEER WAR WITH OHIO IS ENDED Indiana And Ohio Sign Peace Pact After Five Months Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. S—(UP)5 —(UP) - A peace pact in the beer war be-1 tween Indiana and Ohio, wntch has raged fur five months was signed I ! today by officials of the two states, j Under the agreement, Indiana Im- | porters will not charge any fees for the handling of Ohio beer. Ohio, in return, will rescind an order levying an addltlona $1,500 annua] fee against Ohio wholesalers handling Indiana beer. Hugh A. Barnhart, Indiana excise administrator, completed the agreement In a telephone call with Wai-! , ter W. Mitchel, chairman of the! ! Ohio tax commission. Barnhart toIday received formal acceptance of' ihe pact in a telegram from Mit-i j chell. j Barnhart said that Indiana also I would rescind an order issued July J 11 prohibiting Hoosier ports-of-entry, 1 from reselling Ohio beer to Indiana i wholesalers. , The Indiana-Ohio controversy | began last February when the Ohio | j commission issued its order levying' the additional $1,500 fee against | wholesalers handling Hoosier beer, i This step wan taken in retaliation j against the handling fees charged , by Indiana's various ports-of-entry. | Indiana’s outlets in Ohio were vir-

I until a late hour, tramping up and ' ! down the midway. Although the weatherman has! | seen a return climb of the tempera-1 tures, the reading on the Democrat' I thermometer this morning at 81 o'clock was down to 78, despite the ; appearance of a bright sun. ‘

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■tually dried up by this move with itlte number of distrlbutorsn'andi Ung Hoosier beer reduced frbln 58 ! to fewer than 13, Barnhart said. The Ohio agreement was the third made by Indiana officials with I neighboring states In the last few . months. Handling charges on beer . imported from Michigan and Illi* : ,iols were waived when those states i took retalitutory steps againet Ind- : tana. o FAIR SIDELIGHTS (CONTINUED FROM PAGD ONE) cot was necessary. The extra cot .vas added to the equipment. A total of 40 patients had been treated up to this morning. A second escape from being gored by a bull was revealed today when it was learned that Henry Aeschliman, well known Adams ! county farmer, was tunhurt when a j bull knocked him down at the Aeschliman home before bringing the ani- ! mal to the fair. A resident of South Bend reported to Officer Ed Miller that two suits were stolen from his parked i car Thursday, as he was visiting the Decatur fair. Junior, young son of Mr. and Mrs. | Martin Graber of Linn Grove, was ' held at the police booth until his parents could l>e located late Thursday afternoon. Junior had become lost from his parents during the ! cannon act.

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