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* Monroe Township School Building Is Badly Damaged Vandals In the last * e » weeks caused several hundred dollars worth of damage to the No. 8 school tin Monroe township, was learned I today Probably breaking into the school by a window, the vandals I found two gallons of white paint and a large bottle of ink. The paint was thrown over the .seats, desks and organ. Valuable] eference books from the library •were pulled out and covered with j paint and ink. Phonograph records, were broken and a bottle of ink was thrown through a picture of George Washington. Authorities, who found no clues in an Investigation this morning, hoped that seven yeane ot Lad fuck would haunt the vandals because they also broke a mirror. Due to the faot that nothing was stolen, it is' believed probable that it wae the work of small boys intent upon! destruction. ROOSEVELT BACK FROM VACATION President Arrives In Florida After Fishing Vacation Washington, Aug. 9.—<U.P>- The battle for control of the Democratic party enlarges today with President Roosevelt's return to the United States from a fishing vacation. Disembarking from the cruiser Houston in Florida. Mr. Roosevelt J will head northward to invade Georgia in a showdown on the so- • called party purge of "yes, but ’ Democrats. The “purge” forecast when Mr. 1 Roosevelt started west last month did not develop en route to the : Pacific. He bestowed cautious en- ' dorsements here and there, plump- ! ed for Sen. Alben W. Barkley, D.. ! Ky., who Saturday was renominated to the senate, but left the mainland without demanding the scalp of any Democratic congress--1 ional incumbent. ( In Georgia. South Carolina and Maryland, however, are new dealDemocratic battlegrounds on which Mr. Roosevelt either will fulfill the forecasts of a party purge or demonstrate that no direct action is contemplated against bolting Democratic senators. He | will speak Aug. 11 in Georgia and if a frontal attack on Sen. Walter F. George, D-, Ga.. is contemplated. lit probably will be made then. George opposed Mr. Roosevelts judiciary reorganization bill and has so offended the new deal otherwise that some insiders were confident before Mr. Roosevelt left the capital last month that he would declare open warfare against the senator. U. S. District Attorney Lawrence Camp, running as a 100 per cent new dealer, is the man George must beat for the senate nomin-j ation. Camp helped arrange Mr. Roosevelt’s speaking engagement in Georgia and will appear prominently with him on the platform. George also will be there. On j July 18 he accepted an invitation | from Mayor J. A. Cason of Barnesville, Ga., to welcome the president | when he arrives there to talk. Re-1 ferring to Mr. Roosevelt as "that great and good man,” George said j he would be pleased and happy to participa’e In the welcome cere(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o ONE MAN KILLED IN TRUCK CRASH Unidentified Truck Driver Killed Near Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 9 —An unidentified Ohio truck driver died early today in the flaming wreckage cf two transport trucks which collided near here. Harold Fisher, 32, Champaign, 1 111., driver of the other truck, wa*| burned seriously above the hips. 1 E. B. Goss, 34, Canton, O„ driver of a companion truck with the uni-1 dentified roan, said he knew the ap-l erator only as "Tommy from v»n-, ton, Ohio. The accident occurred seven milee west of here on U. S. high- j way 33. Fisher was thrown clear] of the wreckage, which burst into fames after the impact. Goss and his companion were! drivers for Harold Lance, a broker, from the Triangle Express Co., Canton. State police and coroner Walter F. Kruse investigated.

STATE NEARINC COMPLETION OF CARROLL TRIAL High School Girl Tells Os Seeing Carroll At Murder Scene South Paris, Maine, Aug. 9— (U.R)—The state rested its case in the murder trial of Francis M. Carroll at 1:40 p. m. CST. today and 10 minutes later court adjourned until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. I South Paris, Me., Aug. 9 —(UP) ] | —The state neared completion oti i He case against Francis M. Carroll, I former deputy sheriff accused of- | murdering Dr. James G. Littlefield, i ; today by presenting testimony that! ] he was at the scene of the slaying. ! Thirteen witnesses testified at the I two-hour morning session of court. | ] The testimony most damaging to j Carroll was that of an 18-year-old high school girl Hazei Halbot, who said ehe saw him parked in his automobile outside the home of ’ Paul ( Buddy j Dwyer between 7 and 7:30 P. M. last October 13, the night of the slaying. It was at the home of Dwyer, the I state contends, that Carroll killed ! Dr. Littlefield when he threatened I to expose his allegedly incestuous relations with his daughter, Bar--1 bara, with whom young Dwyer had been intimate. Though the 19-year-old Dwyer 1 pleaded guilty to the murder and I accepted a sentence ot life imprison-' ment, he later repudiated the con- , session. namd Carroll as the “real ! slayer” and said the ousted law officer had intimidated him into "takI ing the rap.” Summer residents and tourists who crowded the courtroom heard ' witnesses testify that: 1. A cigarette lighter found on the driveway of the Dwyer home I ! Oct. 16 was owned by Carroll. 2. A mysterious light was seen burning in the Dwyer home at 11:45 (CONTINUED <>N PAGE FIVE) LOCAL MAN'S FATHER DIES J. M. Flaugh Dies Early This Morning At County Hospital John M. Flaugh. 79, retired Allen county farmer and father ot Clark Flaugh, of this city, died this morn- ! ing at 5:20 o’clock at the Adams I county memorial hospital. Death was attributed to complica-1 Hone. The deceased was born in! .Madison township, Allen county, 'August 23, 1858. He had spent the 1 last 10 years of his life at Hoag- i iand after retiring from an active I farming life. Surviving, besides the widow anu j I the son here, are the following chilidren: Nora, Michael, Calvin. John Ethel, Russell, all of Hoagland, Mari garet of Fort Wayne. Two grand-children, Gra> e and Dorothy Jane, Flaugh, of Decatur: I twd half-brothers, John and Fred ' Hoffman, of Allen county, also I survive. • Funeral services will be held Thursday at 12:30 o’clock (CST) at the Ake and Son funeral home at Hoagland and at 1 o’clock at the Antioch church in Poe. Buna) will be made in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Hoagland. The body was taken to the Ake funeral home and may be viewed there until time for the funeral. Cuban Government “Curges” Cabinet I Havana, Cuba, Aug. 9—(UP)— 1 The Cuban government began a "ipurge' on the cabinet today in an ( effort to restore public confidence in the wake or rumors regarding a public works bond scandal eeveral weeks ago. Pres. Fererico Laredo Bru confin- ; 'cd officially that he had received • ' the resignations of this entire cab- 1 I inet to give the government“liberty , (for reorganizing the administration j which the resigning secretaries ! themselves esteem necssary." Boy Scouts To Meet Thursday 1 The Boy Scouts of the city are to ( j meet at the cabins in Hanna-Nutt- , ! man park Thursday afternoon at ( 1:30 o’clock, instead of Wednesday, las usual, Steven Everhart announc- : ed today. Plans for the trip to Tur- , key Run will be made at the meet- j ing. 1

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Barkley Swells Victory Total | Sr 7 ’ r — WypTf ■ ■s w>r . • 1 ■ -Wnw bu <3 r"L BF 1 J i tuBHBKKk. ■ / ■ 1 1 Senator Barkley voting 1 Senator Alben W. Barkley, shown casting his vote, is virtually assured j ■ of returning to the senate as a result of his victory over Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chandler in the primary, since the Democratic nomination is • tantamount to election although Barkley must face John P. Haswell, 1 Republican nominee, in the election.

CLOSES GATES ON EMPLOYES Libby Owens Ford Glass Company Closes Gates To Workers Ottawa, 111., Aug. S—(UP)—The | Libby Owens Ford Glass company | today closed its gates against 500] | employes whe nthe committee for I i industrial organization refused to halt pickets protesting the cmploy- , ment of American Federation of | Labor sympathizers. The company has an "open shop" * contract with the federation of j plate glass workers, local 19, a CIO 1 ! affiliate. The Union posted pickets Satur-, day protesting the continued employment of four men whom they termed “hibitual trouble makers.” i The men had been attempting to I win employes to the AFOL. A. S. Middleton plant manager, I said his move was "not a lockout i —we merely closed the doors.” I chTheheoe lHe said he acted on or'ders from D. H. Goodwillie, Toledo, 4 I 0., evecutive vice-president of the j company, that “certain operations i would be halted because of picketI Ind interference on the .part of rep-I j resentatives of the union.” leland Beard, president of the, j CIO local, said the pickets would i be removed as soon as Goodwillie ‘ came here from Toledo to negotiate I the dispute. Beard said Glen McCabe, ousted i president o fthe CIO glass workers addressed a meeting of 1000 company employes Friday night urging them to join the AFOL. He said McCabe was removed some time : (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o START ROOFING OF GYMNASIUM . _ Roofing Os GymnasiumAuditorium At New School Started Roofing of the gymnasium-audi-torium of the new Decatur juniorsenior high school on Jefferson street has been started by workmen. i Roofing of the school proper was completed last week, and work was I begun immediately on the gymnas-: i ium. ' Bricklayers are working also on j the west side of the gymnasium. |' bringing the wall up to roof level. ! i The multi-colored brick interior of ~ the gymnasium has been complet-|; ed entirely around the inside. With the completion of the roofing process, the only main work | remaining in the gymnasium-audi-torium will be that of installing | the accoustical ceiling, seats and I flooring. Nearly all o fthe plastering work has been completed on the second floor of the structure and plumbers are working on the first floor, covering pipes. The progress in the work thus far has enhanced the probability of the prediction that the new’ building will be ready for occupany by early November. ■ “ I

“Shot” Transcient Is Freed From Hospital I Mike Ferrell. Chatham, New York transient, who laet week during the street fair, bargained with the owner of the “human cannonball” act, permitting himself to be shot from ; the cannon for $2.50, was released today from the Adams county memorial hospital. Ferrell, who Buffered two dislocated bones in his left foot as he i struck the net. was taken to the ' county infirmary until he completely recovered. He is reported to be rapidly improving. PRIMARIES IN FOUR STATES Primaries Are Held Today In Ohio, Idaho, Arkansas, Nebraska By United Press Today’s primaries: Ohio Sen. Robert J. Bulkley. the new ] ' deal favorite, is opposed for renomination by former Governor George White. Robert A. Taft, son of the former president, and state I supreme court justice Arthur H. 1 I Day seek the Republican senatorial 1 I nomination. Gov. Martin L. Davey ’ seeks Democratic nomination for, his third term over Charles Sawyer, Democratic national commit- < teeman. Idaho Sen. James P. Pope, administration farm expert, who campaigned . on his record of new deal loyalty, is opposed for re-nomination by Rep. , I D. Worth Clark, an in-an-out new , ] deal supporter, who campaigned las an “independent Democrat.” Arkansas Sen. Hattie Caraway, seeking ( Democratic renomination, is oppos-1 ed by Rep. John J. McClellan who I lacks her record of consistent new deal loyalty. Nebraska Both parties nominate candidates for state and congressional offices. Campaigns developed no issue of national interest. Annual Picnic Is Planned Wednesday The annual picnic of the St. Paul I Evangelical and Reformed Sunday school of Harrison township, Van ■ Went county, Ohio, will be beld at ( the J. D. Geissler grove, five miles I, northeast of Wren, Ohio, Wednes-, day. !, Music will be furnished by the I j Wren school band. Afternoon and evening programs will be present-] , ed. The general public is invited to attend. I, TEMPERATURE READINGS 1 DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER ' 5:00 a. m 76 I 10:00 a.m -- T 9 1 Noon 85 i 2:00 p. m 91 3:00 ,p. m —... 98 1 WEATHER 1 °artly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; somewhat warmer in extreme north portion Wednesday afternoon.

GERMAN KILLED IN RIOTING IN EUROPE TODAY Nazi Leaders View Stabbing As A New Major Crisis Berlin, Aug 9 (U.R>— Nazi party quarters today viewed the fatal stabbing of a Sudeten German party member at Hartmanitz, Czechoslovakia, as a major incident in the German-Czech crisis. The fact that the alleged assailant was an Austrian refugee was only of "secondary importance,” according to information made available to the foreign press by semi-official quarters. "Political quarters in Berlin are depressed by the new murder of a Sudeten German because this crime is looked upon as significant I of the jeopardy of life to which Germans are exposed in Czechoslovakia under the Prague regime," | the statement said. “It is considered only of second- ] ary importance what faction the j murderer in this particular case ; belonged to. as all anti-German factions equally are given an opportunity to fight against Germandom and with every criminal means. “It is considered most pertinent that such criminal means can be applied continuously without Prague effectively Intervening to protest Sudeten Germans.” Newspapers intensified a campaign of criticism of Czechoslovakia as a result of the new incident. Headlines called it a “Czech mu rder." Named Martyr Prague. Czechoslovakia, Aug. 9 —(U.R) — Wenzel Bayerle, Sudeten German who was killed during week-end violence which the German minority called the worst since the May 21 crisis, will be named a martyr by the Sudeten party, it was announced today. Executives of Konrad Henlein's party announced that they would give Bayerle a "martyr's funeral” at Hartmanitz tomorrow. Ten thousand members of the party will march in u procession through the town. A post-mortem examination revealed that Bayerle had been stabbed four times with a pocket knife and cracked on the head with a beer mug during a bar room fight. Police said his direct assailant was Franz Hoiden. Henlein party leaders said Hoiden was an Austrian political (CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE) Sentence Roy Martz To Indiana Prison Roy Martz, 30, a native of Monroe and for many years a resident of Adams county, was sentenced to' serve 10 years in the Indiana state I prison today by Judge Harry H. Hilgemann in the Allen circuit court after being convicted of robbing the Palace theater in Fort Wayne last June. Martz who has a prison record, 1 was released from a parole in March of last year. He had served ] more than five years of a 10-year ! sentence for auto banditry. Martz was arested on Ju'y 2 at Pullman. Michigan and identified by the ticket girl of the theater, as the man who conducted the holdup, which netted him SSO. o DOUGCDRRIGAN OFF TO NEWARK Wrong-Way Flier Leaves Boston On National Tour (Boston, Aug. 9 —(UP) —Douglas Corrigan, wearing a Kelly green necktie, left Boston airport at 7:30 A. M. CST today aborad a commercial airliner for Newark, continuing his national tour. About 75 persons were present to see him off. Professor William Moulton Mareton, a former Harvard faculty member, reported that Corrigan is such a good liar that it’s all a lie ( detector can do to detect his fibs. The professor conducted lie detector tests of the wrong-way flier at a hotel last night as a feature of the dinner that climaxed Boston’s rousing reception to the young (Irishman. “Did you really start for California?" asked the professor. ■'Sure", answered Corrigan, grinning broadly. Marston had to study lie detector’s graph for fully a minute before deciding that this was a fib.

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SEEK TO SAVE BABE’S SIGHT Helaine Judith Colan Flown To New York City For Treatment Chicago, Aug. 9 (U.R)- Helaine Judith Colan. suffering a cancerous growth threatening loss of her sight and possibly her life, was flown to New York last night for consultation with "a famous specialist” to determine possibility of | saving her remaining right eye, ] her father said today. Dr. Herman Colan, dentist, said | his wife and her mother, Mrs. Morris Hershman, flew to New I York for a series of three appointi meats with the specialist. The consultation was recommended. Dr. Colan said, by a group of Chicago physicians who have treated the child since the malignant growth covering both her eyes was discovered last May when Helaine was six weeks old. Helaine's left eye was removed May 8 on a decision by a jury of eye and X-ray specialists and Rabbis called by the young parents to help them decide whether to attempt to save the child's life even with the prospect of total blindness. Since the operation the remaining eye has been treated by deep ] X-ray therapy. Dr. Colan said he believed the eye had “responded favorably” to : the treatment but attending physi- | cians suggested a further check by ] another authority. The cancerous growth which slowly damages the optic nerves (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GOV.CHANDLER REFUSES PROBE Chandler, Defeated By Barkley, Refuses To Attend Probe Louisville, Ky., Aug. 9 —(U.R) —■ Gov. A. B. (Happy) Chandler, defeated by U. S. Senator Alben W. Barkley for the Democratic senatorial nomination in last week’s Kentucky primary, refused today to appear at an investigation into his , alleged poisoning during the camj paign. Gov. Chandler and state finance commissioner J. Dan Talbott be- , came ill after Chandler spoke here . several days before the primary. Talbott also refused to attend the investigation, scheduled for next | Monday. Commonwealth Attorney Merit i O’Neal said he had sent “courteous , | invitations” to Chandler and Tal- ] bott to appear before a special i grand jury which will inquire into charges that Gov. Chandler and, Talbott drank poisoned water, as reported by the physician who attended them. Gov. Chandler said he was leav- - (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Rotarians To Hear Movie On Safety An entertaining and instructive moving picture, based on safety, will be (presented at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club, Thursday evening at the Rice hotel The cast of characters is composed of Hollywood movie stars, Charles Broadbeck will be chairman of the program. o — — Jean Lautenschlager Is 4-H Prize Winner It was erroneously stated In a previous issue of the Democrat that J Miss Jean Lautzenheiser was third prize winner in the baking contest ’ of the girls’ 4-H club work. The 1 1 name should have been Miss Jean ' Lautenschleger. ’ q Evangelical Picnic To Be Held At Berne The Evangelical Sunday School • picnic will be held Friday afternoon and evening at Lehman park • in Berne. Cars will be at the church at 4 and 6 p. tn., to trasport those ■ not having away to Berne. A basket • supper will be served at 6:30 . o’clock. ——..Ml

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Momenatry Lull Reported Between Russian And Japanese Forces On Border. NEW COMMANDER By Joe Alex Morris (United Press Staff Correspondent) . Chinese resistance to the Japan- . eso Invasion stiffened today In • ratio to seriousness of Japan’s coni flict with Russia on the Siberian frontier. The Soviet's stern attitude toward Japan in battling over disputed Changkufeng hill on the Siberian-Manchukuo border already I has resulted—intentionally or unintentionally—in weakening the Japanese offensive up the Yangtse . valley against Hankow. For the moment, fighting in the . Changkufeng sector was reported i to have died out but both sides . busily strengthened positions, moved iresh troops and prepared for new engagements if still feeble diplomatic gestures toward settlement continued unsuccessful. Japanese sources reported that Field • Marshal Vassily Bluecher, com-mander-in-chief of the Soviets far i eastern amy. had taken personal i command. Far to the south, the Japanese . climatic offensive on Hankow was stalled for the time being, at least. . Chinese reported that they had i counter - attacked Japanese at Hwangmei and Taihu, north of Kiukiang, and had recaptured the , strategic heights of Lion Hill, outside Kiukiang. They reported heavy Japanese casualties: claimed to have sunk seven Japanese warships; asserted Generalissimo I Chiang Kai-Shek- would not listen, to any Japanese peace proposals even if Hankow fails. Exast relation of the Chinese recovery in the Yangtse valley and the threat of war between Russia and Japan on the Siberian border must remain speculative. Russia's I aid to China in the past has been i limited to war materials; airplane pilots; encouragement of the highly effective Chinese Red army and harassment of Japanese penetrating in the north—particularly inner Mongolia. Obviously, that was not enough to prevent the fall of Hankow which had appeared likely in August. But today the Japanese capture of Hankow has been delayed in the opinion of military experts until probably September; longer if the Chinese counterattacks prove effective. Japanese control of socalled conquered interior territory is reported by an American army observer to extend only as far as the guns of Tokyo’s soldiers will shoot. Unconfirmed reports of Japanese troops withdrawals from China to the threatened Manchukuo front indicated a possible cause for weakening of the Japanese conquest, and there have been indications that Moscow hoped to cause such withdrawals. In any event, the Chinese defense in the Yangtse has stiffened coin- ' cidentally with the Siberian frontier quarrel —and after Chiang Kai(CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE) 0 SPANISH VETS PLAN REUNION ; 39th Annual Reunion To Be Held At Huntington Sunday i The 39>the annual reunion of the! > 169th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Spanish American War veterans, will be held Sunday, August 14 ats Huntington, it was announced to* . day. The reunion wae originally sched« t uled to be held here, but was change ed because of the lack of facilities! ’ for handling the large crowds ex* . pected. ‘ Members of the company from 13 ’ cities of Indiana will gather on that) date to mark the closing of the war, 40 years ago August 12. The cities, which are expected) to be represented are: Marion. De* I catur, Columbia City, Warsaw, Logansport, Tipton, Anderson, Wabash, I Lafayette, Bluffton, Ossian, Hunt* • ington and Montpelier. : The vets from here who hava i signified their intentions of attend* ( ing the reunion are: Harry Reed, : Jess Roop, Charles Kitchen, Char* I les Brothers, William Noll, Ed and Frank Peterson. j