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NINETY ITH YEAR NO 21 EIGHT PAGES EYES WORLD WATCH GREATEST WHEAT EXCHANGE SCENE CLASHES IN MANCHURIA" DEICIT MOUNTS STEADILY ADVANCE INTO MANCHURIA NEW HIGH SEASON MARKS the public an of ot de wil! receipts of it Cannon Awaits rial a Heiress Weds the the questions considered COURT ACTION TOO LATE ELECTION SUIT WITHDAWN SHELBY SURPASSES GOAL IN COMMUNITY UND DRIVE STATE RELEASES UNDS TO WELARE INSTITUTIONS Reports of renewed along the Nonni river in Man churia have brought another de mand to the League of Nations from China that it intervene in the ChineseAJapanese crisis there Arrow on map above points to the CITY WORKERS LAID BECAUSE UNDS LACK TOLEDO Nov Two hun dred part time workers in the city street department have been laid oft because of A lack of funds Ser vice Director William Schroeder said the men will be re employed if the city succeeds in selling $100 000 street repair bond issue i WASHINGTON Nov (ZP) Thirteen year old Edith Riley is free from a windowless closet pris on in her parent's home forthe ftmV time In four years 'When removed yesterday by po lice she weighed 38 pounds Her father stepmother Mr and Mrs Lester Riley are charg ed with cruelty They were re leased on bonds of $1000 each The child said by doctors to OHIO STATE WINNER AT JACKSON EISTEDDOD SENATOR CARAWAY DIES SUDDENLY RIDAY NIGHT during they had scene of the hostilities where 120 Chinese troops have been reported killed in an attack by Japanese forces sent into the area from Korea Tokio has announced that 15 Japanese soldiers were killed in the battle HURON (ZP) A murder mys tery confronted authorities here to day with the discovery of the body of a man apparently robbed and slain on railroad tracks south of here The skull had been fractured an1 the pockets had been turned Insideout Officials believed he had been dead about a month BANKER WILL ACE TWO EDERAL 'INDICTMENTS YOUNG GIRL REED ROM CLOSET PRISON IN HOME TWO ILE VOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS LINDBERGH HERO AIR WILL TAKE LYING LESSON WASHINGTON Nov (ZP) ire believed started accidentally by thieves destroyed two barns on the farm ot Renick at Green field 12 miles east of here early today: Damage was estimated at from $15000 to $20000 Agricul tural Implements and 2500 bushels of wheat and 2500 bushels of corn were destroyed" MYSTERY CONRONTS POLICE IN SLAYING Body Of Man ound In Rail Road Tracks NearHuron CHAMBERURGES REDUCTION 0 STATE BUDGET CANDIDATES BREAK TIE BY DRAWING LOTS ONE KILLED IVE HURT IN ACCIDENT HOOVER CHOPS $350000000 BUDGET COLUMBUS Nov Asuit questioning the legality of judicial elections in Akron was withdrawn in the Ohio Supreme Court yes terday when it was learned the court could not hear the cast until heft Tuesday when the votes will have been vancassed and the cer tificates of election issued Precautions Taken By Japs To Meet Possible Attack By Defeated orces Columbus Policeman Chases Robbers In Gun Battle GRAND! SAILS NAPLES Italy 'Nov Dino Grand! oreign Minis ter sailed for New? York today ex pressing the hope that his visit to President Hoover will assist the country a determination to play useful part In world recovery conceived three years ago and took two years to build he has never had the opportunity to sit at the conrols So he plans to go to Miami prob ably a couple of days1 before the scheduled take off and get his ex perience with the 50 place flying Tho man who flew to Paris and broke many other air paths Is ex pected to familiarize himself speed ily with the new boat His main object in making the in ternational flight Pan American of ficials saldIs to study the Amer ican Clipper under transport oper check operating facilities in the Caribbean area a sector of the globe's surface which he may be said' to have opened up fo avia tion lines BOWLING GREEN Nov (fl5) masked men who tortured Leslie Swlnder farmer near here by pulling skin from his body with pliers when he told them he had no money hidden at his home were hunted by Wood County authori ties today Swiuder said one ot the men threatened to torture him further with an iron which the men heated in a store The men in an automobile after binding and Mrs Swinder with cutting the telephone wires COLUMBUS Nov A Co lumbus policeman frustrated a hold up early today and then kept up a Tunning gun battle with the would be bandits until he was outdistanc ed by their machine Starting out to arrest occupants Of two machlnes for speeding Pa trolman Carey found one car farced against tho curb and its two occupants being robbed bj anotherman The robber and a companion fled 'as 'Carey approached The chase continued for two miles pur sued awl pursuer exchanging shots before Carey was out distanced LITTLE ROCK Ark Nov (ZP) fiery junior Senator Thaddeus Caraway lost his final that against death last night Tho C0 year old Democrat died unexpectedly at a time when imedlcal attendants considered him almost recovered from an operation he underwent October 29 'The cause was the closing ot arteries Bishop James Cannon Jr pillar? of the i Episcopal Church South is shown arriving jn court at Washington for his trial in connection with the al leged misappropriation of funds 1 for political1 purposes instead of for the purposes intended The bishop was recently indicted be five yean old in" physical velopment is In a hospital where she is' being fed 'Whon Policewoman Ruby Brandt search Riley home she said she found Edith crouched on the floor of a dark closet amid filth When removed to lighted quarters the child could see only with difficulty She had been fed little but liquid foods and was clad only in a shirt like garment The only reply to police questioning was that the child had bad habits and had to be locked up When the emaciated child was removed to a hospital she was ex amined by physicians who prescrib ed solid food Edith ate a large meal of meat vegetables and eggs which she seemed to enjoy New Light To Be Thrown On Controversy Between Navy League And Hoover GROUPTOMAKE NAVAL REPORT TO PRESIDENT CLEVEAND Nov ive High School football players of Chesterland today were nursing In juries received in an automobile accident In which one ot their team mates was killed The youths were driving to a game between the Chester High School eleven and Au rora at Aurora when their automo bile collided with a farm truck in Geauga County Anthony Butas 1 ot Munson Township Geauga County promis ing halfback and reshman was killed Instantly Auto Carrying Grid Players Struck By arm Truck DETROIT Nor Gang ster guns exacted three olives for one last night in the downriver sector where a beer war has flared Into sporadic outbursts of gunfire over a period of months Caught without his body guard for the first time since he cut short Joe Evoia's ambition to become a beer baron by beating him to the draw three weeks ago Joo Rivetts' 60 was killed by a volley from two revolvers and a shotgun in a Wyandotte saloon Charles Tear 34 the saloon keep er where the shooting occurred fell In the same volley John Pei llttier 40 a bartender off duty was the third victim Then the execu tion squad fled Evola was killed in Rivetts sa loon on October 15 Rivetts had' refused to sell beer and his saloon was wrecked police said by Evola gangsters A jury only a few days azo found that Rivetts had shot Evola in self de tense Joe Tocco a power In downriver liquor affairs was being question ed and two men and a woman their names withheld were in cus tody early today Wyandotte po lice refused to reveal the suspect ed connections of any of them with the shooting A car answering the' description of the one used in the flight was found a few hours later parked on a Detroit street It was the second triple gang shooting within less than two months in the Detroit area On September 16 three hoodlums were shot down in a Detroit apart ment house' and Raymond Bern stein Irving Miiberg and Harry Keywell reputed purple gangsters are now on trial for the slaying of one ot the victims 4 DAYTON Nov n' dictment containing two counts one charging embezzlement ot Na tional Bank funds andTthe other making a false entry was returned by a ederal grand jury here yes terday against Charles Shera Vice President of the Oxford National Bank Shera was arrested at Oxford and taken to Cincinnati where he confessed taking $24000: from the bank He is held In jail here 'MINER END STRIKE NEW PHIADELPIIIA Nov Sixty four miners who went on 'at the Wolford Coal near here return ed to work today Generators agreed to place a check weighman on the tipple and pay 40 cents a ton instead if 33 to miners ARMER TORTURED 1 BY OUR ROBBERS Would Bring Japanese? Into Territory Of Russian Influence And Power Underworld Executioners Of enemies Take Three Lives or One In Detroit MASONIC OICIAL DIES DAYTON Nov Charles Heald 47 attorney here for 15 years active 33rd degree Scottish Rita for the Miami Valley and Grand Standard Bearer of the Su preme Council of Scottish Rite Masons died here today COLUMBUS Nov The Ohio Chamber of Commerce In an nual session hero today adopted resolutions urging reduction of public expenditures as airraid to business recovery and advocated changes In the constitutional laws ot the State under which county and local taxing districts could be reorganized to permit more effi cient and less costly local Govern ment Holding that reduction ot public expenditures Is paramount and is an aid to business i recovery and economic stability the Chamber went on record as favoring a re duction of approximately seven per cent In the State budget tor the present biennium and expressed the belief that authorities should not maintain In periods of lowered price levels expenditures on a scale developed during a pe riod of high costs but should en force retrenchment and practice The resolution com mended Governor George White and officers ot the General Assemb ly finance committees for reduc tion of public expenditures Reached By May June Wheat While March Contracts? Equal Previous High NEW YORK Nov Col onel Charles A Lindbergh the world's air hero is going to take a flying lesson The object is to pass his as pilot ot the American Clipper largest transport plane ever to go into regular operation on an airline Lindbergh as technical advisor of Pan American Airways is to fly the big boat from Miami Novem ber 17 on its first regular trip over the trans Caribbean route be tween North and South America But first he must in compliance with the' regulations be as an experienced pilot of tho craft Although sev eral of his technical Ideas are in corporated in the plane which was Pulled Skin rom Body With Pliers armer Says PATROLMAN HALTS ATTEMPTED HOLDUP ire Causes $15000 Damage Near Greenfield Wheat Also Is Strong With Reports Of Bad Weather In Winter Wheat Area COLUMBUS Noy State Board of Control today Voted to release $131500 to the State Wel fare Department for repairs and other necessary work at the vari ous welfare institutions' Th money is not to be released until approved by the inance Director as funds are available WASHINGTON Nov A report described by Admiral 'Hugh Rodman good 'Is 'soon ti'i add its light to the controver sy between President Hoover and the Navy League It is about ready to go to Pres ident Hoover and is expected to be made public soon by the White Houee The report of the five man com mittee appointed by President Hoover to disprove charges made against him by the League through its president William Gardiner virtually was completed last night As the group headed by chair man John Hays Hammond ended a six hour session they said only an extra check remained to Com plete their work finished the report and it'3 a good one said Admiral Rod man one of the members as he emerged Others were silent as to tlfeir views Seeking to expedite the work the five members split up to delvo singly and in pairs into the mass of evidence drawn from Govern ment departments to prove the President Is not "abysmally ignor of naval matters and has not sought to starve the American navy to the benefit ot foreign nav ies In addition to Admiral Rodmau and Hammond an Internationally known mining engineer the group is composed ot Undersecretary Cas tle ot the State Department As sistant Secretary Jahncke of the navy and Eliot Wadswprth of Bos ton irst Trans Atlantic lier Must Pass Examination Before Piloting New Air Liner left Mr and SHELBY Nov With to day still left to go had raised $2200 more than the In its annual community fund drive The three day drive for $15000 started only two days ago i Many subscribers doubled and some tripled their gifts of a year ago The mayoralty election in New Carlisle has been selected by the drawing of two slips of paper bear ing the names of the two candi dates Dobbin and Dobbin and Lehman tied at 216 votes each in the official coun ty Lehman's name was with drawn JACKSON Nov Ohio State Unlversit carried off chief honors in the mixed chorus com petition the grand finale of 10th annual Eisteddfod of Southern Ohio Eisteddfod Associa tion here last night The Ohio State chorus won out over the King Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church ot Columbus and the Jack son group irst prize was $500 BY GANGSTERS IN BEER WARS tjiree cents Edith Riley 13 Is Released rom Room In Which Her Parent Kept Her our Years 5 LAMES DESTROY BARNS TOKYO Nov 7 (ZP) In the face of reports that scattered Chinese armies were moving toward Tab sing to meet the Japanese forces which routed the Chinese Heilung kiang army hurried preparations were made by the victorious in vaders today against a possible at tack While several reports of Chinese movements were not fully confirm ed Japanese commanders deemed it wise to take precautions to pro tect their forces of more than 000 at the Nonni River bridgehead near Tahsing Simultaneously tke war office iu Tokyo emphasized that the Japanese forces had intention of proceeding north of Tahsing un less unexpected developments oc curred Should they advance much farther in that direction they would enter th Russian area Influence in Manchuria Troops to Move General Honjo commander Japanese forces in Maschuria sued orders that his soldiers were not to cross the Tahsing line Headquarters of the second divi sion commanded by General Jiro Tamon moved or were preparing to move from Changchun to Taon troop movements "might be misunderstood official circles here reiterated that the Japanese would withdraw as soon as Japan ese crews could repair the Nonni River bridge the cause ot the three day battle Chinese troops allegedly started the fight by tir ing upon Japanese soldiers guard ing the repair crew Official circles said possibly a handful of troops would remain at the bridge after repairs were made to guard the structure which real ly is a series ot five bridges more than a mile long crossing several forks ot the river While General Mah Chan Shan commander ot the defeated Chin ese army appeared crushed re ports indicating Chinese forces were moving alon gthe Chinese Eastern Railway with the inten tion of congregating at Anganchl strategic city near the battlefield caused Japanese military authori ties some concern A Mukden dispatch to Rengo News Agency quotingMuthentic said General Ting Chao Chief of Staff of Chang Ching Hui Governor of Harbin seemed in clined to assist the beaten Chin ese army Changed In Organization OK Local Government Sought to Aid Eftcierif And Cut In Expenditures Is Partial Answer To Problem By Administration JAPS PREPARE OR ATTACKS CHINESE ARMY Wedding of Miss Rosemary Baur above Chicago heiress and daugh ter of Mrs Bertha Baur to Bartie Bull of London England has at tracted the society of two na tions Bartie Bull is a son of W' Perkins Bull a friend of hangueorge or England WASHINGTON Nov Executive departments of the Gov ernment will have at least $350 000000 less to spend next fiscal year than pec ted Making his first nouncement of the extent to which curtailment of 1933 budgets had gone President Hoover figured this would permit a drop' of be tween $280000000 and $300000000 in the total submitted to Congress as compared with the last It was the par tial answer to the problem pre sented by a steadily mounting Treasury deficit and decreased revenues No" indication has been given however' as to whether the complete answer will include rec ommendations for a tax increase Deficit To Stand The 1933 budget called for $3 932643411 The Chief Executive's estimate places the figures which will be sent to the coming Con gress at $3632642411 Unless golden rains somewhere up tlie river of prosperity fill the treasury reservoirs there Is little likelihood the $350000000 wash away the deficit which has or cumulated thlear St has grown more than $661 o6u000 with only5 third ot the fiscal year over 'At its present rate of expansion it would be close to $2000000000 before July 1 1932 In addition there is the $903 000000 on the wrong side of theTreasury ledger from the last fiscal year a heritage from expenditures of $4220000000 and only $3317000000 In studying taxation the administration has th possibility ot a modified sales tax revision of Income taxes and other possible revenue raising means It has maintained silence however on its final decision retached' PHONES A5unV Editorial OYtice 2575 Department 2S7 Executive Departments Will Haye Less Money In Next iscal Year CHICAGO Nov Corn led the vjray to new high prices for' thewa son on the Chicago Board of Trade today With opening gains ot from to 114 cents a bushel corn con tracts were all above the high mar kets set Thursday Wheat was also strong on reports of bad weather conditions in the southwestern winter wheat area' and higher prices at Liverpool open Ing gains were from 0 cents May at 7272l4c and July at 7244 were both at new high prices for the season while March equal ed theprevlous maximum at 70c THREE KILLED 5ULLASSOCrATEDXpRESS: LEASED WIREOWS SERVICES CORN IS ABOVE S' HIGH MARKETS SET THURSDAY CORN LEADS WAY TO NEW HIGH PRICES OR GRAIN CINCINNATI Nov Among voluntary petitions in bank ruptcy filed here today were 'one from Wilmington and one from New Vienna' Georg A Jones' Wilmington listed $1940 in with $467 in assets George Justice New Vienna listed debts of $2084 and assets at $590 2000 WILL ENTER IN DECLAMATION CONTEST COLUMBUS Nov The seventh annual Prince of Peace Declamation Contests sponsored by the Ohio Council of Churches will be held in 350 churches in the State during: the week starting ou Sunday Approximately 2000 boys and girls between ages ot 14 and 18 years will participate With wheat steadily rising and march out of the rut of the de I Chicago Board of Trade above leading the way in what market pression the eyes of the world are It ds the greatest wheat market in observers declare is a definite focused on the wheat pit of the the world WILMINGTON OHIO SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7 1931 'iiA Ji 4 4 7 fl 7'7 1 '2 7 Jr XL 1 A 4''77 5 7L'If rb TWWHg WUfl 7 a rsSK'hJ: bV ft.

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