Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1930 — Page 1

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lENATE PROBERS HEAR RASKOB TODAY

SfcTIONOF -.w$TH HOLO Ktpict meet '''"in ■ rCill h, to EnterEighth District v ' les ®'lubs April 29 ■ti K WOMAN V |S PRESIDENT • ] ; ,’Diced today I . "’"‘■j. ... •hir.l annuil >. .■.rari. ’ -mention of ’•’ ’- ■ • r-’t <•" of.’ . • the Deca-; I 1 >'"• Tnesda’’.l ‘ 1 T '”” •" ent ion veil! | if starting . n th" mom- ,!<’ Tuesday : ,i - . wit bo serv- ■ Apt^H k ' I ’’ :in ‘l wi H ,IP , r • I. Vance. Mrs. i * e ' It Ir M vers n .mpbell. all of 1 been _■ '”i W Tvndall of this;, ; r • 4 . ' .irnian of the|,’i: ’ charge of ( | ■”- ” rnoon sess- , Mrs Frank ' ■ county . nf tlic federation. wII open with if ail visitors at 9 < ’ th" < on .'israt >n includes i’’ nf Decatur; Mrs I <!i. Mum io; Mrs. W. P. 'lliir i Mrs. Fred I-ong- , Mrs. S. S. Trimble. | Mrs () E. Ross, Win- , announced the ap- ; nf a merit flag commit- , Mrs. .John Decker, , Mrs. Fred E. Meeks. ; Mrs George W. Kemp, • anil M Donald Turner, ■ City, tn determine the winIni. in a merit flag contest. . John T. Myers of this city , ■ tve ihat’j.- of decorations at ■ tinlry for the conven- , ■ ci Mrs. Herman Ehinger will - iui'e,. of transportation. ■ r>--i.liitii.ns committee for .'iut includes Mrs. Char- ■ am of Bluffton; Mrs. Wheel- ■ craft of Portland; Mrs. John , ■ of I'ecatur and Mrs. I. , of Winchester.' , ■I. A Hi.lthi.itse was ap !■< clinic: -.m of the music , \ implete program of , will be announced , Tyndall stated. _ • and county officers , ■» Mrs. Tyndall are: viceM-, A M. Decker, And- ■ see..| l ,| vice-chairman, Mrs. , Ml W.irfi-1, Yorktown: secrefl saunter, Mrs. O. L. Vance, B if: liisn.rian, Mrs. Rose Budd B H. Muncie. ■ ”)’ i li.r-nten are: Adams ' d Frank Downs, Deca|B,,: -'-’ county, Mrs. A. F. ■- ; j ;1 y county. Mrs. Portland; Madison I M:s Wayne Kirklin, Alex t limdolph county, Mrs. I ■ ilak.-r, Ridgeville; Wells' Mr, Frank Ashbaucher, ■- . — 0 1 lILLERS PLAN I HEW BUILDING K ~~ ■•Story Structure to be ■laced on Lot North ■i Niblick Building started this morning on the for a basement under 1 building to be erected by 1 es and Irvin Miller on North ' street. site of the new building is the Niblick and Company ■ n « and the Miller's Bakery n R. with face brick front and ' walls will be constructed, building will have a frontage feet on Second street and west 120 feet. Yost Bros.. city have the general con- i the entire job. | j Miller stated that in all prothe front part of the builribe leased and that the ■ r s Bakery might occupy the ■ roi.ini for a flour storage room. ■'’ f ral years ago the Millers I®’*’ 1 a double business room I r 01 the site of the new bulldthe new building will give ■ a frontage of 66 feet on ■nd street.

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Miss Irene Brandt to Leave Beauty Parlor Miss Teresa Wannemucher, fo”I Keifer s Beauty Shop lit I the hm-nan Hotel, Fort Wayne, hrs I accepted a position with the 0. K. I Beau y Shop in this city succeeding Miss Irene Brandt, whose reslgna tion will become effective April 12. Miss Wannernacher has had three years’ experience as a beauty operator and comes to this city highly recommended. JOHNSTAROST I EXPIRES TODAY 1 . i Prominent Decatur Man Dies at Hospital Following Long Illness i John H. Starnet, age 65, Insur- i ante agent and well known resident of Decatur died at 2:05 o'clock 1 this morning at the Adame County 1 Memorial hospital following an at- ' tack of nncumoniti. Mr. Starost had boon in poor health for several months. Last December h“ took ill and was con- ' fined to h's home for several weeks , with an attack of influenza and ! heart trouble. His weakened condition brought on pneumonia and Wednesday night he was taken to the Imspital. He was up town in : the afternoon. Mr. Starost was born in Root i township. Adam*-- county, March I 14. 1865. He was engaged in bus- i iness in Decatur and was employed 1 when a voting man by the B. J. I Terveer hardware store and at the I Niblick and Comnany store. He also conducted his own business 1 for several years and recently engaged ; n the insurance bnsine'*-. 1 Mr. Starost married Miss Eva ' Spuller of Adams county. To this 1 union s'x children were horn. They ' Alma Holthouse, Mrs. A. E. Roads, Mrs. ,T. D. Fletter, Mrs. W. G. Roy and Charles Starost of Fort Wayne and Florian Starost o" , Lima, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Starost j also reared Raymond Case, he mak- ( ing his home with them until a j few years ago. Besides the chil- j dren and widow, one sister. Mrs. Henry Schulte of this city, also sur- ] vives. i Just recently Mr. and Mrs Star- j ost moved to the apartment in the ( K. of C. building. The body was ; removed to that place today and | may be viewed by friends Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Starost was a meml>er of the St. Marys Catholic church and of the Holy Name society. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and acted as deputy financial secretary for several years Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o’clock at the St. Marys Catholic church. ■ Burial will be made in the St. Joseph Catholic cemetery. o Seek Peddler For Murder of Woman Chicago, April 4—(VP) —A redhaired youth who went from door to door peddling fasteners and othe~ knick knacks was sought today as the suspected murderer of Mrs. Mildred Helsing, 26, who died of fright as. she was strangled with a ribbon last Tuesday in her apartment. Mrs. J. C. Jorgenson, a neighbor of the Helsings, described the peddler, fiotn whom she had made a purchase, as between 10 and 21 She said his ac.ions were suspicious and as police worked on the clue they learned three other housewives in the neighborhood had been victims of small thefts Tuesday afternoon following visits of the peddler — o Plans Art Exhibit Here William J. Newkirt of New York City will exhibit approximately a thousand pictures before the teachers ot' this city and anyone interested in art, Monday afternoon, April 7, from 3 to 4 o’clock. The exhibit will be held in the Decatur High School auditorium and the public is cordially invited to attend. Many ot the pictures which Mr Newkirt will exhibit have been imported from Europe. —-o Get Federal Contract For Snow Spreader East Chicago, Ind., April 4. —(U.R) —The O. F. Jordan company at East Chicago has received an order from the V. S. government for a combined snow spreader and plow to be used in Alaska. It is said the machine will be used on the government-owned railroad in the far north territory, i

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BOY SCOUTS OF DECATUR WILL BE IN PAGEANT All Four Local Troops to Take Part in Fort Wayne Round-Up MANY PLAN TO ATTEND Scouts from the four Decatur troops will take part i na pageant presented by the scouts of the Anhony Wayne Area Council at North Side high school, Fort Wayne Saturday night at 8 o’clock. The pageant will gfve a history of scouting and also show scouting as it is today. The Decatur Scouts will take part in a campfire scene. A large Increase in membership is reported by all Decatur troops this week. The Evangelical Troop No. 65 is leading, having 26 scouts at their meeting last night. The K. ot C. Troop No. 64. has increased its membership to 2b this week. The American Legion 6, at their meeting this week but they both say they will have at least 20 members by next weelt Fort Wayne, April 4—(Special) — Fifteen hundred Boy Scouts are anxiously awaiting Saturday night April sth. when the conclusion of the Annual Area-wide Boy Scout Round-up and achievement program winds up in a colorful pageant. “The Evolution of Scouting”, which will be presented at North Side Auditorium, here. Scouts from the eight counties comprising the Anthony Wayne Area have had two months of intensive work, passing tests, recruiting and training new Scouts, costuming and rehearsing their episodes for the Pageant. Approximately seventy five Scouts will advance from Tenderfoot rank to Swmtd Class, twenty will attain First Class rank, eighteen others will become Star Scouts, two will be awarded the rank ot’ Life Scout and one will reach the Eagle ranfi. In addition about two hundred merit badges will be awarded to as many Scouts. Mr. Joseph R. Warner, Boy Scout District Commissioner for Allen County, and Byron McCammon, Field Scout Executive, have inspect ed several of the rehearsals held by various troops and they report a spirit of rivalry existing between (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) GULF COURSE TOOPENSUNDAY Workmen Preparing Fairways and Greens for 1930 Golf Season The Decatur golf course will be open Sunday for the season, Bernard Clark manager, announced. It' the fair weather continues the entire course wUI be in condition. Manager Clark stated today. Several workmen have been busy for several days conditioning the fairways and placing the greens in shape for the first play. The duh house also will be opened for the season starting Sunday morning. The green fees in effect last season will hold until the new board of directors meets and decides what the 1930 tees will be, Manager Clark stated. The lunch sta’nd and soft drink parlor at the club house will open Sunday and all caddies of last season are asked to report Sunday morning. o — Four Bandits Loot Reading, 0., Bank Cincinnati, Ohio., April 4 —(UP) —Four bandits, one of whom manned a submachine gun, held up the Reading Bank at Reading, near here today, and after lining four employes and two customers against the wall, escaped with $9,000. The Robbers were driven away in a black sedan with a fifth man at the wheel. Police believe '.he bandits were the same gang who an hour earlier held nip a branch of the Union Trust Co., at Dayton and fled with between $40,000 and $50,000. ——O — - - U. S. Naval Delegates To Return April 22 London, April 4 — (UP) — The United States delegation to the naval conference was said in American sources today to have made tentative reservations to sail for home on the Leviathan April 22.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 4, 1939.

Marconi With Latest Marvel - ■ ■ _ .■ 11 ■I SHR i II I Bl J : If mH. ■ tl — Mm iF - \ 1 1 The Marchese Marconi, inventor of wireless, after he successfully '! accomplished the greatest experiment so far in the transmission of ' I wireless energy. In his yacht Electra he operated a switch which in 1 J turn operated it switch in Sydney. Australia, some 10,000 miles away.

I Nurse Testifies In Allen County Case Fort Wayne, April 4—(U.R) — i Thelma Arnold, a nurse employed ' . at the Allen County Infirmary. . s testified at Fort Wayne that an ■ i inmate, an aged man, was beaten i with a stick by an attendant. The testimony was introduced II at a hearing before Special Judge .'Jesse C. Sutton in the fight of W. ! i Homer Young, to regain the super- • intendency of the infirmary, from which he was ousted by county l commissioners. ! The nurse said ehe had exarnin- ■ ed the man after the alleged beat- • ing. She said he bore three marks . believed to have been caused by • the stick. . o STATE TO GET ' BIOS APRIL 22 I Surfacing Jobs Will be 1 Let; 31 Miles to be Sold i . Indianapolis. Anri! 4. —(U.R) —Bids . on hard surfacing projects involv-i ing SI miles of the state hiehwv system w‘ll be opened April 22. 22 and 24. John J. Brown, highway commission director, announced tori a v. More than five miles will he sttrl -faced treaded; 24.89 miles will be, of bituminous pavement construe-1 tion, and 51.3 miles will be retread top. The work will be done in 13 counties. • One project will be resurfacing state road 43. from the National I road south to Cloverdale, 5.12 miles in rutnam county. ? Retread top projects include the following t- State road 44. from Rushville east 9.7 miles in Rush and Fayette counties. State road 3. from Greensburg , north 7.4 miles to the Decatur-Rush 5 county line, in Decatur county, i State road 9. from Greenfield i north to the junction of state road a 67. south of Pendleton, 13 miles in Hancock and Mddison counties. State road 33. from New Albany f to Sellersburg, 6.8 miles in Clark t and Floyd counties. r State road 35, from Salem to I Palmyra, 14.4 miles to Harrison and Washington counties. f The following will be of ■ bituminous macadam: State road 43, from San Peine to near the Pulaski-White county line, 17.18 miles in Pulaski county. [ State road 3, two short projects involving 4.5 miles near Oss’an ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o ? Headquarters Bombed t Chicago, April 4.—(U.R) —A bomb ? wrecked the interior of headquarti era of William Suwalski, indepenb dent republican candidate for coms mitteeman of the 39th ward early r today and routed a family into the i streets from their upstairs aparti inent. The political headquarters, established in a store room, was reduced to a tangle of furniture amt plastJ er, with electioneering tracts and placards blown in every direction. » It was believed the bomb was » hurled through a window. Damage - was confined to the one room. Frank Calica and Ins family, who e lived overhead, were routed from their beds.

HOUSE STUDIES I TARIFF RATES Lower House Agrees on 100 to 1,250 Differences on Bill Washington, April 4—(UP) —Consideration of the first 100 of the 1250 disputed issues between the senate and house tariff bills had been completed at the end of today’s morning session of tariff confereee. Nearly 70 rates were settled today in addition to the 32 determined yesterday afternoon. No action was taken today on casein, one of the most important ; in the group. No date was fixed for | aking up casein, out which the house proposed a rate of 2*£ cents a pound and the senate 5Vi cents As in yesterday's session, the house receded to the senate in most cases. The senate rate of 20 per cent on extracts of licorish was adopted, the conferees also agreed upon the senrate of 30 per cent on casein glue; the house rate of 20 per cent and five cents a pound on edible gela--1 tin; the senate rate of 30 per cent on compounds of cellulose; the set: a e's American valuation provision (CONTINUED Cr, PAGE TWO) PARDONSYSTEM MAY BE ALTERED Governor Studies Plan of Having Commissioner in Charge Indanapolis, April 4 —-(UP) —Gov. Harry G. Leslie has launched an extensive study into Indiana's penal problems which may result in recommendations in his message to the 1931 legislature, it was learned at’ the statehouse today. He is being assisted by Gaylord Morton, secretary in charge of pardons and paroles. Abolition of the state pardon board by the legislature in 1927, upon recommendation of former Gov. Ed Jackson, has proved a step i backward, members of the Governor's crime conference generally agree. Leslie’s recommendations may ask the hoard's restoration, creation of a penal department to handle probation as well as pardons and ’ paroles, or creation of the position of pardon commissioner. The latter system has been *funci tioning in Michigan since 1921. Arthur D. Wood is commissioner and stopped at the Governor's office en route t oLouisville, Ky„ Thursday, where he is attending the an--1 nual conference of governmental social workers. Morton arranged for him to return here Saturday morning, when he will explain the Michigan plan ‘ at a conference with Leslie. “We appreciate Indiana's problem in this matter of pardons and pa- ■ roles for in Michigan we tried all I systems before hiting upon a satis- • factory solution," Wood told the. I United Press. Leaving it to the institution trusi tees was long ago abandoned in ’ our state as being perhaps the most inefficacious system. Then we tried > the part-time board. This turned ini to a sort of log rolling contest for freeing prisoners.

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MISHAWAKA TO 1 GETI93OMEET —M— | V Methodist Conference r Goes to Northern * City Next Year BULLETIN , Officers elected at the afternoon session of the ministers and laymen's association meet ing at Hartford City included: Arthur H. Sapp, Huntington, former president of International Rotary, re-elected president; Roy R. Roudebush, assistant state superintendent, Greenfield, vice-president; M. A. Clapper of Muncie, secretary, and E. Stanley Gerig, Fort Wayne, treasurer. I Hartford City, Ind.. April 4 —(UP) 1 Mlshawwaka was selected as the i meeting place for the North Indiana J; I conference of the Methodist Epis-|i copal church in 1931 at the morn-11 ing session of the conference today. Mishawaka was supported by 104 , votes; Muncie 98; and Huntington j 5 ’ While the conference was meet- | ing in the Grace M. E. church four 1 Hither meetings relative to the gen- ( oral conference were being held, ithe conference cabinet, the laymen’s association, the Women's Foreign Missionary society, and committee meetings of statisticians and trea- 1 surers. Bishop Raymond J. Wade, Stockholm, Sweden, was the principal : speaker at last evening's session, he told of the problems ot’ enforcing prohibition in Norway, Sweden and ■ Denmark. Those countries, he said, 1 are experiencing the same problems as the United States in trying to keep out liquor runners. Bishop Edgar Glake, Indianapolis, afternoon speaker told of Metho dist’s growth, in Europe as well as In America. He said the M. E. church is financially independent and strong, and alone he said easily could support the $10,000,000 burden assumed by all protestant organizations for the advancement of world service. Christianity’s gain in Japan was reported by Bishop James ('. Baker . of the Seoul Area, Korea. The work ( there is loosening the orential bonds upon women, and raising them to . Ihe level of European and American women, he said. The conference was entertained (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ' Initiation Postponed The initiation of the Eastern Siar lodge to be held Monday night has been postponed on account- of the illness of the Grand Worthy Matron. o Names Are Omitted The names of Ida M. Hasty of Marion, Great Keeper of Wamuum and the Mesdames Nora Tumblesou of Van Wert, Ohio, Elizabeth McCall of Muncie, Florence Bain and Jessie Burdg of this city, all past Great Pocahontases were omitted from the list of great officers who attended lite District Meeting held at the K. of P. Home in this city yesterday. o Indictments Returned Indianapolis, April 4.—(U.R)—Suit for perpetual injunction was filed in Federal court by the Simmonds Saw and Steel company, Fitchburg, Mass., against E. C. Atkins & company, saw and stel manufacturers, Indianapolis. The Indianapolis firm infringes on the Simonds trade mark, and manufactures a product so similar to the Simonds saw that the latter concern has suffered, the suit declares. o Old Timers Meet Whitewater Ind., April 4 -(UP) — John Hawkins, Middlesboro's 98 year-old blacksmith and old time fiddler, played the music at the annual meeting of the Whitewater loafers club, held in the grocery store of Charles White. More than 200 whitewater residents and men, who years ago gathered at the store, returned to again “laugh, lie, spit and whittle." the purpose of the gathering, according to White. The club held its first meeting four years ago. 0 Record Hatch Made A record hatch of baby incubator chicks was made at the Daniel Nofsinger farm recently. Two hundred eighty-six eggs were set and 231 chicks were hatched.

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Helen Ulman Hurt ( When Srtuck by Auto ( Helen I'linan, daugb’er of Mr. and Mrs. Victor l iman was slightly in , juced Thursday afternoon when she was struck by an automobile driven by Thomas Rinan. The girl was playing in front of the St. Joseph school on Fourth street when the mishap occurred. The injuries are said to be slight. i TOWN ALMOST BLOWN OFF MAP ‘ Devon, Pa., Citizens Begin to Rebuild Today ' After Explosions i Devon, Pa., April 4.—(U.R) —More i than 200 persons, made homeless | when thjs town’s principal indus-|| try was literally blown off the map, j | awoke from makeshift beds- today I* to look on a scene rivalling war- ( time desolation. | j Their dwelling stood stripped of doors and windows and sometimes < barely a stick of furniture remain- < ed intact to mark their former < homes. Even the cots and blankets < they slept in were furnished by i civic organizations. | Many of them had lost parents or relatives in yesterday’s catas- ] trophe. when six explosions following each other in deadly succession i erased the factory of the Pennsyl- ( vania Fireworks Display company < and took the lives of ten persons, i Thirteen others' were sent to hospitals, some permnanently disabled. and not until a careful check of the company's payrolls is made, i will the exact toll in lives be known. The Ist of identified dead today stood: Victor Antonio, 65, watchman, Devon. Luici Purizzo, Devon, son-in-law of the factory owner. Josephine (’atelli. Devon, who died in a hospital. Other identifications were ex ( pected hourly as checking was , started. From the nearby Valley Forge military academy 230 cadets under command of Major Milton G. Baker joined with police in patroling the desolated section, and an I investigation into the caus“ of the I explosion was being made by inspector R. \V. Hackett, of the state 1 department of labor and industry. Witnesses were able to add little — ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) , - ° AWARDS MADE AT HIGH SCHOOL I Athletes Receive Letters in Various Sports; Trophy Received Trophy day was observed at Decatur high school today and athletic awards for the year were made by Coaches Herb Curt's, Max' Kidd and Jeanette Clark. The Northea tern Indiana Conference 1 basketball cup, won by Decatur J high school Yellow Jackets was j presented the high school by Captain Carl Gerber and the banner significant of the second team winning the county second team net tourney was presented by Captain Marion Feasel. Eight members of the Yellow Jacket basketball squad received minaturq gold basketballs and Coach Curtis also received a gold! basektball, bearing the following hiscription “N. E. I. Conference champs. 1929-30.” The individual awards were presented by Ed Musser, on behalf of the Howling Hosts and Pep Champs school organizations. Coach Curtis then awarded sweaters to eight members of the team and also minor letters to the rest of the squad and second team. The following received sweaters: Zerkle, Voile Hill, Hebble, Sciinepp, Gerber. Reynolds, Engle, Debolt. Minor awards were given the following in basketball: Feasel, Buffenbarger, Hill, Heller, Shoaf, Shrahika, Steele, Snedeker, F. Biown. The following nine athletes received sweaters in football: Gerber. Debolt, Zerkle, Schnspp, Brown. Hain, Green, Hurst, Wiliams. The football awards were made by Coach Max Kidd and the basketball awards by Coach Herb Curtis. Mi«s Jeanette h(CONTINUEIToN PAGE TWO)

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SEN, ROBINSON ASKS QUERIES OF CHAIRMAN Raskob Says Personal Feelings Not Involved In His Party CLASHES MARK QUESTIONING Washington. April 4.—<UP> —John J. Raskob, chairman of the democratic national committee, has been careful not to let his personal feelings toward prohibition become involved in the affairs of the national committed, he told the senate lobby committee today when called as the first witness in the investigation of lobbying by prohibition organizations. During an hour and a half of dose questioning, marked by frequent political clashes between committee members, Raskob said only the next democratic national convention could state the party's view on prohibition. "1 have no right to commit the party,’’ he asserted. Raskob was treated cordially throughout the hearing by the two dry democratic members of the committee present, Chairman Caraway, Arkansas and Sen. Walsh. Montana. Most of the questioning, however was done by Senator Robinson, Indiana, the only “regular” republican member of the committee who sought through letters to bring out that Raskob and Joseph P. Tumulty were involved in conducting the “all powerful lobby of the Duponts” here. Raskob denied all knowledge of a rayon lobby in Washington, concerning which letters from Dr. Gertrude M. Duncan was introduced by Robinson. The democratic chairman said his connection as vice president of E. 1. Dupont de Nemours corporation of Delaware vhich has rayon holding was largely honorary.” Raskoli told the committee he favored repeal or modification of the prohibition law and had given $66,000 to the association against the prohibition amendment during the last five years. He testified he knew little about the actual workings of tile association. When Robinson expressed surprise at this, Raskob said he was accustomed in business to rely upon the integrity of hi« associates and had done so in this instance. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o — Swedish Queen Dies After Long Illness Rome. Italy, April 4—(U.R) —The Queen of Sweden died today after a lingering illness. Death occurred at 7 pm. Tire Queen who was 67. had been in failing health for several years. Her final illness began some months ago in Rome where the climate was better suited to her condition. The King and other members of her family have been [ with her constantly. CASE TO TEST BUDGET RIGHTS Supreme Court Hears Case Testing Important Law Clause Indianapolis, April 4. —(U.R) —The right of the state board of tax commissioners to reset city budget levies, established by regularly elected city officials, was before the supreme court today in a suit brought by the tax board against 40 South Bend residents. The case was regarded by attorneys as the most outstanding "home rule” case yet to come before an Indiana court. It will decide the right of appeal from local budget levies to the state hoard as provided in section 200 of the 1927 tax amendment. Arguments were heard before the court yesterday afternoon. The case is an appeal by the board again t a declaratory judgment of the St. Joseph superior court, which would take from the board its jurisdiction in appeals. The 40 (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)