Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1931 — Page 5

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. - ~(U.R>—Of perhaps the freshest interest shoe, e w | K i t i s going on, are the plaid designs which are beginning ■ E i, s t noted in resort collections, these models employ opera sandal versions made of plaid linen, the ackground usually "’"'K’an'd the plaiding lit delicate pastels. ■J , unP treatment is noted in natural linens which are very Pitched in plaid tiesigns in either three or four colors.

Mt' x|l '' ■L thev are being seen in nd K- >;>.».• .''Hixons -one type f ? brown ki<l stitched in a '■L of plaid in tan, and the P.Wl’nacnt lias ;llsO been with this treatment. I RUUlpump is the selected T | ; , same idea ran be car- : ‘ 011 , in calf or kid with perwith either the same for the pert'oracalW with a lighter or darker .■? : ..;.|-ilarl. l,r 1 " r la "' r wettr ' p t i terations punched ill th- <ase ot the majority >m'ta r ’ footwear, it is „ that these plaid shoes mike an attempt to ’ - with mat. king plaid cosit is considered much ■jj^Ertd-to wear them monotone sports costumes. Bnors NEPHEW woß™ B |RTHDAY DIMMER iid. Iktrdg entertained with I.< k dinner party at her th ro i avenue. Saturd;,., (1 <"t a- Imr nephew. Richiu wh > will soon celebrate de th hitthday anniversary affair was a surprise to the who found his bir'h- > :.*• i:ii-g th" dining tal>h* of pink and white :;e the pla. <■ and dinner favors, M ami Mr. Hr - hi Frederick i.iwis, M".. Mt and Mrs. A.‘ M Mrs Ervin Htder Mr. ami Mrs. Lawrene" ami sen- Stanley ami RichMrs J.-.-" B irdg. Mr. and Mrs. Burdg and son Max. Ladies Aid Society of the l>-.'opal Church will Friday .il't.-rnoou at two-thirlv nt t .■ home of Mrs. Alber* D Bery. M? Short street. The inem- ■" of the in vanization are asked note of the change of the from Thursday, to Friday. ■njoy party '■?" 111. rm. I , es th,. Pocahontas their families and friends en a pinochle and bunco party in !1-|| Abu s Hall. Saturday nigi". ■j aM *’< « ?r „ arranged for the and as a result, Mrs. Sol ■**l received the high score prize pinochle, and Grant Fry the Mrs. Dwight Kimble awarded the first prize in Bun■fMndMrs, Archie Foley was pre■Qiest Colds Rub well over 3 ’ y throat and chest fWV’CKs ■ESgM.Ii.UOH JARA

WHEN IN BLUFFTON or passing through—we extend a hearty welcome to folks from Decatur and Adams County Try Our Fountain and Luncheonette. TABLE SERVICE CURB SERVICE EMSHWILLERS Around on Johnson sL, across front the Grand Theatre.

el CLUB CALENDAR n Monday u Music Department Study Program l_ postponed. J Literature Department Mrs. O. L ~ Vance 7:30 p. m. .. Art Department. Mrs. Herman p Hollman, 7:30 p. m. L . | Dramatic Department Study Pror gram, Mrs. Leo Saylors, 7:30 p. m. . | Research Club, Mrs. Leo Saylors I 2:30 p. m. Tuesday c Young Matrons Club. Mrs. Erwin s Miller, 7:30 p. m. 1 St. Vincent de Paul Society, Oath- ,, olic School, 2:30 p. tn. ~ Root Township Home Economics ( Club, C. D. Kunkel home. „ i Tri Kappa, Mrs. Lawrence Linn, 8 p. m. North End Bunco Club, Mrs. James Gattshall, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday j M. E. Willing Workers Class, r Mrs. D. V. Williams, 7:30 p.m. , Historical Club, Mrs. Ben DeVor . 2 p in. Ic-Nick Club, Mrs. Fred Stauffer . 17:30 p. tn. 3 1 Methodist W. F. M. S. vegetable . soup sale, church basement 10 a. in » to 12 a. in. ? Mt. Pleasant Bible Class. Norvel > Fuhrman. 7:30 p. m. Religious Study Club, Miss Edith Ervin 7:30 p. m. ( Shakespeare Club Guest Day, f| Mrs. John Tyndall, 2:30 p. m. r, Thursoa*. t i Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid, Mrs. 5 j Philip Kuhn. 1 p. m. Union Township Economics Chib . Mis. Arthur Kimberlin, 1:30 p. m. 1 W. O. M. L. Public Bunco Party I Moose Home. 7:30 p. ru. < j Friday j ■ M. E. Ladies Aid Society, Mrs. Al- , ’bert Beery, 2:30 p. m. i ■ seated the consolation prize. I The committee in charge of the party included Mrs. Grant Fry, Mrs. Tillman Gehrig, and Mrs. Archie ' . Foley. MISSION BAND HOLDS STUDY HOUR ' Eighteen members of the Mission Band of the Zion Reformed 1 Church attended the meeting ot the organization which was held in th' 1 church parlors, Saturday afternoon. 1 Mrs. Christ Lehman had charge ; ot the study hour, and told many interesting missionary stories. The lesson Saturday was concerning the Haiti, taken from the study bool: of the Carribean Islands. Following the lesson study, and routine of business, a social time of games was enjoyed. i HONORS GUESTS WITH LUNCHEON Mrs. Fred Heuer and Miss Della Sellemeyer united in entertaining |at the home of Mrs. Heuer, 915 West Monroe street. S-Vurcay at-

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ternoon, with a oue o'clock luncheon of seasonal appointments, houof ing Mrs. John Williams aud Mrs. William A. Luwrie. of Denver, Colorado. • The appointments of the party were in keeping with the birthday anniversary of George Washington and bowls of Martha Washington roses were used in pretty arrange mentß about the rooms. Seven small tables laitl with dainty white linens, were (entered with bud vases of Martha Washington roses. The guests found their places at the small tables, and a delicious luncheon was served, after which the tables were arranged for games of Bridge and Rhum. Following the games the hostesses presented the honored guests with lovely gifts, and prizes for high score in bridge were awarded to Mrs. Ralph Yager and Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher. Mrs. Ed Miller and Mrs. Carl Schafer received the high score prizes in rhum. The Young Matrons Club will meet with Mrs. Erwin Miller Tuesday evening at seven-thirty o'clock. The annual guest night program will be held and Mrs. Ben Schroyer will be the assisting hostess. The Mount Pleasant Bible Class will meet Wednesday evening at thirty o'clock at the home of Norval Fuhrman. The Ladies Shakespeare Club will observe the annual Guest Day Program at the home of Mrs. John Tyndall. Wednesday afternoon at. two-thii'.’.J/ o’clock. Each member will be p.ivilegod to bring a guest.

GUESTS ENJOY SUNDAY DINNER Mr. and Mrs. Orval Harruff entertained with a dinner Sunday noon, at their home on Line street. Guests at the affair included Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Runyon, Mrs. Esta Liddy, Mrs. Barliara Adler, Miss Anna Adler, and Ed Adler. The Union Township Economics Club will meet with Mrs. Arthur Kimberlin, Thursday afternoon at one-thirty o’clock. All members of the club, and those interested in Economics Club work are urged to attend the meeting. The members of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Medthodist Episcopal church will hold a vegetable soup sale, Wednesday morning, February 25, from ten o'clock until twelve o'clock, in the church basement. COUPLE CELEBRATES WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cole entertained at their home, Sunday evening with a six o’clock dinner, celebrating their wedding anniversary. The dinner was served at small tables, prettily decorated with roses, and covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Saurer, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Cole, Misses Dorothy Durkin, Sally Gerber. Bob Cole, Mrs. Esta Liddy Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cole. Mrs. Fred Stauffer will entertain Hie members of the Ic-Nick Club at her home on North Ninth street, Wednesday night at seven-thirty o'clock. The Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid Society wil meet at the home of MrsPhilip Kuhn, on Tenth street, Thursday afternoon at one o'clock. The Willing Workers Class cf the Monroe Methodist Episcopal Sunday School will meet in the pareonage, Wednesday evening at seven-thirty o’clock. Mrs. D. V. Williams will be the hostess. * w The Historical Club will meet with Mrs. Ben DeVor on West Adams street, Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock. 'ENTERTAINS WITH DINNER M.'. and Mrs. Earl Butler entertained with noon dinner, at their home on North Fifth street, Sunday. Covers were arranged for Dr. C. W. Guiner, Rev. M. W. Sundermau, daughters Esther and Ruth and son Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Becker and daughters | Arline and Helen, and Mr. and Mrs. Butler and daughter Martha Erma. HOSPITAL NOTES Frank Ineicheu. Qeneva, Route 2, underwent a major emergency operation at the Adams County MemoIrial Hospital Sunday. | Miss Helen Steele. 108 North Eighth street, submitted to a tonsillectomy operation at the Adams County Memorial Hospital this morning. • George Ray, Decatur, Route 9, underwent a tonsillectomy operation this morning at the local hospi’al. W. Shannon Rhoades, Geneva, is a medical patient at the Adame County Memorial Hospital. arrivals Mr. and Mrs. William Zuereher of one mile south of Monroe are the parents of a gill baby born to then. | Friday night, at their home. The baby Ims been named Gladys Marie. [Both mol her and baby are getting 'along line. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Zimmerman are. the parents of a baby girl born at • teir home in Kirkland township. Sunday afternoon. Both mother and baby are getting along fine.

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By HARRISON CARROLL. . HOLLYWOOD, feb. 00 —Women in politics will occupy the attention of Marie Dressier and Polly Moran in their next co-

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starring comedy at Metro Gold-wyn-Maycr. In a story, t entativei y known as “The Mayor of Cicero,” Marie will be seen as a feminine candidate and Polly will be her advance publicity agent. The picture will bo directed by Charles

(“Chuck”) Reisner, who did "Reducing ’’ Production will be delayed for at least a month to allow,* Miss Dressier to enjoy a complete rest from her film duties. Shu sailed Sunday for Honolulu. COMFORT CAME FIRST. One of the prize left-handed compliments of the year was delivered last week in a fan letter written to a star who had better remain unnam<d. “I always like your pictures,” cheered the admirer, “because I never have to stand in line to see them.” POTENT STRATEGY. A Hollywood writer used a novel method to combat the pressure which a certain studio brought on its employes to eat in the restaurant on the lot. He showed up, as requested, but objected to the food and sent it back to the kitchen. After this was repeated four times, the case manager appealed to the studio executive, with the result that the writer now eats where he wishes. NO VACATION FOR HOLMES. Except for Lewis Ayres, no star in Hollywood is booked for as many pictures in advance as Phillips Holmes. The young actor, son of Taylor Holmes, is in the cast of five forthcoming Paramount films. Three of these. “An American Tragedy.” “Confessions of a Co-i Ed” and “Blind Mice,” will be with Sylvia Sidney, the Broadway i newcomer, who Paramount apparently is grooming for a stardom. The other two are “The Man I Killed,” with Emil Jannings, and “So This Is New York,” the Robert Sherwood comedy, ii. which Lois Moran recently played on Broadway. Since the Warner raid, Para mount has instituted a big pub-’

COURTHOUSE ( Court Adjourns The Adams circuit court adjourned this afternoon in honor of! the birthday of George Washington. Trial Dates Reset Merchants Manufacturing Co. vs Rialto Theatre, April 10. O'Rourke vs Atlas Underwrit-1 ers, April 21. Barrow vs Diehl. February 26. | Order Foreclosure Judgement of $11,523.31 was awarded the plaintiff in the suit of the Prudential Insurance Co, vs Waltmier et al. Foreclosure on mortgage was ordered. Two Divorce Suits Filed Vera Manns vs George F. Manns. Ireta Welch vs Ralph Welch. Report Filed The current report was filed and approved in the George Gase| estate. o—

o— I t SENATE PASSES . BILL FAVORING GENERAL FUND (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) House, provides for establishment of a state bi-partisan probation eomm*«sion and state probation officers, it was one of the nieas-1 ures riu otumended by the gover-; nor's crime commission, and re- j eeived a 36 to 5 majority. Indianapolis, Feb. 23. —(U.R) - Skeptics who contend "the fewer the new laws, the better for the state" saw increasing probability that the acts of 1931 will be a' vest-pocket volume as the seventyseventh general assembly reconvened today. Twenty-five measures, none of great importance, had been signed by Governor Harry G. Leslie when the two houses resumed their deliberations today. The legislators have until midnight March 9, only two weeks away, to dispose of the heaviest mass of legislative proposals ever submitted to an Indiana legislature. Os the 909 measures that have lietm presented, fewer than half have received formal considera- j Hon. Consequently, the worst! "hill jam" in the state’s history 1 lies ahead. Frequent night sessions, will be necessary. That many measures will be ] victims of the governor's pocket I veto seems certain with the deluge! that probably will descend upon I the executive in the closing days! of the session.

▲licity campaign for its young players. Sylvia Sydney and Carmen Hames, both newcomers to the films, are being touted like stars. MICKEY MOUSE IN PERSON. I Fanchon & Man* producers of stuge shows for film iheatres, are to send a “Mickey Mouse" revue around th<* country. B,• agreeI ment with Wall Disney, creator of I the comic cartoon hue, Mickey will be there in person. LATEST GOSSIP. Mary Miles .Mmter. erstwhile . cinema light, and Joseph Diszkay, [the Hungarian tenor, have been seen constantly together for a I number of months . . Charles Rogers, the new boss at Pnthe. is | confronted with a situation that will be a test of his undoubted ability. Both Ann Harding and Constance Bennett are dissatisfied with j their contracts, Fay Garnett would

( like to accept other offers and,. Edward Griffith could go to any one of three of four studios.; F o rt u n ately, ; Mr. Rogers is an executive of ; considerable ex- , perience and therefore used to grief... If | “East Lynne” is a success, Fo% will launch a talkie ver. ionof “St. Elmo” with

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Warner Baxter as star. . Proving that producer- do have hen ts, I Charles Farrell asked Winfield Sheehan for a two-weeks vacation and Sheehan countered: “Why not take a real vacation, make it three months?” As a result, Cha**!ie is happily off to Europe ...New York officials of radio pictures have okayed the initial reels of “Creation” and Harry Hoyt will make it into a feature picture. This film employs the prehistoric animals, such as H c,ct used in “The Lost World”...The peak in title changes is leached with R-K-O's decision to switch “Room and Board” to “Board and Room”. . .Sidney Blackmer is leaving for the East to persuade Mrs. Blackmer (Lenore Ulric) to come I to Hollywood this Sum.ncr and I make two films. DO YOU KNOW. That Paramount has a collection of 7,000 guns in its armory at the Hollywood studio? That Queen Mary of England j once acted in a film production? It was called “Women to Win” I and was made in war t m<*. Mary F rbes, now in Hol’ywoi, 1, was a ’ fellow member of the cast.

On all bills, passed by both houses and transmitted to the governor during the first 59 days of the session, he must act within three days after their receipt or they become laws without his signature. . But those bills sent to the governor during the last three days of the 61-day legislature, require no action unless the governor so chooses. He has five days after adjournment of the body in which to act or decline to act on the late measures. His deadline is midnight. March 14. The late measures will become laws if within the next five-day period the governor files them ' with the secretary of state without affixing his signature. Such bills may l>e vetoed in two ways, either, by formal disapproval with the reasons stated, or the "pocket veto,” which is nothing more than refusal to consider a measure, under authority given I him to decline to receive bills durI ing the last three days of the

| IUV IIUVX. UU,’ U UXXXJ session. I 0 World War Veteran Commits Suicide Rochester, Ind., Feb. 23—(U.R)— Indebtedness and ill health were held responsible for the tragic drama enacted by Harvey Davis, 142, World War veteran, today, ! when he hanged himself in the j barn at his farm home five miles j southeast of Ajtron, while his wife and sister-in-law, Eluta Kamp, pleaded that he spare his life. The widew aud five children ' survive. AVOID UGLY PIMPLES Does a pimply face embarrass you? Get a package of Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin should begin to clear after you have taken the tablets a few nights, if you are like thousands of others. Help cleanse the blood, bowels and liver with Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, the successful substitute for calomel; there’s no sickness or pain after taking them. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets do that which calomel does, and just as effectively. but their action is gentle and safe instead of severe and irritating. Thousands who take Olive Tablets , are never cursed with a “dark brown taste,” a bad breath, a dull, listless, j “no good” feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad disposition, pimply face. ■ Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound; known by their olive color. I Dr. Edwards spent years among J patients afflicted with liver and bowel I complaints and Olive Tablets are the immensely effective result. Take ! nightly for a week. See how much better you feel and look. 15c, 30c, 60c.

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Dr. J. R. McDonald of Fort Dodge lowa apent the week-end visiting his nephew. W. L. Guilder and family. Ray Poole of Chicago visited with friends in this city over the weekend. Miss Madonna Clenientz spent the week-end visiting her parents at Paulding, Ohio. Bob Gass aud Arthur Wemhoff visited with friends in Fort Wayne Sunday evening. Dick Graber motored to Detroi*, Michigan, Saturday, and was accom panied homo Sunday by Ins sister, Mrs. Lowell Smith and sou Buster who will visit with relatives and friends in Dectftur. Mis. Avon Burk and daughter Eileen visited in Fort Wayne Saturday John 1). Andrews left, Saturday afternoon for Lima, Ohio, where he will spend several weeks visiting with relatives. Mrs. William A. Lawrie and Mrs. Jahn Williams left Sunday for their home in Denver, Colorado, after spending the last month wiih their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schlickman. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman McAlex ander of near-Monroe visited in this city Saturday Tlie Misses Fay and Mary Jane Frisinger, Messrs. TonnKitson and Rex Sheets were guests of Mr.>and Mrs. Charles Myers in Bluffton, Sunday evening. O’*”?.! Sudduth, who has been suffering witli the grippe for the past week, is some better today, but is still confined to his bed. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bossee enjoyed a show in Fort Wayne Sunday evering. idttle Ann Westveld, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Westveld of Mercer avenue, is suffering witli an infection in her ear. Miss Fern Zimmerman of Fort Wayne visited with Miss Dorothy Little and other friends in this city Sunday. Miss Geraldine Joker and Robert Fowler of Fort Wayne visited with Mrs. Clay Eng|e at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Sunday. Miss Blanche McCrory and Pen Robinson visited in Fort Wayne Suuday evening. W. A. Klepper of the Cloverleaf Creameries is attending to business in Pittsburgh for a couple of days. Mrs. J. W. Tyndall returned from Indianapolis Saturday evening. Her mother, Mrs. Heller, will remain for the week for a longer visit with Miss Bertha Heller. Dick Archbold arrived home Sunday from Dallas, Texas, where lie has been working the past two years. He likes the south very much and expects to return there in June. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Heller have returned from a several 'lays visit in Indianapolis where they attended the annual meeting of the Demo cratie Editorial Association John Briggs of Fort Wayne was calling on friends and looking after business for the International Harvester Company here today. Herman Yager who has been quite sick with the flu for several days was much improved today, the level having broken. Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Heller of Berne and Mr. and Mrs. Russel Bowers of Auderson were guests of Mr and Mrs. James Sprague Sunday evening.

Mrs. Dan Kitson has returned from Spiingfield, 111., where she spent the past few weeks visiting relatives.

John Bauer and family of near Convoy, Ohio spent Sunday after noon at the Ed Bauer home in Un-

ion township. John T. Myers and Robert Mills will leave Tuesday morning for Cincinnati, Ohio where they will spend the day looking after business for the store. Miss Cleora Baker of Fort Wayne

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visited in this city Saturday evening. Francis Noack visited friends in Fort Wayne Sunday. Mrs. T. E. White and daughter of , Berne visited with relatives here Saturday night A. D. Crist of Winchester spent the week-end visiting his wife aud infant daughter at the Adams Coun- , ty Memorial Hospital. Mary Maxine Martin spent Stniday evening visiting in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Sheets entertained for dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Satn Shackley and son Dale of Bryan Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Verian Lutz and son Billie of Wes*. Unity Ohio. Albert C. Reber of Chicago who is working at Hamilton Club visitei with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Mai-1 ion Reber south of Decatur, over the week-end. Miss Rebecca Caroline Teeple of i near Monroe visited over the week- 1 end with her mother, Mrs. Oscar Teeple, who has been removed to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cottrell on Mcßarties street, after being a patient at the 1 Adams County Memorial Hospital for the last two weeks. o- ... .— ; OIL TANKER IS STANDING BY 1 1 THE MUNELEON (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) . there was no confirmation of the conjecture. Rome, Feb. 12. —(U.R)r—At least a , dozen ships have wirelessed or I otherwise signalled their distress in the death dealing storms of in- j creasing violence gripping Medi-! • terranean countries. Os these, the most important so

THE ADAMS THEATRE Tonight and Tuesday—lsc-40c “REDUCING” With MARIE DRESSLER, POLLY MORAN, Anita Page, Buster Collier, Jr.. Sally Eilers, Lucien Littlefield. Never such a gale of laughs—Never such a funny subject! ADDED—An ‘OUR GANG' Comedy — and a Paramount Pictorial. See and Hear Lowell Thomas, the Literary Digest Broadcaster — and — Leslie Thrasher—the artist. Wednesday & Thursday — "PASSION FLOWER" — from Kathleen Norris’ Best Selling Novel. I ♦ AUTO Window Glass Installed Automobiles Completely Rebuilt Fender Repair and Top Work Auto Painting Courteous Service AH work guaranteed. Saylors Motor Co igton of this great Amernation pays rever--5 helped to make endid nation 'we ail •d great things on'y labor and handicap people of today. To vith discouragements ake ours seem quite id petty in comlor of George Wash- , this bank will be all day Monday, try 23. Old Adams County Bank

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far reported was the British 2,500ton steamer. Baron Sempill, reported sinking 112 miles south ot Marseilles. The French steamer, Sain Sorvan, wirelessed that it had noted distress signals of another ship but had been unable to help because of intensity of the storm. Sicily was virtually isolated during the storm over the week-end. Rescue workers were seeking to restore communication with the island.

In the south, a cyclone devastated Sicily, off the tip of Italy, the wall of wind being accompanied by torrential rains and heavy hail storms. Communications were disrupted. traffic was crippled, fields were devastated, orchards uprooted and thousands of trees torn up. The death toll was feared heavy, but meager reports failed to show more than a few fatalities. Six were known dead in Sicily. The damage, it was feared, was heavy. The provinces of Palermo, Trapani, Caltanissetta, Agrigento, Emna . and Syraciisa were reported most affected. At Palermo, the capital, I the river Passo di Rigano broke from its banks and flooded the town and the suburb of Uditore. ' Many blocks were transformed into lakes by the angry, swirling waters. Traffic was conducted in ; boats. Low-lying sections of the city ' were inundated for hours, with streets resembling canals, plied by an odd assortment of craft laden with every sort of furniture and household equipment, as well as scores of refugees fleeing the flooded districts. o Young Girl Dies After Swallowing Stove Lid Indianapolis. Feb. 23 —(UP) — Three-year-old Barbara Depka died of pneumonia last night, a day after swallowing a lid to her toy stove. Surgeons were successful in removing the metal disc, but not until pneumonia had developed.