Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1932 — Page 1

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lit banquet • lans will be ■ADE TONIGHT kith — ■nittce Head, And Exbßti'c Group to Meet ■\i Bosse's ()<jj ce c. — ■ ! F ®ORTS TO ■ BE \N'"t \( El> plans lor tin. l) cl n<>kiilillh I 111,1 meelilU held in l )t '‘ :,,l r next nielli "J" 1 ;• made kTWiiicelinM 1,1 c “nmitlee >,. .uh l I" s ' * rf eciilive a: nl ill’’ "H'ces <>l •K ('.hairin.ni b ( | \ 7 UH o cloek i (iiijihl. . I' ol Hl'' I X c i||ive \! and all ton millet* flKit’ii are lilted t( , | M > ■l. ,l ' in an will n’poit .o:.| last nl juuie die, > .1 f I M 1 " 01 ticket • c.''"’'drive start ill Adams <o llni y !!■ p i tint ng man out-of count y p.| v .. ( ■vi to : !(<■ ■•l’m I th , the h j w-iil-' above n ||B Mllltlliwd ■qio.’lkers will lO' iiu-eting ~n<l the ))ro . th.' night will be , |n . I a day All v, n . .andidates '-' 'll be h, Vl , V rodlb etl at ] 1( , w. 1 Candida , s officers. -a on. will div | t . ■ Thev will Is* Patil ( - ■>’"! ■ din k. eail|i. imvcin.- ami W:d„ r JMjiml Fred VanNuys. United States sen.ito’’,. ; ,b:,o I 1 : ■ He will b K-- ' Chairmat Tim will star Mlns ' s o'clock f!.. ■ and meethickory i ■ _ ... Mlcndnicnt I o Senate •• i I' P > -An Mb'' ' <.n detn ’,.■•■ of of ':'•■ |l|M' ■—-nial oe< •’’ -abmitted tin " ■ to * U •!■ urn J r '' demands ol capital bi 'lie -.cm. basis as labor Hajj— •■>— ( ,a 'h * s I'atal M 1 !li '". and Dallas Mur " ■'■■• kilh d instantly neat w hen the auto it w Prf , unvitie was struck railroad traction car said the driver of the BS'"'' attempt'd to halt hit on the icy pavement. ■HET BATTLE ■STARTS TOMI IB I*’ 1 *’ Bill Introduced Ir jP OUse : Scrap Is Ex--13 pected At Once March 7.— (U.R) — / o’ri balancing the budge ' aSI 101 severa ' weeks be 0( t!> with introduction in tin ■■"■ "b- new 51.0fi6.00n.000 rev tariff bill. measure, which the hous. ' 1 Imrsday, congres s 111 'lm $695,000,000 manti ,ax a IIPW Pf't'cipa ion as far-reaching, pet S 80c * al an <l economi nKL nces as the income ta BHtb\v\" 1 ' llt, ' n into t,ie p er,,; ■^E, r ' '“''onßh the constitution ■|^r rK ago. was ' l( ' H ißned to cur mg concentration o cm ' •" " 11!, nds, represem of a social an B° !{l ’lNL'E'b ON page TWOj

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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Vol. XXX.

Local Women’s Sister || Expires At Toledo, O. I Word w.c. received by udatlVea I here today of the death o (Mrs Wil j liam Reddingtnit of Toledo (>. which ] 1 j occurred at >1 o’< on I, Sat unlay ! morning. Death was i-amted by pne-1 umonia. She in tae mother of Ed • Reddington. who died last week ] of pneumonia. • Surviving are the husband ami • ' three sons. Mrs. John Kelly and | Mrs. Frank Teeple of this city are ' sisters of the deceased. Mrs. John Kelly. Ed Kelly. Mrs. ' Frank Teeple and son Leo of this ’ I city and .Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Brown and Ermin Minick of Fort Wayne . left this afternoon to attend the funi eral, Tuesday morning at the Good i, > {Shepherd church in Toledo. C.J.NACHTRIEB EXPIRES TODAY; ‘ 9 I Aged Man Dies At Home of Daughter. Mrs. Roy |' Archbold This Morning i Christian J. N’achtrieb. age 79. | ( ■ retired business man of Toledo!, and Wauseon. Ohio, died at sl.xL o’clock this morning at the hotne' ( of his daughter. Mrs. Roy Arch-!; ■ bold, following an extended illness L ■ of infirmities and heart trouble. Mr. Naehtrieb had been in poor , I health for a few years. Following j ■ a heart attack last Saturday. Ids , condition became critical, death ( • resulting this morning. He had ' made his homo in this city since ' May. 1925. 'I Mr. Naehtrieb was born in L | Wurtenbnrg, Germany. August 14.1 ( 1852 and came to this country L with his parents. John and Ixmisa ‘ : { Schafor Naehtrieb and family in | ] 1860. The family settled at Free-■ j ssnnt, OMo, whwi> Mr Naehtrieb 1 , j lived until 1875. On November 17, 1875, Mr. I, Naehtrieb married Miss Marv Josephine Jcnney and moved to I Elmore. The same year he moved ■ to Wauseon where he engaged In I the drug business. For many years Mr. Naehtrieb f' was active in the business and 1 p civic life of Wauseon and Toledo. I He served on the school board and 1 as a member of the city council n Wauseon for several years. In i !MH> ho moved to Toledo and on- ■ jiged in the wholesale dry goods I ” Ktslness, retiring about 10 years t So. He was also interested in ' I *0 Naehtrieb Drug store, which ' 7-s -operated by his brother. Wil-■ i II ''ln Naehtrieb, in this city 11 i s ’ "tnl.er of years ago. the deceased was a member of i ' '''jMasonic and Knights of Pyth- | iai y>dges. He served as Worship | 0 of his lodge and as| 1 H X Priest of the Royal Archj r- Ma» lfi o j the Wauseon lodge and »f wasl mPmber o f the Commandery e oft». To | e(Io Knights Templars. ir He Tis affiliated with the Gongre- ] satid a | efonroh of Toledo. , Bw de» the daughter in this c dr. Naehtrieb is survived by nnc >n. Robert Naehtrieb of Toledo. son clarence, died lasi r- y ear i Dallas. Texas. One brot.i lr or, Ja ( ,b J. Naehtrieb of Hudson, in «nd two slaters. Mi’s. Fred k Kn °P f nd Mis. J<?hn Heinrich of r Blissflif Mich., also survive Two i e srani ' c Aidrcn survive. J< i The Jmlv was taken to the Wm. | H - Zw l and Son Funeral Hom ■ j and wi( Kp relll oved to the ArchI Imld hod Tuesday. Short || iner al jo rvices will be held at o’cloi < Wednesday | morning f> the Ai hbold home. J j the Rev ’• w-Frankhu. of the I Methodist dun-eh offidaimg. The body will '>■ taken to«Wa >seen to lite burled b< irtl , t hat of his wh s. whose deatfflk c( . lirr p ri | n i9"u.\ H Friends wk, kindly asked t" omit flowers \ Taxation T, Be Subject a Os Ev. n gelical Men et , | — , e . “Taxation wi) be sll hj,-.-t 1P of the Mens Rro^„ l .[ ]oo j meeting v . at the Evangelical ch ui-<-h at 8 o'clock tonight. L ur phases of ae this timely subje< ACp | )P (jj S RR cussed. Paul SpulieiX. j r, jv m.| u . W. Sttnderman w 1 \ charge al of the program. All rnVbers of , p . the group are ask d to V -nd. Pair Plead) GuilX ” Little Falls, Minn, Mar. 7— ’ —Harold Cook. Crawl Rapids im r)) Arthur Shaffer. Little , pleaded guilty todaj before Judge I ° Don M. Cameron a charges of ’’ robbing the Upsala State bank. I, The pair will be Monced later today, Judge Cameni announced.

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COMMISSIONERS TO PAY HIGHWAY GROUP DEMANDS I State M ill Then Take Over 20 Miles; Meet Board This Week GAS TAX TO BE DEDUCTED The board of county commissioners will meet the proposal of the state highway commission to take over about 20 miles of road in Adams county if the county pays the highway body approximately $12,200 for right-of-ways obtained for state roads Nos. 16 and 27. The commissioners and County Attorney Henry B. Heller will go to Indianapolis next week to meet the highway commission era. It is thought that the state highway department might make a reasonable adjustment in the charge. The county commissioners will request that the money due the highway department be held out of the state gasoline tax coming to the county every year. A partial payment plan, spread over a five-year or longer period will be requested by the county commissions. The state highway department has adjusted right-of-way charges in this manner. The roads to be taken over by ihe highway department are the Wills lire road, running southeast from Decatur to th? Ohio state Jne and one running from the Ohio line west to the Wells county line. This makes a total mileage of about 20 miles. Tire county commissioners figure that If the ;Uatv> takes over th» tw<» roads it will save the county sever(GOX'TIX'UED ON PAGE FOUR) O Death Causes Closing Indianapolis. Mar. 7.—(U.R) —The A. T. Bowen Banking Company of Delphi was closed today, il was reported to the state banking department. Abner T. Bowen, president of the institution, died Saturday. Officialso were reported to have said that the bank, involved in litigation over Abner’s estate, was solvent. Diqsisit.s were listed as 11,132.000; resources $1,119,000, and cap ilalization SIO,OOO. COLD WEATHER HITS NATION Blizzard Claim Lives On East Coast; Zero Weather Rules West (By United Press! Storms that lashed the entire seaboard today, caused eleven deaths, while temperatures and barometers indicated more severe weather for all eastern states. Five of 'he deaths were caused by drowning when two boats capsized off Atlantic City. The victims were coast guardsmen. Other shipping was endangered Five persons perished in the Washington. D. C., area, where the blizzard was the worst since 1909. At Greensboro. N. C.. a job printer died of a broken back received when he slipped while clearing away ice from a porch. Meanwhile the midwes/ experienced its coldest weather in two years. The thermometer at Chicago was hovering around zero. The steamer Dixie Arrow's “S O S’’ indicated she was in distress off Cape Henry Va.. her steering gear and engines out of order. The coast guard cutter Mendota had gone to her assistance. Upper Pennsylvania was cover- | eq by a 9-inch snow-mantle. Fear of freezing weather in Florida, endangering the citrus crop and truck farms, led growers to light “smudge pots” in their orchards. Property damage was extensive tn the entire affected area. Communications were temporarily disi ipted at several points. k The storm, originating in wost\rn Texas, swept across the Gulf <X Florida, where it struck early ymkerday. Trees were uprooted. (COWTJNUED ON PAGE FOUR!

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Dtctlur, Indiana, Monday, Mait h 7, 1932

Lindbergh Kidnaping hh 7z ' /i l 1 t £ ‘-I Ji WHO ■ isiww h Mfll 1 X ■■f I 1 Hi I I ■’’* 3&S f f ’* 'W iiß < is MMwiW j B w ■ *■' inMUU.i' 1 'Bf-nW»''•‘-■Kfr States’ Attv. Hugh Alcorn (left) of (kmnecticut. and County Det. Edwaid J. Hickey, who were ir. charge of questioning of Henry "Red’’ Johns >n in connection with Lindbergh baby kidnaping

FUNERAL HELD FORU.SPRUNGERi Former Monroe Township Fanner Found Dead In Bed By His Wife Berne, Ind.. March 7—l Special to Democrat) —Funeral services were held this afternoon at l:3o o’clock for Ulrich Sprunger, 72, who was found dead in his bed Friday mgnt at in o’clock. A short service was held from the Mennonfte church, of which the deceased was a life long member, at 2 o’clock, and burial was made in the M. R. E. cemetery. Mr. Sprunger was found dead in his bed Friday night, by his wife. | The Adams County coroner stated that d?ath was due to heart failure ( and that Mr. Sprunger had been i dead about an hour when found. ( I’he deceased was born in Monroe township. January 7. 1860. the son of Rev. Christian and Mary Ann Sprunger. He was married to Anna Lichty of Berne. October 28 1885. H> resided in Monroe township until 1920 when he moved to Berne. Surviving is the wife and the following children: Oscar, Joe and Marcus of Monroe township; Edison of Berne, and Frieda and Dora both at home. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Gideon and Joe of Kansas,. Mrs. Crist Gilliom. Mrs. Sam Steiner. Mrs. Peter A. Sprunger. Mrs. Fred Hanni. and Ms. Rosina Sprunger all of Berne. Three children, two sisters and one brother preceded him in death. Oliver Funeral Held Funeral services were held at Flushing, Mich., this afternoon for Mrs. Mont C. Oliver, wife of Rev. Mont C. Oliver a former resident of Monroe, who died at Flushing. Saturday morning, following an extended illness. Death was due to complications. Mrs. Oliver had been a patient at the hospital for the last four weeks. One daughter, Evelyn, survives, besides the husband. Among those who attended the funeral were Miss Electa Oliver of Decatur; Mrs. Sylvan Rupert. Miss Francille Oliver and John Oliver of Monroe; Mrs. O. D. Kessler of Angola and Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Oliver of Indianapolis. , o Woman Thought Insane Mrs. Emma Beeler. 51, of a mile and one-half west of Ceylon, was brought to the Adams County Jail where she is being held pejiding a charge of insanity which will be filed by her husband, Abo Beeler.

Two Women Are Killed | Turtle Lake, Wis., Mar. 7.-4U.R)] i—A gang quarrel was believed by I police today to have led io the | death of two young women whose j bodies were found in a blazing automobile near here. The women were tentatively identified as Marjorie and Margaret { Petrie, Chicago. Acid had been tossed over the faces of the women in an effort to prevent recognition. One woman v.as shot through the forehead and the skull of the other was fractured possibly, police said, by a glancing bullet. Two passersby discovered the burning automobile on a sideroad When they attempted to quench the fire they found the bodies in the rear seat. BABY BONDS ARE ON SALE Hoover Pleads W’ith Holders of Hoarded Money To Start Spending Washington, March 7. — (UJ!) — Hoarders today had before them a radio appeal of President Hoover to show their faith in America by putting their money bqck into useful channels. The President opened the uational baby bond campaign in an address from the White House last night. On the same National hookup with him were Charles G. Dawes, president of the Reconstructinn Finance Corporation. Ogden L. Mills, secretary of the treasury, and Senator Robinson, Ark., democratic senate leader. Mr. Hoover said the appeal to put idle dollars to work was "a call to the faith of the people." a call that would bring the country back to normal. "The safest risk in the world is , a share in the future of the Amer- , ican people,’’ he said. "The Amerlean people have at this moment one o.' tlie greatest opportunities in their history to show an assured confidence and an active faith in their own destiny which is the destiny of the United States —and by that faitli we shall win this battle." Secretary Mills explained the baby bond issue these bonds, or treasury certificates, are in denominations of SSO. SIOO and SSOO, and bear 2 per cent interest. They will be dated March 15 and will mature in one year. They are a direct gold obligation of the government, and are redeemable at any time on 60 days' notice. They are intended to afford a thoroughly safe investment. (CONTINUED UN PAGE THREE)

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DALE PLANS TO PROBE ARREST: Muncie Mayor Expected To Post SIO,OOO For His Release Today Bulletin Indianapolis Mar. 7—(UP) — George Dale, of Muncie was released on $10,0(0 bond at 2 p.m. today pending a hearing on Federal indictments charging . conspiracy to violate Federal piohibition laws. Dale was arrested in Muncie Saturday and brought to Ind- I ianapoli& Saturday night. '-- - | Indianapolis, March 7. — (U.R) George R. Dale, fiery mayor of Muncie planned to post liond for his I release from the Marion county jail j today and then launch an invest!- 1 gation of his indictment on federal ■ liquor charges. The investigation. Dale said, will be carried to Washington. Dale was brought here yesterday morning. 11 hours after arrest. He protested that he was the innocent victim of a “frameup.” He accused officials who arrested him of refusing to accept his bond of $lO.-1 000. George R. Jeffrey. U. S. district attorney, would not comment on. Dale’s frameup allegations, or the charge that bond was refused. Deputy U. S. Marshall Harry E. Gates denied that Dale’s bond was refused. Twelve persons were arrested with Dale on similar charges. With him in the comity jail here were Police Chief Frank E. Massey; Fred Ellis, secretary of the board of public safety, a police captain, and two patrolmen. All were held in default of bond. DEATH CALLS LOCAL WOMAN Mrs. Minnie Schlegel Dies Today at Home of Daughter In Decatur — Mrs. Minnie Pearl Schlegel. 19 died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Put Miller. 414 North Seventh street, at 10:35 o’clock this, morning of complications. Mi? Schlegel had been ill for the past' Iwo yea’rs and was bedfast to months. She was Horn in Montpelier.| February 14. 1883. the daughter ofi Benjamin and Mary Baxter. Sh-j was a member of the Christian I church of this city for many years. 1 For the past 8 years she lived with her daughter. Surviving is the daughter. Mrs. Miller, two grandchildren: the husband. Lawrence Schlegel; a step father. Frank Smith of Marion; a grandmother, Mrs. Nancv Thomas; a brother. Delbert of Muskegon. Mich.; 2 sisters. M.'s. Opal Story and Mrs. Nellie Harden of Huntington. The body was removed to Ihe S. E. Black Funeral Parlors and will be taken to the Miller home whee friends may view the remains after 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services will bo held Wednesday afternoon at 2:"'t o’clock at the home, with Rev. C. R. Lanman. pastor of the Chris tian church officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends are asked to please omit flowers. o Chicken Thief Heid Sheriff Burl Johnson and Deputy sheriff Dal Hower arrested William Krick. 60, and turned him over to the Paulding, Ohio sheriff to answer a charge of stealing chickens. Krick had confessed to several chicken robberies in Adams County. during recent years. ■ o Girls In Accident Two young girls, driving a car with a New York license, narrowly escaped injury when their automobile ran into a ditch, a mile north of Monroe at 5:30 o'clock Saturday evening. The mishap occurred near the J. E. Anderson farm. The girls were driving north and had just passed a car when their automobile skidd ‘d on the icy pavement. ran off of the road in to the ditch, knocking over a telephone pole. Neither girl was injured and the car was only slightly damaged

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I( iiangt* In Place ol Benefit Brills Party j 111- Til Kapca benefit bridge I part) will b>- held Tuesday night, | March 8, al tin- home of Mrs. Dick | D. H'-ller. 334 Winehesier street, instead of at the home of Mrs. Wil | liam Bell, as was previously an- | non need. £ Card playing will begin at 8 o'- i clock. Ticket:’, are being sold for twenty five cents by the members of the Tri Kappa sorority. \ll persons planning to attend the party are asked to take note of the change of place ot meeting. BRIAND, PEACE APOSTLE DIES i Noted French Statesman of World And Post War Period Dies Today Paris, Mar. 7 —(U.R)— Aristide Briand. veteran apostle of world 1 peace, and one of the most famous surviving statesmen of the world j war and post war periods, died at! his home at 1 p. m. today of; heart disease. j News of his passing at his resi-' I dence. 52 Klebeer avenue, spread! j swiftly through the capital and 1 ' shocked the city profoundly. Al- ' though his wealth had been at a ’ critical state for months, he fought ' off the malady with characteristic ’ vigor and frequently assured his friends ho would be back at active I work soon. His seventieth birth--1 i day would have been three weeks ’ from today. I, Briand had been recuperating Hat his country heme at. Cocherel. 1 ; He came to Paris last week, api i patently slightly improved. It ! was deemed wise for him to leave I Cocherel because of the cold weather and the necessity of I keeping (-loser contact with spec? | ialists who had teen giving him I < digitalis treatment for his beatt. i His condition was complicated I' recently by signs of uremia. { Since his return to Paris, Brii and. stubbornly insisting on reI i entering public affairs, disobeyed > his doctors and saw Premier ! Andre Tardieu and other poliI tieians. I He did so despite definite inI struct ions tlial he must take a I complete rest at the risk of his ’ life. ! As soon as the news was learned at 2:5(1 p. m.. Tardieu hastened I to the Briand home. President ' | I’aul Doumer sent a representative. Briand lost consciousness (his J (CON" NI’EI> ON I’VCH’ TTIIiEE) SERVICES START AT U.B. CHURCH l ~ Pre-Easter Evangelistic Campaign Opens Sunday : Pastor in Charge Special revival servic?s 'legan at . the United Brethren Church yesterI day and will continue until Easter ! Sunday. Services will be held each i evening, beginning at 7:15 o clock. The pastor. Rev. R. E. Vance, wi',l I act as his own Evangelist during 1 these meetings except the first week. On Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday and Friday nights of this 1 week the pulpit will be filled by visiting ministers. ’ The sermon Theme for tonight is "God’s ITogram in Revival." Instruction classes will be conducted on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon of thia week. The children will me?t at 4:00 o’clock. Mrs. Vance will have charge of the children. The adults will meet at 2 d' 1 clock on the above days for Bible 1 study and prayer. Separate prayer groups will meet prior to the evening service beginning on Thursday of this week. Announcements of these groups will be made each evening. A decision day program is being prepared for l’|lm Sunday to be given by the Junior’s. The Pageant. "The Triumph of Love” will be (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o — Set-Ofl’s Are Considered Setoffs were considered today in the ease of depositors of the deI imict Bank of Linn Grove against stockholders and officers of the hank to collect deposits. The cases ■ of Kiser and Dunbar were presentI ed aside from other depositors beI cause the defense claimed set-offs I for these two.

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HOPE RETAINED FOR SAFETY OF i KIDNAPED BABE Sixth Day Passes And No Word Received of Stolen Youngster NO POSITIVE WORD RECEIVED Hopewell. N. J., Mar. 7.— i(U.R)—Hope blossomed in the {Lindbergh home today for I early retirn of baby Charles 'Augustus, Jr., as New York gangland intermediaries listlened for underworld word on ithe child’s hideout. Officially, the New Jersey I state police expressed belie! ithat baby Charles is still alive. ! This feeling was shared by the ’! Lindberghs on this, the sixth, day {since the child was seized from its '.crib in the Sourland Mountain esI tate. Yet, so far as officially reIvealed no positive word had come las a basis for this confidence. I The Jersey authorities — known !'to be squabbling among themselves Jand largely ignored by the Lindberghs since the latter turned to gangland for assistance - announced their readiness to "do everything possible to help the kidnapers de . liver the child. ” It was the biggest promise of aid .{for rhe captors yet given. Everything today indicated reliance was placed heavily on the . chances of success in the Lindiberghs' appointment of Salvatore '! Spitale and his bodyguard. Irving l Bitz, as go-betweens who would > bring word of underworld capitulaI tion —if gangland, and not an ams ateur or demented person did the .J kidnaping. I I . I New York, Mar. 7— (U.R) Police 11 were hunting today a tan sedan {with New Jersey license plates in - connection with a "tip” on the Lind -ibergh kidnaping case. Details ot I the reason for the search were I withheld. The car license was issu - ed to a Camdem man witli an Haitian name. ;{ Trenton. N. .1.. Mar. 7. —(U.R) "A II law is a law." Governor A. Harry I Moore said today ♦» pointing out •| he could do nothing personally forward granting immunity to the kid Jnapers of Charles Augustus Lind- ■ ibergh. Jr., should they return the (i child unharmed. Washington. Mar. 7. — (U.R) The senate judiciary committee today (postponed action indefinitely on {kidnaping legislation for fear it might have some influence in preventing return of the Lindbergh | {baby. The committee was almost unanimously in favor of some legislation , Chairman Norris announced later "But we felt it could be of no benefit in the present case and might do a lot of harm," Norris said. "There has been so much stir and publicity about the matter that Col. Lindbergh is having trouble getting his baby buck anyway. “When this matter is over 1 think we will take up and pass some legislation." New York. Mar 7.-- (U.R) — Ap(CONTINT ED ON PAGIC TWO) SOUSA. GREAT MUSICIAN DIES Bodies Lies In State At Washington. Where He Was Born And Raised Washington. Mar. 7.—(U.R) -John Philip Sousa's body will lay in state today in the city where ho was born and where he got his start as a musician. The world-renowned bandmaster and composer of military marches died early yesterday in Reading. Pa., where lie had gone to lead a concert. The body was brought here last night. Burial will be Thursday in the congressional cemetery. Sousa, whose compositions are known wherever troops man h and , wherever phonographs are played. . was horn in Washington only a block from the Marine barracks At 13 he was apprenticed to the Marine Band in which his father (CONTINUED ON PAGE TW<>)