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I CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline. 11 A. M. Mias Mary -Macy Phones 1000—1001 Thursday Baptist Women's Mltuionary Soe-j II sty, Mrs. Erm.it Lake, 2:30 p. m. Union Capel I-udb'.i Ahl, Miv. Henry ISiumann and Mrs. Thurman i Drew, 12:30 p. m. Calvary Ladle* Aid, Mrs. FT< d I I Harmon, all day. U. H. Lad lee Aid. Mrs 11. E. Mum- | | a a, 2 >p. m. Christian Ladle* Aid. Mrs. C. L. | August, 2 p. in. Chur, h of God Missionary Aid. I Mrs. Rolli ■ Donnell. 2 p- in. I’reH' iyt >r!an Missionary S defy, j ' A. J- Smith home. 2:30 p. tn. Mt. I’leaesant Ladle* Aid. Mr.c i 1 Miiry C ok. 2 p. tn. Methodist Missionary Society,: 1 Mrs. H rman Myers. M. E. Ever Ready class, Mrs. 11. i R. Earr, 7:30 p. in. W. C. T. U. County Institute, Rel formed church, Berne, 1:30 p. m. Friday j World's Day of Pray r, Church of God. 2:00 p. m. American Legion Auxiliary, Legion Hall. 7:30 p. in. <l. E- Pinochle Party, Club rooms 18 p. in. Pinochl.? Club, Mrs. Clarence Weber, 7:30 p. in. American Legion Auxiliary, Legion H»ill, 7:30 p. a . Pinochle party, G. E. Club rooms, 8 p. m. Pinochle Club, Mrs. Clarence' j Weber. 7:30 p. in. Worlds Day of Pniyer, Church I of God. 2:30 p. m. Public euolire and bunco i, arty. j Ben Hur Hail, S p. m. Poeahontae b dge. Red Men Hall , I 7 p. m. lAd lota Xi Dance. Masonic Hall, i 9 p. m. Union Ci apel A. B. ('. Class, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bryan. 7:30 p. m. I Saturday | Meth dist Ladi s Cafeteria Sup-' ' per church basement, 5-7 p. m. Evangelical Mission Band, church ; I basement, 2 p. m. Sunday St- Paul Christian End >ivor pro- ' gram, postponed. Pleasant Mills Alumni. P. M. H. S. 2 p. m. Musical. Monroe M. E. Church, pleasant Mills Alumni. P. M. H. ' S.. 2 p. m. Monday IE s arcji Club, Mrs. Erank | Downs, 2:30 p. m. Wednesday l Historical Club. Mrs. S. E. Shamp. 1 2:30 p. m. !

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BRODBECK GIVEN FAREWELL PARTY A farewell pot-luck dinner w»is given for Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Brodheck of near Bobo, recently- Thone present w re Mr. and Mr*. C. W. Brodbeck and family. Mr. and Mra. Charts Brodbeck and family. Mr.; and Mrs. Roy Brodbsck and son | Clarence, Mr. und Mrs. Jacob S. hell . Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Shell and fa | mily. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stetler and , daughter Donna, Chester Brodbeck and children Lois and G rdon, Mrs. j Clam McCullough and sons Lloyd i and Lawrence, Mic-t Martin, Ora and Clara Gilpin, Rufus and Wil-; liam Brodbeck, Harold Hakes and Oscar Sell. iner. MRS. HOMER BARTON HONORED AT PARTY Miss Geraldine Steele entertained I the memb rs of her birdge club at j her horn? in Pleasant Milks with a, rarty of St. Patrick’s Day appoint-1 menu, Tuesday evening. A feature;' of the party wes a surprise Miscel-i lane us shower for Mrs- Homer j Barton. whos> marriage was recent- ‘ ly announced. Pretty grsen and white tallys were given ti'-ie guests and several l games of bridge were play d with I prizes being awarded ti Mrs. Bill | Crist, Mrs. Orville Rhodes, and I Mrs. Barton received the consolation prize. The uhower gifts were th n presented to the honored guest. A dellcions two nurse luncheon was served at the small tables centered with : tall green tapers. The luncheon in-j eluded creamed chicken, biscuits.: angel food oike and .home made ic cr am. Miss Steele was assisted i in serving by her mother. Mrs- J. IL Steele, and her sisters, Mrs.• Harve Kuos and Mrs. Lawrence j Johnson. Thoee present were Mre. Barton, i Mre. Bill Crist and -Mrs. George 1 Smith f Monroe. Mias Dorothy Haley, Mrs. Raymond John* n, Mrs. i Francis Howell. Mrs. Orville Rhodes I and Mias Steele. MISSIONARY SOCIETY HOLDS REGULAR MEETING The Wortien’s Missionary Society;, of the Evangelical church met in , the church, Wedn sday. The March group with Mra. Amos Ketchum, chairman, had charge of the program and social hour. Mrs. George Hamma had the devotlonnla, which were f ill wed by sentence prayers. Th 1 1 sson utudy was given by Mrs. Fred Engle, followed by reports of Missionary Paryer Partners. A trio selection by Mre. Eugene Runyon. Mrs. Hen- ■ ry Adl.r, and Mre. Ada Martin was : presented. Two poems on Prayer were read by Mrs. Keto.ium, and Mrs. Ivan Stuckey played a piano solo. A V'.cal duet was given by Mrs. Runy n and Mrs. Adler. Plans were made for stewardship, and the reading contest was completed. Mre. J.

A. Fuhrman became a life member, of the Women’s Missiornry Society. I presented by Mr. and Mrs. Earl l Fuhrman and daughter as a 'birth-1 day gift. The nv eting was closed with the Lord’s Prayer. MANY ATTEND FAM'LY NIGHT A large- crowd attend d the Fa-. ' miiy nig' t party given by the mem- ; liers of the Mas nic and Eastern , Star 1 dges, Wednesday evening at! j the M> -sonic Hall. i A not-luck supper was served, fol- . [ low d by games of br’.dg ■?■ and bun-; ! co. Prizes for high score in bridge . were awarded to -L W. Calland and i Mrs- Olive I\ freon, and the bunco . I prize was presented to Mre. Balli inger. The remaind r of the evening I was spent in dancing, with Hal Teeters and hie orchestra furnishiing the music. The committee in I charge was Dan Tyndall. I Bern-, istein, and George Squires f th" Manons, and the M- edames L. A. Gra- ■ am. Murk 11. John Myem. Olive i peterson, James Elberson, Earl Adin me. Gorge Squires, and N Hie I I Haney of the Eastern S’ars. Mrs. I W. Guy Brown and Mrs. Miles Roop ( ' had charge of the card games. - The Pocahon < a Lodge will meet | Friday Evening at seven o’clock at j the Red Men Hall. The Monroe Methodist church, will give a musical program. Sun- ■ day night, sponsored by the Ep-i , worth League. CHRIS EICHER CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Relatives and friends gathered at, , the dome of Chris Eicher, Tuesday,. ( to remind him of his birthday anni-. j ver&ary. At twelve o’clock a two, course dinner was served at a long ; tail . centered with u birthday cake. Those present were Mre. -John ■ Eicher. Mre. Menno Eicher. Mrs. I | David Liechty, Mre. Rayne nd Rich-j I er, Mrs- Victor Eicher, Dr. and j I Mrs. Palmer Eicher Arthur E. j Myers, Naomi Whitrig.'it, Ellis and . I Martha Ei her and the honored 'guest, Mr. Eicher. A quilting party wa«3 enjoyed during the day. HISTORICAL CLUB MEETS WEDNESDAY Mre. Fred Han her was hostess to lie members of the Historical Club, Wednesday afternoon. Seventeen members aiww red the roll ' call with current events and quo-1 tations. Mre- W. F. Beery rea l u most in- ' teresting payer on “Early Christian-; ity.” She told of the life of Francis j Aeburyfl founder of the firet Sun-1 day School In America. Sub-topiro I were given as follows: Mrs. John Schug, “Life at the Time of a Chria - 'mas Conference.’’ Mrs. Sam Butler, “Admitting the Roll Call of the Great.;’’ Mre. Dave Campbell, “John |

ny Appleseed;'’ Mrs. S. E. Shamp. . “Baptists and Slavery,” and Mra. SE. Hite, “Methodists and Slavery.” The next meeting will be with Mrq. S. E. Shamp. Wednesday aft r- , noon >it twj-thlrty o'cl ck. ; PSI IOTA XI WILL GIVE DANCE The P.si lota Xi Sorority will sponsor a dance. Friday evening a’ ' nine o'clock at ts Masonic Hall. Hal Teeters nnd his rehestra will furn’.sh music for dancing. Admission will b» fifteen cents per pens’ n. The sorority has planm d to hold | similar dan ea every two weeks. The Union Chnpel A. B- C. Class will meet Friday evening at seventhirty o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bryan. Th-* program which was to be i held at the St. Paul church. Sunday night, sponsored by the Zion. ! Craigvtlle and St, Paul Christian iEndtevor Societies has 'been p:sti poned until a later date, because jthe sp ak?r could not be secured. SHAKESPEARE CLUB HAS INTERESTING PROGRAM Twenty members of the I-adiee i Shake" eare Club answered to the roll call at the frome of Mrs. George ] Walton, Wedw sday afternoon. The I rending of the colle t was in charge . ' of Mrs. ('. A. Dugan, president. Mra. Noah Frye was leader f r the afternoon, and read a most interesting paper on “Literature of American Frontier.” She told of the easly primers, and also gnve interesting accounts of the lives and ! works of early authors. Sub-topics wre giv* n by Mre. W. A. Lower and : Mrs. Earl Adams. The next meeting will be with ' Mrs. Dore Erwin. PLAN FUTURE EVENTS 1 Tentative plans f r future events 'of the Catholic high school alumni ’ were announc’d today by Fred Fjob, pr sident of the association. On March 23 the alumni will en- ■ I rtain with a banquet for the Commodore basketball men. On April 25 a dance will be given at the Decatur Country Club, with Severin Sohurger chairmen of the committ.e in charge. ELEVEN KILLED (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ; well. The crowd was thrown into a panic when the explosion ripped I the derrick and other equipment I off it. Fire followed the blast but lit could not be determined whethler oil or gas were burning. Officials said the cause of the explosion probably never would be determined. o I Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

The name of Rev. H. W. Franklin was unintentionally omitted i from a list of persons who accomi panied the civics class of Decatur , high school to the state legislature at Indianapolis. Wednesday. Mrs. Dave Campbell of Bluffton (spent Wednesday afternoon in De- • catur visiting with friends. I Miss Ruth Stuckey, R. N.. returned to the Adams County Memorial i hospital today after enjoying a 'vacation at her parental home in Berne since Sunday. City councilmnn Herman Gillig and Charles Brodbeck "of the water d-’partment of the city plant attended a mi ’-ting in Indianapolis today. Several Decatur men are planning to go to Chiotgo Friday to attend the Golden Gloves tournament. o Adams County Memorial Hospital Mrs. Lena Sprague, 512 North Fifth street. Decatur, was admitted to the hospital for a major operation. Mrs. Elberta Parrish, Route 6, Decatur, was admitted to the hospii tai W dn sday for medical treat- ' ment, and was dismissed today, i Kenyon Claire Nuesbtum, son of Edwin Nussbaum of Berne was ad- ■ mitted to the hospital where he underwent a major operation. Verena Kaiser, K ystone, was dismissed. Mrs. Elda Van Buskirk, Rout 2, Monroeville, was dismissed. LIQUOR, STATE CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE were successful today. On motion of Guy W. Dansman. R., Goshen, a bill to repeal the primary law in all but nine large cities, was sent to second reading. It apparently had been destined to die in committee until he succeeded in having it brought out. Primaries would be optional m all counties except those containing cities of 30,000 population or more. The only counties which would be required to hold primaries are Marion. Lake, Allen, Madison, Vanderburg. Howard. StJoseph, Knox and Vigo. The liquor bill has passed the ' house but the senate must act 1 quickly if the measure is to be j enacted before the session adjourns March 11. If an agreement cannot be reached in the upper house the liquor question will have to be ’ held Tver until a special session of the legislature is called early next summer. Opposition to the bill in its

I present form was voiced yesterday , afternoon during a closed hearing of the public policy committee 'I One senator gave an indication 1 of the fight expected in the upper house when he -said, “I’m 'raid I the governor won’t know his bill when it conies to him for signa- , ture.” DON RICHBERG CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE available for enforcement. He reviewed purposes of the act and difficulties encountered in its administration, declaring that "legal obstacles to effective governmental action have provided I the chief hazard.” “We cannot have a sound basis for a judicial determination of the necessity for. and. validity of. federal authority iu the regulation of interstate commerce until we ascertain by practical experience what activities are a part of or '■ubstantially affect, interstate commerce. That is wholly a question of fact.” Richberg said. PROMINENT MAN CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Hartman of Wisconsin. One brother Peter Neuenschwnnder of D.’ep (Water, Mo., ateo survives. I Tli’ fun ral arrangements have . I not been made. Suggest Cheaper Paper Be Used Indiantrpolis, Ind., March 7 — (UP) — Expensive linen bond paper is used for printing bills of the Indiana legislature. It was revealed today in the house of representatives. On the motion of Rep. E. Y. Guernsey, ,R„ Bedford, the house adopted a joint resolution providing for appointment of a commissi ii to investigate the possibilities of using , u. cheaper grad? of paper. - “Many tons of this expensive . paper are used during each session of the legislature,” Guernsey said. . "It costs ten times as much as the paiper used for printing bills in con- i grass. “By using a cheaper grade we can save thousands of dollars.” Paper now used for printing the legislative bills is purchased from

•I • — PUBLIC AUCTION FRIDAY, March 8 - - 12 O’Clock HORSES — CATTLE — SHEEP — HOGS No. 12 DeLaval Cream Separator with power attachment. PLATFORM SCALES (Will Weigh 800 tbs.) THREE INCUBATORS—MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. ' One electric washing machine; one new oil stove, five burners, oven ' attached; one new inner spring mattress; dresser and chest of draw- ' i ers and other articles. DECATUR RIVERSIDE SALES E. J. AHR & CO., Managers. i Johnson & Doehrman, auctioneers. .

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the Whiting Paper Company. Chicago, through one of their salesmen. V. T. Greenlee, Nephew of Please Greenlee. cretary of Gov. Paul V- McNutt. o Post Office Safe Blown And Robbed Park Ridge, 111., Mai. 7. —(U.R) — The Park Ridge post office wa. robbed today by thieves who dug their way through a cement vault and dynamited a sate believed to have contained more than SIO,OOO. The interior of the building wai littered with concrete and the portion where the safe was located was wrecked. The robbery was discovered "by a janitor when he opened the building this morning. Postal authorities said no check had been made of the amount stolen but police said it was more than SIO,OOO. The thieves burrowed through the top of the cement vault and then planted the dynamite on top of the safe, police said. Carolina's Smallest Man Goldsboro. N. C. — (U.R) — "Tiny Smith" of Goldsboro claims to be the smallest person in North Carolina. Tiny was born late in January and tips the scales at 32 ounces. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Smith, feed the lightweiglit lad with a medicine dropper. .. c.ypCßaby LUJv' Turn the month* of waitia| I into e»»e and comfort "VTOU can now avoid Z I unnecessary pain and / X 1 alter regrets by preparing Jour body tor UUOry that dear baby’s coming TUy' / A massage medium and skin lubricant, called Mother’s Friend, helps to relieve and prevent skin tightness . . . abdominal tissue breaks . . . dry skin , . . caked breasts . . . after delivery wrinkles. Mother’s Friend refreshes and tones the skin, tissues and muscles It makes them supple, pliant and elastic. It is scientific in composition—composed of especial oils and highly beneficial Ingredients— extemaUy applied— pure and safe. Quickly absorbed. Delightful to use. Highly praised by users, many doctors and nurses. Time-tested for over 60 years. Millions of bottles sold. Try it tonight. Just ask any druggist for Mother's Friend. The Bradfield Co., Atlanta, Ga. Mother’s Friend -lesiem the pain