Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1935 — Page 1

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liWGE PLANT liiely to be , 3 FORCE D HERE '.Mt, Official’ To Confer “ Wlith l>eeat n r Officers ‘’l Tuesday ' a , r M probability. I)ecatur wl “ W t 0 build a sewage ’'ftln'. a'- rdlng t 0 a let ' by Mayor Ar,hur R from *• ”• Fr “ xler ' of the State Deof alld “ dU3 ' froin thP l .T r are of course, giving «h<> worse conditions ?B“bu-as ‘be past investigaions ' K"Bureau of Sanitary Enginthe Stat-’ Board of Health | hHplpwn conditions in Decatur, tnKuet satisfao ory this depart- , .a very probably find it '» :,sue orderß ” Officials Coming I ■ telephone call was received b >- Ma > or Holt " Mr Frazier informing him W* Forf , ugan. director of the ,K, Works program in Indiana. WJ Poole, of the state board of Kth and Mr F.azier. wouJd be, ■Lur at H o'clock Tuesday! ■niy to meet with the city; The subject of sewage under the Federal plan of I 4a por l ' pnt of ,he | f iH in all probability be '.ak-| the meeting. Hidthouse called the spec-: of the council for 111 Tue-di'- morning at >the| recent letter received by j '* Hi-thouse from Mr. Frazier' M August 9. 1935. a. R Holthouse, last Indiana (’.eneral As-, passed a new pollution la.w | K, tire administration of these with the Department of • and Industries. provisions of his act are i stringent and it is going to! Ksewsary for all Indiana cities i their sewage before i. is: into the streams, of • mrse. giving atten- — . PAGE FIVE) — — — Haymond Ries Dies At | Fort Wayne Hospital ■B..yu>nd Rre.-. :u. of Fort Wayne. it 9:15 O'clock Saturday night the St. Joseph's hospital of a stream infection. He had been nt at th.- hospital sine AugRies »■' s well known in Dehavi’ir . a-ited here frequentM.H- was emp! y d at the InternaM%>. harvester company and was Baemh‘r of th- St. Peter's Catho•■Suniving ore tire mother, two and a sister. Funeral serwill be held Tuesday mornS:?n o'clock at the dome. 507 Suttenfi Id street and at 9 at th- St. Peter's Catholic. Burial will be in the Cathoat New Haven.

Mayor Asks Organization To ■Plan City Centennial In 1936

■Mayor A. It Holthouse, today ■iW the Chamber of Commerce, steps in organizing the lodges, business and pro■wijtiu;, ( ivi<- and church bodies, ■t the purpose of making plans ■t Decatur’s Centennial in 1936. ■ The mayor’s letter, addressed to ■* Rice, president, follows: ■war Chamber of Commerce, B r Jess Rice. President, ■ : ■>» behalf of the City, I wish to ■west that the Chamber of Com take immediate steps in ■wmziiig a committee or asso■«tioti for making and complet■f* Plans for the proper celebra■r n of Decatur’s Centennial in ■ Ttl *’ membership of the Cham- ■* r of Commerce is directly or ■ ircetly representative of all ■wntercial and professional bodchurches, schools, societies, ■forities. lodges, civic and serorganizations. In my opinion various agencies and bodies K" be mustered together by the ■ m " er of Commerce with the Ein ° f plannin ß and staging a ■ ,lf ’ anu outstanding celebra- ■ °n Decatur's 100th birthday. ■ ■ ttwmg the almost unanimous Es..", 1 ' On ' and civic desire that ■ronrif. 8 . birthda * sh ould be ap- ■ p “tely celebrated, it |rould

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

'Truck Tears Down Electric Wires A gouthbound truck traveling on I U. S. road 27. tore down the electric I wires which croee the road beyond the city limit* and lite Pennsylvania railroad crossing Sunday afternoon. Residents could not recall what kind of a truck It woe. The driver did not etap. Later M. J. Mylott,' superintendent of the electric department of the city plant, was called and the wires were restrung by Hsnry Dierkee and John Klees. The wirce are about 22 feet above the roadway and the height of the truck no doubt exceeded the maxi-I mum fixed by law. Investigation will be made by city officials. HOUSE PASSES GUFFEY COAL CONTROL BILL —- i Passage Demanded By Roosevelt To Avert Threatened Strike Washington. Aug. 19 — <U.R> — < I Acceding to demands of President I , Roosevelt and organized coal : miners, the house today passed I the Guffey bill for a "little NRA” j I In the bituminous industry. The vote was announced as 195 : ' to 168. The administration gained ite I I victory by a narrow margin, j Through much of the roll call. 1 opponents of the measure were in the lead. Despite doubts as to its consti- I ■ rationality, Mr. Roosevelt de . manded passage of the bill in order to avert a threatened strike ' by seme 400.000 coal miners. Three times he staved off strike I calls by promising to work vigori ously for the bill. The lateet ' truce expires Sept. 16. Only last night the president ' renewed his plea to congressional , leader:, in behalf of the measure. It bow goes to the senate, where Democratic leader JoseplT" ! T. Robinson has promised that it I will be considered, but its fate 1 there is uncertain. "Must” Program A weary congresa was held grimly at the legislative grindstone today by the White House. President Roosevelt insisted on enactment of an U-point "must" i program, including the utility holding company bill before it ad- ; journs. While senate majority leader Joseph T. Robinson predicted after last night’s conference of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Fair Committee To Meet Tonight All members of the executive committee of the Decatur Free Street Fair and agricultural exhibit are asked to meet at the Rice hotel at 7:30 o'clock thte morning. A financial report will be read at this meeting and all members are urged I to be present.

’ be proper to begin immediately , with plans toward that end. ! i As you well know, May 18, 1936, - is the anniversary date of Deca- , tur's founding. It will largely be r up to the committee or sponsor- ! ing organization to determine the ( time for holding the celebration. With every loyal Decaturlte, I am deeply interested In seeing that the Centennial be properly observed. Decatur has on numerous occasions demonstrated that a union of citizens can be formed, * bent on the ideal of performing worthy community service. I feel 1 confident that our citizenry will I not fall down on the Centennial celebration. ’ i Permit me to suggest that in 1 I view of his past services, his civic pride and splendid citizenship, ' that Judge James T. Merryman. r first mayor of Decatur, be named 1 honorary chairman of the Centen- ' nlal committee or commission. • The recent street fair and agri- ’ cultural show was indeed a dem--1 onutration of your ability and ’ I sincerity in planning and carry- ? ing to a successful completion a ? community undertaking. You are 1 to be commended. I know I bespeak the cooperation of city officials and citizens j in general when I say, that each t and everyone of us stands ready i- to serve and assist you In the 1 Centennial plans.

ITALY FLATLY REJECTS PLAN TO AVERT WAR Europe Confronted With Gravest Crisis Since World War (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Paris, Aug. 19. — (U.R) — Europel was confronted today with its gravest crisis in the 17 years since. i t.the World War ended. Complete unqualified failure of negotiations by France, Great Br'.t---j ain and Italy to settle ithe Ethiop- j ' ian dispute forced statesmen re- 1 i luctantiy and fearfully to envisage the possibility not only of war be- | tween Italy and Ethiopia, but of the death of the League of Nations, of war in Europe, and of out- ■ I breaks among the races of Africa and Asia. For ithe movement, hope of l averting an Italian-Ethiopian war ' was laid aside, if not abandoned. Governments of the powers talk,ed not of what to do to stop the ', ' threatened Italian war against , Ethiopia, but of what io do when , !it begins. There was not a country, large or small, in all Europe whose interests were not involved, whose 1 leaders were not considering what course would be best to pursue in i national interest. j A move probably by Great Britain to remove the general if un- 1 official arms embargo Imposed ugainat Ethiopia was expected within the next few days —the first . declaration in effect that if there is war Ealy will be the aggressor. Three chances for peace remain. First, Premier Pierre latval is considering the advisability of making a last, earnest appeal to Benito ' Mussolini to alter his course for ' the good of ithe world and, in the ; ; end, of Italy. Secondly, the League of Nations council will meet September 4 to consider the dispute. Thirdly, if far in the background, ((CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO' J. FRED FRANCE DIES SATURDAY Adams County Native Dies At Summer Home At Lake James James Fred France, 74, native -of Adams county and a former prosecuting attorney, died at his summer home at Lake Jam,® Saturday after a short illness. He had .been in ipoor health tor some time but his condition became serious only a few hours before death. Mr. France was born in Blue Cresk township May 12, 1861, a daughter of Charles and Martha | France. He was married to Miss Jackie Smith who with two children, Fred, Jr., and Mre. Jessie Sult, preceded him in death. He wae selected Adams county prosecutor and later moved to Huntington. where he became prominent in Democratic politics and law activities. Mr. France served as mayor of Huntington from 1905 to 1907 and later was clerk of the Indiana sup-1 Feme court for eight years. Follow-' Ing his term with the supreme i court, he was elected Huntington county prosecutor. The deceased was a member of the Huntington Knights of Pythias lodge, and the Presbyterian cihurcb. Surviving are two brothers, Frank : E. France of Decatur and Charke | H. France of Chicago; and one sis- ( ter, Mrs. Anna Thompson of Huntington. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Huntington Presbyterian church, with the Rev. A. A. Amstutz officiating. Burial in Mt. Home cemetery. o Sunday School Class Holds Picnic Sunday About 75 members of Earl Crider's class of the V. I. S. of the United Brethren church enjoyed a picnic at -the Earl Butler farm Sunday. The class is composed of young folk of the congregation. A basket dinner was served at noon and a pro- ; gram followed. o Railroad Retirement Bill Approved Today Washington, Aug. 19— (U.PJ — The house today on a voice vote approved the Grosser railroad retirement bill to replace a pension measure outlawed by the supreme courts. The bill now goes to the senate.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 19, 1935.

I Sad Air Mission i 11F 3 ? I/J Hl/crhl® ■ J {Jj 11 < — A few days before Will Rogers and Wiley Post died in Alaska air crash they were passengers of Joe Crosson (above), on sight-seeing flight. Crosson flew the bodies of the famed airmen from Point Barrow to Nome. TOWNSHIP ROAD LEVIES LOWED — Only Two Townships To Show Increases For Next Year Retirements of bond issues for I road purposes in Adams county caused decreases in nearly all I townehip road budget estimates I for 1936. Two townships, Union and Jeff erson, were raised because of clerical errors made several years ago which caused deficits in the i road funds. At the time of the I errors, bonds were left off the I tax lexies and the rates were "Me i duced. The increases this year of two ! cents in Union and one cent in ■ Jefferson will make up the deficit and hereafter the levies for bond I issues will decrease unless more bonds are issued. The comparisons of the 1935 I and 1936 levies for these funds [ are: Rate RAe : Townchip SIOO $l9O 1935 1936 Union ►2B .30 Root 34 .25 Preble 22 .22 Kirkland .15 .10 Washington .43 .26 St. Marysll .10 I Blue Creek .50 .40 Monroe 36 .25 ! French 22 .20 ' Hartford 32 .22 Wabash 33 .25 (CONTINUEU GN PAGE FIVE) 0 BURL JOHNSON STATE POLICE — Former Adams County Sheriff Added To State Police Force Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 19—(UP) ; Sixty-six new appointees to the stats police foroe were approved I today by the state police board. The men were drawn from among 78 students in the police school lant month. Sixteen of the new imen were assigned to the bus and truck inepection division and four to the detective division. The remainder were assigned as regular patrolmen. New appointe.e included: IBurl Jchnson, Decatur; M. A. Nelson, Fort Wayne. Church Plans For Picnic Thursday The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal church and the members of the Sunday school will unite in holding a picnic at Lehman's Park in Birne Thursday. Members not having away to go to Berne are aeked to be at the church at 2:30 o'clock and transportation will be furnished. Each member of tine organization is asked to attend the picnic as matters of Importance will be brought befone the meeting. Member are asked to bring well filled baskets for the picnic lunch.

LLOYD BRYAN IS DANDIT VICTIM Lone Bandit Robs Monmouth Man Os SSB Here Last Night An unidentified man robbed robbed Lloyd Byran of Monmouth 1 of SSB Sunday night at 9:15 o'clock after compelling him to drive several blocks in Mr. Bryazt's car. The stranger got. into Mr. Bryan’s car as it was parked in the drive in front of the Adams County Memorial hospital where Mr. Bryan was visiting his wife, who has been a patient there since the birth of their daughter several days ago. When Mr. Bryan came to the j car the man pointed a gun at him and ordered him to get tn-to the car and “keep still.” Mr. Bryan : got into the car and drove. The car was driven up Winches- : ter street to the intersection of Line street. Mr. Bryan was compelled to turn at Line street and drive south for several hundred feet where he was ordered to stop. The yegg then ordered Mr. Bryan to hand over his wallet. When Mr. Bryan denied that he carried anything but loose change the hold up man told him thal he carried a wa'let in his hip pocket. Mr. Bryan was then asked to give { him his watch. Fortunately, Mr. Bryan was not carrying it at the time. j The bandit then shoved Mr. Bry- [ an out of the car azid drove away. The theft was reported to the i police by Mr. Bryan who ran to 1 the Bonlfas restaurant to make ] the call. The automobile was later I found on Elm street just off Line I street. It was undamaged. No trace was found of 'the thief who may have jumped on a train at that point. Mr. Bryan told police and Sheriff Dallas Brown that he was unI able to identify the man. The | point on the hospital drive where Mr. Bryan entered the car was 1 dark. During the time that he was . (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) » ' DECATUR WOMAN WINS CONTEST I ‘ Mrs. C. L. August Wins Contest At District Meet Sunday ' Mrs. C. L. August of this city ’ was the winner in the senior regent contest held in connection with the fifth district meeting of thte Women of the Moose at Bluffton Sunday. The meeting was in two sessions. afternoon and evening. During the afternoon the committees of the various chapters gave reports on the work completed by each organization, and the senior regent contest was held. The contest included the reciting of the senior regent obligation to candidates. Miss May Suman was also awarded a grand prize, given at each district meeting. During the evening the initiatory 1 work wae given iby the Ft. Wayne 1 chapbar for several candidates. I The next meeting will be held on Mooseheart Day, October at , Anga’a. Chapters represented at the Bluffton meeting were Angola. Marion, Huntington, Fort Wayne,: Decatur, Bluffton and Auburn. Those from Decatur who attended the sessions were Mrs. Matt Brein- ; er, Mrs. Mary Keller, Miss May Suman and Mrs. C. L. August. Monroe Town Levy To Be Unchanged — The proposed budget for the town of Monroe next year sets a levy of 36 cents on the $l6O, the same ' rate in effect this year. The budget i was prepared by the board of trustees consisting of Martin L. Hoffman, Otho Lobenstein and A. D. Crist and the town clerk, Earl L. launders. The expenditures for the civil i city during 1936 are estimated at $1,006.94. The civil city estimates it will receive $407.62 from sources i other than taxation which will leave : $'99.32 to be ratead iby taxation. • A levy of 36 cents on a net taxable valuation of $166,480 will bring , $599.32. i The expenditures are estimated • ao ollows: salaries, $275; police department, S7O; fire department. II expenses and supplies, $200; buildlings, repairs and supplies, $150; /legal services, SSO; health officer, i ' $35, official bonds S3O; office sup- •' iplies and expenses, S4O; miscellaneous, $156, and total, $1,003.94.

PROPOSED TAX LEVY IN 1936 4 CENTS HIGHER Commissioners Propose County Levy Os 54 Cents Next Year The proposed county tax levy lor 1936 to be presented before 1 the county council by the county | commissioners on September 3is ; 54 cent san the SIOO an increase of four cents over the 1935 rate. This tax levy is to be raised I from a total valuation of $22,563.i 956 as compared to the valuation 1 last year of <22.193,668. Forty-nine cents on SIOO is to i he asked tor the county revenue fund as compared to the 45 cents ! approved by the tax adjustment | board for 1935. The proposed ' county bond fund levy is to remain at the same amount, five cents on SIOO. The total proposed general fund i appropriation is to be $194,765.60, , of which SIIO,OOO te to be raised i by taxation and the rest to come from other sources. Os the $194,765.60, $51,229 is to be expended from appropriations unexpended on July 31 of this year. Six thousand dollars will be required for additional appro- • | priations to be made from August I 1 to December 31 of this year. The total budget estimate for 1936 is $137,536.60. The balance on hand on July '3l of this year amounted to $65,806.60. Taxes yet to be collected and which will be distributed in the December settlement are estimated at $47,549. Miscellaneous revenue to be received from August 1 to December 31, 1936, is estimated at $4,355 ' for .special taxes and $26,055 from ' officers' fees and all other reve-1 nue. The net amount to be raised for ; ! expenses to December 31 of 1936 , ’ was found by subtracting the to- ’ I tai funds on hand or to be collected from all sources of $143,I (CONTINUED ON MOR FIVE) I Heller Infant Dies • Shortly After Birth . Funeral services for William W. I Heller, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. ' Harold Heller of 821 North Second ' street, were held Sunday afternoon from the hame of the grandparents Mr. and Mrs. William Heller, 606 Patterson street at 2 o'clock. Rev. W. H. Frajiklin, pastor of the United Brethren church, officiated at the ceremony and burial was made ; in the Decatur cemet- ry. Zwick’s 1 funeral directors had charge of the funeral. Tiie baby was .born Saturday morning at 2 o’clock ut the home and lived but a few hours, death occuring at 7:15 o'clock Saturday evening. A hemorrhage of the lungs caused the death. This was the first child in the j I family. Mrs. Heller was formerly Miss Clara Mcßride. Surviving are the .parents and the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. William Heller of this city. WORKS PROGRAM GETS UNDERWAY! — Work Resumed On Lighting System And Water Main Extension The public works program got underway in Decatur this morning, about 25 men being employed by the electric and water departments j of the municipal plant. Work was resumed on the installation of the new ornamental street lig'iting system on Second street. A gang of 17 men went to work on the street lighting project and the first assignment of workers was given the water department for the extension of the mains on Soutli ! Winchester street. The assignments were made by Earl E. Combs, through the district WPA office in Fort Wayne. The wage scale is $44 per month. .Additional men will be employed on the water line extensions ou | Winchester and South Thirteenth street. About 1500 feet of six inch j pipe is ibsing laid, completing tihe ' water line circuits to the city limits, i ; The Rug street line was rebuilt a few months ago, the labor being . I furnished under the old FERA pro- ■ gran. The city has several other pro- , jects allotted by the new WPA of- - fice and work will commence as ■ soon as possible. It is hoped to put 75 to 100 men to work.

Bodies Os Rogers And Post Brought Back To Seattle

ASK EXPENSES FOR HOSPITAL — More Than $4,000 Asked To Balance Budget Os County Hospital A total of $4,341.69 has been asked to meet the difference between the receipts and expenses of maintaining the Adams county memorial hospital in 1936, in the j budget to be submitted to the county council on September 3. Expenses at the hospital for . 1936 are estimated as follows: services, personal, $13,956; all other operating expense, $12,079.-j 04; material. $1,221.65; current charges, $375; properties, SBOO, , and total. $28,431.69. Receipts at the institution for 1936 are estimated at $25,000. The county commissioners are asking a total of $58,009.60. Other budgets are: Clerk of circuit court: services, personal, $4,060; all other operat-1 ing expense, $1,203; current charges. $1,300, and properties, S2OO. County auditor: services personal, $3,710; all other operating expense. $1,220; properties, $125; county treasurer services person-! al. $3,640; all other operating expenses, $1,420. County recorder, services personal. $2,700; all other operating 'expenses, $525; properties, $205. County sheriff, services personal, $3,240; all other operating expenses. $1,470; properties, SBOO. County surveyor: services personal, $3,225; all other operating expenses, $2,940; properties. $285. County coroner: services per sonal, $675; all other operating expenses. $75. County assessor: services personal, $1,080; all other operating expenses, $266; properties, $5.1. County court house: services personal. $1,300; all other operating expenses, $3,920; current charges, SSO. County jail. $700; all other operating expenses, $2,125. County infirmary: services personal, $5,800; all other operating expenses. $11,695; current charges $375; properties, $1,200. County superintendent of j schools: services personal. $2,620; I all other operating expenses, $540: j current charges, $75. Prosecuting attorney, $2,200; all other operating expense. $490. Circuit court: services personal. $7,445; all other operating expense, $225; current charges, $325; properties, $525. WEATHER Local thundershowers probable tonight and Tuesday; not much change In temperature.

Rogers One Os Best - Loved Americans; A Friend To All

(Editor's note: The following is | the first of a series of six exclusive article prepared for the United Press by a writer who for six years was closely associated with: Will Rogers in Hollywood). By Robert Burkhardt, Written for (he UP. (Copyright, 1935, by UP.) Hollywood, Cal., Aug. 19.— (U.R) —Humorist, comedian, philosopher, unofficial statesman, humanitarian, philanthropist — the list of Will Rogers’ activities is endless. But above all Rogers was a down-to-earth human being who typified to I the millions who knew him personally or through his work their idea of a “regular guy.” He casually kept half a dozen jobs going at a time with the tease of aji expert juggler and with no more apparent effort than he displayed in flicking his “throwing I rope” over the ears of a passive | calf. I Still he had time to laugh and ' play with his friends and keep I alive a thousand and one private charities about which few, except those directly concerned, ever heard. Associate and friend of presidents and princes, able to hold his own with the keenest minds of his day, he was just as ready to "chaw the fat” with a bunch or uneducated cowboys or swap wisecracks

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Rogers’ Funeral Services In Los Angeles Thursday ; Will Return Post’s Body To Oklahoma. RETURN BY PLANE Seattle. Washington, Aug. 19.— <U.R>—Joe Crosson, Alaska flier, I brought the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post back to the United States today, landing at Boeing airport at 9:12 a. m. Crosson flew ths funeral plane from Vancouver. British Columbia where he spent the night after flying from Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1 47 minutes. His Lockiiead-Electra plane was escorted to Boeing airport by an army plane. Rogers and Post left Seattle on their fatal vacation trip to Alaska August 7. They met instant death I when Post's new plane crashed near Point Barrow, Thursday | night. The plane was rolled into a han- ! gar and the doors locked. Bodies I of the famous airmen were in the after cabin of the ship. From Seattle the bodies will be flown in a Douglass transport : plane of the Pan-American Airways. It was enroute to Seattle today piloted by Bill Winston of Brownsville, Texas. Winston's exact time of arrival was not known and it was said the bodies will remain in Crosson's plane until Winston arrives. Col. Clarence Young, manager of the Pacific division of PanAmerican Airways will accompany the bodies to Los Angeles. Poet’s ' body later will be flown to Oklahoma. Crosson brought the bodies to I Vancouver last night, completing • a 2000-mile flight from Fairbanks, j Alaska, in ten hours. The journey II was uneventful and was marked I by almost perfect weather condi- , ' (CGNTTNUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Ben DeVor Is Taken To Hospital Sunday ■ Ben DeVor, 812 Weet Adams I street, is a medical patient at the Adams County memorial hospital. He was odmitted Sunday and condition was regarded serious at ' that time. He was placed under an oxygeniare and seemed a little imi proved today. Association Adopts France Resolution The Adams county bar assoclltion at a called meeting this afternoon passed a resolution in memoriam to J. Fred France. Huntington, who died at his summer home at Lake James Saturday. Mr. France was a pioneer resident and jurist of Adams county and a former member of the local bar association.

v j with |5-a-day extras. His good humor, tipped with the I sharp barb of satire when occas- : ion warranted, was Inborn and not i a pose. The only time he ever frowned was when someone persisted in addressing him as “Mister Rogers." All who ever came in contact with him naturally thought of him as > ‘‘Bill’’ and called him that. ' INo one could hope for a more ’ sincere tribute at his death than I that spontaneous reaction of milr lions when the first news of his ’ ' tragic passing sputtered out of the ’' arctic over the wireless. A president, harassed by the L cares of a nation; world famous figures whose names are known to I I everyone who reads; workmen at ’ their factory benches; humble la- ' I borers engaged in tasks common’j ly regarded as menial, recoiled ’ from the shock of the news in stunned disbelief. “My God! It can't be true: It’s ‘ impossible!” Rogers was the sort of a man whom everyone met regarded as a friend, and he was. lit would take a thousand pastes to record his many kindnesses not only to his j. intimates but to a multitude he ( never knew. He reserved his keenest shafts .’of devastating wit for the stuffed 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)