Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 223, Decatur, Adams County, 20 September 1935 — Page 1

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fcfENSE WILL ■give evidence I in SUIT HERE I intill In $75.0(10 Damte Suit About To ■ Rest Case plaintiff n.ared the end of ■ fl , e today with Presenta- ■ )f n ,. Buckner, specKt of For- Wayne, who testlKfort'loid B Ratliff, who is Kc Pr a 1 " 1 Mr< '' harll ‘ fl , ' avl " 1 ’ p r Truinan Caylor for for tie- losx of his hands, { K. h he alleres was due to the | K|e«j operation of an X-ray i Kine used m treatment of ' -iifn'd that while' ■ a visit to Mr. Ratliffs home] K rP the a- on' ' <-f ’'■•' t’af-'s Kimlned them. H- was posh 1 ■ the- Ratliff w!> ' stifferinK K third d.‘gr>e X-ray burns. K cross examination this I ■” ni , d. f--a- attain. ys brought ■., fact which may be the clue | ■their strategy. They asked Dr. ■hn-r if cancer did not some-j ■« follow blood poisoning. Dr. ■l’i-r replied in the affirmative. : inference from this line of 1 ■stioning is that cancer might ■ p developed on Mr Ratliffs' Kds as the result of an attack ■blood poisoning which he had ■tified to while on the stand. ■ A II Northrup. Markle phy■an. was placed on the witness I ■nd Thursday afternoon by the Kitiir. Or. Northrup testified j he treated Mr. Ratliff for a, ■aorrhage of the hands before' ■ ■pping the flow of the blood ! ■ Northrup testified that he had ' ■en him no treatment. ■sked whether he had ever seen ■d degree X-ray burns. Dr. ' ■thrup repli'd that he had seen | ■ay cases upon both patients I ■ physicians for 30 years when ■ ■ay treatment for theraoeutic I ■poses was in the experimental ■ ■ Creates Sensation ■)r Northrup created a setna■n in the court room when he ■s asked if he had seen auy ■b cases in the last few years, i B replied. "Yes. three —all CayB’s" The last part of the an■er wm stricken from the eviBt* when Judge De Voss erusBted an objection offered by the i ■XSTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) ■ iOONEY FIGHT TO HIGH COURT km Mooney Seeks To Confront Man Convict* led Os Crime With Him »as Francisco, Sept. 20 —(UP) — ' state supreme court must de-1 ■' whether Tom Mooney and Wars K. Billings, convicted of the fparedness day bombing, shall •front each other in the former’s fat fight for freedom. fl>e division probably will be •de Monday, when permission is •kht for Mooney to accompany ■orneys to Folsom prison to take ■W-’ t-stimony in the hearings ■ Mooney’s application for a writ | habeas corpus. • routine session of the hearings f Planned for today. There will I no session Saturday. F'” proposed meeting holds a pnteecf being the moat dramatic i intent of the renewal of the for.mtbor leader's 19-year-oid fight r liberty. On.e Mooney and Billings worked e by side for freedom and vindi-1 ton. Mconey, the older and better : 'Own, directed their efforts and “Ings willingly subscribed to his wana of a pardon or nothing, 'tfferences of opinion sent them separate courses. To avoid J’hes state authorities transferred i -'■tn to Folsom and left Mooney ’ Quentin. paths have been in oppo,rbNTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) !,u rch Os God Plans Special Services Church of God will hold a w ® ek ’ eD<l meeting, opening ' 'hght. The Rev. H. C. Clausen, 6 * Bor ° f vocal music pt the An-, irv e&e and ttle °logical semi-' at ’. ' conduct services tonight, ly y night, and services Sun>eaker?a USen Uan exc eHent i ths nd 8 eB P-acially interested he n H h^ age ° £ divlne healing. T’ices C 13 invit6d t° attend all

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Find No Trace Os Safe Blowers Local athorltles have so far been uinable to find a definite clew to the thieves who Thursday morning stole nearly SSOO from the Monroe post office after blowing the safe. 1 1 The thieves also broke into the office of the Monroe branch of the Berne lumber company where they were unable,to obtain any loot. Investigation fa being pushed by state and local authorities and federal operatives are expe;ted to lie called in on the case. SCOUTS SPEAK TO ROTARIANS Three Local Scouts Tell Os Eastern Trip Taken This Summer Three Decatur Boy Scouts who I made the special tour to pointe of interest in the eastern states this summer told of the highlights of their trip at the regular meeting of the Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. The scouts who spoke were Junior Zerkel, of Rotary troop 61; Dick .Hammond. Lions troop 62; Lewis . Smith, American Legion troop 63. Scoutmasters "of the various troops were also guests of the club and introduced the scouts. Zerkel was introduced by Sylvester Everhart; Hammond by Lowell Smith and Smith by Ed Jaberg. Mr. Everhart also introduced Harry Dailey, who has been appointed scoutmaster of the Rotary troop, succeeding Mr. Everhart, now Adams county scout commissioner. The three scouts told of the more interesting spots which they visited on their trip. A total of 49 scouts And six leaders from the Anthony Wayne area left Fort Wayne together on a ; special train. The first stop was at Baltimore, where they were tak- ! n by special busses to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Most of the trip was spent in and near Washington. They first visited the Congressional library, where : they saw many priceless volumes, also the original copies of the Declaration of Indpendence and the ■ Constitution. At the bureau of printing and engraving, they saw the processes used in printing money. The scouts attended sessions of both the Senate and House. While at the Capitol, they lunched with j James I. Farley, representative i from the Fourth Indiana district, who addressed the scouts briefly. While staying in Washington, the (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o — Seeks Ruling On Divorce Changes .Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 20 —(UP) ' —Ruling on the constitutionality of I the 1935 amendments to the Indiana divorce law wan asked by Marion , county prosecutor H. R. Spencer in I superior court today. Tee am.-ndments permit granting j divorces from insane persons. Spen- ■ cer contended no provision was made for appointment cf proper guardians of insane defendants and that ther£ is no provision for adequate legal notice to defendants. The question was brought up on a motion to quash the summons of Mrs. Robert Oldham in a divorce suit filed by her husband. MRS.PASSWATER HEADS W.C.T.U. ■ ■ -' Mrs. Delton Passwater President Os Adams County Organization Mrs. Delton Paeswater of this j city was named president of th? Adams county organization of the Women’s Christian Temperance j Union, at a recent .meeting. Other offi.ers are Mrs. Hester I Vcrhees, Geneva, preeident at large; Mrs. Charles Hocker, Decatur, first vice-tpresident; Mrs. H. W. Franklin, Decatur, second vice-pre sid-snt; Mrs. L. L. Yag r, Berne, secretary; Mrs. Sam Shamp, Decatur, treasurer; Mrs. C. H. Musselman. Berne, secretary of religious education; Miss Frances BurkholdI er, Berne, secretary of evangelistic department; Mre. C. Overli of ! Berne, secretary of flower mfaeions; Mrs. M. Le.iman, Berne, secretary of m?dal contest work; Mrs. Lola Shafer, Geneva, secretary of Christian citizenship; Mrs. Charles Chew, ■ Gtn-ava. secretary of the union signal. The state convention of the tern- ( perance union will be held in Frankfort October 11 to 14.

TWO AVIATORS ARE ABSOLVED IN AIR DEATH Men Freed Os Blame In Death Os Brooklyn Baseball Player Toronto, Ont., Sept. 20-(UP)— j William Joseph Mulqueenmy and Irwin Davis, American aviators, i were released today and absolved j I from all blame in connection with | mid-air killing of Len Koenecke, ’ form< r major league baseball star. All charg -s against the men were | dtomisaad when they appeared be-1 fore magistrate William Keith In 'York county police court. They had been held on man-1 slaughter charges after Koenecke ! win killed in an airplane over Tors onto early Tuesday. Mulqueeney and Davis were cleared at the inquest which was held . last night at Islington and tihelr ap-; pearance in court today was a mere , ' mormality. Mulqueeney admitted killing Koe-1 necke with a blow of a fire extin- ‘ gufaher when the form<r baseball , 1 player, in a drunken rage, attempted to wrest control of the plane. 1 Chief witneeftea last night were : ' Prof. Jocelyn Rogers, h.ad of the department of analytical chemistry ■ at Toronto university, Mulequeeney I and Davis, Dr. H. H. Taylor, who ' performed ar» autopsy on Keen- ' -ecke’s body, and the watchman at I the South Toronto race track where . Mulqueeney landed after the midair fight. Rogeis testified that chemical • testa had demonstrated that there could be no doubt that Koenecke • was in a dangerous stat,? of intoxication and poisoning from alcohol.” i Koenecke. heart-broken because . his manager, Casey Stengel of the i Brooklyn Dodgers, had sent him ; home, flew from St. Louis to ChiI cago and from Chicago to Detroit. | There he wa ; put off a regular ipasI senger line because he was intoxi-1 cated. He engaged Mulqueeney to ■ fly him to Buffalo. Davis went (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) • i —; o MRS, JDHNLDZ DIES THURSDAY I - - Mrs. Elizabeth Johnloz Dies Last Night At Home Os Son Mrs. Elizabeth Catherine JohnI loz. 78. died at the home of her son Fred Johnloz. near Magley in Ad- ■ I an.s county Thursday night at 9 1 o’clock. D ath was due to heart i trouble. Mrs. Johnloz lived most of her' life in Washington township and had made her home with her children for the paist seven years. She was born in Blackford county ( September 16. 1857, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Walker. She wae married to Julius Johnloz in 1878. He preceded her in death. Surviving are the following child-1 ren: Chari.o of Wells county; Fred ■of Adams county; Jake of Fort I Wayne; John of Howe; Mrs. Emma McConnehey and Alex of Fort Wayne. Thirty one grandohildi'.n I and 12 great grandchildren sur- ' I vive. I Funeral services will be held at I the home of her son. Charles, one , ' and on half miles east of Tocsin on state road 224, Sunday afternoon at I 12:30 o'clock and at 1 o'clock at the I Monro Methodist Episcopal church | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) , : ■HS-— James I. Farley To Speak To Bankers Fort Wayne, Ind.. Sept. 20.—(U.R) —National Congressman James I. Farley, of Auburn, will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Indiana Bankers Asso- * elation of region 1 at the Fort Wayne Country club on Wednesday,' it was announced today. Counties which are represented in region 1 of the association are: Adams, Allen, DeKalb. Huntington. Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben. Wells and Whitley. Guffey Coal Bill To Be Tested In Court Louisville, Ky- Sept. 20—(UP)— A conetiutional test of the Guffey coal bill is to be made hare next Friday, September 27, when federal judge Elwood Hamilton bearo the request of C. H. Clark, a stockhold- . er of the R. C. Tway coal company, for an injunction compelling the company to join the "little NRA” , as outlined in the bill.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 20, 1935.

Will They Launch Third Party? ~ - ii,ii« ~ ----- , ■Li The Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith Gov. Eugene Talmadge Possibility of a coalition of anti-New Deal factions into a third party was suggested by the meeting of the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, left, 1 national organizer of the "Share the Wealth" program, and Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia who has been an outspoken administra- ! lion critic. They met at the annual Veterans cf Foreign Wars conI tention in New Orleans where Talmadge spoke but Smith was denied audience.

FRED COLLIER NAMED LEADER Chosen President Os Adams County Christian Churches Fred Collier was chosen president of tae Adams county convention of I Christian churches at a meeting held Thursday in the local Christian church on South Second street. The convention was held in three sessions Thursday, morning, afternoon and evening. A number of interesting addresses were given throughout the day by prominent ■peahens. The election of officers was held late yesterday afternoon. Other officers chosen were Mrs. A. I). Artman, vice-president; Miss Mina ColI Her and Miss Vivian Burk, co-s-.-ire-taries of the edu at ion department; Miss Grace Lichtensteiger. secre tary of die county association, and Mrs. Bob August, county organizer of the missionary society. Linn Grove was chosen as the convention meeting place next year. Edwin Marx or Nanking, China, i was the principal speaker at the! me ting Thursday night. He oke on th? subject of "Building a Christian World." Mr. Marx is a mission-] , ary and professor in schools in ( I China. He displayed a fine exhibit | i of art work done by Chinese stud-i | ents. Among the speakers at th ? afternoon session were Mrs. 0. H. Greist: of Indianapolis, state secretary of the mi-.sion work in Indiana; C. E. ’ Schultz, state evangelist, who outlined the five year program for Indiana work; Rev. David McNelly of Fort Wayne, suggested standards ■ for rural churches and Rev. Maurice I Pullin of Alexandria told of the religious educational work in the ] 1 stat-?. o MAYORBANGS ] FOR GOVERNOR Huntington’s Militant Mayor To Open Campaign In February Winona Lake, Ind.. Sept. 20 — (UP) —Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs, of Huntington, will open his campaign for nomination as Republican gubernatorial nominee at headquarters in Indianapolis in February, John 0. Motto, the mayor’s manager, announced today. Bangs, an arch rival of privately owned utilities, will center his platform on a demand for repeal of the present public utility laws in indiana and the restoration of com-, plate ihome rule to all munkipalities. "Bangs-for-Governor” Clubs have; been organized by volunteers throughout the state, Motto said. The strongest of these organiza-! ti-ons is that at Huntington, where] 2,500 have signed pledges. The Indianapolis club has 1,000 members and other organizations are located in Hammond, Tipton and Gary, the manager said. ■‘Bangs is the people’s champion j because he went to jail rather than (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

i Wm. Mitchel Name Is Used Wrongly I Th? Daily D-mocrat owes an | apology to William Mitchel, well known Monroe township farmer, living ast of Monroe. Mr. Mitchel’s ■ name wm printed in an item in the September 13th issue of this paper as the person who was committed to the county jail to serve a 24 day sentence for contempt of court. The name should have been Clarence W. , Mitchell. Everybody knows William . Mitchel’s reputation is beyond re- ] [roach. He ks one of the progressive and hard working farmers in the ( county, a law abider, < hurch and community lead r and the Daily Democrat offers him this apology ( for ever associating his name with a divorce or contempt ease. CHICAGO POLICE SEEKING MORON Maniac Attacker Is Sought After Attacking Six Women Chicago, Sept. 20—(UP)—Police i armed with riot guns and “ehoot to] kill" orders today searched Chica-: go’s w.st side for a maniac who at- L tacked Mrs. Margaret Willand. 47. 1 and tortured her. She was the sadist’s second vic- j ] tim within 24 hours and the sixth ,| in a m onth. Mrs. Willand told police the man ; grabbed her by the neck as she left; I her home. She fainted and revived 20 minutes later to find her body 1 covered with bruises and her clothing torn. Yesterday’s victim was Mrs. Helen James, 21, a bride of one week, who was lasted with a lead-knotted whip while her husband looked on, ■ bound and heli; less. Mrs. Florence Madison. 21. a resi-i I dent in the same building occupied I by Mrs. James, was attacked two ] weeks ago by a man answering the; same description. Described as small and swarthy. I the man was believed to be the one ; who tried to attack Clare Beery, I 19. Mrs. Sylvia Rebicek, 25, reported being attacked on September 6. o Three Demonstrations Are Held Thursday Three soy bean variety demonstaration meetings were held in Adams County Thursday with Keller Beeson, extension agronomist of Purdue and County Agent Archbold ! leading the discussion. The first meeting was held at the C. M. Blornenberg farm in Preble township; the second one at the Leland Dip- i ley farm in Blue Creek township; and the afternoon meeting at the . Krick-Tyndall farm, ware the Cen- ] tral Soya company is cooperating. Local Church Men To Bluffton Sunday Sunday school at the Zion Reformed church will be at 9 o'clock Sunday morning instead of 9:15 o’clock. This will be the only service of the day. i The men of the church will leave at 9:30 to go to Bluffton where the annual men's congress will be held at the Reformed church.

SEEK MEANS TO I RAPID END OF GOAL DISPUTE New Deal Officials Seek Compromise; Experiment Is Foreseen Washington. Sept. 20,—<U.R) —lntervening anew In the threatened soft coal strike, Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady today demanded that a full conference of Appalachian operators and miners be summoned forthwith. McGrady acted in behalf of of the government and "the public interest,” as the conferences wage scale sub-commit-tee remained deadlocked and the strike deadline was set for Sunday midnight. Washington, Sept. 20. — (U.R)—A I congressional drive early next session for approval of a vast federal coal production experiment designed to safeguard the jobs of 400.000 distressed miners was forecast today by Rep. Kent Keller. D.. 111., as new deal officials continued efforts to settle the labor controversy in the Bituminous industry. Keller said he and other representatives from coal-producing areas would seek enactment of a bill establishing a bituminous coal authority empowered to go into the coal production business along lines similar to those of the Tennessee valley authority in producing cheap power. The purposes would be to provide a yardstick for coal costs. The first experimental station under the tentative plan would be in the southern Illinois field, | where thousands of miners have been destitute for years because of a sagging market. Expansion to cover other mining areas, where other conditions exist would occur later, Keller said. Meanwhile, Assistant Labor Secretary Edward F. McGrady sought to speed negotiations for settlement of the wage-hour dispute that ! ; threatens to end in a general ■ strike of bituminous miners. Ex 1 isting union contracts expire at midnight Sunday. Unless an agreement with operators can he reach ied before then, a walkdut lias been scheduled by labor leaders. The wage scale sub-ebuimittee lof the joint conference of’operat ors and union representatives met in secret session last night. It was reported little progress had been i made. Another meeting was sched-1 1 tiled today. Members declined to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Vigilantes Hold Annual Picnic Sixteen hiembers and their fa-1 i miliee enjoyed the annual picnic ! of the Adams c-ounty vigilantes, ■ held last evening at the farm home I of Fred Schurger west of,the city. At 6:30 a chicken dinner was serv- ' ed by Miss Teena Schurger. At the meeting afterward the rifle and pistol squads were picll <1 for the state shoot to be held September i 22. Indianapolis. The local shoot ; held a very high score forth? pistol and rifle shot. MILK CONTROL LAW HELD VALID J ( Distributors Will Carry Case To Indiana Supreme Court Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 20 —(UP) —.A supreme court decision on the 1 constitutionality of the 1935 Indiana ' milk control 'aw will be asked by attorneys for local distributors, it was indicated today after judge : Earl Cox of Marion circuit ■court held the law valid. Judge Cox's ruling was made on the complaint of Al G. Feeney, ad ministrator of the Marion County milk area, that nine distributors had failed to file price reports. The area embraces eight surrounding counties. Distributors had filed a petition for injunction to enjoin Feeney from enforcing the report requirement. Judge Cox denied the petition. The reports are required to provide information to fiv prices farmers receive for their milk. “While the Indiana supreme court has not passed on the constitution-1 plity of the act, the opinion of this ! court is the act is valid and carrying out Its provisions does not infringe on the rights of any citizen,” Judge Cox said.

English Residents In Italy Prepare To Flee Country

WOMEN'S CLUB HOLDS MEETING County Democratic Women Hold Fall Meeting At Berne Thursday The Adams county Democratic I women's club Held the first fall ■meeting at Lehman park in Berne| ■ Thursday evening. A pot luck sup- j per was served at 6:30, with the Berne ladies in charge. An accordian quartet composed! of Betty and Gyneth Schindler, Josephine and Phyllis Zehr, presented several selections. The address of welcome- was given by Mrs. O. N. Smith, general chairman of the meeting. Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, president, conducted a short business meeting. During the meeting, the club voted to have four regular meetings durfhg the year. The remaining three will be held in February, March and April. Special meetings will be called by the , executive committee. Mrs. T. A. Gottschalk explained briefly the workings of the women's Indiana assembly club, of which she is president. Mrs. James Briggs also spoke briefly, stressing the importance of precinct committeewomen. This was followed by a reading, "Jimmy's Secret,” by Miss Maxine Steiner. Thurman A. Gottschalk, state senator from Adams. Wells and Blackford counties, delivered an interesting and instructive address on state and nationaT TSsues. Mrs. John Tyndall, general chairman of the program committee, and Mrs. Arthur Zehr, arranged the program. Mrs. Knapp announced the foillowing committees so, rthe year's (CONTINUED ON PAGE - SEVEN) THREE JUDGES I HOLD HEARING Labor’s Fight Against “Military Dictatorship" Near Climax Indianapolis. Sept. 20. — (U.R) — Labor's fight against "military dictatorship" in Vigo county reacheda climax here today with a threej judge hearing in federal district ■ court on a suit to restrain enforcement of martial law in the area. The action was filed in the name of Otis Cox. secretary of the Enamelers' and Stampers’ union, whose strike at the Columbian Enameling and Stamping company plant precipitated a general walkout in the county July 22. Martial law was declared in the area by Gov. Paul V. McNutt at the request of Terre Haute civil ■ authorities. The judges in the hearing are Will M. Sparks, of the United States circuit court of appeals: Thomas W. Slick, of the Northern Indiana district court, and Robert C. Baltzell. of the Southern Indiana district. Gov* Paul V. McNutt, Adjutant- | General Elmer F. Straub, Major Earl E. Weimar, William Baker. Vigor county sheriff: James Mitchell, former acting chief of police of Terre Haute; Philip Lutz, Jr., attorney general, and Raymond J. Kearns, Vigo county prosecuting attorney, are defendants in the suit. The suit sets out that martial law in Vigo county is “arbitrary and unlawful,” and that citizens of the area have been deprived of rights granted them by the consti(CONTTNUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Rev. Rauch Will Preach Here Sunday The Rev. William Hobart Rauch of Charlevoix, Michigan, will preach in the First Evangelical church next Sunday night at 7:30. Rev. and Mrs. Rauch will also eing a duet at this service. The public is cordially invited. o WEATHER Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Saturday, showers central and north tonight; cooler Saturday central portion.

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Fear War; Englishmen In Italy Ready To Leave; Entrances To Gibraltar Harbor Closed. MARKETS AFFECTED (By United Press) Latest developments in the Ethlj opian crisis: Rome—English residents prepare jto flee Italy, fearing war. Foreign office spokesman denounces Brlt--1 ish fleet concentration In Mediterranean. I Paris—Four French warships reported sailing for East Africa on Monday, in addition to two already en route, Senegalese sharp-shooters also will be sent, Le Soir un«erstands | Athens-Twenty-flve Italian bombing seaplanes arrive at Italian island of Leros, opposite Greece. Ten British planes get permission to fly over Greece for Egypt. Gibraltar—All three entrances to harbor closed to ships. Spanish air squadron fifes overhead for maneuvers over the strait. Madrid —Spain reinforces garrisons near Gibraltar for its possible defense on land. Amsterdam—Netherlands decides to strengthen army. Geneva— League expected to offer Mussolini even smaller concessions if he rejects present proposal New York—Tension of war scare 1 reflected in world marketa. Washington —Italian Ambassador Rosso visits Under Secretary of State Phillips and discusses Ethii opian situation lengthily. Rome — Treasury figures reveal I expenditures for "East Africa" from . July 1, 1934, to August 31. 1935, ■ totalled 2137,305,500. Leave Italy s (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Rome. Sept. 20. — (U.R) — Many British residents and tourists, feari ing war, made plans today to leave | the country, and some of the more | timid departed for home. Today was Italy’s “day of unity” and it found the nation ready for the imminent outbreak of war with Ethiopia, mindful of the sacrifices lit may entail but ready to meet ■ them. Newspapers reflected bitterness and rage at Great Britain's opposition to Benito Mussolini’s plans. 11 Piccolo headlined a story: “Provocative perfidy of Britain threatens to lead Europe into war.” Its editorial bitterly attacked Great Britain for supporting "barbaric” Ethiopia Harbor Closed Gibraltar, Sept. 20. — (U.R) — All three entrances to the harbor of : Great Britain's mighty base at Gibraltar were closed today with nets. As the booms swung into place a Spanish air sqadron droned overhead. having arrived at Tarifa, 15 miles away, across the straits from the British fortress, from. Seville. After brief maneuvers it took off again for Seville, but is expected to return to Tarifa soon. The population of “the rock" are calmly depending upon its massive (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o WIN RATINGS AT PURDUE U. Two Adams County Students Are Given Awards For Scholarship Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 20 —Two Adams county students were among 334 young people at Purdue University who qualified for the distinguished student list the last semester of last year. Announcement of the names of honor students for last semester was made today at the office of President E. C. Elliott. In order for a student to be listed as “Distinguished,” the highest scholastic honor attainable at Purdue, it is necessary to maintain an index of 5.60 or above, which means an average grade of 90 or above for the semester's work. In addition to the scholastic honor involved, students qualifying for the rating are entitled to the rebate of certain registration fees for the semester immediately following qualification. The Adams county students are: Weldon L. Soldner, Berne, sophomore iu the school of science. John A. J. Bilderback, Decatur, senior in the school of science.