Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1937 — Page 6

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LOYAL FORGES CONSCRIPT MEN Heavy Lighting Is Reported On West Side Os Madrid L Madrid, Feb. 23. 'U.R) Uoyallsi artillery batteries on the west Hide of Madrid laid down a terrific barrage on the nationalist trenches today. Firing spread to all sectors. Firing began at dawn. The din’ was heard throughout Madrid and Windows In the central part of the rity shook us If from an earth quake The tiring centered in the I'nlversify City and west park areas. Heavy fighting was reported also south of the city in the San Mar tin Morata sector of the Jaratna river front, along the Valencia road. All idlers and unemployed men

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In loyalist Spain between the ages of is and 45 years were drafted Into war service today us the loyul - Isis battled the nationalists. and met with stiff resistance In their ( | bid to clear the vital Valencia road. hist, artery to the sea. The loyalist high command ml ■ mltted that storm troops who yes terduy captured lai Marunosu.' south of the capital In a key post tion, hud been driven out. Moors. It was Indicated, ambush ed the loyalists in the town mid. driving them out. reintrenched' themselves in the church mid the' chemical factory. Determined to enlist all man , power in the Until phase of the civil war, tint national government, from its emergency capital ut Vol ellcia. issued tile decree by which all idlers mid unemployed men be tween the ages of IS and 45 years will lie drafted and put to work building fort i flcat ions and doing other tasks behind the lines. This decree follows one calling another 150.000 men for front service. The new order is effective- Saturday. Special passes will be given to ull employed men. Then there will be a cheek of men who lack pusses. Any man found in case, bur. theater or cabaret without a puss will be subject to heavy line or imprisonment unless he can prove that he derives a living from a legitimate occupation. Bitter as the fighting is in the i c ivil war, it was suspended yester day in one area at Villa Del Rio | in the south, on the Cordoba front Several score militiamen were- Kill ed there last week and fighting was so heavy it was impossible to bury them. By means of loud speakers from their trenches, the loyalists sought a truce so they

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.could bury their comrades. The nationalists agreed mid stretcher bearers removed the bodies, some within 2o feet of the 'nationalist , trenches and barricade*. o *■ ’ ' DIVISION OVER (CONI INtIF.n FHOX PAOK ONE) addresses preceding the vote. The unemployment compensation i revision and tax exemption hills both were- advanced to engross ' ment. I Although the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and the Imliunu Muiiu faclurers Association vigorously 'opposed the unemployment com pensalio prevision bill at a public hearing, there- vias no protest to day when It was offered as the ' last of 48 measures brought up on second reading. The bill to tax holdings of rellg ions, benevolent, fraternal and educational organizations when not used for those purposes, likewise advanced without protest despite seven- criticism by church amt school leaders earlier. A senate bill to make- the reporter of the state supreme- court appointive by the court instead of elective was killed by farm blocopposition in the house when itj failed to receive a constitutional majority in a vote of 46 to 29. o MINTON BACKS .CONTINI'ET- KROM ' Marshall was a f -deralisl politician; Chase- was appointed because. Lincoln said, "he will sustain what has been don in regard to emancipation mid legal tenders'." Minton pointed out that the court has been changed six times, in answer to objections that it should not be tanlpered with, an I that congress took away the right to appeal to the supreme court to avoid a test of the reconstruction acts. George Harrison, chairman of the- railway labor executive association .in charge of the meeting, said resolutions expressing the group's attitude' on the judiciary reform proposal would be presented. Harrison said the railway clerks, largest organization in the group, had agreed in a preliminary caucus, to submit demands for 20 per cent increase in salary. ■ — o Indian Chief Says He's 110 North Bay. Ont. (U.R) — Chief Simon Commanda. Iroquois Indian. is now in what he claims is his noth year of life. Relatives say his claim as the oldest Indian in Canada, and one of the oldest on the continent, is substantiated , by records of the Hudson Bay Co. —o in a Gnnrt Town — Deratu*

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■ ■ ——— "" • I Attendance Report Os County Schools j The attendance report for the rural schools of Adams caqpty for the month of January was mi 'miilticed today by ('. I'l. Striker, superintend* nt. The first column shows number of pupils < moiled, the second column average dully attendance, mid the third percent'ar -of uttcndunce: Union Township Trustee. Howard Manlier William Noll 32 28.40 88.75 Marie Matbm h 21 20 37 97.02 Dorothy Spoiler 38 35.50 93 42 Parochial Rev. ,M .1. Frosch 7 7.00 100 Benhart Schultz 34 32.90 96.76 Root Township Trustee. Ralph W. Rice Elizabeth Cramer 29 25.77 88.87 Monmouth 11. S. Ernest Curtis, Catherine Weldler, Miriam Osborn 56 53.07 94.79 Grades Walter Yomikman 32 30.72 96.01 Georgia Foughty 25.23.70 94.80 R. .1, Mann «6 33.90 96.17 Parochial M. A. Greunke 22 18.65 84.80 Preble Township Trustee, Ed Zwick Wilma Andrews 41 38.60 97.72 i Raymond Borne 21 22.20 93.08 Parochial j II F. Nielson 38 36.97 97.30 Frieda Bnuck 24 23.15 96.45 Rudolph Stolp 56 55.10 98.48 W. E. Vffelman 51 49.97 97.98 Marvin Meyers 41 39 75 96.95 Kirkland Township Trustee. 11. H. High Radel Andrews 27 25.60 94.81 i Mary Oettinger 20 19.35 96.75 Robert L. Brown 25 24.60 98.40 Layki- Si lii-iiy 24 22.92 95.52 Gerald Roth 20 18.60 93.00 Oscar Geisel 36 25.07 69.65 Kirkland H. S. Hansel Foley, Wayne Dilling. Marie Porter, Nelson Eaton. Violet Nordberg. Amy Schenck 92 86.85 95.38 Washington Township Trustee. John M. Doan Esta Fleming 54 32.40 95.29 Arline Becker 19 18.15 95.52 Francille Oliver 31 28.57 92.17 Marguerite Lewellen 11 10.15 99.02 Martha Reppert 23 21.92 95.32 St. Mary's Township Trustee. Ben McCullough Pleasant Mills 11. S. Henry Snyder. Gerald Visard. Agnes Yager, Velma Fortney 81 76.92 94.96 Grades Berrtce Masters 34 32.37 95.22 Pearl Ray 31 28.70 93.33 Myrtle Clements 34 32.50 95.59 Dora Shosenberg 29 28.10 96.89 Bobo Harry Johnson 29 27.71 95.56 Matie Stevens 33 31.67 95.98 Blue Creek Township Trustee, David D. Habegger Elmer Ehrsam 39 33.75 88.35 R. M. Houck 20 19.50 97.50 Clyde Troutner 39 35.30 90.66 Eldon Sprunger 24 22.57 95.54 Monroe Township Trustee. E. H. Gilliom J. D. R. Schwartz 30 27.20 90.67 Jeanette Rich 35 33.62 97.46 Helen Roop 35 33.55 95.85 Mary E. Potts 53 48.72 92.80 Leo Strahin 23 21.20 92.17 Ezra Snyder 22 21.75 78.86 Pauline Buckmaster 35 33.75 98.68 Howard Brandyberry 37 36.35 98.24 Monroe H. S. Rolland P. Sprunger, Elizabeth Leyse. Mabie Ryker, Geneva Hodges. Helen Schenck 116 109.30 94.67 Leonard Hewitt . 23 21.17 92.06 Grades Floyd Johnson 35 33.95 97.00 Rosamond Gould 40 36.72 95.01 French Township Trustee. Edwin Beer Lester Reynolds 21 20.60 98.09 Lamar Shoemaker 20 19.77 98.87 Florence M. Bierly 32 J 0.30 97.74 Myron Lehman 27 25.50 94.44 Marcella Robin 26 24.5(7 93.36 Nellia Coppess 15 13.98 93.25 Hartford Township Trustee. Eli Dubach Linn Grove School Dorthea R. Bentz 20 19.60 98.00 Mary Schlagenhauf 28 27.60 98.57 Hartford H. S. Russell Steiner, David Cramer, Victor Eicher, Ruth Mahoney 93 87.67 95.14 Arthur Gerwig 36 35.02 97.29 Grades Edna Giendening 35 34.00 97.14 Thelma Brown ... 27 25.95 96.11 Wabash Township Trustee, J. C. Mann Harold C. Long 54 51.31 95.02 Beneva H. S. R. O. Hunt, Nell Pyle, John Bamnan, Margaret Rhoades, Blanche Aspy, Mildred Yopst 110 105.65 96.04 Guy B. Bell 44 41.20 94.06 A. C. Cook 45 42.12 93.61 Grades Goldine Butche 39 36.08 94.56 Esther Greene 32 30.56 95.50 Elizabeth Kraner 52 49.02 94.82 Blanche Sepherd 48 45.10 94.15 Mary B. Wheat 45 40.75 91.67 Catherine Fravel 44 40.12 92.45 Jefferson Township Trustee. C. C. Abnet Jefferson 11. S. Earl C. Chandler, Merrill Tharp, Dorcas Dice, Helen Burns 54 49.85 92.31 Edgar Porter 19 17.65 92.89 Grades J. Ray Duff 38 35.05 92.24 ! Helen Kenney 37 34.60 95.44 Madeline Robin 25 24.40 97.60 1 I

Gary Cooper says: j ”It’s plain common sense for me to 1 prefer this light smokfl little over a ycar a «° il /zMW Ranged to Ltxe kies because j I! // , 1 \ M'or of (h clr Etcr sinct ’’ throat bus heenl sha & e * As iny U’ulK I I f it’.spfoinconiDion senMjE ' fl f° rme to this light snloke.ll \\ tfe W-X* r So I’m strong for Luckies!” E ,ZZ IN PARAMOUNT’S "THE PLAINSManE DIRECTED BY CECIL B. DE MILLE II An independent survey was made recently , I among professional men and women—lawyers, ~ fl doctors, lecturers,scientists, etc. Os those who said "X .ia they smoke cigarettes, more than 87% stated they | personally prefer a light smoke. Mr. Cooper verifies the wisdom of this prefer- .ffiEkK I ence, and so do other leading artists of the radio, | stage, screen and opera. Their voices are their .. / | fortunes. That’s why so many of them smoke | Luckies. You, too, can have the throat protection /IMF | of Luckies-a light smoke, free of certain harsh y 1 irritants removed by the exclusive process ”It’s jhe finest tobaccos— I Toasted”. Luckies are gentle on the throat. "THE cream OF the crop” | A Light Smoke I ’’lt’s Toasted”-Your Throat Protection AGAINST IRRITATION—AGAINST COUGH I Copr?!<*t 1937, The American Tobuco

DR. TOWNSEND (CONTINUED FROM FAOE ONE) would accept no verdict that did not either "put me in jail or turn me loose with a clean record.” Present in the courtroom as government- witnesses were John B. Kiefer and Dr. Clinton Wunder, former lieutenants of Townsend in the nation-wide organization. Wunder and Kiefer pleaded guilty two weeks ago on charges similar to those against Townsend. They were fined SIOO and given suspended sentences of one year in prison. Also summoned as witnesses by the government were William A. Weber, assistant sergeant-ar-arms of the house, and newspaper reporters who were' in the hearing room at the time Townsend rebuffed committee efforts to question him. — o Taxpayers Association Protests New Measures Indianapolis, Feb. 23. — (U.R) —j More than one-third of the 726 bills introduced in the general as sembly to date affect taxes and 136 of them indefinitely will increase either taxes or living costs, according to a bulletin issued today by the Indiana Taxpayers Association. “Unless the public and newspap- | ers protest immediately and vigorously. the assembly may be persuaded to approve bills that will cause enormous increases in the cost of government,” the bulletin said. ' The association charged that if

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all the measures become law, close to $17,000,00(1 in the general fund will be wiped out during the coming fiscal year and the following year would bring a deficit. ————-o Only Two Emergency Hospitals Now Used Evansville, Ind., Feb. 23—(U.R) — Only two emergency hospitals out of a total of 30 established in the Evansville area during the Ohio river flood remain open. Red Cross officials reported today. The remaining two are at Corydon and New Burgh. More than 100 nurses have been released from flood duty and only 97 still are at work In the stricken area. 37 of them in Evansville, Miss Virginia Elliman, regional Red Cross nursing supervisor, announced today. — o Rosoff Employes J Being Questioned i New York. Feb. 23 —(UP) —Four ; employes of Samuel R. Rosoff, the 'millionaire ditch digger," were seized for questioning today in connection with the gang style assas1 sination of Norman Redwood, union J leader who called 700 of Rosoff's tunnell workers out on strike. The four were taken from Roaoff's office by police of the New • York homicide squad while Rosoff himself went into supreme court to > resist efforts to take him to New i Jersey for questioning. 1 Redwood, whose father and grandfather were “sand hog” tun-

nel diggers before him. was slain I Friday night near his home in Teaneck. N. J. ;| (j Authorities Probe Slaying At Elwood II Elwood, .Ind,, Feb. 23 —(UP)— The fatal shooting of Ray Small, 39. and details of the confession by his 11-year-old son. Claude, were Investigated today by Madison county authorities. Prosecutor Cecil Whitehead said

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i he doubted the wound could ■ ■ ( been inflicted in the manner ■ cribed by Claude ae he confß shooting his father early Suß for a scolding. 1 I Sea Lion on Third Ra ■ Sattsolito. Cal -' a ß I pound sea lion went land rij ' ing here. It wound upon the i ’ I rail of ati electric railway. ■ current was not sufficient to ’ but it did shock the sea lion I terrific roars. All a police! I could do was to shoot