Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1938 — Page 1

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H KILLED AS MNE CRASHES Soring storm ■ Pilots. Eight I'assr. Are Killed In I North west 11 <U.R> M In ni-11 diMl ul,pn ultl luxury liner u . the dead. A. U CroonBillings. Mont.. * a!< xl.-.' ..r ni" and a per ’ T*”, mi "' i’l"'" 1 ""’ H ’ M,SP ' He *'« a fo " ner I FffP-,- „t Hi" I’nde Rant hers and was well acquaint j tile rugged. 10.000-foot .• :t,.| plane struck nose h an I that lll " vt ‘ ,ht ' into the motors and scat-! [it- ifaginetits in all direc-1 Lockheed new liner exploded. c.t smoke that rose from Btkt WU' 1 '" attracted a farmer miles away Two wood | who saw the plane fall I ahead of him. i The sent word by telephone Ifrotn lh«‘ deserted Flaming Arrow f Dude Lai., hlnms" half mile away. KkAe two pilots ami eight men ■i passel hers all probably died mercithe plane struck, famd Hat the bodies of all except pilot. Nick B. Marner, lhadßen trapped in the fuselage. His clothing was 1 Ufre -|h- ii th" woodsmen arrived, the tire with snow bin Ban.- ■ was dead. Th" heat Kellie burning plane was so inthey could not approach, 100 scene was 15 miles noth Bozeman. The plane was Seattle to Chicago, left: 2:oT» p in. (MSTI and was ■ Billings at 3:47. woodsmen believed that I had tried to bring the plane the level clearing because high wind, and that hefls unable to level it off for a i The canyon was covered feet of snow. It was nar- ' row,Beared of trees, and from the '■yiVl-EP ON PAGE SIX) ATTENDANCE AT I URuUE GROWS £■*l) 7,000 Expected To Conference This Week ■■ —— figures conwtued to today at the second meet-. the annual agricultural conat Purdue University' the slippery condition of MAnJlanketed Indiana highways, i rat ions were expected to I approximately 7,000 by to- j ■■>' with practically every sec-, 'll-- state represented. The will continue throughweek. Tinker, assistant forester' 1 iiit-d States forest service, to speak before the ; this afternoon. pr pared address Tinker out to state farmers that savings bank in which to SB’ his surplus labor and the of his efforts. «HF"' meetings were scheduled SB I '-'' 'li Indiana farm manageBB ass <><iitlimi. Indiana horticulSsH society, and the Indiana i growers' association. at the conference was |§g" 11 "b 'he progress of judgnß the Indiana corn and small . show which is to determine a s king and crown prince' ?^B yTIN UEn ON PAGE SIX) O JgMPERATURE READINGS ■tOCRAT THERMOMETER SHE — ■" a |B* a - 111 .32 W. ■ -34 B' P- m 39 B P- m 39 p WEATHER snow or rain north rain south portion tonight Wednesday turning to snow not so cold northjH P° rti °n tonight, colder SSmesday,

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Local Association Re-Elects Officers The directors and officers of the i Decatur Savings and Loan Asst; I elation were re-elected yesterday at the annual meeting held at the j company's office in the Heiman building. The officers and directors are: ! I Edgar Mutschler, president; Don 11. Farr, secretary; Paul E. Llchtensteiger, director; Mrs. Lois Graham, directot. The association has first mortgage loans of $16,023.42 and real estate sold on contract of $13,710.20. REPORT RURAL RELIEF NEEDS ARE INCREASED Secretary Wallace Reports Farm Relief Needs Rising Fast Washington, Jan. 11 — (U.R) —i Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace today said that “economists agreed" that a decline in government spending had disturbed the balance between business income, employment and farm Income, resulting in the pres1 ent recession. Wallace told the senate unem-] ployment and relief committee i that farm relief needs are rising fast and that present funds for ■ agricultural aid may not be suffi- ' cient to cover demands for the rest of the fiscal year A deficiency appropriation may lie necessary, he said. Col. Leonard P. Ayres. Cleve-1 land economist, predicted that the nation should reach the bottom of | the recession during the first half 'of 1938. He suggested a "rather I slow” recovery and cited electric utilities as the "key log of this economic jam." "The most productive contribution that congress could make." said Ayres, "would be repeal of ‘ the undistributed profits tax.' ! Should the tax be repealed I feel j that it would go a long wa# to»4 ' ward restoring confidence." Assurance of investment return. | said Ayres, would bring resump-' I tion of $1,000,000,000 annual utiii-! sties expenditures, aiding, in turn, i railroads, iron and steel and auto I industries. Wallace said it was obvious that ; government spending beyond reveI nue cannot continue indefinitely I but added that immediate efforts j must be made to restore income balance and added that the government had the authority tn take j action. I Wallace outlined no spicific pro- : gram for such action. In citing the cause of the reces- ' sion Wallace said that government spending declined from $1.25 for each $1 of revenue in the first half ! of 1937 to SI.OB to each $1 of in-' ■ come during the last half of the! year. , “The problem if to maintain a | continuous balance of farm and labor income." he said. “The gov-1 ernment should use all of its pow-1 i ers to maintain that balance. ' “The cause of the immediate situation is pretty well agreed upon by economists. “In the last half of 1935, the government expenditures amounted to about" $1.75 to each dollar (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O SUES FOR WORK ON NEW SCHOOL Alleges Non-Payment For Labor On Geneva School House A suit for account and costs in the amount of $222.80 has be°n filed in the Adams circuit court by Henry D. Morningstar against Wabash | township, Jesse Mann, trustee of Wabash township, the Standard Accident insurance company and M. I L. Green and company. i The complant charges that the | plaintiff was engaged to do certain ' painting for a new school house in Wabaeh township (the Geneva school house). It is charged that the defendants and each of them ; became indebted to the plaintiff in ■ the sum of $57.60 for labor, which became due February 21, 1936. and which each of them refused to disi charge. In addition to the demand for payment of labor, it is alleged a penalty has accrued of $115.29 as pro- ■ vlded under the acts of the general assembly of the state of Indiana in the year 1936. A sum of SSO has ■ been requested for attorney fees. Notice was made returnable February 7. Nathan C. Nelson appeared as attorney for the plaintiff. j

FIVE BUSINESS LEROERSMEEI WIIHF.D.R,< Leaders Os Five Prominent Industries Galled , To Meeting , Washington, Jan. 11 — (UP) — J ; Leaders of five of the nation's lar- j gest industries were summoned to a the White House today to meet 1 with President Roosevelt at 5 p. m. t I for a thorough discussion of bust- t ness conditions. President Roosevelt sent tele- f gianhic summons, Invltelng to tho t White House, Alfred P. Sloan, a board chairman of General Motors corp.. Earnest Weir, of Pittsburgh. 1 I chairman of the board of the na- t tional steel corp.; M. W, Clement of t Philadelphia, president o fthe Penn- e sylvanla railroad, Lewis Brown, pre- s sident of Johns-Manville Co., and I Colby Chester, chairman of the Imard of the General Foods Corp., and head of the national association 1 , manufacturers. The White House conference ot I represenatfve National Industrial leaders is the first such gathering summoned by President Roosevelt since early days of the new deal. While Stepen T. Early, White House secretary, described *he sesI sion as “just another business conference,” the prominence of the business men called to the White : 'House lent special significance to i the gathering. Early said the conferees would engage in a general discuseion of 1 the business situation. 1 It was believed, in the light of I President Roosevelt’s recent utter- , lances, that eales ptoblems would be discussed. He has emphasized i i desirability of spreading orders over the year in order to stabilize (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DIRECTORS ARE NAMED MONDAY Beet Growers Association Re-Elects Three Directors “Sugar beets make good crops ; for good farmers." Adams County Agricultural Agent L. E. Archbold ■ i told between 200 and 250 farmers.: i gathered at the annual meeting of , the Central Beet Growers association held in the Catholic auditorium. Monday afternoon. , Three of the directors of the organization were re-elected by acclamation for three-year terms. ■ ; They were: Allan Lomont, of Al- ; len county; E. V- Busche, of Adams county, and Clyde Schultz, of < Randolph county. ' i Other directors have either one ', or two years yet to serve on their I ; I terms. They are: E. C- Caley, Wells county; Leßoy Pifer, Mercer county, Ohio; Martin Etzler. Van , Wert county, Ohio; P. D. Morris. ; Van Wert county, Ohio; E. L. Knoblauch, Allen county; George ' Wallenhorst, Putnam county. Ohio. , These directors will meet at a , later date to elect officers of the association for the year. The pres- , ent officers are: E. W. Busche, of , Monroe, president; Martin Etzler,!' of Van Wert county, Ohio, vice- j president, and Allen Lomont, of Allen county, secretary-treasurer. Busche Spea'Js Mr. Busche presided over the j meeting Monday- It was opened by the showing of pictures by E. E Patton, of the Farmers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar asso-1 elation, on subjects of interest to ( I beet growers. Mr. Busche then told of his recent trip to Washington, where he ; conferred with members of the sugar section of the department of agriculture and with congressmen ; serving on committees to formu- , late the new sugar legislation. He said that in his opinion the price for the 1937 beet benefit pay- i ments would probably be about st.BO a ton. However, he said that certain details had not yet been ; worked out as to normal yields and methods of computing the rates, and that although the money has been raised by taxes, it has not yet boon appropriated, and so payments can not yet be made. 11 However, Mr. Busche believed that a few growers would have difficulty showing proof of compli- i ance for the 1937 season. Major j <CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Legion, Auxiliary To Hold Rabbit Fry Here i Members of Adams Post No. 43. ; American Legion and the Legion i auxiliary, will ho'd a rabbit fry at the Legion home Wednesday night at 6 o’clock. All members. I j are urged to attend. 11

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 11, 1938.

CLERK ISSUES MORE LICENSES County Clerk Lists Report On Fishing, Hunting Licenses — The annual report of fishing. ' hunting and trapping licenses issued at the county clerk's office during 15h37. was compiled nnd announced today by 0. Remy Blerly, I county clerk. A total of 2,513 resident hunting and fishing licenses was issued during 1937, the report disclosed. Five non-resident hunting, fishing and t.upping licenses were given. A total of 32 10 day non-resident 1 fishing licenses and 16 oue-year non-resident fishing licenses was also Issued, the report revealed. Sixty-six permanent free licenses have been granted by Clerk Blerly to soldiers, he stated today The number of licenses issued this year 1 exceeds the total ot last year by about 100, Mr. Bierly stated ADAMS COUNTY BANK REPORT Ninth Semi-Annual Report Os Old Adams County Bank Inventory assets of the Old Adams county bank as of December 31. 1937, amounted to $46,222.67. j according to the ninth semi-annual , report for the Old Adams County : Bank now in th£_ process of liqui-j dation. The report of general liquids- j tion is: Inventory assets as of June 30, | 1937: mortgage loans. $8,636.79; | personal & collateral loans. $67,-1 261.92; overdrafts. $624.66; bonds and securities. $4,000; real estate. ' $500; due from banks, $56.37; new bank account, $12,629.34; cash on | hand, $43.54; total of inventory assets. $93,752.62. Additional charges since that date i are: dividend returned. $9.17; interest received. $32.05: rents receiv- ’ e<t. $25: miscellaneous receipts.' $50.76; received stock liability,' $4,329.31: total of additional charges, $98,198.91. Credits claimed since that time are: losses determined, $33 205.81; preferred claims paid, $265.56; common claims paid. $15,375.24; taxes paid. $107.70; expense of administration, $1,960.93; special representative salary allowance. $600; attorney fees allowed. $461. j and total credits claimed. $51,976 - i 24. Inventory assets as of December , 31. 1937 were: mortgage loans.] $1,375; personal and collateral loans. $36,656.78; overdrafts. $624.66; bonds and securities. $4,000; due from banks. $56.37; new bank account, $3,506.05; cash on hand, $3.81, and total inventory. $46,222 - 67. A cash accounting report was also included showing cash receipts and disbursements during the period. It is: Cash receipts: real estate mortgage loans, $2,465.51; other loans and discounts. $2,195.61; other real estate, $500; interest and other earnings. $57.05; miscellaneous re-1 ceipts. $50.76; received from stock(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) | _ o CITY BALANCE IS INCREASED Civil City Ends Year With An Increased Balance The civil city ended the year with a balance of $20,308.50, an increase of $3,272.98 over the previous year, according to the annual report prepared by Mrs. Ada Martin, clerk-treasurer. The city treasury received $39.352.77 during the year. Os this amount $20,220.91 came from current and delinquent taxes and poll taxes; state tax funds and $5,000 ( from the electric and water departments. The city started 1937 with a balance of $17,035.52. The expenditures in all funds and departments totaled $36,079.79, which included additional appropriations made necessary during the year. The civil city had all bills paid as of December 31, 1937, and started the new year with a clean slate. The largest expenditures in the operation of the city government are in the street, police and fire departments, covering wages and salaries of employes and materials. The city received $3,880.48 from the state excise tax and $6,479.13 from the state gasoline tax, which are included in the receipts.

TWO ACCIDENTS MONDAY NIGHT None Injured In Pair Ofj Unusual Accidents Near Here Things are* happening In pairs ' in Adams county last night, as two | accidents occurred on federal road 27. One occurred six miles north ' and the other five miles north. Both occurred at 6:20 o'clock, and both were blamed on the same cause. As Guy Bess, of near Decatur. ' stopped on the highway to clean the ice from the windshield of his car, an auto driven by Mrs. Clara I Clark, of Winchester, struck the ’ Bess auto from the rear. Bess was thrown to the pavement but uninjured. The Bess auto was slightly damaged Officer Ed Miller investi'gated the crash. As W E. Ross, of Oakley, MichI igan stopped his car six miles ' north on highway 27 to clean the ! ice from the windshield ot his car, it was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Neither he nor M. K. Cross of ] the same address, who accompanied him. was hurt. The car was j only slightly damaged. Officer Ad-1 rian Coffee investigated. The snow and sleet last night joined forces in making driving unusually hazardous. The light sleet' and mist that fell in the community early last night froze to the windshield of moving autos and made visibility extremely* poor. Streets continued to he someI what slippery this morning, as snow ! packed to the pavements and brick. Temperatures remained moderate, however, witha reading of 30 above j observed at 8 a tn. I Weathermen once again prophej sied colder weather for WednesI day, however. FILING RULES ARE ANNOUNCED Clerk Lists Information For Candidates For Primary — With the May primary slowly drawing near, the election interest growing in intensity, County Clerk G. Remy Bierly today issued information regarding the filing of candidacies for offices, which will be . np for election in the primary. Before declarations can be filed i for candidacy, a .petition must also ' be filed simultanteously. Aspirants for county offices must have their | petitions signed by one and oneI halt per cent of the vote of their party for secretary of state at the I last election. j This means that seekers of a county office on the Democratic | ticket’ must have 29 signers and those on the Republican. 17. Aspirants for township and city offices must each have 10 signers, since 10 is the minimum when one and one-halt per cent ot the vote does not total that number. Precinct committeemen do not need to file a petition when filing candidacy, Mr.Bierly stated. This is the only exception The petitions, which may be soI cured any time at the clerk's office, Lmust be signed by a circulator, when tiled with the declaration of 'candidacy, Mr. Bierly stated. 1 The petitions and declarations | I must be filed from 60 to 30 days ; : of the primary, May 3. o Rev. Fribley To Speak Wednesday The Rev. Fremont E. Fribley, D. D„ superintendent ot the Fort Wayen M. E. district, will speak at the First M. E. church here Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock at the mid-week services. This will be the third quarterly : conferences and one ot the most important in the church's calendar , year. I The public is cordially' invited to attend. Members are urged and ex-1 pected to be present. Peters Funeral Rites Thursday Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon for Henry R. Peters 74, former Decatur man, who 1 died Monday at the Lutheran hospi- ' tai in Fort Wayne. Services will be ; held at K’aehn & Sons' funeral home at 2 p. m. and at 2:30 o'clock at St. John's Reformed church. Burial will be in Lindenwood ceme1 tery. The deceased was born in Ger- > many and came to Decatur when • 16 years old. He operated a machine shop in this city until 1911, when i he moved to Fort Wayne. Surviving I are two children, Mrs. L. S. Brown :'and Mrs. J. D. Walker, both of I Fort Wayne.

ANTI-LYNCHING DILL ASSAILED RYSEN.DYRNES South Carolina Senator Attacks Anti-Lynch-ing Measure Washington, Jan. 11 HU.R)—Sen ■ James F. Byrnes. D. S. C. t charged in the senate today the anti-lynch-ing bill will create sectional j hatreds and "destroy the Democratic party." Byrnes made new threats of far-1 reaching strife within the majority party as he took up debate on the fifth day of the filibuster against the lynch bill. Byrnes pointed out that murder was punishable—usually by death —in every state. "The only justification then for , this bill must be that its proponI ents believe that the states have not enforced laws against murder,” , he said “These proponents want the federal government to do that." Byrnes said that the bill should be called “a bill to arouse ill feeling between the sections" of the country and "to destroy the Demo-. i cratic party." Byrnes, one of the most influential senate figures, sounded the most vigorous warning yet voiced ' that the anti-lynching bill might split the democratic party. “Mr. President, politically the : south has been an outcast," he I said. “Today the south may just , as well know that it cannot appeal ' to the Republicans of the north and that it has been deserted by the Democrats of the north. "I hope that the many southern-1 ers who have gone into the north will turn their eyes to the land' ' that gave them birth —to the peo--1 pie who live in that land and. if • this legislation is passed, will need i | their help in days to come. “I hope they will remember the men who today stand by the south and also remember those who seek ' to humiliate the white people of' the south and arouse race hatreds' in a land where today there is only peace and good will." Coalition Possible Washington. Jan. 11 —(U.R) —The senate filibuster against the anti-] lynching bill still raging today is the latest development in the pro-1 cess of cracking political parties which began on a national scale j with the election of President | I Roosevelt in 1932. The cracking process has conI tinued now until serious observers I of the political scene are speculat ! I ing on the possibility of coalition 'opposition in 1940 to the new deal ! presidential ticket, whether the latter is headed by Mr. Roosevelt I | in quest of a third term, by Robert I | H. Jackson, currently reported to ! ibe White House favorite for the succession, or by any of the other ] new dealers who aspire to leader- ! ship of the party created by the president. Mark Sullivan, dean of political , commentators, advanced the coalii tion idea over the weekend. Sullii van surveyed the Republican political cast from Alf M. Landon, and former president Herbert C. Hoover through Republican gover- ] nors and the senate and house to 1 youthful Thomas E. Dewey, who has just been elected district attor- , ney of New York county, and concluded: “The survey of existing, appar(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O DEMAND GROWS FOR FARM LAND — 120-Acre Farm Sells Today At Price Above Appraisal The growing demand for Adams ; county farm ’and in productivity, was evidenced this morning in the sale of the 120-acrc farm of the ] Davidson Mattox estate. The farm located in Blue Creek } township, sold at a total figure of $6,700i, which is S7OO above the ap- ' praised value. i Stanton R- Dailey, of Blue Creek ' township, was the purchaser The sale was conducted by Col. Fred Reppert in the absence of Col. Roy Johnson, who was -unable to attend because of the death of his , father-in-law. The sale was conducted by auction with a large crowd of neighbors and prospective buyers in atdendance. The sale was conducted in the offices of C. L. Walters. ! Col. Reppert, nationally known auctioneer, stated that interest in the purchasing of farm land in this community has been rapidly developing during the past few years, and that with the increased number of auction sales, a peak demand is prevalent. 1

Annual Equivalency Examination Jan. 29 The annua) high school equivalency examination will be held in the offices of ('. E. Striker, county school superintendent, in the courthouse tm Saturday, January 29, Mr. ] Striker announced today. All pervious interested in taking the exam are asked to see him. ■ o COUNTRY CLUR SCENE OF BALL Birthday Ball For President At Country Club January 29 The Birthday Ball for the President here, Saturday, January 29, will be held in the Decatur Country club, John L. DeVoss, general chairman of the party, announced today. The management of the club house has announced that ft is being completely re-decorated and that the heating plant is being fenovated to better accomodate fu- ! ture crowds. The improvements will be completed by the time of the ball, Mr. DeVoss has been informed. Final arrangements for the distribution of tickets and other preslltninary arrangements for the ball (kill be made tonight at a meeting I called by the general chairman in ; his office in the DeVoss building at 7:30 o'clock. All committee 1 chairmen, named to date, have been requested to attendThe funds raised by the ball ] year are used for the victims of infantile paralysis. Seventy percent is to be retained in this community and 30 percent is to be sent ' to the national committee for research work in an effort to find a 1 cure or preventative for the dis- j ease. NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED G. Remy Bierly Installed Holy Name Society President Newly elected officers of the Holy Name society were installed last night at the meeting of the organization with the Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz as installing officer. G. Remy Bierly was installed as president. Other officers installed are: Herbert La Fountaine, vicepresident; secretary • treasurer,! - Leonard Meyer; consultors. Lawr- ’ ence Beckmeyer. Charles Miller ! and Cyril Heimann. District prefects were also appointed at last night s meeting. They are: District 1. Henry Braun; 2, Francis Coyne: 3. Clarence Durkin; 4, Franklin Hebble; 5. Frank I Schmitz; 6. Edward Wait: 7, Clem I Kortenber and Jerome DeBolt; 8,Jerry Gage and Herman Knapke; 9, Jared Reed; 10, Carl Steigmey- ‘ er; 11. Louis Staub; 12, Edward : J. Gase; 13. Herman Faurote and | ! Herman Loshe; 14, Lawrence Braun and Peter Spangler; 15, j John Geels, and 16, Roman Brite. Other appointive officers: sacristans, Ralph Roop and Francis Geimer; marshalls. Alfred Rum-; schlag and William Barns; song leader, Leonard Meyer; publicity, Harold Daniels and L. C. Perry. Following the business session. | a social hour was held. o— Senior Class Play Here This Evening j “The Curse of the Incas,” Decatur high school senior class p'ay, will be presented tonight at the school auditorium at 8 o’clock. The play, a mystery-comedy in ; three acts, is considered by school officials to be one of the most entertaining and unusual ever to be given by the class. Admission prices of 15 cents for i children and 25 cents for adntts will prevail. Those not yet having tickets may secure them at the door. Doors will open at 7:30 o'clock. 0 Dry Goods Merchants Meet At Fort Wayne Dan Nibliok, Decatur dry goods merchant, led a forum of dry goods merchants of this area at a meet- ! ing held this morning in the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce building. The subject of the discussion was past and future business. . oFarm Home Slightly Damaged By Fire Only slight damage was done to the William Rupert farm home near Monroe Sunday, when a defective flue caused sparks that ignited the . 1 root. I

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EXPECT JAPAN TO START NEW ATTACKS SOON Planes And Warships Seek To Close Artery To Sea Tokyo, Jan. 11—(UP)—The Japanese war office today called for a new conscription law to mobilize adftional man power for the war in China, while emperor Hirtih'.to presided over an imperial conference on the conflict. Shanghai, Jan. 11.—(U.PJ — Japanese planes and warships began widespread operations in South China tod >y, apparently as the prelude to a drive to cut China's last main arterly between Canton and the sea. Japanese planes poured hundreds of bombs on the Canton-Hankow railroad 30 miles above Canton, severely damaging the tracks and destroying telegraph and telephone wires. Other planes bombed towns throughout Kiangsi province, north of Canton. Twenty-four heavy bombing planes dropped 100 bombs on the military airport at Hankow, northern trminus of the railroad. Warships shelled several towns in Hainan Island, off the extreme southern coast. Other ships, from cruisers down to tiny armed trawlers, ranged the islands at the mouth of the Canyon river, and it was indicated that small parties of bluejackets were landed at some points. The Bocca Tigris forts at the mouth of the river, protecting Canton, opened up against small Japanese craft trying to land bluejackets near the forst, and British merchant ships, which fled out of range of the fort's guns, saw a Japanese cruiser heading toward the scene. As they had done at other points before a major drive, Japanese | planes flew over Canton last night I —not to drop bombs but to drop I leaflets issued by what' was called the “Kwantung people’s represntative association.” Kwangtung i province includes Canton. The leaflets urged adoption of a fourpoint program: 1. Overthrow of Generalissimo Clhiang Kai-Shek, who. It was charged, “brought humiliation and suffering on the people.” 2. Overthrow of communism. 3. Overthrow of the Kuomintang, the government political party, which it was charged aci cepted communism. 4. Support of a “new leader who will protect the land, restore peace and work for the protection of Kwangtung. Who the leader was, the leaflets I did not say. There was general belief that the Japanese would start a big drive against Canton soon. Enormous Supplies of war materials are reaching Canton byway ot Hong Kong at the mouth of the river. It was estimated that 500,000 tons had passed through to ] Canton since the beginning of the war. At present, the United Press corespondent at Hong Kong reported, well informed quarters esti- ' mated that 3,000 American and German motor trucks were awaiting assembly and road transportation to Canton, in ad<ytion to hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline and kerosene. Newspapers here predicted to(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DEANERY MEET HERE TONIGHT National Council Os Catholic Women Meet Here Tonight Approximately 100 Catholic women are expected to attend the deanery meeting of the national council of Catholic women, which will be held here tonight in the Knights of Columbus lodge hall. Nine parishes in the Fort Wayne deanery are exipected to be represented at the meeting, which will be in charge of Mrs. Hugh Daniels, local president and Mrs. John H. Brooks, deanery association prei sident. The Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz will open and close the meeting as well as give the address of welcome. Besides the business session, a program," The Belles of St. Mary's” in honor of the centennial ot the local St. Mary’s Catholic church, which will commemorate its 100th birthday next August, will be presented, with a number of local young ladies appearing in the presentation. AU local members are urged to attend and assist in welcoming the .attending guests. The meeting will I open at 8 p. m.