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Romine Family Is Nearly Asphyxiated The Hugh Romaine family of Hartford township is recovering from narrow escape from asphyxiation Sunday night when the muffler of the family car gave way, permlttlng tlie carbon monoxide to en t. r the auto. Enroute home from Portland, a young daughter became ill and after treatment by a physician the rest of the family liecame suddenly 111. Tlie pulmotor of the Portland flro department had to he used In reviving the family. OPPONENTS OF NAVAL PROGRAM KEEP UP FIGHT Insist On Charge Os Agrement Between V. S. And Britain Washington. Mar. 15 4U.R) Respite official denials, opponents of President Roosevelt’s bigger-navy program insisted today on the charge that Great Britain and the i United States have agreed to par[allel naval action. As the house continued debate lon tlie Vinson bill to authorize 46 new warships, the opponents voiced the suspicion that some of the new ships might lie used to fight with British ships in future conflict. It was a Republican. Rep. George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts, who informed chairman Carl Vin--1 son, I)., Ga.. of the house naval affairs committee yesterday that he not believe the denials of Secretary of State Cordell Hull or Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of naval operations. I “I say that anyone who has made that arrangement, whether he be President of the United States or secretary of state, is disloyal to the United States and is traitorous." Tinkham said. By "that arrangement" Tinkham referred to a statement made in I parliament by WiiisUm Churchill, as reported in a United Press dispatch from London dated March 7. ; Tinkham quoted Churchill as having mentioned "excellent arrangements with the United States." (Churchill in commons debate on March 7 referred to “close naval collaboration" between the United States and Britain. The United : Press dispatch quoted him: "Owing to our excellent relations with the United States we are in a far stronger position relatively in our naval position compared to any 'likely combination in Europe." —, I Ed.) "He further states that these ar-: I rangements mean in effect the pooling of the British navy and the American navy," Tinkham said. “I say that if such an arrange-' i ment has been made then we are already committing ourselves to : the next war, which seems to be now on the horizon. I say that if we vote for this bill in the fact of that statement we are submitting ourselves to that arrangement and to that war." Tinkham’s remarks disregarded Vinson’s opening statement in sup- ' port of the bill, in which he quoted at length from Hull’s denial i that any agreement with Great i 1 Britain exists and from Admiral Leahy's denial of the same charge. "The gentleman has not a scin(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o LEADER SCHOOL ENDS THURSDAY Walther League To Close Series Os Institutes Thursday A series of leadership training institutes will be closed Thursday evening with a meeting in the auditorium of the Zion Lutheran church on West Monroe St. These institutes have been conducted by the Inter River Zone of the Walther League. Thursday evening’s meeting has been divided into the discussion of two main topics, namely "Relation lo* the Wa’ther League Society to the Congregation and Pastor” and "Differences in Doctrine of the Lutheran Synods of America" and vzill be led by the Rev. Frosch and 'he Rev. Werning, respectively. Each of the four meetings already held has attracted approximately SO young people associated with th.i Lutheran church in this area. The purpose of these meetings is to inculcate an application of knowledge and understanding to the problems (that confront the church today. 1

AUSTRIA UNION ACCLAIMED BY GERMAN PUBLIC German Political Quarters Confident Os Full Recognition Berlin. March 15 <U.P> Political quarters were confident today that union of Germany and Austria would be unconditionally recognized as valid by all foreign governments Since the union is an accomplished fact, it was maintained that foreign governments must realize that even formal frotests would be futile. Thus political observers did not attach any practical importance to British prime minister Neville Chamberlain's declarations yesterday, nor to French diplomatic activities The German public is completely under the spell of the historymaking events, and issues which a tew days ago were passionately discussed have been completelyeclipsed It was viewed with complete equanimity that the talks with Great Britain concerning the important colonial question have been | interrupted by the events in Austria Observers were confident that there was nothing left for Britain but to resume the talks after the excitement has subsided. Chamberlain’s announcement j that Britain would hasten her rearmament program failed to cause alarm. It was denied that the Austrian events had Increased the possibilities of European war. and maintained that, on the contrary, the situation had been much more dangerous so long as Austrian independence remained a thorn in Germany's flesh. The union was seen as revolutionizing the European military ! situation. The "greater Germany" now borders on Italy, and a military alliance with her was seen as a possibility which may materialize any day. So long as the Rome Berlin axis continues to exist. Italy and Ger--1 many are expected to control together the greatest concentration of military power on the continent, opposing the system based on the Franco-Soviet alliance, whose military value Is rated here as less (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 — THIEFISHELD BY AUTHORITIES Decatur Young Man Is Arrested On Petit Larceny Charge The arrest Monday evening of one petty thief by Chief of Police : Sephus Melchi and the quizzing of several others is believed to be ] the first step in the solving of a number of petty crimes in the city recently. Ferdinand Reynolds, 21. son of Mrs. John Reynolds, of Ninth street, was the alleged thief arrested, who confessed to two thefts. Chief Melchi reported. The first was solved by Chief I Melchi when Mrs. Elizabeth Hodle, who lives upstairs in the Reynolds home, reported that $8 had been stolen from under the bed mati tress in her room. Reynolds was located by the chief in a downtown ] pool room. ' At first denying that he had stolen the money, Reynolds reportedly broke down, when the chief found ’ more than $5 on his person, after he said he had but 40 cents. He | is alleged to have stolen the money I while Mrs. Hodle was uptown, i Charges of petit larceny were ■ filed against Reynolds in city court. Chief Melchi stated. At the jail under quizzing by the chief. Sheriff Dallas Brown and Bill Bell, he’ admitted to the recent theft of a radiator from a tractor at the De- - catur Country club, authorities ] stated. Reynolds told authorities that ; he had sold the radiator for junk. Quiz Others Following Reynolds’ arrest, authorities started a roundup of all

I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) j — -o * Lenten Sermon Tonight At St Mary’s Church The weekly Lenten sermon will be given at St. Mary's Catholic church this evening. Father Plotski of Fort Wayne will deliver the ser- , mon His subject will be mortal sin. Benediction of the Blessed Sacra- i ment will be given following the sermon. This is the third sermon in ; the series of Lenten discourses to | be given during the Lenten season, j

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Czech President Reviews Troops ! WA* Vi -. Kfli r- JOp - c l.uza l ’ r, '- |lllllt Benes JK Any attempt of the German Reich to incorporate tin* 3.500.000 people in Czechoslovakia of Germanic descent is expected to meet with determined resistance from tin* war-created state. President Edouard Bents, center, is here conferring with one of his military chiefs, Gen. Adalbert Luza (gesticulating) during maneuvers at Monrovia.

LEGION MARKS 19TH BIRTHDAY Adams Post Opens Observance: Message From Roosevelt Adams Post No. 43 s part in the national observance of the 19(h birthday of the American Legion was opened last night at the local Legion home. Carl H. Graham, of Fort Wayne, fourth district commander, was the principal speaker in a short session held last night The feature meeting in observance of the founding of the legion in Paris. France, on March 15 to 17. 1919 will be held here Thursday night Arrangements are now underway and local Legionnaires hope to secure a prominent speaker for the occasion. The members of the Legion auxiliary will entertain the Legionnaires with a carry-in supper. The auxiliary will also present a large birthday cake, now on display at the Wall’s bakery All members are urged to plan to attend the Thursday night meeting. A complete program will be announced later. Soldiers' Sons Meet On Monday night each Legionnaire who has a son is asked to bring the boy to the American Legion home. If unable to attend himself, the Legionnaire is asked i to send his son to the meeting. Preparations will be opened that night for the forming of a Sons oftin* American Legion organization, now flourishing in many ot the nation’s important cities. Grover Turner, district Legion! officer from Fort Wayne will lie 1 in attendance at tlie meeting and' will lead in the work of organizing. ! President's Message Indianapolis, March 15 (U.R) National headquarters of the) American Legion received tlie following message from President 1 Roosevelt today, the 19th anniver-l sary of the Legion: "My Dear Commander Doherty: , The approach of the 19th birthday] of the American Legion emphasizes | the fact that this magnificent org-j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

LENTEN MEDITATION (Rev. Kenneth Timmons) (First Christian Church) THE POWER OF THE RESURRECTION Phil. 3:10 Os the fact of the Resurrection. Paul had not a shadow of doubt. It was one of his positive certainties. He himself had had a revelation of the Lord, which had altered the whole course of his life He had known and conversed with those who saw Him in the days that followed the first Easter morning. Paul could say. I have seen the Lord. And so the powo: of the Resurrection, is not the power that raised Christ from the dead, but the increasing pressure upon life of tho stupendous fact that Christ is risen. To penetrate more fully into this, to grasp it in its significance, that was the ambition of the Apostle Paul. The Resurrection was the seal of heaven. In it the stupendous claims of Jesus were guaranteed and i-atified of God One thinks of the dark hours when He lay buried. The anguish of the disciples and friends. They could not reconcile that last indignity with the magnificence of His spiritual program The fact of death extinguished all their hopes. They remained in Jerusalem behind closed doors for fear of the Jews. And the first power of the Resurrection was its Influence upon thought and life. It banished fear and doubt, and encouraged those who trusted in Him. It guaranteed the Messiahship of Jesus One thinks of the sustaining power of the Resurrection. It gave to men, wherever they might wander, the near presenc of a living friend. And the power of the Resurrection is that it answers the steady yearning of the heart in away that nothing else in all | the world can do.

Declarations Tiled By Five Candidates Four Democrats and a Republican filed their declarations of candidacies with County C.'erk G. Remy Pierly Monday. They are. R. IT. Kolter. committeman of North Kirkland; Frank J. Singleton < mmitteeman of West Root; August Conrad, county councilman at large, and Barthold A Seescnguth, trustee of French township, all D -mocrats. and Kermit F. Bowen, Rt publican, committeeman of North St. Mary's township. SEEK DELEGATES TO CONVENTION Delegates To Y o u n g Democrats Convention To Be Certified Seven delegates to the Indiana Young Democratic club convention will be certified this week. Ed president of the Adams County Young Democratic club, announced today. The names are to be certified Thursday and any member wishing to attend and to have a vote is requested to contact Mr. Kauffman in the recorder's office in the court house. Adams county is entitled to 15 delegates and 15 alternates. The state convention is to be l held in Terre Haute, April 1,2, and 3. Preliminary plans for participation in the state convention were, made at a meeting of the Young Democratic club, held in the city I hall building last night. —o—--60 Chickens Destroyed i In Brooder House Fire ; Repairs are now being made to ' ja building owned by Mena Wul’i- ‘ Iman, northwest of Berne, in which 1 60 chickens were destroyed by firo, ! Saturday night. Wood shavings are believed to ] ] have caught fire and the blaze ] i spread throughout the building. But 112 of the 72 broilers housed in th? chicken house escaped.

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CONGRESSMEN DEMAND PROBE OF TV A MIXUP Resolutions Introduced For 10-Man Congressional Probe Washington. March 15 flj.R' A Democratic-Republican coalition I today introduced a resolution in the house and senate for a comprehensive 10-man joint congressional] investigation of the new deal’s: Tennessee Valley Authority. Tin* identical resolutions, drafted! at a secret conference last night. ’ were designed to cheek efforts ot administration leaders to regain . I control of tlie impending investigation which generally is expected] to provide the most powerful political ammunition of the 1938 cam-! paign. Sen H. Styles Bridges. R.. NIL. and Sen. William H. King. D.. Utah.! in the senate, combined witli Rep ! Walter G. Andrews, it . N. Y.. and Rep. Andrew J. May. D.. Ky„ in | the house to sponsor tlie resolu-1 tions. House minority leader Ber-1 trand Snell. R. N. Y.. participated, in the conferences but the TV A in-] quiry advocates failed in efforts to get Rep. Maury Maverick. D„ Tex..] to join them. Generally, it appeared likely that the administration would lie able to block the coalition move to sponsor the investigation and direct its course Although the leadership in both houses sought to delay action until after next Friday’s ] White House conference with the! quarrelling TVA directors, they : were expected eventually to put through their own resolution for a joint investigation. With both sides virtually agreed !on necessity for an inquiry, the ’ conflict centered on sponsorship ] of the resolutions and tlie specific] matters into which the committee would be directed to inquire. Sen. George W. Norris. I. Neb..: already has introduced a senate: resolution for an investigation but it proved unacceptable to the coalition group because it calls for inquiry into whether private power companies have obstructed the: TVA and whether any member of! the TVA board lias worked witli ] the private companies. The committee of five men from ! each house which would be ap- ] pointed under the new coalition ] resolution would be given $50,000 ] and instructed as follows: "It shall be the duty of the com- ! mittee to make a full and complete investigation of all phases of the administration of the Tennessee Valley Authority act of 1933, as ' amended. The committee shall re- ] port to the senate and house ! representatives, as soon as prac(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) - LIST PROGRAM FOR 0. E. MEET Annual Spring Rally Os C. E. Societies At Berne Friday Night Plans have been completed for ] the annual spring rally of the Adams county C. E. societies’ convention. to be held in Berne at the Memmonite church Friday evening. The evening will open with a carry-in supper at 6 o’clock in the ! church basement, with Earl Chase, I of this city, in charge. Principal speaker at the event ] will be the Rev. William H. Lee . Spratt, of Chicago, director of The ! Moody Bible Institute. Following is the program: Song service, led by Clyde Sprunger. Resolution of societies. Devotionals, Victor Kuhn. Music, Mixed quartet. Talks: "What Christian Endeav- | or has meant to Young People in : tlie past," Virginia Bretner. “What Christian Endeavor should i mean to Young People at the pres- : ent," E. W. Baumgartner. Offering. Awarding of Shield and announcements, President Winifred Sprunger. Music, Young Men’s chorus, Mennonite church. Address, Rev. Win. H. Ix*e Spratt. Closing prayer, Rev. Stacy Shaw.

SEEK CHANGE IN BUILDING School Board Seeks Improvement In New Gym-Auditorium An application for an accoustlcally perfect ceiling in the gymnasium auditorium of the new Decatur Jun-ior-Senior high school will be made by the city school board to PWA officials, it was determined at a meeting held Monday night. PWA officials must approve all | change orders and if approved, the government would include It in th-* rest of the project on which 45 per cent is being paid -by the PWA. The estimated cost of the improvement] will be between $3,300 and $4,000 The improvement, together with | I others considered, would bo inelud- . <-d in the original grant. The gen-! jeral contract was lower than first ] | anticipated and leaves a difference ] which may make it possible to include some of the features stripped | from the original specifications to (liable the school board to obtain ] a bid within the amount of the gov- ] eminent grant and that appropriated by the civil and school cities, | to be raised through bond issues. If granted, the ceiling would ! make the gymnasium one of the tiniest auditoriums in this part of tlie i state, it is believed. It would take ] out echos which make other large 'auditoriums in the city unsuitable lor many types of entertainments as well as addresses. It would also improve the appearance. Through the use of moveable seats on the floor and without the stage, the room used as au auditor--1 ium would seat between 2,200 and 2,300 persons, it is estimated. Used ]as a gymnasium -but placing seats . |on the stage would permit the acjeomodation of from 1,250 to 1,500 land possibily more persons at a I basketball game. The ceiling would also greatly ini’ONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOYAL DEFENSE LINES CRUMBLE Scenes Os Near Panic Are Reported From Barcelona London, Mar. 15. — JJ.R. — Thirty thousand German storm troops are enroute to Spain to try to deal a death blow to the loyalist government, the Spanish embassy here charged tonight. Hendaye, Franco - Spanish Frontier. March 15 -ftJ.R)—Extreme left elements were reported to lie moving to seize power in Barcelona, the capital of Loyalist Spain, as I loyalist defense lines crumbled ] back toward the Catalonian border : today. Dispatches from Barcelona de'l scribed scenes of near panic in tlie j city and said the thunder of the | nationalist attack could be heard ; from the west, where desperate -] loyalist troops have failed to halt a four-day drive by forces of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Reliable reports sajd that loyalist premier Juan Negrin flew to - Paris earlier this week and made a last desperate appeal for French artillery and airplanes. The aid he sought was refused. Unconfirmed reports said that leaders of the loyalist government. ! now established in Barcelona, | were preparing to flee to France as I extremist elements demanded that ! power be turned over to them, i Franco’s Moroccan cavalry swept | east from Caspe and was within |2O miles of the Catalan border. It ■ also was pressing fast toward the I coast in a movement that would | cut off Madrid. Valencia, and other | parts of Loyalist Spain from Catalonia. Dispatches described the resi(CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE) o ... Policeman Granted Leave Os Absence Officer Ed Miller has been granted a leave of absence from the police force, effective today. Mr. Miller is a candidate for the Democratic nomination so r sheriff and opened his campaign today. Fred Hancher, local barber, waa employed to fill the vacancy until after the primary. He will begin his duties at once.

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Hitler Formally Accepts Austria As A Part Os German Reich; Buffer Against Enemies. GIVEN WELCOME Vienna, March 15 (U.R) 'By i telephone to London) The pride ] of the German army goose-stepped past Fuehrer Adolf Hitler today as | he formally accepted Austria into i the German Reich and proclaimed jits "future mission" —to be the newest eastern frontier ot greater ] Germany and its defender against ' enemies. War planes roared overhead as infantry, cavalry, artillery, tanks ] and armored cars passed in review before the Fuehrer, who stood on the steps of the old Hapsburg Palace facing Heroes’ Square and j the tomb of the unknown soldier. In accepting the entrance of his ; homeland into the Reich as “the greatest accomplishment of my life." Hitler gave hint of the promised land of Nazism when he said: "By work and industry and collaboration. we will solve the great social problem.” Hundreds of thousands were massed around the square, madly | cheering Hitler and the troops. It was the most impressive military display Vienna has seen since the | world war. Hitler’s speech came between the ] ceremony of laying a wreath on the | tomb of the unknown soldier and I the military review. Its high point came when he said solemnly: "As fuehrer I report the entrance I of my home country into the Gerj man Reich." It was with tlie greatest diffi- ' culty that Hitler fiinished his sentence his voice broke under the tensity ot’ his emotion. . ] This day had been proclaimed, • just before Hitler spoke: "The Day i of the Fuehrer." That it was, none could doubt. Within four brief exciting days. ’ Austria had been merged into Nazi '! Germany to make a nation greater in people and in area than the I Germany of 1914. Hitler himself, a native Austrian. ! had slept in the Imperial Hotel ] within 100 yard of the art academy | that rejected him as a pupil years j ago and caused him, an obscure 1 1 penniless discouraged youth, to migrate to Germany. , This morning he had received Theodore Cardinal innitzer, Roman Catholic archbishop of Vienna. Some in the crowd outside booed the cardinal as he left. It was reported that on the occasion of this momentous visit from the religious spokesman of 90 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O President Plans For Messages To Congress Indianapolis, Mar. 15. —<U.R> —At a hearing before the state alcoholic beverages commission yesterday, 76 residents of Hope, Bartholomew county, protested vigorously against licensing a beer retailer in their town. Thomas Hitchcock, clerk of the town board, and other officials present, said the board was “strongly ] opposed to granting a permit. The Rev. Ernest Drebert, pastor of the Hope Moravian church, said the sentiment of the town is “overwelmingly dry.” PLAN PARTY AT MASONIC HOME Masons. Eastern Star Plan Supper. Card Party, Dance Friday Plans have been completed for a party of the Decatur Masons and Eastern Star members to be held at ! the Masonic home Friday evening and night, it was announced today. The party will open at 6:30 o’clock Friday evening with a pot- ■ luck supper for members of the two organizations. A card party will follow the supper and a dance will climax the ! evening's entertainment. A popular | six piece orchestra will furnish tho music. Students of both the Decatur public and parochial high schools : have been extended a special Invitation to attend the dance, which will start about 9 o’clock. All members of the two organizations are urged to attend the supper and party earlier in the evening.