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Dedicate Church Parsonage Sunday The Union Chapel U. B. church parsonage, 121 South Fourth street has been remodeled and will be dedicated Sunday with services at the church, three miles northeast of DeIcatur. and at the parsonage. Dr. B. H Cain, conference superintendent, will speak at services lon the church lawn at noon. Followi ing the afternoon service, the coni .-regation will gather at the parsonI age for services.

NAME CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE Rev. Lozier Heads Committee To Collect Contributions The Rev. George S. Lozier, pastor of the Evangelical church, was named chairman and Mrs. S. D. Beavers was chosen assistant j chairman of the committee which i is collecting this community's con-1 tributlons to Willie Lee Buffing ton's chain of “Faith Cabin Librar- i ies” in South Carolina. Mrs. | George Thomas is secretary and j Mrs. E. M. Wicks, treasurer. Used books, magazines, pictured, phonographs and phonograph records are desired to, feed the intellectual hunger of needy negroes in South Carolina. All that is desired is that the material be sent I prepaid. Stamps will be accepted j 1 to help with the correspondence. ' Money is needed for the shipment i of the material. The committee, in its meeting i Thursday afternoon in the library. | decided to conclude the drive for | contributions next Thursday and to ship the material at the end of the next week. It was also decid- j ed to hold each church responsible for the shipment of its own mater-. ial. Approved by Ministers The Decatur ministerial aasocl-l ation has approved the project and most Decatur churches are coop- j erating. Invitations to assist are | ! to be sent to the other churches in : i the county. Members of the committee wilL| be at the library each afternoon i during the remainder of the drive I to accept contributions. The headquarters is located on the first floor of the building. In cases when persons wishing to donate are unable to take the . material to their churches or the library, the members of the committee should be phoned and cars; will be donated by the committee j to pick up the material. The committee is composed of I the following persons', the Mesdames S. D. Beavers, G. O. Walton, Roscoe E. Glendehing, M. A. Frisinger, Jesse Rice, John Parrish, R. A. Stucky, Will Winnes, Mae Johnson, Fred King, Oren Schultz, George Thomas, L. A. I Graham, Don Lutes, Fred Patterson, Dale Moses, and the Rev. Paul Schultz, and all other ministers in the city. There will be no one at the library Saturday to receive books for the Faith Cabin library ae the building will be closed all day. o Alleged Automobile Thieves In Custody Dayton, 0., Aug. 19. —(U.R)I—Norman 1 —Norman Hart, 27, and Oscar Ryan, 29, both from Greensburg, Ind., were held today by Dayton police pend-, ing the arrival of authorities from Decatur county, Indiana, where ■ they are wanted on an automobile | robbery charge. A girl companion was with them when they were arrested.

FRANK KNITTLE IS GIVEN FINE Fined And Sentenced By Judge For Issuing Fraudulent Check Frank Knlttle, of east of the city, was fined and given a jail sentence in circuit court today by Judge Huber M. DeVose when he pleaded guilty to a charge of issuing a fraudulent check. Judge DeVoss placed the amount of the fine at $1 and costs and sentenced him to serve five days in the county jail. Knittie was given credit for the 17 days he had spent in jail, awaiting sentence, in laying out the amount of the fine and costs. He was arrested by Sheriff Dallas Brown on a charge of giving the Shewmaker filling station a fraudulent check in payment for gasoline several weeks ago.

AID TO CANADA IS PLEDGED BY THE PRESIDENT Roosevelt Stresses Good Neighbor Policy In Two Addresses Hyde Park, N. Y., Aug. 19. <U.R) — Paesident Roosevelt returned to the summer white house for a two weeks stay today after two speeches In Canada in which he (1) called upon Canada to join the United States in developing the St. larwrence seaway and (2) pledged the aid of the United States if Canada is ever threatened with a foreign invasion. The president s special train arrived at 6:30 a. m. CST. It was reported that Prime Minister Mackenzie King, Mr. Roosevelt's host yesterday, would soon visit Mr. Roosevelt in Washington to discuss means of bringing to a head the treaty providing for joint development of the St. Lawrence which was refused ratification by the senate. Mr. Roosevelt, dedicating thq new international bridge through the Thousand Islands yesterday afternoon, spoke again for a cooperative development of the St. Lawrence valley, denouncing interests which he said would be glad to determine the economic fate of a large area in both countries. "A conception has been emerging in the United States which is not without certain magnificence.'' he said. “This is no less than the conviction that if a private group could control the outlet of the Great laikes basin, the group would have a monopoly in the development of territory larger than many of the great empires in history.” Mr. Roosevelt thus revived one of his greatest ambitions—the cooperative public and international development of the vast power and waterway potentialities of the St. Lawrence river from the Great LaVes to the sea. Canada and the United States negotiated a treaty for this development but the senate refused ratification. The New (CONTINUE© ON PAGE THREE)

HITE FUNERAL IS HELD TODAY Accident Victim Buried Today; Ehinger Funeral Saturday Funeral services were he’d this afternoon for Hugh D. Hite, of Detroit. who was fatally injured in an auto-truck collision near Anderson Tuesday evening. The services were held at the home of a sister, Miss Fan Hite, with the Rev. Kenneth Schafer, a nephew of the victim, officiating. Burial was made in the Decatur cemetery. Mr. Hite, a native of Decatur and formerly prominent in business and civic activities in this city, died an hour after the crash, which also claimed the life of Herman F. Ettinger, general manager of the Citizens Telephone company 'of this city. Funeral services for Mr. Ehinger will be held at the St. Mary’s Catholic church Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz pastor, will be celebrant of the solemn requiem high mass Rev. Father Ambrose Kohne, Geodland, will be deacon of the ma*iS, and Rev. Father Alvin, assistant pastor, will be sub-deacon. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery. Continued improvement was noted today in the condition of Mrs. Ehinger and son James, who were injured in the same crash. They were brought to their home in this city shortly before noon Thursday from the hospital at Anderson, where they had been confined since the accident. Unavoidable R. L. Armington, coroner of Madison county, who investigated the crash, has stated that the accident apparently was anbvoidable caused when the Ehinger car skidded on (CONTINUED On’pAGE SIX) STORES TO CLOSE Officials of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce today requested all business houses and offices to close from 9 to 10 o'clock Saturday morning, during funeral services for Herman F. Ehinger. The city hall will be closed during the services, and the public library will be closed all day.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 19, 1938.

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BOGUS MONEY PLOT NIPPED Parole Violator Nabbed At Fort Wayne As Counterfeiter Fort Wayne, August 19 —(UP) — : A G-man and police believed they had nipped in the bud a plot to flood Northern Indiana with counterfeit Oins with the arrest of Jack Joseph Seldat, alias Jack LaPorte. ST, parole violator from Levanworth penitentiary. ( Seldat was bound over to the fedI era! grand jury by U. S. commix- : sioner William D. Remmel on the I charges of conspiracy to make coun-i ‘ terfeit money, and .possession of' | counterfeit money. Two companions arrested with Seldat were dismissed by the com ; missioner who held there was insut-l ficient evidence against them. They were Roberta Marie Mellina i 34. and Kenneth McNeal. 23, botn of Fort Wayne. G.-Men had been looking for Sei-. 1 dat as a parole violator from Leavenworth penitentiary two years ?ago. The warrant was issued from BLI headquarters at DetroiL Wednesday PBI agent Floyd E. Chaikey Indianapolis came here to j arrest Seldat on the parole violation charge. It was then that his counterfeiting activities were discovered. Equipment to make the i' bogus coins was found in his room. Roberta Mellins, told officers she! had been living with Seldat two' years, in Detroit, Muncie, Indiana-j polls and here. She denied al! know-j ledge of his counterfeiting activities j and Seldaf refused to Implicate eith-j er Miss Mellens or McNeal. Local police believed that few it! I any of the spurious coins had got-1 ; ten in circulation. ! i 1 Kenneth McNeal, released fromj custody for activity in the above; case, is a former resident of Decatur, where he attended the public, schools.

LaPorte Mayor Appoints Two Boys To New “Traffic” Court

LaPorte, Ind., Aug. 19 — (ll.R) — Two kids trooped into Mayor Alban Smith’s office today to learn a few slants on legal proceedure they will need in acting as judge and prosecutor for the mayor’s new “traffic” court for juveniles. Joseph Daley 14-year-old high school junior, will be judge and Fred Dunham, 12, an eighth-grader, prosecutor. Mayor Smith said they would rule “exclusively" in the special court which will function as a branch of the municipal court, imposing fines and restrictions on youths found guilt of violating city traffic regulations with their bicycles. "It will meet once a week to try violators who ignore stop signs, ride on the wrong side of the street and disobey the traffic code consistently,” Smith said. “I personally will back all of the court’s decisions.” In forming the unique court Smith said h: believed boys are “more conversant with juvenile

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Rural Church Plans Revival Services Revival services will open at the Clark's Chapel M. E. church Sunday evening, with the Rev, Harold Lanman of Baltimore, Md„ as the evangelist. Rev. Lanman, a junior at Taylor University, is a schoolmate of the pastor, Rev. Lloyd W. Bower, who will assist in the services. Services will be held each evening at 7:45 o'clock, and will continue for two weeks. The general public is invited to attend. o • TORSO MURDERS BAFFLE POLICE “Mad Butcher” As Far From Capture As Any Time In Four Years Cleveland Aug. 19—(UP) —“The mad butcher of Kingsbury Run” was as far from capture today as at any time in hie four-year reign of torso-murder terror. Police pursued unavailingly the most tantaliingly close clues yetleft with his 12th and 13 victims—whose severed heads he had left near their bodies. They asked all Cleveland dentists to check their files against the description of two silver crowns and a metal iplvot found in the mouth of victim number 12, a woman, but admitted that it was a needle-in-a-hay- | stack search. | They waited for a report from Washington on a thumbprint from [the same victim, but checking of federal bureau of identification records there will require 10 days; I more, than may not identify her. I They felt still that the “torso-j ! laboratory’’—A dingy room perhaps i or a squalid shack —might lie with-1 in the close boundaries of the city’s central market, to which they trac- ' ed the fish box and cookie box into which parts of the last two victims were stuffed. But fingerprints found . on both boxes were found to be too | I <('n\- riNIIED ON PAGE SIX)

traffic problems than are adults" and could impose more understandable justice among those of their own age. He declared the youths may restrict the violators from using their bicycles "for any length of time" and have the power to impose fines. The court's orders will be enforced by the city police, the mayor said. "Judge” Daley promised to be severe “if the case calls for severe measures.” “If it's serious enough, I” fine them $1 and take their bicycles away for a week," he said. The faults most liable to dra w the heaviest fines were listed by the "judge” as: 1. Dodgin in and out through traffic, 2. Running stop lights. 3. Hanging on moving trucks. 4. Riding along sidewalks in groups. “We might have a little trouble (CONTINUED. ON PAGE FOUR),

11. S. ATTITUDE WARMLY HAILED AS PEACE AID Foreign Policy Statement Excitedly Approved In Britain By JOE ALEX MORRIS (United Press Staff Correspondent) The 1938 model of American foreign policy stood out boldly today against a background of international troubles. Implications of President Roosevelt’s declaration that the United States would oppose any foreign designs on Canada aroused excited approval in Great Britain and France; were ignored in the newspapers of Italy. Second thought on the presi-1 dent's speech in America emphasiz-; ed that it kept within the tradition-; al policy of avoiding foreign en-1 tanglements, but was timed to mobilize the moral influence of the) western hemisphere in support of' the Anglo-French campaign to cool, European war threats. Mr. Roosevelt’s declaration climaxed —at a time when European | democracies face a critical period ; in their struggle against a war ex-1 plosion—a long and persistent effort by administration officials to convince the United States that it cannot escape world problems by a policy of strict isolation; that if a showdown comes America must stand on the side of the Democracies. Supplementing his Buenos Aires appeal for unity of the Americas, the president’s Canadian address formally expressed what had long been realized: That the United States’ responsibility for opposing hostile foreign infiltration extends throughout both Americas. But perhaps even more important, Mr. Roosevelt emphasized that the moral force of the western hemisphere cannot be ignored in the world struggle between democracy and totalitarianism. The ultimate effect of the Administration's foreign policy development in regard to the United States traditional policy of isolation remained to be determined by world ’ events, regardless of the eagerness ' of some British and French commemorators to read into it as least partial abandonment of America's i historic stand. Meanwhile, the United States at- 1 titude viewed as bolstering the eff-1 orts of Great Britain and France to I ease war threats arising from the | Czechoslovakian minority crisis. I Viscount Runciman, the British i mediator at Prague, failed in a talk I with Nazi leader Konrad Henlein to break the deadlock between the German minority and the government but he arranged for further conferences with Premier Milan Hodza. The Berlin Press, meanwhile, sharply criticized the Czechs on the grounds that they were "dodging" settlement of the issue. Elsewhere on the trouble fronts: China — Japanese sought to reinforce their drive up the Yangtse I valley toward Hankow after a ser- . ies of major aerial battles in which ! they claimed to have shot down 32 j Chinese craft. Chinese reported six Japanese planes downed. The Chin- ; ese air force was reported greatly strengthened by new ships from i Soviet Russia, which Japanese alleged was demanding that the dei sense of Hankow be fought through I 1 (CONTINUED ON PAG® FOUR) YOUTH ORDERED TO CLEAN MESS

Sherman Liechty Given Continuance, Must Repair Damage Sherman Liechty, 18, of Monroe towenhip, who “just to have some fun”, swathed the walls, books and floors of the District No. 8 school house in that township with white paint and ink, will have a chance for some more “fun." Liechty, who previously had plead guilty to the charge of malicious trespass was granted another continuance in circuit court by Judge Huber M. DeVoss today. Before his reappearance in court, however, Liechty is to clean up the mess he created Ln the schoolhouse and repair other damage done. His only reason for committing the act, he told the court, was to. "have some fun.” The township trustee and the advisory board estimated the damage of Liechty’s “fun” at about |75. He was arrested earlier in the week by Sheriff Dallas Brown and State Police Officer Truman Bierie.

Decatur Youth Taken Back To Reformatory Albert Spencer, 18. of this city, waa returned Thursday to the reformatory by authorities of the inI stltutiou. Spencer, who was out on parole, was apprehended here for stealing a purse from the vegetable wagon, driven by Dayton Steele ; earlier in the week, and taking out the money before leturniug the pocketbook. 0 AVON BURK IS CLUB SPEAKER Elevator Man Speaks To Decatur Rotarians On Wheat Avon Burk, manager of the Burk Elevator of thin city, presented an interesting and instructive talk on .“Wheat,” at the weekly meeting of .; the Decatur Rotary club Thursday ! evening at the Rice hotel. Mr. Burk pointed out that wheat is one of the most important crops, ; as it is a world food, ranked only j by rice and (potatoes. While rice is consumed mainly Iby Asiatic races, and potatoes are I consumed comparatively close to . the point of production, wheat ’s 'truly the leading world food, the elevator man said. Wheat the speaker related, is produced in many parts of the world and some wheat is harvested every month of the year throughout the world. An excessive carry-over of wheat is forecast in 1939, Mr. Burk said. The speaker talked briefly on efforts made by the federal government in the past few administrations to ontrol wheat production and prices better to stabilize farm income. Following Mr. Burk’e address the Rotary club unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing the proiposed addition to the Adame county memorial hospital. Walter Gard past president conducted the meeting in the absence of the president, W. Guy Brown, and vice-president, C. E. Bell. —o —— CAPITAL READY FDD CORRIGAN

Indianapolis Plans Roaring Welcome For Irish Flier Fort Wayne. Ind., Aug. 19.— IIU.BI—Still 1 —Still wearing the leather jacket he wore when he flew the Atlantic — going to California— Douglas Corrigan arrived at the Fort Wayne airport a few minutes before 11:30 CST this morning. City officials hastily organized a parade to show Corrigan the town. Corrigan stayed only about half an hour and then proceeded to Indianapolis where a program has been planned for him this afternoon. Indianapolis, Aug. 19. —(U.R> —Unless his compass develops that strange ‘“turn around” malady again, Douglas (wrong way) Corrigan arrives here this afternoon to receive the .plaudits of all the Irishmen in Indiana as well as most of the remaining citizenry. The 17,000 Irish inhabitants of Indianapolis donned their shamrocks and green and prepared to give an Irish welcome to the grinning young fellow who flew from New York to Dublin, Ireland and then announced it was all a mistake —he was headed for Califoria. Corrigan, traveling by easy stages from the east, was schedul-

(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Kintz Funeral Rites I Held Here Thursday A number of former Decatur residents were here Thursday to ' 1 attend the funeral of Mrs. Elsie , i Kintz. Among those who were members of Mrs. Kintz’ immediate II family were Miss Letty Kintz, Mrs. Celeste Neptune and son Jack, Mrs. Kathryn Wilke, Mr. ’ and Mrs. Carl Bishop and sons i Paul and James and daughter Mary Margaret, all of Toledo, Ohio; ' ! Mrs. Helen Anderson of Gideon, I Mo., and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence I I Kintz of Lima, Ohio. Many friends of the family were ■ present at the services held at the ’•i Catholic cemetery Thursday after- ‘ noon. After a short visit at the ’ residence of Mr. and Mrs. Fred 1 Smith of South Third street mem- | bers of the party returned to their > j homes. Miss Letty Kintz will reI! main for a several days’ visit at , the Smith residence.

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CENTENNIAL OF FIRST MASS TO BE HELD SUNOAT

Outdoor Service Sunday Morning To Mark Centennial Mass Members of the Catholic faith in Decatur and community will ; observe one of the most monentous occasions in the history of the St. Mary’s Catholic church Sunday when they commemorate the : saying of the first mass TOO years I ago. Pastors, assistants, priests and ! members of the Sisterhoods, former members of the St. Mary’s parish, who are now serving in other communities, will return to take part in the event. The Paulist Choristers, internat- ! ionally known as the most famous ' boys’ choir in the world will sing the Centenary mass at 10 o’clock Sunday morning, in marking the i first mass 100 years ago. The solemn high mass, with the I Most Rev. Bishop John F. Noll at- | tending, will be held at 10 o’clock. The Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz, pastor of the local church, will be the celebrant. Father Thomas J. Travers of Anderson will deliver the sermon. Six other masses will be said Sunday morning. The time of the masses is 6,7, 8 and 9 o’clock. Several hundred copies of the history of the parish have been sold. The book contains, in addition to the history of the parish, the growth of the church, the list of societies and church organizations, their officers and activities. Sunday noon a luncheon will be | served by the ladies of the parish to the members of the parish and the boys’ choir. Sunday evening at 7 o'clock the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be held, followed by a J program and reception in tha school auditorium. Mass Monday A solemn requiem high mass will be held Monday morning at 8 o’clock for the deceased members and benefactors. A tour of the city by the visiting Sisters will follow. At noon a hasi ket dinner will be held at Sun Set park with visiting Sisters ams members of the parish in attendance. The outdoor platform for the event, which is to be located on the east side of the lot, south of! the church is being erected. Seats facing the east will be placed on the west side of the lot. The Paulist Choristers will arrive here Sunday morning and will leave Sunday evening. o 30 Arabs Killed In Clashes With Troops Jerusalem, Aug. 19. — (U.R) —At least 30 Arabs were killed and many wounded in clashes with British troops during the last 48 hours, it was announced today. British authorities said their military operations were the largest since the recent series of disorders began. Several thousand troops wera engaged in running down terrorists in scattered sections. They were aided by airplanes which bombed and machine-gunner resisting rebel bands.

CLOSE AUCTION SCHOOL TONIGHT Graduation Exercises For 52 Students To Be Held Tonight Fifty-two students of the Fred Reppert School of Auctioneering will complete the three weeks’ course of the 35th semi-annual term tonight in the graduation exarcises at the Knights of Pythiaa hall. The last of the public auction sales was held laet night at the stand on Madjson street. Tonight at 6 o'clock the members of the class will be feted in a banquet at the K. of P. Hall by Col. Fred Reppert and the instructors. Col. Earl Gartin of Greensburg will deliver the commencement address during the exercises and act as toastmaster during the banquet that opens the evening's activities. Each of the graduates will deliver a short address, and various instruc. tors of the school will talk. Saturday morning the school will break up and the graduates will start tripe to their various homeij throughout the United States, —