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Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz, 1 pastor of the St. Mary's Catholic , church, will be celebrant of the 1 ' solemn high mass at Centennial ' services of the local church Sun- i '. day morning. .

l TRUSTEE DOAN LISTS BUDGET Proposed Washington Twp. Budget Is Announced By Trustee 1 | The proposed Washington town- ‘ ship budget for 1939 has been announced by township trustee John • M. Doan. 1 This budget, exclusive of poor ' relief and road bond payments tot- ' als $10,153. for tax collection purposes as compared to the existing 1 budget for 1938 of $12,152. The budget in ,1937 amounted to $13,203 and the budget in 1936 was $11,496. . 1 The road bond items are to be * determined by County Auditor John W. Tyndall, who will set a levy ! ■ sufficient to make required pay5 i tnents on interest and principals. The poor relief budget for 1939 ‘ is also set by the county auditor, ■who is making a three-year comparison of expenditures, before an- : nouncing the proposed rate. 1 ! In the proposed budget, only the , ’ 1 township fund affects Decatur, as the city has a separate tax for the ; schools and the library. Township Fund The township fund proposed tot- ’ al would be $1,976 as compared to : f $1,950 in 1938; $3,145 in 1937 and ' $1,240 in 1936. This would require a three-cent rate. , The special school fund which provides for the maintenance of the schools in the township outside of ’ I Decatur amounts to $4,862 in the | proposed 1939 budget as compared ■ to: $5,545 in 1938; $4,590 in 1937, i land $4,250 in 1936. This requires a 22-cent rate. The proposed tuition budget, which pays salaries of teachers is $2,652 in 1939 as compared to: i ’ $3,992 in 1938; $5,029 in 1937 and' $5,577 in 1936. This fund is to pay ICONTINUE7D ON PAGE THREE) O r Rev. Brandyberry Is Ordained As Elder , The Rev. Paul Brandyberry pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in this city, was ordained as an elder . at the closing session of the Northern Indiana district Church of the Nazarene at Bluffton Friday night. . I Rev. Brandyberry is returning to . the local charge for his third year r' as pastor. f o GIRLS BAND IN PARADE MONDAY Decatur Girls Band To March In Legion Parade At Capital Police escort for the Decatur' girls’ band on the trip to Indianap- ■ olis Monday to take part in the American Legion parade was vlr- - tually assured today. , Approximately 50 girls of the band and Albert Sellemeyer, director, will make the trip in a caravan , of about a dozen autos. The caravan will leave the Decatur high school building Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock. All band . members are to meet there. State police and Sheriff Dallas Brown will furnish the escort for ; ’ the band. The trip is being sponsored by 1 the Adams Post No. 43. American Legion of this city. Many of the 7 local Legionnaires will also leave * Monday to attend the state Legion * convention. ’’ The parade, in which the local 3 band Mil take part, will start Moni day afternoon at 2 o’clock on Dela- * ware street and proceed down Mer- • idian in the capital city.

DOUG CORRIGAN I GETS GREETING IN WINDY CITY Wrong Way Flier Given Riotous Welcome In Indianapolis, Chicago Chicago Aug 20—(UP) —Douglas I Corrigan landed his $960 tians-At-lantic airplane at the Municipal airport today to receive the greetings I of Mayor Edward J. Kelly 500 spei dally chosen Irish policenir-n and 1100.000 music lovers. The wheels of the nine-year-old monoplane in which Corrigan flew I from New York to reland touched the runway at 9:35 a. m. CST. He J left Indianapolis at 8:03 a. m. After a series of parades and re- ! ceptione, Corrigan will be taken I before a ca<pacity throng gathered lin Soldiers field for the Chicago land music festival, the largest single crowd to greet him since hi t I wrong way flight. The Chicago new century committtee wil present him with a gold medal. At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 20 —(UP) Douglas Corrigan, elim litt'.e Irish flier who completely won over Hoosier hearts during a thundering reception an dparade yesterday waved farewell from his nine-year-old flying jalopie this mon.ing and headed for Chicago. ‘X don’t know whether I'll get there,” the grinning youth, still in his brown leather jacket, said 1 before the takeoff. "And I don t I know where I’m going if I do get ! there.” Yesterday he came sailing in to a I crowd which he admitted was the biggest he had seen since New York. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend. ' Mayor Walther C. Boettcher and i airport officials were among the thousands to greet the lad who followed the wrong end of his compass l point when he took off from New (CONTINUED ON PAOE THREE) 0 EHINGER RITES ARE HELD TODAY Funeral Services Are Held For Herman F. Ehinger This Morning — Grief stricken relatives and sadI dened citizens of Decatur paid final tribute this morning to Herman F. Ehinger, for 20 years general manager of the Citizens Telephone Company, who was killed in an I tauomobile accident near Anderson Tuesday evening. Funeral services were held at i the St. Mary s Catholic church at 9 o’clock this morning, with the ' Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz. i pastor, celebrant of the solemn requiem high mass. Burial was I made in the Catholic cemetery. Father Seimetz paid tribute to Mr. Ehinger. his life, character and service in the community. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for Hugh 1). Hite, of Detroit, native of Decatur and for many years engaged in business in this city, who was also fatally injured in the crash which claimed the life of Mr. Ehinger. Services were held at the home lof a sister. Miss Fanny Hite, with ' the Rev. Kenneth Schafer, of Cin- ; cinnati, Ohio, a nephew of the deI ceased, officiating. Burial was made in the Decatur cemetery. The other occupants of the ■ Ehinger automobile, Mrs. Ehinger j and son James, who were injured, were brought to their home in this j city Thursday noon from the Anderson hospital. Jefferson Principal To Petroleum High Earl Chandler, who has been principal of Jefferson township high school in Adams county for the past two years, has accepted a position as principal of the Petroleum high echool in Wells county. temperature readings DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER I 8:00 a. m. ‘ 4 10:00 a.- 80 11:00 a. • 82 WEATHER Local thundershowers tonight and probably in south portions Sunday morning, becoming fair Sunday. Cooler in northwest. Warmer in extreme southeast tonight. Cooler Sunday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 20, 1938.

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Most Rev. John F. Noll, D. D., Bishop of Fort Wayne diocese, will I attend the centenary high mass, to be h-id on the school grounds south of the St. Mary's Catholic church Sunday morning at 10 o’clock.

VAN WERT LADY DIES OF BURNS Mrs. Ida Hoghe Dies At Van Wert Hospital Friday Evening Van Wert, 0.. Aug. 20 — Mrs.! Ida Hoghe, 64. died at 6:45 p. m., Friday at the Van Wert county hos- • pital of burns suffered earlier in 1 the day when her clothing caught [ : fire from a newspaper she was us-1 Ing to clean a kerosene stove. Her j clothes were burned from her body | and she suffered first and seconddegree burns from knees to shoulders. Mrs. Hoghe became unconscious soon after the accident and never I was able to tell exactly how it hap- ! pened. Apparently the paper caught | ■ fire from the stove and the flames; spread to her clothes as she carried , the paper from the kitchen. A resident of Van Wert county ' for 40 years. Mrs. Hoghe moved to j Van Wert two weeks ago from LibI erty township. Her husband, Per- ■ ry Hoghe, took his own life last i May by drowning himself in a cistern. Surviving are three sons. Delbert and Arthur C. Hoghe of Pleasant I township and Russel Hoghe of i North Hollywood, Cal.; one daughter, Mrs. Esther La Rue of Cleve land; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Stnrap of Convoy, Mrs. Fay Thompson of Lebanon and Mrs. L. G. MatI thews of Richmond, Ind., and five grandchildren. Funeral service will be held Sunday at 2:30 p. m. (EST) at the First Baptist church in this city. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0LOCAL SCOUTS TO TURKEY RUN , I Twelve Boy Scouts, Four Leaders To Make ThreeDay Trip Twelve Decatur Boy Scouts, accompanied by four Scout leaders, will leave the city early Monday for a three-day outing at Turkey Run, one of Indiana's beauty spots I and one of the most attractive ’ camping layouts in the state. The boys and their leaders will I pitch their own camps at Turkey Run, prepare their own meals, and a comprehensive .program has been laid out for the entire trip. Previous trine of a similar nature have proven of great benefit to the . Scouts in their activities and are I anticipated with great interest by the boys. The 12 Scouts who will make the ! trip are as follows: Dick Chronister, Earl Bromer, Howard Gehrig. Douglas Neidigh, Bob Yoet, Dick gchnitz, Max Burdg, Jimmy Cochran. IBob Foreman, Dick Linn, Eddie Boknecht and Kenneth McConnell. The four leaders who will be in charge of the boys during the threeday trip, which will close Wednesday evening, are: Sylvester Everhart, Walter Gladfelter. Dr. E. P. Fields and Bryce Thomas. — »

Injured Man Sustains Fractured Vertebrae Thomas McCarthy, 62. of east of the city, who sustained a back i injury in a fall from a barn roof I at the L. A. Holthouse farm Thursday was reported by the attending physician to be suffering from two ! fractures of the vertebrae today lin the Adams county memorial | hospital. His condition is not critical, the ■ physician stated, although he is in ! considerable pain and is unable to , , take nourishment. He is conscious, i The doctor also stated that McCarthy may be suffering from a j compression fracture. ORDER RELEASE OF ENGLISHMAN German Government Releases Officer Arrested In Vienna London, Aug. 20.—(U.R>—The Ger-1 man government has ordered the, release of Capt. Thomas J. Kendrick. Brittish passport officer at j Vienna, the foreign office announced today. The announcement came! after a strong protest and a re- j quest for an explanation of Kend-1 rick's arrest in Austria. Kendrick was arrested in the; Salzburg area of Austria, on his| way to England for a vacation, and I taken to Vienna by nazi secret po-| lice. The Daily Express reported today that Kendrick was charged with allowing his diplomatic mail to be used for illegal negotiations . jin currencies and securities (pre-1 sumably in the interest of refu- , gees). It was understood, the Daily Express said, that the alle-j gation was made by a nazi who is an official in a Vienna bank. The nazis did not suggest that Kendrick participated personally in any 1 illegal activities, it was added. The Daily Express said that I authoritative sources here said 1 I any such charge was baseless be-1 cause Kendrick had no diplomatic ! immunity and so his mail could not be used for prohibited pur- > poses. On Suspicion Berlin, Aug. 20.—(U.R> —lt was announced officially today that the ; arrest in Austria of Capt. Thomas J. Kendrick, British passport of-1 fleer at Vienna, was made on suspicion of espionage. It was added that he had been ordered to leave Germany at once. o — — Receives Word Os Brother's Suicide Word was received here yesterday by Mrs. Frank Krick that her I brother, Mart Elzey, had taken his' own life at his home in Rock Island. Illinois. No details were given. o Arrest Local Man On Speeding Charge John Huffman, of North Eleventh street, was arrested last night by Officers Roy Chilcote and Adrian, Coffee on charges of speeding. He. was apprehended on North Second street, and given a city traffic violation ticket.

St. Mary's Catholic Church To Mark Centennial Os First Saying Os Mass Tomorrow

HOWARD HUGHES SETS COAST TO COAST RECORD Round The World Flier Sets New Record For Transport Plane Floyd Bennett Field, New York, I Aug. 20 — (U.R) — Howard Hughes 1 landed here at 6:56 A. M. CST to- ' day after a record breaking flight from Los Angeles in his already famous round-the-world transport plane. Flying most of the way in the ! sub-stratosphere, he completed the trip ill 10 hours, 35 minutes, 50 seconds, breaking the transport plane record set four years ago by Tommy Tomlinson, who crossed the country in a transport plane in 11 hours and five minutes. He took off from Los Angeles at 8:21 P. M. CST and reported by radio only twice — at Alton, 111., I and Pittsburgh. He was never 1 sighted. Already. Hughes held the transcontinental record for speed I planes — seven hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds, which he set Jan. 19, 1937, averaging 332 miles an hour from Los Angeles to Newark 1 airport. Flying at an altitude of 500 feet as he crossed the airport adminis- ! tration building, Hughes turned the . plane into a wide circle and brought i it down into a 12-mile north wind. He taxied up the runaway and | came to a stop in front of 100 spectators, mostly airport attendants and newspapermen, the only one who knew that he was coming His take-off from Los Angeles had been 1 under mysterious circumstances ■ with no announcement of his in1 tentions. , Hughes was asked at what altitude he flew and said that he flew at “various altitudes.” “We operated at altitudes which I depended on the weight ot the i plane," Hughes said. ‘When we : started the plane was pretty heavily loaded and we didn’t make any ! attempt to shoot into the high altii tildes then. As we burned up the , gas we continued to go on up but we didn’t go nearly as high as I had I expected. We didn’t go any higher than 20.000 feet. We averaged about 17.000 feet for the entire flight." Hughes said he used a Lovelace ; oxygen mask which, he explained. 1 differs front other oxygen contriv--1 ances in that the air and oxygen 1 are mixed before the user of the mask inhales. The other masks, he said, “feed you raw oxygen.” He said the mixture of the Lovelace I mask eliminates the possibility of I the throat becoming sore as it ' sometimes‘does when the raw oxygen is used. “With this mask,” Hughes said, I “the air and oxygen are mixed be--1 — (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o SERIOUS FIRE IS PREVENTED Peterson Elevator Is Threatened By Fire Friday Afternoon A burning pile of corn cobs, pilled high against the side ot the J elevator at Peterson, late Friday afternoon threatened for a time to destroy the structure. Volunteers with buckets carried water from the nearby creek until the Decatur fire department truck arrived. A bucket brigade was then formed to keep the tank of the pumper full, and the truck hose was employed to extinguish the burning cobs. Although the blaze was quickly brought under control, the cobs I smouldered for more than an hour, while firemen and volunteers continued to pour on water. No damage was done other than that caused to the pile of cobs. The forming of the bucket brigade ! by a group of volunteers held the I attention ot spectators, who were reminded of the olden days, when this was the only method available in fire-fighting. Among those who took part in the brigade were Frank Lituger, county commissioner, Roy Shoaf and others.

FALL TERM OF SCHOOLS NEAR Rural Schools To Start September 2, City Schools Sept. 6 With less than two weeks remaining before the opening of the 1938-39 terms of the schools in Adams county, school heads and officials are completing plans for the first ten days. The rural schools of the county, including Monroe and G'eneva, will hold a preliminary opening on Friday, September 2. The students will return for regular classwork on the following Tuesday, September 6. The city schools here and the school at Berne will also open on September 6, following Labor Day. Members of the school board, principals and Superintendent Walter J. Krick are making final plans. Students in the city will return to their regular schools, as usual, for the first days of school. Early in November with the expected completion of the new junior-sen-ior high school, the seventh and eighth grades will move with the high school students to the new building and the students at the West and North Ward will be removed to the present high school. Various township trustees are completing lists of teachers and otherwise preparing for the opening of the rural school system. The book lists are expected to lie released shortly, and the books may be secured at the various; drug and book stores in the conn- ■ ,y - . COL, GARTIN IS CLASS SPEAKER Graduation Exercises Are Held For Reppert Auction School “Thought gives physical expressions. Think always of success.” Col. Earl Gartin of Greensburg told the 52 graduates of the Fred Reppert School of Auctioneering last night in the Knights of Pythias hall, during the semi-annual commencement exercises. “Don’t be imitators, but take lessons from the other man. Go out and make your own impressions in your own way,” the colonel stated. “As a Man Thinketh So Is He.” was the title of the speaker’s address. Col. Fred Reppert. founder of the school, opened the program following the banquet served by the Pythian Sisters. Col. Reppert introduced in turn: Col. Roy Johnson, of Decatur; the Rev. Harry W. Thompson, of Decatur; Col. Roy Hiatt, of Portland, all class instructors, who gave short talks. Paul B. Good, of Van Wert. Ohio, president of the class, was introduced by Col. Reppert. He turned the meeting over the Irving Chaffee. of Pennsylvania, who acted as toastmaster. Each of the graduates delivered a short farewell address, before Col. Reppert awarded the diplomas. The graduates were then excused j to make plans for returning to their homes. Some of the students left last night, while many left the city today. <_o Approve Allotment For School Lunches A telegram to the Decatur Daily Democrat today from Senator Fred Van Nuys announced that the WPA has approved a $5,124 allotment to serve lunches to Wabash township school children at the new Geneva school house. School officials have worked out a plan where warm lunches can be served the children, many of whom are unable to go home each noon because of the distance they live from the school. The meals are to be served without profit and will be for a very small sum each noon. The WPA appropraition is to be used only in cases where families, because they are on relief or other reason, are unable to pay for the meals.

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Outdoor Service Sunday Morning To Feature The Observance Os Centenary Mass. BISHOP ATTENDS Catholics of St. Mary’s parish will celebrate one of their most momentous events Sunday, when the Centennial of the saying of the first mass in Decatur will be observed at the St. Mary’s Catholic church. An elaborate outdoor service has been planned by Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz, pastor, with the assistance of members of the parish. A platform and altar have been erected adjacent to the entrance to the church, and arrangements have been completed for the parishioners and general public to attend the mass, to be held on the school grounds to the south of the church building. A solemn high mass wdll be held at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, with Father Seimetz as celebrant. The Most Rev. John F. Noll, D. D.. bishop of the Fort Wayne diocese, attend the mass. Paulist Choir An outstanding feature of the Sunday morning Centenary mass will be the appearance of the internationally famous Paulist Choristers of Chicago, who will sing the mass. Composed of 65 boys, the Paulist Choir has appeared throughout the world, gaining fame as one of the outstanding choirs on the face of the globe. The sermon at the Centenary mass will be delivered by the Rev. Father Thomas J. Travers, pastor . of the St. Mary’s Catholic church I at Anderson, and many years ago I an assistant at the Decatur church. Young men from the St. Mary’s 1 parish who have entered religious 1 work will act as officers of the | mass. Evening Reception The Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be observed at the church Sunday evening at 7 o’I clock, and this will be followed by a program and reception in the auditorium of the modern school building. A solemn requiem high mass for deceased members and benefactors of the parish will be held at 8 o'clock Monday morning. The visiting Sisters, their families, and friends will he taken on an automobile tour of the city at 9 o’clock Monday morning, and this will he followed by a parish basket picnic at Sun Set park at noon Monday. Friends of the visiting nuns are invited to meet (he Sisters at the parish picnic. oCharge Jap Troops Using Poison Gas (By United Press) Chinese officials charged today that poison gas had been used by Japanese troops in a desperate effort to bolster their offensive up tho Y'angtze river towards Hankow. A counter attack by Chinese in the Kiukiang sector where Japan’s great military machine has been only when the gas was used, acstalled for almost a month, failed cording to an official communique from Hankow. 0 TWO TRUSTEES LIST TEACHERS Monroe And French Township Teachers Announced By Trustees The teachers at the Monroe and French township rural schools have been listed by Edwin H. Gillion and Edwin Beer, respective trustees. The Monroe teachers are: Marguerite Lewellyn. Floyd Johnson. Walter Mehringer, Otto TTeinman, Jeanette Rich. Rolland Sprunger. Edna Suckau, Elizabeth Leyse. Dorothy Baker and Rowena Miller. The district school teachers in Monroe township are: Vivian Lehman, Drusilla Bulkhead. Ethel Potts. Eldon Sprunger. Howard Brandyberry. Ezra Snyder, Myron Lehman, Leo Strahm. The French township teachers: Lester Reynolds, LaMar Shoemaker, Helen Bluhm, Eloise Christy, Mrs. Nellie Coppess, Doris Collins,