Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1938 — Page 3

SOCIETY

MET7roas t HELD e m" -f '" h p. irrl <h and Ab< Altars and, llarve Sells anil m-v. ami ii.iiivh-; dnitahter. | H Hind.nhoßl and «<m. < nr, e ,.. i ; B.a. H i l,.ar N-lh«" KI'NOWICH glglD HOSTESS :. l( laS ( after!i nnn with Mrs. m 'Kuhls '>"■ <,PV,> - ■ of sick calls .. | »mmit- | did ■ |><Tt ..f tin ' .«!>■ mkml those ~ • Vi » Hoffman. ,mu.uncoil ;( sale tn !»• held in the haseinent October 9 Mfa.. . ui'h prayer, which refresh-, „ . th. hostess. Kai.».- h •'Sis'eii by .Mis ■b- R-o.r- ■ :'•! h ive its fa.. •-■ form of - 1)..m0 of Mrs A S' . f ;; H ;•:, will !>•> finsmembers of th" dinner c!ut> Thursday evening at o'clock. ■$ MARY WERTZBERGER ■honored WITH SHOWER .. • entertainand shower evening at. the home of Jerome Omlor, North Third i: :. ■ Miss Mary Wertz- ■? wh «..- marriage to Joe Marbe an ev.-ut of Tuesday. ■hip entertaining roms were decKited with fail uowers and a moK : pink and white was employed. Mr- games nf bridge were enjoyed Kd prizes p. sei.led to Miss The!-. KiCouk and Miss Wertzberger. ■Tie guest received many Kriy shower gifts. A delicious one ]

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■By HARRISON CARROLL i H >. CwritM. 1938 ■I Klbs Feature* syndicate, Ine. HO L L YWOO D.—Corrigan’s | | ; -ss has delighted Hollywood yuch isn’t used to it. On his visit ■o the “Gunga Din” set, he told I Cary Grant and

Victor McLaglen that he had j never seen them on the screen. Both asked for and got his’ autograph, the | one to Grant on ■ a book and to McLaglenon Vic’s tobacco pouch. The Irish flyer also autographed Doug1a s Fairbanks,

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. Jr/S script and Doug Partlcularl ? interested in yoa k ?° W that Cor rigan got flrSt . name from the el d e r teen . 8 ’ ° f whom he has always it w». admlrer? As a baby, “ was called Clyde. u‘ g but the actua! declaration of war, says Kay Francis wiu Siv?er» r fr ° m gOing t 0 the French w , s , oon M she finishes her & " Women in the 'eeka ThlS 18 in about two Tianb,? 18 rushln S tests on Betty a P ? tty brunette visltor >co Jin E , n^’ ho 18 de riared to be of Charlie Chaplin. She ‘a he?'. sr“dfathe»'5 r “ dfathe »' was Charlie’s >ut Se ?w. her ’ if you can “gore rating e . lat ! onshi P from that. The * a ? y had sta ge expends i»" t, g L and and Euro pe but -Xera flrst tlme bef °re the ‘ Stm Tn llng ' Who hasn ’ 1 made *»rdX ta yeara 111 which her 15000 8t the studio 'ess than i e - n ' 111 g 0 !n for simplicity in Slav. th. "Kentucky”. she ’bed south augbter of an impoverddinr rw- ern fam "y and will wear PictuL du ring most of the fOrall herclothes «Swh? M J~^ e tadi o date where Warners worked for

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Monday Research Club Opening Luncheon Mrs. A. It Holthouse 1 p. :n. Tuesday Root Townahlp Home Economics I Club. Mrs. Virgil Draper, 1:30 p. tn. Pythian Sisters Soup Sale, K. of I P. Home. Kirkland Home Economics Club. I High School. 1:30 p. m. | Church Mothers' Study Chib. M. I E. Church. 2:30 p. m. Zion Junior Walther League. I Lutheran Church, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Historical Club. Mrs. E. S. Chrisi ten. 2:30 p. m. Union Township Woman's Club, j Mrs. Earl Chase, 1 p. m. St. Vincent de Paul, K. o* C. Hal!. I 2 pm. Thursday Dinner Bridge Club. Mrs. A. R. Holthouse, 6:30> p. m. course luncheon was served. Guests included: The Misses Mary K. Leonard. Barbara Jane Keller. Thelma Cook, I Mary Miller. Margaret WertzberI ger and the Meedames Ed Vian. Katherine Kurber. B. Wertzberger, 'Jim Murphy. Charles Omlor. Harc.ld Heller. Henry Braun, Bnb Rumschlag and the honor guest. Miss Wertzberger. The Zion Junior Walther league I will meet at the Lutheran church (Tuesday evening at seventhirty (o’clock for the regular social meetI ing. I The church mothers' study club will meet at the M. E. church Tuesday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock with Mrs. Gertrude Myers of Fort Wayne presenting the lesson. Hos- ( teases will be the Mesdames Bryce i Thomas. Jack Freidt and Percy Gould. , Adams County Memorial Hospital Dismissed: Mrs. Francis A. Ellsworth and baby. David Edward. 239 North Fifth street. i Admitted today: Mrs. Leonard jc.rtdiaux, Monroeville. Mrs. Edward Marquardt. Monroeville rural route 12; Miss Helen Fear, Hartford City; 1 Hallen R. Burchnell. Monroeville. ; —-o 500 Sheets o'ixll Yellow Second Sheets, 35c. Decatur Democrat Company. ts

I three weeks on They Made Me s Criminal" has a believe-it-or-not I for Ripley. He says the studic ! lights, used continuously on about 10 acres of his trees, brought ir the date crop on that portion about two weeks early. His na>ns .is H L. Cavanaugh and he is in tow: gratefully passing dates around t< i the company. You girls who are afraid of mice , and insects needn’t feel so badly . W. S. Van Dyke, who has shot big I game in Africa and who is one oi Hollywood's genuine he man directors, goes nertz if a moth flies at at him. Twice a week, Olivia De Havilland motors to Long Beach for long sessions with a clairvoyant. Wondet if George Erent's name comes up Quite a human Interest story in ' Senorita Kelly, the blonde singer with Durante’s band at La Conga She was born in Texas but wa) brought up in Latin America. Went to New York and worked in somt shows for A. H. Woods, sang in the Sert room. All the time hoping some movie scout would discover her. Finally, one did and she signed to come to Hollywood for an independent outfit. Two days after her arrival, the company went flooey. Now she’s back singing in a band and hoping another movie scout will come along and discover her. Dozens of fans have written M-G-M trying to buy the dolled up roadster Mickey Rooney used in "Love Finds Andy Hardy”. It Isn’t for sale . . . Garbo was another year older on Sept. 15 . . . If "it means anything, Adolph Zukor and Morton Downey were having a long confab at Cocoanut Grove . . . The newest girl on Johnny Weissmuller’s arm is Mary Scott They were at La Conga . . . Other twosomes: Claire Windsor lunching with Mickey Neilan at the Vendome . . . Florence Rice with Dennis O Feefe at the Tropics . . . Joy Hodges and Bob Wilcox can t make up their minds to forget each other. They’re still having dates . . . The doctors say Mary Astor will be able to ride horseback again but advise a side saddle —at least for a while.

' DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1938.

More Scenes Os Damage Wrought In New England Hurricane, Floods

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Boats at the point harbor in Boston being lashed against the brick walls during the terriffic wind and rainstorm which struck six New England states and did heavy damage at fashionable Long Island. More than 280 persons lost their Hves in the catastrophe

PERSONALS' Mra. Clara Sesenguth of Bluffton. 1 i was among those who attended the : 1 funeral of Frank J. Johns. Thursday morning. Mrs. William Bell, Mrs. Frederic' Schafer and Mrs. Dan Shafer were , the guests of Mrs. C. C. Schafer of Forrest Park boulevard. Fort Wayne at a tea Friday afternoon f r om three to five o’clock. Mi's. Mel Barber, Mrs. Adrian : Gerard and daughter Maxine and son John visited in Paulding, Ohio Friday and attended the County fair. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shraluka ieft Friday night for Philadelphia. 1 Pa., where they will spend a week’s ' vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Perry 1 Huffman. DEATH TOLL ON (CONTINUED FROM FAGS ONE) i isolated and a message from the coast guard cutter Chelan said I "200 or more" were dead there, i Should that report be verified, •he death toll would approach SOO. Red Cross headquarters in ;. Washington announced that their , representative. H. B. Atkinson, of i Westerly. R. 1., had reported that I the 200 death toll report was er-; , roenous. Atkinson said that the: , known death toll in the westerly i area, which includes Watch Hill. | was 55 and that 61 others were i ’ missing. GREAT BRITAIN AND I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I supreme military body whose j members include the most brillI iant men of the high command. The government published a ‘ decree authorizing military auth- ! orities to take over the railroads. I suspending the 40-hour law on railroad and auto transport, and I assuring priority to military I transports over passenger and I ordinary freight traffic. Against the backdrop of an inI tensifying European crisis, the I government prepared for the ultimate emergency of war. Premier Edouard Daladier, in an explanatory communique, said there was no question of a general mobiliza-1 tlon Involved but that “evolution of the international situation" had made the partial Mobilization necessary. First the war ministry issued its order, sending between 790 000 and 900,000 men, trained reservlets, to concentration points to. join the army. Immediately afterward, it was announced that navy minister Cesar Campinchi had ordered a partial naval mobilization. Next the air ministry issued its partial mobilization decree. Finally, the superior war coun-' cil met under Gen. Gamelin. with ■he marshals and high generals, of the army attending. The council met at the military college, near the tomb of Napo-! leon. Its duty was to study the military situation, the defense measures taken and new measures i which would be necessary in an emergency. The background of these dramatic moves was explained by Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, j He said that Prime Minister 1 Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain, in his early morning conference with Adolf Hitler, had agreed to transmit Hitler's final | conditions in the Sudeten minority crisis to Czechoslovakia —j

Storm Orphans ft •> Their frame home in the direct path of the devastating hurricane which swept the East ccast, a mother and her child survey the storm’s damage. ' Note how wall of dwelling leans against the doorway. They live at Long Beach, L. 1., where property damage was very heavy. without comment. Bonnet said that neither the British nor French governments were putting pressure on the i Czechoslovak government to accept. 0 Muncie Infant Is Burned To Death Muncie, Ind., Sept. 24—(U.R) - Funeral arrangements were made today for Arnold Wolf, 11 months old son of Mrs. Clara Henderson who died here of burns received when a fire destroyed their trailer home. COORTHOUSE Mahriage Licenses Otto Knipstein, Monroeville route two to Louis Bieberich, Decatur. Appearances Filed An appearance was filed by H. B. Heller for the defendant, David D. Habegger, trustee of Blue Creek township, in the mandate suit seeking to require the issuance of trans- ■ fers to pupils brought by Walter ' Taylor. Jr., and others. The defendi ant ruled to answer. Set For Trial A suit to collect for services rendered brought by Thomas G. Moor bead against Carl Standahi has ; been set for trial on October 12. o Truck Driver Killed Near New Haven Today New Haven, Ind., Sept. 24. —<U.R> —A man tentatively identified as O. M. Brown, Highland Park, Dayton,

Fire in New London Adds to Hurricane Horror ... - ■ yj. JwF* tt I [;■ t * ’ - ' ■ • * JF ■ Ww WOMniO

This aerial view of hurricane-swept New London, Conn., made from an I Eastern Airlines plane, shows the still-burning buildings that added to the horror and confusion of the destructive storm that swept the Atlantic I Evidence of Gale’s Power When the hurricane that lashed the East coast struck Providence, R. 1., it picked up this boat and deposited it in a res.aurant on Westminster Street, which was sunk under nine feet cf v.atar. Providence was particularly hard hit by the gale, with property damage and loss of life running high. ~ ,

’ Ohio, was burned to death and his , companion. Harold LeßoyfcStoner. 34. Valparaiso, Ind., is in serious . [condition in a Van Wert, Ohio, hospital as the result of a crash between two trucks four miles east , of here today. Reports of the accident indicate [ I that the truck driven by Brown, [ of the Trans American Trucking l company of Chicago, attempted to ■ pass a Peabody Seating company j truck of North Manchester, Indiana. Brown apparently cut tooi close, crushing a gas tank on the side of his truck which exploded ' [ and burned. 0 RURAL SCHOOL I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE' ONE) General Problem” in the closing address of the session, shortly before noon. He etressed the fact tha’ reading | is one of the greatest experiences »'in the life of a child, as previously . he has seeen objects .but in read- , I ing he must learn the meaning of

High wind uprooted many trees and light buildings throughout the east and New England. This tree trunk crashed down on an auto near New York City. Rescue workers were kept busy saving marooned families and helping in the evacuation of others in line of flood-swollen rivers.

svmboles. He urged teachers to fori get causes of study and give more 1 ■attention to the children, which, he raid, are the primary purposes of, I teaching. The institute closed at noon. FARM PROGRAM : (CONTINUED FROST PAGE ONE) , 1933 within a few months. Huge I surpluses would rot in the fields [ again, and the farm houses would go unpainted and unrepaired.” o School Building Is Destroyed By Fire I La Porte. Ind., Sept. 24 —(UP)— [Fire early today destroyed the Mill I Creek high school, 10 miles southeast of here, leaving 200 pupils without class rooms and causing damage estimated at $65,000. The blaze was believed to have started in the chemistry laboratory. i The building, composed of 16 rooms | was 30 years old and the gymnasium addition was 10 years old. i

| seaboard. The fires came at the height of the big blow, when firemen were hampered by failure of power and flooded streets. Note wind-wrecked I buildings. Westhampton, L. L, Hard Hit stars- <' ■ ®E »Sr f , Sri f ... * r-SCw Wjs —. | ) yg%aM> Www* ggr , 1 i ♦ / <’’ r . , ' t' - z \F I ■ * “-'■yr E3S. Here is a view of a wrecked bridge and. an auto that came to grief on it in Westhampton, one of Long Island’s hardest-hit communities in the hurricane which laid waste great areas of the North Atlantic seaboard and took an estimated 150 lives. I! laamiiw ai-gnw—r

Church Officials Meet At Vincennes Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 24. —<U.R> - ; 1 Church officials and laymen con- 1 verged here from all parte of the ' nation today for the opening tomorrow of the National Catholic Rural Lite conference. i Approximately 25 bishops and. other church dignitaries are expected and it was estimated from ' reservations that 10,000 persons would attend the conference. o Prosecutor Orders Slot Machine Drive Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 24. —<U.R) ! | —A drive against slot machine operators was ordered today by Joe I Diver. Lawrence county, 111., prosecutor who became “sick and tired I ' of people simply waving lawless- 1

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ness under my nose.” Harold Kendall, owner of a tavern across the Wabash river in Illinois, discussed filing a complaint against three bandits captured Thursday by his wife and inadvertantly told Diver they had sought cash and his slot machines. 0 State Labor Meet In Extra Session Lafayette. Ind., Sept. 24.—<U.R> Delegates to the 54th annual convention of the State Federation of Labor went into an extra session ' today after an uproar yesterday ; during which Carl Mullen, federation president, was branded as a j “Hitler.” On a roll-call vote, delegates reI tained the referendum system. o Trade In A Good Town — Decatar