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CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline. 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phone* 1000 — 1001 Wednesday St. Mary’s Township Home EmI nomlcs Club. Mrs. Murray Hollo, way. 1:30 p. m. Historical Club. Mrs. E. S. Chrisi ton. 2:20 p. tn. Union Township Woman's Club, Mrs. Earl Chase, 1 p. m. i St. Vincent de Paul, K. o' (’. Hall. | 2 P tn. Zion Senior Walther League, ! Lutheran Church. 7:30 p r. Thursday Ruraliatic Study C’nb, Mrs. WilI bam Gass. 8 p. tn. Dinner Bridge Club, Mrs. A. R. I Holthouse, 6:30 p. m. St. Rita’s Study Club K of C. i Hall, 7:30 p. tn. Saturday Chicken Supper. First United 1 Brethren Church. 5 to 7 p tn. Monday Research Club, Mrs. Leonard Saylore. 2:30 p. m. . Hitler is ’ a man mud with power ■ and guided by a group of men I equally mad.” Hin talk reflected | personal observations during a tour : and visit with officials in Germany : during the summer. Mrs. Edwin Miller of Peru, dis--1 trict president, presided a’ a lunchI eon held at noon with Mrs. Edwin I. Poeton of Martinsville, state president; Mrs. Victor Selby. Fairmount; Mrs. George Jaqua, Mrs. ‘Walter Grow and Mrs. Fred PettiIjohn. all of Indianapolis, as guests of honor. A similar meeting was approved for next year but no date eet. MISS LEHMAN ANNOUNCES APPROACHING MARRIAGE The Adams county nurses’ association met at the home of Miss Anna Lehman in Berne Tuesdayevening with twenty members pre- ’ sent. Lotto and other game) were enjoyed and prizes awarded to Miss Dolores Omlor and Miss Luella Hof- ’ stetter. A lovely luncheon was served, during which Miss Lehman announced her approaching marriage to Clyde Sprunger of tßerne. The ’ wedding will be an event of Octo- . her 22nd. SAYS GERMAN | (CONTINUED FROM PACK ONE) ’ ers within its own ranks and ! plans to draft such men "for a ; sabotage machine and spy net MM•

him. He came through the dangerous experience without a scratch. Doing the routine falls for the Legionnaires, he broke a shoulder blade. Unless Errol Flynn has another brainstorm between now and then, he'll play host on a three weeks yachting trip to fellow players in “Dawn Patrol”. The party on the Sirocco will include Donald Crisp. Edmund Goulding. David Niven and Michael Brook (the Earl of Warwick). Basil Rathbone was invited but chose a New York trip '""The jitterbug dance contests have caught on terrifically here, with Johnny Meyer of I-a Conga tak ‘"S over for seven Sundays at the Hollywood Legion stadium. There will be six weekly winners, then a grand finale. Evelyn Brent, who was an R-K-O star only a few years ago, is back on the lot to do a character roe in* “The Law West of Tombstone This will be good news to Betty s faithful fans who still write to m asking what has become of her. latest idea of Stan Laurel and Uliana is to go on a P era °J' al pearancc tour. First, shell lose some weight .. . Dori* Ken ? on has cahed off her South American concert tour but will sing m Mexico Citv next month .. • " aa taa Anita Louise with Edgar Bergen at the Cocoanut <>rove. . . .U Dodd's newest admirer, Charles and Roy Rudolph were two. S wiU Judy Malcolm, Milton Berte stags to all the late spots or souires his mother. H* become a for Elizabeth COck M He\Xh" V i|a ■ - VS New York.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, SEPTE MBER 28. 1938.

♦ —. t Adams County Memorial Hospital ! Dismissed: Thomas McCarthy,' Decatur. | Admitted: Mary Lou Robinson.l ,312 North Tenth at. (and dismissed) | — ■' o J. IL Tollman, who has been con-1 fined to his home for several days , title to illness, was up town today and announced he would re-open - his shoe repair shop in the Nichols , ’ ■ hoe store Thursday morning. Sharon Fisher, three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fisher fell from a haystack Tues- ’: day afternoon breaking hep right arm near the elbow. Charles “Pop" Fisher was able ! to be down town Tuesday for the first time since the first of August, i 0 ADAMS COUNTY MAN (CONTINUED FROM PAOR ONE) I Dolch, living near the Neadstine ; farm. He returned driving the! . car past Charles Burkhart, who I • was combining soy bean hay and | waved to him. seemingly in good : humor. The three older children ! did not live at home. 1 In the meantime, Jerry, the i I young boy, became dissatisfied at ’ the Dolch home and started to walk back to his own home to see , his mother. Mrs. Dolch put him • in her car and drove him home. She left the boy out in the barn | i yard and he entered the house, only to see his parents dead on he floor. He ran out screaming. Mrs. Dolch summoned neighbors. | none of whom had heard the 1 . shots. They called authorities. The investigation revealed the 1 I three empty shot gun shells, but i no letter giving the cause of the 1 deaths, other than the summons lying on the table in the room. I The door leading to the upstairs I and two other first floor rooms - was locked. No letter was found t It is reported that the couple had had domestic difficulties for - some time. This was confirmed . by the complaint in the divorce i i action. Asked Restraining Order Mrs. Neadstine had asked for suit money as well as a restraining or- . der. The restraining order sought to . prevent her husband from selling , any of the property or from tno- ! testing her or their seven children. It did not seek to prevent him from entering the home, ; which is usual in divorce cases. , There are seven living children The children are: Arthur. 20; ElI don, 19; Gene, 16; Phyllis, 13: : Charlene, 9; Bonnie, 7, and Jerry. 4. The three older children were not living at home. The others I were in school with the exception of Jerry. | Mr. Neadstine is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Neadstine. of this city; two brothers. John, and William of Blue Creek township; a sister. Mrs. Clara Dolch. of Blue Creek township. and a sister, Mrs. Rena Hook, of Monroe. Mrs. Neadstine is survived by 1 the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kessler, of Stuigis. Michigan: three brothers. Roy, Sanford and Gerald, all in or near Sturgis. Michigan, and a sister. Mrs.; Bertha Fisher, of Fort Wayne. Both Mr. and Mrs. Neadstine are well known in this county. They operated an 80 acre farm and are believed to be well-off f financially. 0 NAZI LEADER CALLS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | line to make a gesture of withdrawing from the frontier area tffat it would be acceptable if assurances were given that full withdrawal would be completed later. The rapid developments today followed preparations by Germany that left little question that drastic action was planned. German steamship lines had begun recalling their ships on the high seas this morning and can celling sailings from German ports. One of the ships recalled, it was understood, was the crack liner Europa, which sailed for New York yesterday from Bremerhaven. The Hamburg, due to sail tomorrow, will be held in port for the time being, the Hamburg-Am-erica line said. Passengers were advised to remain at Hamburg. German authorities at Vienna in event of a German-United ■ States war. Metcalfe became a member of German American organizations 5 during his investigation. He said that storm troopers revealed that i several of them "are aviation mechanics and hinted that they were employed by the Douglas Aircraft Corporation, also Boeing Aircraft." 1 “Information has come to this committee," he said, "that this organization is growing and It is reported that already a second , force has been established in : I- Los Angeles. This fact lends credence to the belief that the : United States may expect to see 1 German storm troop units estab- | lished throughout the country.”

Benes’ Brother in U S. TV -A j ■-X fl ■ / vHr Jf U™ ■•aOWKT* A J I J ■S 1 s Vojta Benes and Vladimir Hurban In the United States for a lecture tour and to acquaint Americans with the Czech position. Vojta Benes, elder brother of Czechoslovakia's president, Eduard Benes, poses for a picture in New York with Vladimir Hurban, Czech minister to the United States, who ia returning to his post.

FIRST GRANDSON — ' | “Grandpa" Dan Eckrote is having a difficult time keeping ' i the buttons on his coat as his | chest is swelled with pride over [ I the birth of his first grandson. A boy baby was born to Mr. j and Mrs. Waldo Eckrote of 737 | Mercer avenue at the Adams I county memorial hospital this I morning at 11:45 o’clock. The ■ i baby weighed six and onefourth ounces and has been | named Lary Daniel. Mr. Eckrote. who has been caretaker at the hospital since | it was first built, has expressed great pride over his grand- | I | son and hospital attaches have | suggested a zipper on his coat | ■ l to replace the buttons. announced that passenger and' freight traffic on the Danube, the : great artery to the Black Sea, hail * bud! ißterrupted “for th* tim* be- : Ing" on the Vienna-Budapest reach. [ which lies between Austria and , Hungary on one side and Czecho- j Slovakia on the other. American embassy and consulate I officials began advising inquirires to leave for home as soon as possible unless they had valid reasons for remaining. Germans went nervously to w-ork here after a nigh tduring which . columns of troops, tanks, artillery, army ambulances and field kitchens rumlbed almost endlessly ! through the streets. o POLAND SEEKS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) , minority had placed it potentially alongside Germany and Hungary in claims against this war-born republic imperiling the peace of I Europe. An official communique said | last night that President Benes had notified President Moscicki that he agreed with Poland's demands for territorial revision. The Polish government quickly drew up its terms, which were said to he session of Teschen, a town straddling the frontier, and I revision of the boundary by a mixed commission, but without a plebiscite to determine the, peoples’ wishes. — o VVPA Worker Given State Prison Term Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 28 — ' (UP)—Arthur Russell, 38, WPA ’employe and former fireman today was under sentence of one to 10 years in the state prison for the fatal stabbing of Lawrence Bowman. 32, Negro, August 7. He was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The knifing w-as a result of jealousy over attentions paid a woman, the state contendj ed. o Four Hoosiers Are Injured In Accident Corbin. Ky„ Sept. 28 —(UP) —J Four Indiana residents were in a hospital today, one with serious injuries, as the result of an automo-: bile-truck crash near Williamsburg. Ky„ last night. Mrs. Vern H. Fisher, who lives at < the Conner Prairie farms, Noblesville, Ind., received a skull fracture and numerous cuts. Her husband suffered a knee injury and cuts. Mrs. Hallie Jessup, Noblesville, i and Mrs. Martha Whitehead, She!-! : byville, Ind., received bruises and j

May Call Grand Jury To Probe Violations — South Bend, Ind.. Sept. 28 —(UP) —U. 8. Distirct attorney James R. I r'leming will confer here today with ; federal judge Thomas W. Slick on the advisability of calling the Grand Jury into session to inquire into alleged violations in the northern Indiana district. About fifty eases will be investi- ' gated if the jury is called, Fleming I estimated. The federal court opens here October 3. O—7TT 0 —7TT Crawfordsville Child Is Killed By Truck — Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 28 —: ■ (UP)—Funeral arrangements were ! made today for four year old Patiricia Ann Gill, daughter of Mr. and ' Mrs. Harry Gill, who was instantly killed when struck by a truck driv|on by Clarence W. Vanderkleed of | Lafayette. o Blind Piano Tuners Schooled i Watertown, Mass.—^U.R) —A sum- ! mer school for blind piano tuners is being conducted by E. H. Fowl- ' er at Perkins Institution for the Blind. The four weeks course con- ■ sists of lectures, demonstrations and discussions. A dozen men attended the classes to brush up on the art of tuning and especially to learn new techniques. o City Buys Leg For Cripple , — Salem, Ore.—(U.R>—Salem might | ! be called the city with a wooden I leg by anyone reading the list of i items charged against its emerg- ■ ency fund. The city council has voted an appropriation from that | fund of $l2O to buy an artificial limb. It will be given to a Salem man who, refusing relief, makes hisl iving by doing odd jobs. o Rattlers Die in War Games Salinas, Cal.—(U.R>—“Casualties” during war games recently executed on the Gigling military reservation west of here are believed to have set an all time high. Threethousanu troops participated in the maneuvers and at the close more than 50 Odead rattle-snakes were : counter on the field of battle. The high number of rattlers killed in one day was 17. Appointment of K«ecutor No. 3512 Notice is hereby given. That the undersigned has been appointed Ex--1 ecutor of the Estate ot Ida M. Bollinger late of Adams County, deceased. The Estate is probably solvent, Franklin M. Coppess, Executoi ( C. 1.. alters. Attorney September 26, 1938 Sept. 28, Oct. 5-12 | A poiutment of Executor No. 3504 j Notice is hereby given, That the undersigned has been appointed Executor of the Estate of Charles S. Bryan, late of Adams County, deceased. The Estate is probably solvent. William Bryan, Executor ' September 12, 1938 Arthur E. Voglewede, Atty. Sept. 28, Oct. 5-12 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers are requested to give old and new address when ordering paper changed from me address to another. For example: If you change your address from Decatur R. R. 1 to Decatur R. R. 2, instruct us to change the paper from route one to route two.

NATION’S DEATH J (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) compared to the 3,60 klllnd during Angiwt, 1937. It brought the total number of lives saved during the first eight months of this year toL 5,070'. Wyoming reported the greatest ! I percentage drop for the eight , months 41 per cent. Michigan and i Pennsylvania followed with de-: creases of 39 and 38 per cent. Providence, R. 1., and Louisville, l I Ky„ turned in perfect no fatalities I tecords for August, taking first and second rankings, respectively, in : cities of 260,000 to r,00,000 population. Milwaukee retained leadership i among cities of more than f. 00,000 , population with a death rate of 6.61 I per 100.001) persons. St. Ixtufe ran | [ second In the larger cities with a jrate of 9.2. Leaders in the other! 'population groups were New Bedford, Mass., with a rate of 2.7, and! 1 Evanston. 111., with a rate of 0.0. — 'O Decatur Policemen Attend Bluffton Fair Adrian Coffee and Roy Chilcote, ■ , Decatur city policemen, were two | of the 60 or more uniformed officers from surrounding towns who attended the opening of the Bluffton Free Street Fair Tuesday I evening. They were served a 'ban- , quet as the guests of the fair assoI elation. Officer Ed Miller was on duty while officers Coffee and Chil- ! cote attended the fair. o Catholic Freshmen Initiated Today j * The Catholic high school fresh- j men were being initiated this at-1 iu rnoon by the upper classmen and ; | seniors. The freshmen had to salute ' the seniors throughout the day and wear green ribbons. A farce initia- | tion ceremony was held this after-; noon in the auditorium of th"' school. o Stock Market Rallies On Conference Call New York, Sept. 28—(UP) —An- ■ nouncement that Adolf Hitler had . ■ agreed to a four-power conference brought a wave of buying in stocks. | The British pound rallied from $4.62 'to $4.75. o German Lloyd Liner Departs Suddenly i New York. Sept. 28—(UP) —The j North German Llyod Liner Hansa. | scheduled to sail tonight with boo ; passengers, sailed suddenly shortly ' after 9 a. m. today with no paseen-1 gers.

/ z sMW • 1 W" ->• ■L: J W!' I V I 1 Decatur’s First Showing —of two exciting new models. I NOW ON DISPLAY. We invite you to visit our show room, inspect these fine new cars, examine every detail, and note the many improvements. Ask to drive it... you’ll get a real thrill and we’ll be more than pleased to demonstrate. Truly a car so beautiful you won’t believe it’s a low priced car. Phil L Macklin & Co MADISON ST. PHONE 80

Farm-To-Market Road Program Is Praised Owensville, Ind., Sept. 28 —(UP) I Tin* economic welfare of India-! mi's farmers lias been greatly aided by the Democratic Adinlnlstration's ftirm-to-market road program chairman T. A. Discus of the state highway commlaslon said here last night. "We believe that the farmer deserves modern highways over.’ which h > can take his commodities to the city market swiftly and comfortably—fresh farm products are on the shelves of the cify grocer every day, to the benefit of both the city dweller and the farmer," Discus said. o, Station Attendant Slays One Bandit Danville, Ind., Sept. 28 —(UP) — Ono would-be bandit was dead today and another lay critically wounded in an Indianapolis hospital following an attempted holdup of a gas station in Belleville, five miles west of here. The attendant. James Townsend, I pulled a gun when the two men commanded him to, "put ’em up!” i He shot and killed Waren Green. 21. of Pasadena, Cal,, and wounded Therrell Poor, about 25, of Coats-

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| vllle Ind. Hrwpltal attendants said Poor’s I condition today was critical. o Evansville Negro Is Again Granted Stay Indianapolis, Ind,. Sept. 28 — (I'P> Another stay of execution was granted by Hie slate Fnpremi) court today to James Reed swain, Evansville negro under sentence of death for the slaying of a grocer I during a holdup. The execution was etayed until Feb. 117, 1939, to permit Swain’s' attorneys to perfect another appeal His sentence already has been upheld by the high Tribunal. o— Bees Depends on Trees Melbourne (U.R> - Bees in AnsI tralia gather their honey almost I exclusively from eucalyptus trees. Bee authorities declare there are not enough flowers in Australia to supply the honey needs of a single big apiarist. O ' New Land to Be Explored Adelaide, Australia. — (U.R) The possibility of mineral resources in Antarctic Wilkes laind which was ' annexed by Australia in 1933 are to be investigated soon. The expeI dition will be headed by John Rymill. o Dance Tonight. Wed. Sun Set