Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1939 — Page 3

SOCIETY

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' tt the club. Tin- hoetea* s*rv<-d a deUctoM luncheon al the ria** of , the in not lna< Th* club will m**t In two w**k« at the hotn« <>f Mr*. TlMm»n <J*h- , »lp with Mtn. Alva Mwaon gtving' i the fariw-r, MARY ANO MARTHA HOLO* REGULAR PARTY Twelve members and guest* of the Mary and Marsha visas of the M.ohodlat church met in the church , (HiNora for the regular cUa* party Tuesday evening After the deva- , 1 ionala. a abort bnalneaa meeting wan held and eleven calls were re-! ItoHed to have been triad” by th” rlaaa memtiers. Mrs A. J. Beavers, Via. <’ Poling. Mrs. C. Smith and Mrs. M. J. Welker served lovely I • freahmenta. The neat claaa meeting will be held In April. The committee will ho Mrs John Amapaugh. .Mrs. Charles Arnold. Mrs. Franke and Mra. Famantha Nhdiola Mra. Ed Bosse and son of Indiana- > pdla are visiting here with rela-' The and Hague saw mill on north Heeond street ta b-lng tori down. It will be rebuilt along the Nk-kel Plate railroad tracks In the I south part of town. Mra. meet Mendenhall of Kendallville Is visiting telatlves hi lle- , rater thia week. » Hernan Kostik*-. son of Mrs. Jos-, rph Knapke, left last night for Mt-J tml. Florida, to accept a position , with James J. Illem. ananag* -r of the I Robert Clay hotel. He will be an uaaiatant to Mr. Helm. Mr. Knapke , was formerly employed as stenouraptier and bookkeeper at *he eltvi lutl and la recognised for his aidllty J aa a stenographer and office assist-1 ant. Dr. Harry Jones of IMVio- visited I.ere today. i Mr. and Mra. Ernest Hcett and | Mra. Norman Krone motored to Cincinnati today where Mr. Kruse •n transacting business. They will I i return bosne this evening. • Charlie McCarthy “kidnaped" Today New York. March 15- tl’Pl— > . A kidnap spare involving Charily McCathy. the block of wood that talks like a man. Arose a->d then > collapsed today aftrr a newspaperman decided to do the town with, Edgar Bergen’s dummy, l Frank Farrell of the World TH*! gram, said he tot grit to tell Bergen he was taking the dummy. Complications developed including an in-| vootigatiou of the Dummy napping ■■■■■■■■■■MMBnmMMMnßiMgmaMMMl

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<H R CALENDAR •oclvty Deadline. It A. M. Jsan.tm Wittnau •hones 1000 — 1001 Wednesday w P M. S Monroe, Mrs. MlMi i Hahnert, ’i 8t Ann's Hlndy Club. Mra Vn-' ranlra Woipert. " stt p m ( llefortn*d Church Imdloa* Aid. | I Chitteh Parlors. S'SO P M Shakespeare Club. Mrs Jssr« Hut-' t<'t. >:so pm. HlMorlaai ciuh. Mrs. James Frlatoe. J;SO p tn. Itevatiir Home Ikonmnlcs Ciuh, 1 Mrs, llrrsel Nash 1 so p m. Business And FTofeaslottal Wte m tn's club Rice Hotel, sso p m. I Thursday Dorrss Claaa. Evangelical Cbtirch Parlors, ?;so pm. ft. Y. B Class. Mrs. William Pennington. 7 So p. m. St Luke's Udies- Aid. Mrs ; Janies Brown. All Day V. B. Prayer Meeting. Mrs. i James Hurst. 2 P M c. L. W Class. Mina Jayac Eady. 11:20 p. m. Presbyterian T.adi*a' Aid, Mra. C C. lauigaton. 2:30 p. m. W M F. 8 Anniversary Celebration. Methodist Church. 7 p. m Friendship Village Club. Mra. Karl Sipe. Evangelical ladles' Al<l Church Parlors. 2 pm. Phoebe Rible Class. Mrs. T. L. Recker. 7:M P. M. Friday . V. II Missions and Stewardship I Study. Mra. N W Abbott. TPM Adams County Federation of Clubs. Mrs John Tyndall. 1 p m Presbyterian Church Members Supper. Church Parlors. 5:30 p m. I’nlted Brethren Three Cents Supper, JaJt-ob's Sc hool. 5 to 8 p. Wesley Couples (Tass. Chnrc'ii i “arlor*. 7 3<> p. tn. Phllathae Claaa. Mra. C. E. Bell. ! 7:30 p tn. Saturday Pythian Sister Rummage Hale. K of p. Home, » a. m. to 9 p. m. Monday Research Club. Mrs. Russell OwI ena. 2:30 p, m. Cum Join Vs Class Anniversary i Supper. Church Parlors. « p. tn. Woman's Club General Meeting. : Library Auditorium. 7:45 p. sn. Tuesday Psi lota XI Inspection. Mra. Hetman Kruckeberg. 7: 30 p. m. Tri Kappa Social Meeting. Elks ] Home, ti p m ! by the district attorney's office. | latter Farrell took Chartie Me- ■ Cathy back to Bergen's hotel and [everybody was happy, press agents -specially. SEE CHANGE IN MILK HANDLING Milk Producers Look To Change In Milk Distribution Methods Chicago. March 15 <W Milk producers In Illinois. Indiana, and Wisconsin, members of ihe Pure Milk Association, today looked, forward to a change in the methods ot milk distribution. "It ap|>ears we may very soon have to make arrangements to take milk direct from the farms Into some plant here In Chicago." A. H. Lauterbach. PMA general manager, told the 3.000 dairymen I attending the llth annual aasocla-. . tlon convention. Smaller buyers of milk are demandlug mote service, he said. ( The 12<too memlM rs of the asaoelation produced more milk last year than the year before, but received leas money for It, a report to the meeting stated Approxl mately 520.000.000 was paid the farmers for 1.11.'i.u00.u00 |M»unds of milk In 193* In 1937 farmers produced about 25.tt00.000 pounds less, but received nearly 534.000.000 The convention passed a resolution callLig for a deduction of an additional one cent per 100 pounds from members' milk checks. This cote brought payment to the asao elation by Its members of a total of 11 cents per hundred pounds

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MONROE CLASS I TO CUE PLAY Monroe Seniors To Pre* sent (Tass l*lay Thursday Niichl Thursday evening at 720 o'clock, the aenlor claaa of MonI roe high school will present at the Be,-ie auditorium the mystery comedy drama. "Tiger House "I i written by the Broadway play ! right. Robert Ht Clair. The play la being presented by' .spetlal arrangement with the! Northwestern Press, and la under , the direction of Mina Elisabeth! L-ys- Tickets are being sold at 25 and If, cents and may tie secured from the senior rlaaa members or at the door. The cast of characters la aa follows: Erma Ixiwrle. the heroine... .........jl Marybelle Snyder Vatnl. a heathen Hindu ..... Aunt Sophbi <he.-rful but auperwtllPius .Nellsyn Brookhart Peggy van Eas. the jitterbug type .. .... Edith llabeggct Arthur Hale, good hmking hut!! ... ... Laughrey Maclnloah. detective in dis guise ...... Harold R<hearts' Thompaon. animal trainer .. .............. Calvin Hahnert Mrs Murdock. Scotch house. kwpor .... Ikirothy Williams Oswald Kerins, the g00f..... .... Franklin Stueryj The "Mystery Womau" ..... ................ Neola Bailey! The Tiger Man" .... 77 77 fl FLOOD WATERS RECEDING HERE St. Mary’s Receding After Reaching Depth Os 20.24 Feet The Bt. Mary’s river started rw-l ceding today after reaching a crest | late Tuesday and breaking all hign water snarks for the past two years. The Bt. Mary’s this morning wss j an even 2d feet in depth. Wslter 8. 1 Gladfelter. local river observer, rei j-orted. He stated the highest p.unt was 20 24 feet, reached late Tuesday evening. The recession was not expected tn be noticesbly different In fields [ and lowlands near the stream, howtrer. for some time. All lowlands were still flooded today. On federal rords 224. east of Itecatur. directly In front of Belmont park, water still clung to an auto's running hoard in depth Numerous csrs have stalled in the water and had to be pulled or pushed out of the way. The water has e-en been high | enough to flood across the road <m • the Piqua road, east of the park. The water there has not heen so, deep, however. For the past two days highways t rows have had lanterns and warn- 1 Ing signals in operation on 224 to warn motorists of the hiyh water. Houses in Belmont park are Mill flooded and some families are sthl marooned. HIGH WATERS .RACING SOUTH However, Little Damage Expected In Southern Indiana (By Vnlted Press* The southern section of Indiana today braced itself for flood waters racing downstate. , Vpstate. the waters left a trail of mud and debris where they bad covered city streets and swirled i Into lowland homes. The floods lowered slowly upside and were espected to crest In the southern section sometime lute this week. The wt-alhsr touresu at Indianapolis forecast little damage downslate because of advance warnings lo lowland residents. Otte man who clung to a tree for two hours after bis boat overturned In flood waters was rescued yesterday. He was Edward Jones, a state game warden. Jones had taken a boat near Montezuma to rescue stranded qua', and pheasant upstream. When |t overturned he clung to It until It neared a tree. He made a dive for the tree and clambered up It. After calling for help for two hours he was rescued. The Wabash river was reported falling at Logansport and Wabash but rising slightly at Terre Haute. Vincennes. Mt Carmel. 111., and New Harmony. Water wss falling slowly on the Ths new dedu< tlon was made because of the necessity of some cbattgea In plant operations Election of officers was expect--1 ed to take place today.

I * ! west fork nt the White river at Noblesville and on the east fork I nt Hhoala nnd Reymour. Ttaflli continued to b« disruptad ou Indiana highways, due tu flmnl eondltiotis Arteries in Fort W.iyne Crawfords villa, ImPorttQrweavllla, VlusMbea and Hey mour districts sere bloeked. At several poll,ta the state high [ way department stationed trucks to tow motorists ihmngh short I st retcho* of inunda'ed roads. Threat Avsned Rlufftnn. Ind . Mar, 15 <UJfI a second threat of flmul apparently was averted her- today when the i Wabash river liegan to recced from ‘ a high of 13 S feel The rivet apI priMu hod flood stage after Hatur ' ( day s heavy rain, and yesterday started to rise again County highway supervisor I Vuugbn Crow reported heaviest damage was done to highways tn > lowland districts. ||e said there was little actual property damage STALLION SHOW HELD TUESDAY Annual District Spring Stallion Show Held At Fort Mayne L. E Archbold. Adatoa cotintv' agricult tral agent, sod Erl Netihau ser. of Yoaroe. both took prominent parts in the annual Northeastern i Indiana district spring stallion’ | abow. held at the Fort Wayne! [Speedway Tuesday. Agent Archbold, publicity chair[matt of the diatrkt committee, with [other agents from counties in this district were ,n charge. George W. Gillie. Fort Wayne I • ongresstnun. who is president of ! 'tje organisation could not atten-l because of his congressional duties so Carl Rekew-g. vice-president. [ I supervised. Approximately 61 draf' koruss ’ i and their owners braved th” vnndd. - , (rounds at the apeedway to par-|"i-ipate Mr. Nsutauser is treasurler of the district organisation. Entries were received from Adi sms. Allen. DeKaMi, Elkhart. Hun-, ilngton. Kosciusko. Lagrange. Noble. Steuben. Wabash. Wells and Whitley counties. Riots Break Out In Goshen Strike Goshen. Ind . March 15- (UF»—' Police used tear gas bombs when fighting broke out again between [rival unions at the Hetrick Mann-' factoring company plan’ where one I faction began a strike Monday. PollceMescorted members of the American Federation of Labor through a picket line of .r.embers of the congress of IndustrU! labor. Fighting broke out whou pteke.s overturne dthe first car of a strinj* carrying AFL members. Some pi<<eta were arrested an dtear gas was i used to disburse the others. o | Bingo Operators Warned To Close Indianapolis. Mar. 15. - (U-H) - ; Ringo operators today were warned to shut down immediately aa I Indianapolis police hastened to follow an order by the lioard of i public safety whi< h ruled such i

Honeymooning I IW i u’ ' ’ ' V fi <,7? 1 • wjJLjW /■ Xi I iW r ~ Jr ix r' .xZ Hedy Lamarr and Gene Markey Honeymooning at an Isolated hilltop home In Hollywood, Hedy Lamarr. the actress, and her pro-ducer-husband, Gene Markey, are i pictured with a Great Dane given • i the actress by her new husband The two eloped to Mexicali, Mex.

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Kstnea illegal. No arrests were made during a police tour that visited nearly i every known bingo game in th • city. It was reported that several professional bingo operators found loopholes which would exempt ' them from the order on the grounds that bingo was exempted from anti-gambling laws, but po | lice indicated that all places would be dosed anyhow. Deny Any Action To Take Over College Bloomington, bid.. March 15 — (VP) —Trustees of the university, of Indiana today denied that any action had lieen taken on a report, that the institution would take over|i Evansville, Ind., college. Herman B Wells, president of the university, said that the tiustees bad receiver! no nropoaltion from :he college and That no action regarding the college liad been taken. it was reported from Etansvllie that the university would take over operation of the college July 1. sharing costs of operation for two years with the City of Evansville. "o• — — Anderson Store Is Robbed By Bandits Anderson. Ind.. March 15—(VP) - Two bandits who robbed the Nace grocery store here of about fl.iHMl last night, apparently had made good their escape today. Working smoothly one o’ them h<4d employes a bay with a gun while he scooped Up all available cash. Then hi fled In a car driven by an accomplice. John McCsllem. grocery night manager, believes some of the shots he fired at the fleeing bandits (truck their car. ■■ ■■ -—I * TODAY'S COMMON FRROR * Do not say. “Bread and meat are necessaries of life." They | are "means of life" but not necessary, since thousands live ; comfortably without them. |

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