Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1939 — Page 3

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Ralph Tyndall of Bhiffton MiDouglas llpney „f Albion.' M „ U>ula Hyde „f |||<M>tnf|»|d New J.Tiwy and Mrs n ttll d.. r n w Connersville 1 *—— LADIES AID SOCIETY TO MEET WEDNESDAY The Ladies’ Aid society of tn* reformed church win mr „- (n lh „ church parlor* Wednesday afternoon 2 30 p m . Mrs ft p. Schroycr Will be the leader and prraont the I follnwlng programHi PYsyrr Short Memorial In memory or Mrs. Minnie Spuhler and all others, 'hat have none to lhe with Jesus. Memage - Heaven, a prepared p’wre for a prepared people Solo "In The End of The Saabboth" Remaiks The Empty Tomb. Scripture and Prayer Short message — “The Commission That the Crucified Th* Resurrected and Ascended U>rd Has Gives to all His True Followers" Poem—Never Compron'lse. Sons by all- May God Impend On You? leaflet—Stop! l-ocw* Listen! Bong by all- Jean* I come Dismissal —Jesus said to Peter, end He says It to you and me. ' and chen thou art converted, v.rengtaen thy brethren." W. C. T. U INSTITUTE AT BERNE THURSDAY The county Wonen’s Christian Temperance Union Institute will be held at Herne Reformed Church Thursday. April thirteenth with the nfternoon and evening sesskn* The afternoon *e**e>n begins at two oclock and the evening session at wven-fifteen. Following is the complete program: Afternoon session Worship in song — Mrs. Eugen' Runyon Devotional*-Mrs. Frances (Dark

found itself richer by |340. the receipts ot a hurriedly taken up collection. Ix>ts of production schedules held up by sore throats these spring days. Rob Hope has lost his voice completely and is having to fake his speeches in "The Cat land the Canary” Th* lines will Ibe dubbed in later. On the same I lot. Betty Field, has been out of I the "What a Life" company for a | week This is her second Ulnesa since ! being brought out from New York for the picture. She collapsed the first time from the sheer excite* ment of makeup tests and fittings. Warners also are minus a player Geraldine Fitzgerald's voice failed her and the "Give Me a Child" troupe are trying to shoot around her. She may be out a week, too. For the first time in years, the stock market sag isn't a headache to Walter Pidgeon. He used to be a speculator, but now he turns over all his salary to his brother, who also la his business manager. Walter gets only »40 a week for spending money. They say Mike Curtis was so ma<l he nearly had a stroke at Monterey. He took the "Family Reunion" company up for location and, while the actors slept, went down to th* beach ahd marked out all the camera angles fur the shots he wanted to make the next morning. You guessed It. During the the tide washed the marks out completely. — Lupe Velez and Johnny Weissmuller both tossed parties the other night. Hers was for the "Giri From Mexico* company. Johnny's was a housewarming In his new place which isn't furnished yet. The guests were invited to bring their own chairs ... Sir Cedric Hardwicke Is tired of play- 1 Ing clerics . . . and that is one of the reasons why he will do Shylock on Broadway this fall ... to prove to producers that he can act other kind of roles . . . Maureen O'Sullivan was given a surprise baby shower by Carmolita Geraghty. Received presents from Norma Shearer. Myrna Loy. Pat Patterson and many other stars . . . Robert Young, new honorary mayor of Tarzana, has appointed Virginia Bruce honorary police chief . . . That was Constance Moore with Edgar Bergen at the Case Lamaze. She was his leading lady In the Universal picture with , Bill Fields . . . Doris Jann, the rumba dancer at La Conga. Is secretly wed to Jerry Galllan. head of the rumba orchestra. It was a Santa Barbara elopement. .

PIT ATT R DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1939.

CLUB CALENDAR ••duty Deadline. 11 A M Jbanetta wiansa •hones 1000 — 1001 Tuesday v .' V " n 5!' llr *L l ‘" r "“ f'lass Guest Night, < hurch Parlors. 7:SO p m T»;n»lleal Outlfui Hauabter. a»a. Mrs. Ralph Gentle, T.iO p, m ’hurch Mother's Study ci oI ’ Methodist Church. 2:.Mj p. m. i l^r'r l< ’ h , ' OdK ’’' fMd • •all 7 io p, m. Zion Reformed G. M. G. Church Ptrsonage. 7 p. m . S Women's Christian Temperance ' nlon. Mrs. 8. D. Hearers. 3 p . m . W. C. T V. Meeting. Mrs. 8. I) reuvera. J p. m. Pivlc Reel ion. Library ftest Rooms 7 p. m. i •’ B. Otterbein Guild Vivian Hitchcock. 7soo p. m Wednesday ’ Idled Brethren W M. A.. Mrs William Arnold. J p. m. Zion Reformed Ladles' Aid. Church Parlors. 2;.V) p m. Historical Club. Mrs. Vanphn MHHkan. Ip-rne. ’ .To p. m . Shakespeare club. Mrs. Palme’ Eicher. 2 1« p. tn Zion Junior Walther league Lutheran Church. 7:3» p m. Zion Lutheran* Missionary So*--i lety. Church. 2 p. tn Beulah Cbapel Ladies Aid, Mrs. Gust Yalta, All Day. St Ann Study Club. Mis Anselm liackniann. 7:M p tn Thursday ' Calvery Udies Aid. Mrs. J«nes Darr, 1:30 p. m. I'nltetl Brethren Ladies' Aid. Mrs. Roy Mumma. 2 p. in. Monroe Better Homes CUb. Mon•me School. 7:30 p. m. Methodist W H. M 8.. Church: Social Rooms. 2 30 P M Zion Reformed Ever Ready Class Church Parlors. 7:30 p. m. 80 Cha Rea Club, Mrs. Clesn ■ Kortenber. 7:30 p. m. W. C. T. V. Institute. Cross Ref rmed Church. Berne. Friday American Legion Auxiliary. Lerlon Home. 7:30 p. m. W. M A. of Vnlon Chapel. Mrs | Robert Workingrr. 1:30 p m. Evangelical Rummage sale. Gra- 1 bam Building. Madison Bt.. Afternoon. Saturday Zion Reformed t'afeterli Supper, ' Church Basement. 5 to 7 p m. Evangelical Rummage and Bake Sale. Graham Building, Ail Day. holter county Evangelistic director' Greeting—Mrs Delton Passwater: ; County president. Report* of local presidents. Special Music — Bere High School Alcohol Educational D’monstrs ,tion—Mrs. George TempPn Wells 1 County president. Address, "At the Mercy of the State" — Mrs. Elisabeth Stanley. State president Evening session Worship In song—Mr*. Frances' Burkhalter, Devotional* — Rev. H. H. Meek * ttroth. Vera Crus. Special musk* — Berne H. 8. V I cupel la choir. Directed by Freemtn Burkhalter. Educational Moving Pictures - , -The Pay Off Offertory. Miss Irene Ught. De ! ifctur. Moving Pictures. "The Beneficent Reprobate" '• i Closing prayer Supper will be served to alt guest* and memberd present by the Berne t'nlon. The Calvery latdle* Aid w<ll meet Thursday afternoon with Mr*. James Darr at on«-thlijy o'clock. ( Each mens'ter is asked to bring a needle and thimble and a good atI tendance is desired. The Otterbein Guild of the Vnltod Brethren chnrch will meet at tbo home of Vlvtau Hitchcock at seventhirty o'clock this evening. All member* ai* urged to attend. The Bt. Ann Study club will me«t Wednesday evening at *evcn-thirty with Mrs. Auuelm Hackmaru. Mrs. Ed Keller will be the leader for the | meeting. . * TODAY'S COMMON ERROR — Do not «ay. “You ai« just *«• I I actly right;" onmit "just.” rnMMMiumi■*■■■■■■■■ SPECIAL FOR APRIL MachinelfNN Permanents.--“T I’' 1 ’' $2- 00 up Shampoo, Finger Wave and Manicure . 75c MARY OLIVER BEAUTY SHOPPE Phon* 828 648 Mercer Ave.

Passes From Se nate K J. Hamilton l-evvl* Death of Senator J. Hamilton 1 L*wis of Illinois is mourned by official Washington and thousand* of hi* friend* Lewis, * veteran of the senate, died of a heart attack in the capital He was 7X DEMOCRATS OF . ’CONTINL’ED FROM FAOE ONKI seated. Subsequently he became Sulll-1 , van county prosecutor and won i every case he handled while in office. In 1534 he was appolried ! mayor of Sullivan to succeed C. Otis Hall, who became postnu* 1 ter. Bay* held the mayor's office withoui any salary and ills first act a* mayor was to restore* light* to Sullivan's streets which had l»een in darkness for more than a year due to the depression He did not seek election aa mayor and In September. 1837. he was appointed to the public service commission by the governor, whom he had constantly supported for election. In-intervening year* Raya found time to develop natural ga« fields in Sullivan and for years was president of hi* own company.; He also operated a circus for a! couple of years, where he developed hi* natural flair for showman-, ship. After the 1‘«25 Sullivan mine die-4 aster when 31 men were kllled.i Bay* headed a local committee ( which raised several * hundred ; thousand dollar* for a trud futid for the victims' widows and orphans. More than 200 children of the d--ad miners were educated from thia fund. Bays attracted attention In the, 193 s campaign when some of hi* meetings, replete with r.tucl-vllle acts and entertainmen'. were 1 among the most successful staged by the Democrat*. In addition to hi* public service: commission post which he wi.l relinquish. Buys has been Sullivan county chairman since 1932. Chief Justice Hughes Observes 77th Birthday Washington. April IL — (UP) — Chief Justice Charles Evans, Hughe* observed hi* 77th birthday i today and disclosed he hope* next , week to have recuperated sufficiently from the grippe to resume bi* place on the bench. Trea* t* * I-Opa Taw* — fv*eat*r

After 21 Years of Freedom * ■ j ,1 J J ? *' * 1 .JS Jiff «* ■"' 9 «*ariW9 L#\> w'f 'I »!» ' w* 9h ' Alex Watson and dark Balbrldge; Inset, Balbrldge In 1918 After 21 yearn of liberty, Jack Balbridge, 48. Is returned to the Oklahoma state penitentiary at McAlester where ho escaped la 1918 while serving a 20-year term for the slaying of his uncle near Miami In ISIS. Balbridge. shown right with State Transfer Agent Altus Watson, was arrested at Memphis, Tenn., where he confessed while near death from pneumonia.

PERSONALS David D. Hahogger of BIM Creek I township was a visitor bore Mum |<4f. i Kay KaeUr, Hlowirt Trulock. Mr hind Mr*. Arthur Blom bach and of Fort Wayne spent Huni day at th* home of Mr. and Mr*. Joseph K*’hr. Junior Kaehr spent Eastrr vl«iiIns hl* brother in Fort Wayne. Dewey Kuhn of n«ar Decatur wa* <a business visitor m Decgtar tni* ' morning Mr*. David Camthall and Mr-. I Ila Iph Tyndall of Btufftc 1. Mr*. | Louis Hyde of Hloomfleid, N. J. Mrs Claude Case of Connersville and Mrs. Douglas Haney of Albion U <>re out of town guests who attended the closing meeting of the rtesoarch club her* Monday afternoon Mrs. J. L Kocher i* some improved after a ten days selge of itvflueuaa. Mrs. Douglas Haney of Albion Is J visiting here with Mrs. A. J. Haney Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Schafer are spending a few days in Chicago. Attorney and Mr*. N. C Nelson were Fort Wayne visitor* today. Dr. Clark of Adrian. Michigan visited here this afternoon. Funeral services for the iate Mathew Harris were held this morning from St. Marya church and were largely attended. Rev. Father Seimeta was in charge and interment waa In Si. Joseph cemetery. Frank Mclntosh of nesr Monroeville wa* a caller here this morning. Students of the school of law of Van Wert. Ohio, motored to Sun Set park last evening, wnere they enjoyed dancing and entertainment. Rev. J. M. Dawson gave an address at North Vetnon las' evening ’ and had to return home because be l-ecsme 111. The Rev. and Mrs. B H. Frank lin of Goshen stop|ied here today with Mr. and Mr*. F V. Mills on their way to the M E. Conference at Goshen. Monte Leßron, son of Mr. ami Mr*. Ollie Leßron, former residents of Decatur, who has been . ill for the past two years, ha* entered the St. Anthony'* hospital at ! Terre Haute to undergo a series of operation*. Mr. and Mr*. Dewey Hall and son Vaughn have been transferr- ' ed from Terre Haute to the Owens. ! 111., glass plant at Huntington. W. Va. Mr* Hall wa* formerly Miss i , Halen Leßron. o 'Farmer Executed For Slaying Wife Columbia. S. C.. April 11—<UJ9 — Edward L. Humphrey, wizened 52-year-old farmer wa* executed in the South Carolina electric chair today for slaying hi* wife with a poker. Humphrey died after murmuring "Lord Jesu* Chriat is my Savior. I'm prepared to go." "I II 0 I SI .1 ,!■ ■ Aged Fort Wayne Man Kills Self Fort Wayne. Ind.. April 11—(UH j —Deputy coronar C. B. Parker said today Thoma* Buckley. 75. bad com milted suicide at the bom.’ of bis grandson here. He had been shot once through the right temple Legislative Program Discussed By leaders Washington. April 11— <u.PJt — The whole legislative program, wa* surveyed In detail today by President Roosevelt with the "big I

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four" leaders-- Vice-president John I N Garner. Senate leader Alben W Barkley. Speaker William Rankhead, and House leader Sam Rayburn The group spent an hour and a, hair with Mr. Roosevelt — the! longest conference they have had with him in many weeks — 0 - BARNEY FORD <CONTINL'4D FROM PAGK ONKi Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at ' the Church of the Immaculate Conception with Father Raymond Der rink officiating. Burial will be made tn the Greenlawn cenieter - at Por'-1 land. Disclose Nazi Agents Working In Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina. April 11 ’UFJ* All morning newspapers reported today that police had uncovered an organised chain of Natl center* directing the work of Nasi agent* throughout Argentina. Police completed three week* of investigation of Natl work* yesterday and forwarded their finding* to official*. Deer Ab 11 get Hunter Pollock. Cal.. —(t’Pl—An obliging deer made the "supreme sacrifice" here to relieve the ch’grin of a lucklew hunter who had mad ) several deer hunting trip* thl* year without success. The dee? walked Into the residential prenilso* of Jim Davis anw dalted until Davis got hi* gun and brought down hia first buck of the season.

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Bandits Try New Trick Cleveland. O <U.R> - Thn<I young gunmen entered a drag | store here, announced their pre*-! i ence by blowing their nose* vigorj ously. demanded money, obtained I 3150 from the cash register, and fled 1 -— O ■ ' Cape Cod Dialect "Canned" North Harwich. Muss <U.PJ — ! The hobby of .Miss Esther Hnr-' ding. ixiHtriiistres* here. I* "canning" Cap«- Tod dlaliHt She ha* ( alaiut 300 recording* of monoI logue* and conversation* preserv-i ! Ing the true Cape twang. 0 South Africa’s Crime Rise* I Capetown <U.R> South Africa* , crime rate ha* almost trebled In three year*. The official statistic* for crime show that the total nnmhnr of convictions for all offenses was 671.33 k In 1937. There were 700 murder trials, of which 145 ended in convictions

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Say Spanish Morocco Is Heavily Fortified Paris. April 11 — (U.R> — The French government received report* that the Spanish Morocco Is itelng heavily fortified on the frontier facing French Morocco. The information came as the government culled up its naval specialists and canceled all army : and navy leaves At the mint.' time the French Mediterranean fleet at Toulon was ready to rail ut any time for North Africa and eastern Mediterranean coaat ——- ——O"". i ~. ■ WPA Big Sponsor of Play San Jose. Cal. —tl’Pl—A new field has been found so- statisticians. Ureal one* have • -oducad <-tatlstlcs to show that the WPA sponsored more than LtMMJNM hours of play here during HMM. Twenty-one recrvatlgn centers were , operated.