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SENATE PASSES BILL SLASHING RELIEF FUNDS Economy Bloc Wins; Bi|. lion Leu To Be Sought For Next Year Washington. April 18 — <UPj — I The congreaakmal economy bloc. McteMlul In allghtly whittling thia year's relief fuuda. will try to prevent any appropriation for relief In the coming flacal year. until the work* progrem adntt.u latratlon la materially reorganlged. I It »»i Indicated today The fight over the laat nC thh i year'a relief funds ended last | night when the senate passed and | sent to President Kooaevelt a bill .appropriation Jiotl.ooonon — *•.> ' 000,000 less than he asked — to 1 carry WPA until July I. The president will ask 000.000 for the new flacal year I beginning then Word of that I figure to be formally submit ted ■by Mr Roosevelt within a few ; days, was cheered by economy ad I vacates A total of 82 380.0v0.000 was voted for relief this year. It seemed to them to hold prom i Ise of being a long step toward I curtailment of spending Chairman Alva B Adams. D.. Colo., of the appropriations subcommittee tn tharge of relief bills I said that Mr. Roosevelt's inten- ■ t Hun of asking fur only 81.500.000 | ofto was "very encouraging." 1 The hmiae appropriations sub- | committee inveatUtating committee. dominated by <-<o«i<>my bloc i members, indicated the future . coarse of the m-ouomy Hoc It 1 pmpos. <! io nee to It that the . WPA is so reorganised as to ‘ really hold down costs They will I aim at a complete new set-up. although what fonn it will take was i .I. i tCONTUfVKD ON PAOE HIX) CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT Meeting Scheduled To Award Cooling Tower Contracts A special meeting of the city council is scheduled for thia evening to award contracts for the ctmatruction of a cooling tower at the city light and power plant. _ Rida were received from seven construction firms last Wednesday and were turned over to Bevington and Williams. Inc . consulting engineers of Indianapolis, for tabulation. The council will also decide on the kind of material and the type of cooling tower to he built Alternate blds have been filed on j redwood and sypresa lumber. Proposals were also submitted on induced draft and forced draft types of towers. On the concrete work three blds were submitted, the lowest being 82.A00. It was submitted by Yost Bros., of thia city. The total coat of the project will run between 826t*M> and 830.00 U. baaed on the proposals submitted and depending on the kind of material selected and the type of cooling tower designed. The cooling tower will do awuy with the present method of spraying the condenser water In the ' ponds west of the plant. Since the use of water has grown tremendously in the past few years, the spraying of the water In the cooling process has become a problem. Indiana U. Awards Building Contracts — ! ißlomnlngton. tnd.. April H— (VP) -Construction contracts totaling 81.1M.000 for the new Indiana University auditorium had been let to day by the university’s board ot trustees. The general construction contract for 8682.&78. was awarded to tne I'enke Construction Co. of Chicago Other contracts were: George ». Vclght. of Jeffersonville heating ■ and plumbing Co. of Port Wayneplumbing 824.380; and super-electria I construction Co., Chicago, electrical { übjrtr. 877.400.

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STRIKE CALLED I AT SOUTH BEND 1,200 Employes Affected By Strike At Singer Factory Today South Rend. Ind . April II —< (Jt*» -Operations were halted at the Singer sew inc machines manufacturing company plant today by a strike, called by the United ElecJ rival. radio and machines workers I a Ton. a CIO affiliate. Approximately 1.200 employes were affected. There waa no violence whatever. Accordtug to Union officials, the strike was called today because 12 witmen who had been employed by the company for several years were ujchataed. and tupUiud. Uy younget women. Negotiations for a contract between the company and the Union have been going on for several •uonts. but Union officials emphasised 'hat this was not the cause of the strike. The plant has been operating only the first three days of each week. Dale I. Parshall, the wonks manager said that the gates would be open i'gain Monday morning for those who want to return to work and '.itat the plant would resume operations If a large enough force entered. The plant here manuNctnrea all wood work for singe.* sewing ma(UONTINUED ON- PA'LE FIVE) - Ruling Issued On Newspaper Boys Washington. April 12 —IUPI--The Children’s bureau ruled today that newspaper boys are not covered by the wage hour act uultsa they actually go to the newspaper publishing plant to obtain their papers. RELIEF CLAIM FIGURES GIVEN Poor Claims For Month Os March Totaled $4,579.34 Poor claims tor the month of March, payable In April, totaled I 54.57934. a survey of the records revealed today. The records also revealed that but one township shows a deficit at the present time. Thia deficit occurs In Washington township, where poor relief claims are shown to be running 116.806.57 uheud of the amount provided. Washington and French townships both showed a deficit carried over from the first of the year, the first bring 5138.19 and the latter 83.482. according to the report. The amount has been balanced. however, in French township. according to the report. Average claims of more than 83.000 per month since the last distribution In December, combined with last year’s figure, has brought the deficit In Washington township up to the present mark, ths records show. Hnlon. 87999; Preble. 11: Root. 8117.48: Kirkland. 5231.34; Washington. 83.261.15; St Mary’s. 8342.07; Rlue Creek. 597 93; Monroe, 5120.48: French. 869.50; Hartford. 550.33; Wabash. 5134.74; Jefferson. 5’3.33.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 12, 1939.

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Gives Instructions For Filing Claims John M Doan. Washington town-i , ship trustee, has issued insirnctioiwi Ito local merchants regarding fit-; ' Ing of claims against 'he township. No claims can he tiled fo>bills later than 30 days after the date received, and according to law ’ ' >*ll township .bills must be filed onlv the last two working days of tta* month in which they are issued. In asking cooperation of the merchants. Mr. Doan stated that because of numerous delinquent bills, his office has been late tn filing claims with the auditor for the past I two months and all those having { bills are asked to file them in accordance with the law. GROCERY STORE BADLY DAMAGED Ed Miller West End Grocery Is Badly Damaged By Fire Fire. fanned by the high winds that hit the city last night almost ! completely gutted the Ed Miller West End grocery on Adams strec; early thia morning. Mr. Miller, who.' with his wife,! own and operate the store on Adams and another on North Second street, estimated that his loss to the building and contents would amount to approximately 53.'**' The fire Is believed to have 4>ecn atarted by defective wiring. The source of blase was set at a place under the ceiling of a sto'eroom in th« rear of the grocery building. The store room and Its contents were practically destroyed by the flames, which, after eating a hoi* i'll, the roof, were fanned back into 1 the store proper. Mr .Miller stated that an appar-! ent total loss would be sustained to i he contents of the store, since eitb- ■ er the flames or the Intense heat | bad ruined meats, groceries and no I tlons In stock. Partly Insured Mr. Miller stated that the loss was partly covered by insuranc >, but that he did not believe the aI mount of insurance would be snffiI dent to cover the entire damage. The fire was first noticed by a 'passerby aibout 12:45 o'clock this morning. The department was summoned Immediately. Firemen were forced to break down the glass in th front door to gain entrance. Neighbors notified Mr. and Mrs. Miller, who live a short distance from the grocery. The fire, (in addition to completely destroying the store room, which contained eggs, cases of soft drinks and othr stook. charred the interior of th rear end of the store, while the Intense heat, water and smoke created the damage to the front of the store proper. With the exception i of the roof in the rear, and the windows cracked by the heat, the exter(CONTINUKf) ON PAOH KiVEi Play To Be Given By Young People The St. Peter’s young people society will present the three-act farce. "Billy’s Goat," at the Fuelling school Saturday and Sunday nights at 8 o'clock. Spaclil music will be furnished by Joe Kilgore and hie orchestra. Admiaslen prices will Ibe 16 and 25 cents.

CARL PUMPHREY IS PAID HONOR - - Local Jeweler Named President Os Honorary Scout Group Carl C. Pumphrey, well known jeweler of thia city and active Boy Scout leader, was elected presi j dent of tbe honorary organisation of Silver Beaver Award Men. Boy Scouts of America, at a banquet meeting held here Tuesday night at the Rice hotel which honored Judge Sol A. Wood of Fort Wayne on his eighty-second birthday. G. M Wilson. instructor of electricity at Central high school. Fort Wayne, formerly a scoutmaster, was elected secretary Judge Wood, who has received I every honorary title conferred by Scouting la affectionately known "as the grand old man of Scouting." and tribute waa paid to him for his services to tbe boyhood iof his community. He was presented with an electric clock. In | responding to the presentation of th- gift. Judge Wood said. "I j thank Scouting and I thank you for helping me This la life —' helping others. It Is the spirit of Scout ing-men helping boys to help i other people at all times .’’ Fifteen men. including the hon-' I ored guest. Mr. Pumphrey and Bryce Thomas, scout executive of this city, and It L. Van Horn. Anthony Wayne Area Scoutmaster. attended the dinner meeting • The Silver Beaver is an award presented by the National Council. Boy Scouta of America, to those mm who have rendered outstanding service to the boyhood of their community. ' The meeting last night waa the first assembly of the Silver Bear- ' er men and Iradera In the Scout J (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PLAN SPEECH CLUB PROGRAM II Pleasant Mills Club To Give Varsity Program April 14 ' The Spartanlc Order of Diversion , a speech club of the Pleasant Mills ( high school will present a variety program consisting of plavs. readings. dialogue and orations Friday , night April 14 at the high school I auditorium. ilo-ginnlng at 7 o'cloc.t. Admission will bo 15 cents for J children and 25 rents for udul's. ‘ I The public la cordially Itrited to . attend. The complete program follows: Who Says We Can't Get a Man . Mr. Keller —Herbert Foor Faye Keller—Dolly Everett Jerry Keller—Betty Noll Mrs. Keller—Juanita Mcßride J Chris Chase—Bob Hollowsy Philip Keller—Louis Smltley. Reading—Bon Ma Miller. Romance In the Lobby , Mrs. Curtis—Betty Clark Mrs. Briggs —Juanita Mcßride. , Jessie Briggs—Betty Noll ( Lancelot — Louis Bmitlsy Mr. Ingoldsby—Joe Railing r The Mysterious Voice — Carroll , Fovlna. , Some Speed I Poke —Chester Marti. i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Urge Neutrality Statutes Be Stiffened To Prevent Nation From Involvement In Any War

MISS HOPKINS TALKS TO CLUB Relief Investigator Speaks To Decatur Lions Club I "The moat outstanding need j 'among the poor here today is that : of a county nurse.'" Mias Betty Hop 1 kina, junior visitor and Investigat or of the Washington township trustees office, declared to the | members of the Decatur Lions club i laat night. Mias Hopkins spoke to the Lions l at the weekly meeting held In the Rice hotel. "I have found many deformed children, whose deformities can be traced directly to malnutrition and the lack of proper diets." she asserted. ''Several tubercular children are now attending m hool" "Thia can be remedied through . the assistance of a county nurse. • who is qualified to choose the prop- ; er foods on the amount of money i given In poor relief." In giving statistics on the poor I relief granted from the offices of John M. Doan. Washington township trustee, through Mr. Doan and herself. Miss Hopkins stated that there are now 218 families in . the township on direct relief. Thia represents 77S persons, she said The number on relief represents five and one-tenths percent of the total population of the township. The number of cases at present is the greatest of any time in the past five years, she stated. More money was spent in February of this year, however, she said. In March the township spent 83.138.87. Mias Hopkins stated, while the previous month totalled 83 22* "1 Over a five-year period, the amont per person spent for relief totalled but 83 87 per year. 1 she stated "Os thia smount, it must be remembered that 39 per cent is spent for medicinal aid and (CONTINVKD ONYLOE FIVE) JAMES BORDERS TO HEAD CLUB Police Chief Is Elected President Os Decatur Camera Club Police Chief James Borders was elected president of the Decatur I Camera Club at the regnlar meeting Tuesday night In the club rooms on Third Street. Chief Borders was for ' tnerly vice-president In charge of still photography. Rev. Homer J. Aspy, who hid I , served as temporary president dur-| lag the organisation of the club and had assisted In the organisation I of a high school duh. tendered Mu resignation Tuesday night beforoi {Chief Borders was named perman-1 I etit president. During the meeting Tuesday night I Rev. Aspy gave an original illustrated talk on the various types at camI, ergs and filters to be used by be- ' itlnners. He concluded his talk with an Interesting shadow d< monstra-1 1 'ion on a beaded screen. Rev. Aspy | also prepared and delivered a comprehensive description ot the var-l lotis types ot objectives from the i single lens In the "box camera" type , to the multiple lens abjective of the • fast 1.8 objectives in the beat cam- . etna. r At th next meeting of the club. I a contest for the best prints on the subject "wsitlng" will be held. An f election for a vice-president In . charge of •'•till” photography will , also be taken tip during the business meeting. - -O' 11 "" - Alleged Killer Given Mental Examination Redford. Ind.. April 12— (UP)— Evidence concerning the mental condition of Samiiai Pierce. 8». charged with slaying his neighbor hi a feud over land botinJrrles. today waa In the possession at phyrkians hero. The farmer was examined by the physicians on request of Pierce's attorneys. but they did not reveal what the results were. Pierce's trial will start April 24. He Is charged with first degree murder in connection with the death i ol Earl Roach, W>. who was killed “I Fob. 12.

BAYS PLEDGES 1940 VICTORY TO DEMOCRATS — New State ('hairman Makes Pledge; Beattey Quits As Secretary Indlanapcdis. April 12 HJ.PJ i Pledged to perfect afi "unbeatubl - organisation" for the 1940 camI paign. Fred Bays, of Sullivan today started hla newly acquired duties as chairman of the lietnce cratic state committee At a "hsrmorty meeting ot the state committee yesterday aftern<M>n Raya was elected unanimously by acclamation to acucwed Atty. I Gen. Omer Stokes Jacks-ui. who | had resigned formally a l> w mlnI utea before. A surprise developed when j James L. Beattey. Jr. secretary of the committee since Jan. 1. 1937. announced that he also was resigning In order to give Bays a clear path in developing whatever new |M>li< ies he had in mind. It was believed that Beattey would be named to a state job. In accepting the post. Rays issued a statement saying: "Relieving the Democratic party is the greatest instrument for good government within the reach of the masses of the people, it | shall be iny sincere purpose to I perfect a united, harmonious at.d I unbeatable organisation "We.shall wage our battle on the program of the party, which offers to the youth of the land. to| the aged, to the distret s-d. to the I unemployed, to the farmer, to the! worker and to business the full< st | In security and freedom. "We are proud of the ord of the state and national administration and will fight fur our cause In every section of Indiana." The committee meeting gave I every outward appearance of beI ing a "love feast". With Bays waiting in a nearby room. Jackson delivered a short sp.-<-ch ot resignation and whs presented with a handsome plaque bearing' a resolution from the committee | tor his work as party Lead during the campaigns of 1934 1838 and 1838. Then Frank Finney of Mart'll*ville, state commissioner of motor vehicles and an administration spokesman, arose and proposed I Bays as the new state chairman He was elected by acclamation without further ado. A large delegation of Sullivan I county Democrata were present to congratulate Bays and present him wtlh a huge floral tribute lu-aritiv the words "Democracy ot Sullivan County." He also was I presented with n large |g>uqu*t of roses. Most ot the party chieftains were in attendance far the tea- | tlvittes. including Frank McHale, national committeeman, Dick Heller. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend's executive secretary; Alex Pursley. Gov. Townsend's personal advisor; and Virgil Simmons, fourth I district chairman. Although Townaend was not (CONTINUED ON PAUE FIVE) EASEMENTS ARE II I BEING CHECKED Claude C. Dragoo Checking Rights-Of-Way In Electric Program Claude C. Drag<x>, of Portland lm« been checking the records In the courthouse for right-of-way easements In the proposed construction I of the rural electrification lines in Adams county. Mr. Dragoo Is a representative I of the Jay county rural electric , membership corporation. f He started In rhe work of check- * Ing the asementa several days ago * and stated today that -the work will rrobaibly be continued throughout ) the summer months. •| He has been located in tho county l eonwnlasionera' office of the court house, where right-of-way records ; are available from the offices of the * county auditor. t The proposed line runs from Jay 1 county, north through Adams county to Bobo. i

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i Some Roosevelt Critics Charge President With Inviting United States Into Warfare. ACTION URGED Washington. April 12— ‘U.R> — Congressional advocates of strict neutrality charged today that President Roosevelt Is Inviting th" t'lilic-d *SlHlea "Into another European war even before It cornea." They attacked Mr. Roosevelt's statement approving a newspaper editorial which characterised hla remark that he will return to Warm Springs. Gu. next fall "If we don't have war" as a warning to Hitler and .Mussolini that the United Slates can not Ice disregarded In any European outbreak. The house foreign affairs committee heard wilneaaes propose that the U. S neutrality statutes be stiffed tn prevent the nation from Involvement In any European war. The house rules committee, which had planned to consider a bill for purcbaae of fl (Hi, mm.(MH) strategic war materials similar to those which the administration proposes to obtain by barter, de layed action. However, the mea sure is expected to receive early clearance to the house floor. Criticism of the president was I voiced by Sens, Bennett C. Clark. 1 D. Mo. and Gerald P. Nye. R. ' N. D b.oth advocates of the strict I est degree of American neutrality. Nye declared that Mr. Roosevelt's endorsement of the Wash- . ington Post editorial "was a splendid evidence that we are Inviting ourselves Into snother European war even before It I comes " Clark declared that "this eonI slant talking about the Unlt t -d I Blates beeuswWiK Involved m UMWcalculated to get us in than anything that could happen." Dr. Thomas Healy, dean of Georgetown University school of foreign service, urged the house committee to strengthen the neutrality act He chargel a caml»algn of "propaganda" seeks to • thrust the I'utted States into ' (IY)NTINUKD ON PAID! FIVE) ZONE MEETING HELD TUESDAY Inter-River Zone Walther League Meeting Is Held Here Approximately ISO persona attended the meeting of the inter-river rone Walther League, hr id last bight at th Zion Lutheran church. Two speakers wire on the program. held following the business session. B. Schultz, teacher at the Immanuel Lutheran c-hurch In Unton township, spoke to the mesnbers on "Chu.-eh Music." Miss Helen Helmke. dean of women at Concordia col'ege. hud "Reading Material" as the thenii of her address. A num tier of members signified their Intentions of attending thu state meeting of the Walther !<•> gues. to be held next month In Indianapolis, Postponement Os Decatur CYO Dance The CYO dance, which was scheduled for Friday night at th ■ Knight t of Columbus hall, has been indefinitely postponed, officers of the organlutlon announced today. Postponement was caused by the Junior chtss play of the pit bile schoo' to be given on the same night •' the junior-senior auditorium. The new dates will be announced later. -» — O"- ' " TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER i 8:00 a. m. 23 10:00 a.m. 34 Noon .... 28 2:00 p. m. 30 3:00p.m....... —. 31 I WEATHER Fair and continued cold tonight. heavy froat of tampers- ' tfiros below frosting; Thursday increasing cloudiness and somewhat warmer*