Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1939 — Page 1

rXXVII- No. 144.

■ LEAST TEN j IE KILLED IN ! Kndatstorm ■ Than 200 Injured ■ Tornado Hits In I Minnesota ■ Minn . Juno 19 - (UR) -j K il-inm. police Mini under I In- personal ■ (!«v Harold K Sian i.. Mail #rSllng debris ,i i<>tundo which struck ■ll, \li««i»*lppl river town ■i.niti. killing mi least in ami injuring more than , i alu. which had been HKii.il.. !|.|(> ly after till' t.n ■ to the problem* Ilf ■ j. they probed ihroueh of wrecked building*. lip - ind broken comniunl ■ml power line*. Within a ifler the I winter atruek. ratin' here to aaaugie full earing fur the Injur.-il and the work of re ■e. n Karly today he re ■ situation la now under B.tmm had been fuund ■llil that a acore of the in in serious condition. that property dam total at leant fMO.Otm ■) hundred national guard* the aireeta The ■|n>|Mil:itlon 5.000. virtually martial law A (Iran ■ ill (tirfew.kept the street* ■ during the night. .truck with sudden H' yent. rday near forcoran ■r southwest of Anoka and ■ mile* northweat of Min It nlruck an automobile four Minneapolla pernoun ■dine toaaed It 200 yard* in killing the occupant* It ■ again at the village of lulled one man and ED ON PAtlhl FIVE) IMS COUNTY BATIVE DIES ■ \Y.Zimmerman Dies ■hirday At Home ■ West Os Berne ■ W Zimmerman. 59. life■,*»l,ti' »f we*t of llerne. ■l'i"l iV evening at 4 o'tioi k ■ home after a two year*' ill ■kh Hodgkina' disease ■“f* horn In Adam* county ■o 12. ItU. the aou of ■and Sarah Zimmerman ■** married on July 8 I9t*n ■f Sthlndler who survives* ■Hearing children alao sur-: ■ ** r * Pearl Miller. IVnn ■Henry and Painter. Antler ■'Him. of Fori Wayne, Kd ■ Urn. tirove; Richard and ■f at home. ■ following brother* and *l* ■*> survive: Amo*. Albert ■“on of Geneva; Noah of Mra. Ram WMtwer of Jeaae Aiualotz ttf ■**. -Lilchlgan ami Klmer of ■ON'KIr ON PAGE TIIKKKD W C. Os C. To Meet ToniKht B tWj "tr Junior Chamber of ■ r "’ will meet this evening ■h* k | n th*. eouncll room* of ■? hall, a abort ae**lon will M 1,1 * h,ch Plena will he made ■* »ummer program of lb" — '0 — ‘ ■'ndent Over Health. Takes Life ■jj' Ind.. June 19 — (UP) — 1 Wll't'd bullet wound* were ■“T to Mra. Maggie Kilmer, ■ordan Village near here. She ■' r, "' r In the hip la** Tlnir* deapondent o**er poor ■ •"•ERATURE readings ■OCRAT thermometer ■ * h> —77 3:00 pm 88 ■ L WEATHER W?' thundarahowera in V portion thla afterK 0 r ton '9ht and in eaat and portion* tonight or Tuet- ■ *coming fair In northweat B #n Tu *aday; warmer In ■T***’ portion, cooler in V Portion tonight, cooler In B * nd *outh portions Tuee-

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Uev. Joseph Ilennes 1« Be Retreatmaster I ! Rev, Joseph J. llenne* director 1 f » h " , “ ,lolc Youth organisation I tu Fort Wayne deanery, ha* accept-: '*' l the Invitation of Rev. J. Arthur Hurna. director of tits new CYO In the dloceße of 81. John. New Mri|ni| . wick. Canada to be ret rent master on weak-end* from Angus' I| to i September 8. at the SR. Joha retreat I hon*. During August Fatiitr lien ( ne* will be supplied by Rev. Andrew i Mathieu. ORGANIZATIONS PLANNING FAIR. Home Economic*, Other Clubs Plan Exhibits For Street Fair Dnritig the past week the home : economic* club*. 411 club*, and. j cattle and Hvealoek miner* held > j meeting* to diacua* and deeldej ! their plana for the I>ecalur free ; street fair and agrlrultural show j to he held July 31 to August & The vartinia organizations are mj operating In make this year's show the most outstanding of recent ' yearn. A half dozen Decatur merchant* j are cooperating with the hope ' ecoonmlc* club* In presenting 1 some unique and iniereatlng dl* ' play* The president and the two , leader* of each club are arranging the display*. At the Schafer store the 81 Mary's. Washington, and Rlue > 4’reek township club* are arrang Ing an exhibit “Help Yourself to Color.” The Schafer store has donated the middle display window '»• a living room display. A typical rural living room will be i shown Club members slated that 1 the room would lie made **to be j lived In.” Pillow Display The Roston store Is cooperating with the Monroe and Kirkland: home economics dubs In making i a display entitled. "Pillow* for Col-i or and Comfort ” The store has I donated window space and nutter-. i lals. New and attractive design* ! of piNows will he shown, as will j mean* of using pillow* to the best, j advantage. At the Niblick More the M W K..: Swiss Village, and Happy Home i home economics clubs are going : 1 lo have a window of kitchen and liathroom curtains New materials; and colors will he exhibited Ari rangement and use of curtain* In 'the home will he displayed. The! ; Niblick store Is furnishing Ihe j ! materials. A very Interesilng and edttca- j i lon*l display is being planned by | Ihe Union township home eco-. . nomlcs club al the Miller's Radio! ! service The use of package fix-' tuie* aa a means of directing light | | and using ll to the beat advantage 1 will be shown Materials will be I furnished by Ihe More. Old and New Zwlck'a furniture store has donated both windows for the use of the home economic* clubs. In 1 ! the south window the Cnlon townj (CONTINUED ON PAOB FIVE) Net Proceeds Os Picnic Reported Net proceed* from the St. Msry * tfcnlsh picnic held June 11 *t Sun j set park were 81.591.3 t). It was announced today. Donations and receipts from the Lit kei sale accounted for th-r largest j part Os the proceed*. Dinners served at noon totaled 8*1). CITY COUNCIL MEETS TUESDAY Petition Fo r Daylight Time Likely To Be Presented The regular semi-monthly meeting of the diy council will b* hold Tuesday night a t7: 30 o'clock n ; the council chamber* of the city I hall- . , 1 One of the most Important matI ters to be brought before the cottti- i, I ell It I* understood, will be the question of daylight saving* time. ! |i lm* been announced by advo- j cates of the fast lime that they will preseni a petition Tuoadnr asking that the council adopt th hour faster schedule. Daylight savings lime was ad- | opte dhere a number of years ago After being effec.lve for three serutlve summera, the time was abollshod bra vo,e of lhe P eop|p | The awarding of the contract for | the furnb-hlng of the Iron amoral ( 1 plant for the diy well at the Hon£ Mead*. Inc.. I* aspected to be announced among other Important. matters.

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BELIEF GROWS | ROOSEVELT TO I SEEK 3RD TERM Talk Os Third Term For Roosevelt Booms In Washington Washington. June 19 — (UJO — j Talk of a third term for President i Roosevelt boomed today as Ihe wdminlst ration fared the hard facta of leglalatlve reverses and Ithe list of other available IlM) per , cenl new dealers shrank to nolh-, Ing. Rebuff* from Ihe capllol were! more likely to persuade Mr Rnnaevelt to run again than lo aurrend- . er lo ihe conservative wing of lhe parly which ban combined with Republicans In congress to vole; the new deal down. The him**' hll lhe admlnlalra. lion where it hurt last week when; i It passed a relief bill to curtain! presidential authority and ahan ; don some pel new deal undertak-! Inga. Mr Roosevelt will have to nc-' knowledge personal defeat today when Ihe house passes the 19391 tevfiiue art to eliminate so-called "business Irritant'* taxes. The bill, ha* the blessing of the president's , official fiscal advisers. Rut It j sacrifices the theory of penalty t»xo* on undistributed corporation! surplus funos and. therefdre. Is offensive lo Ihe president uud the Inmost circle of the new deal. In the offing la a tnlghly senate Iml- ; lie over neutrality In which the odd* are even or slight ly against the administration In ita effort lo obtain more discretion in making our national resources available to betllgerenfa. All Iheae lactor* and tietial reverse suffered by ihe administration In lasi November's general elect lon beckon Mr. Rouseveil to battle and belief la spread-' mg that he will run again next ' year. A major factor In that lie(CONTINUED ON PAOB FIVKJ SEEKS FREEDOM FROM SENTENCE - ■ ■■ Paul Bailer Files Coram Nobis Petition To Seek Release Summons on Ihe petition of coram nobis, filed by Paul Raller. for- , merly of this city, who was given a life sentence In the state prison when he was found guilty of first degree rape in 193£ In the Allen circuit court, has been Issued 10 attorney general Omer 8. Jackson In Marlon county returnable September 5. It was revealed today. Attorney Hubert R McClenahau of thin city, la representing Haller In his fight for freedom, after 1 ' serving 13 years on the charge. The plea churgea that Haller was arrested In Michigan and transported to Fort Wayne, where he was "surrounded by five or six officers, who by threats of violence ami refusing In permit the defendant to sleep, eat or real, extorted j a statement. The plea further charges that in fear of physical violence and seeking lo obtain real after 48 hours , of continuous grilling Haller signed the statement, although he stated at the time ihat he was not ! guilty It was further claimed that Haller's attorney failed lo sub-j poena witnesses, who were to I testify lo his whereabout* at Ihe! lime of the crime and Ihat the attorney who represented him then did mil accede to hla wishes and ask for a trial by Jury. Albert F. Bucher Dies At Van Wert 1 — Albert P. Bucher. 83. grandfather of Mrs. Krnest Duke of thla dty. died Saturday at his home in Van Wert. Ohio. Surviving are a daughter. Mrs. J. H. Orellsch. of Van Wert Ihe granddaughter here and two groat grandchildren, Jimmy and Charna Lee l«ake. Funeral service* will he held at. 2:30 p. m. (KHTI Tuesday at Ihe (Irellaoh residence, with burial In Ihe Woodland cemetery. Decatur Priests Attend Retreat Rev. Father Joseph Selmcti, pastor and Father Alvin, assistant pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church, are attending the annual clergy retreat at Notre Dame university. The retreat will be In progress until Thursday. |

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Wallace Talk* to 4-11 Club IBKjRMiI *■■■■■■■l j .:}• .'f* .. .*'■•■ ** ■■ ** If . yj* ** T j j Delegates In the thirteenth annual encampment of lhe 4-H (Tuba. In Washington, heard an address hy Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wal | lace and later were received at the White House by President Rouse veil. I .est lo right: Us y lord Sladlman. Jeon Rutledge. Secretary Wal-: lace, Winifred Helen Brinkman, and Wallace l,ang. They an- debgates from Wallace's home stale. lowa.

ASSEMBLY ACT TO BE TESTED Act Excluding Municipal Utilities From Taxes To Be Tested Crawfordsville, I ml, June 19.— (U.R> An appeal testing validity of a 1939 law excluding municipallyowned utilitiea from atate and county taxation will be carried to the atate aupreme court, Montgomery county officials aald today. Constitutionality of the art which removed atate and county taxea from the Utilitiea waa upheld In circuit court here by Judge Kdgar A. Klee. Judge Rice iaaued a restraining order to prohibit Montgomery county treasurer K. Grady Chadwick from collecting 1939 taxea on the city’s electric plant. The city had asked for the order. Chadwick was Joined in the case by Anson C. Thomas, a tax-payer and official of the farm bureau federation, and they both aald the rase would be appealed. Judge Rice's ruling affects 304 municipally-owned utility plants In 239 cities and towns. The law permitting the atate and counties to tax municlpallyowned utilities was enacted several years ago and has been the center of many legal battles since then. Attempts were made In each succeeding legislature to have the law repealed and this was finally done by last winter's assembly. I I o—- ■ —■ Tax Relief Measure Is Nearing Passage Washington, June 19—(CPI—The | house today opened a brief, formal debate on the bill to give business tax relief, with passage expected at the end of the three hours. There was virtually no opposition. Members were almost unanimous in support of the measure which rerepealed the undistributed coporata profit tax and removed o,her rev- ! er.ue law provision objected to by business. REV. LUECKE • TO FRIEDHEIM Rev. Walter Luecke Os Texas To Kriedhcim Lutheran Church The Rev. Waller Luecke, of Littlefield, Texas, will be the new pastor at the Pried helm Lutheran church near hero, It was announced Sunday. The Rev. Luecke has accepted the call to the local pastorate and will assume his duties some lime In July, a definite date not having been set as yet. The Rev. Bruno Poch has been serving as pastor at the church, since the resignation of the Rev. W. H. Wernlng. who assumed a pastorate in Youngstown, Ohio. The Rev. Walter Llchstlnn, of Hammond, president of the Central district of Lutheran churches, will appoint an installing pastor this week. , The Rev. Luecke has been given his release by the Texas congregation and will move to the parsonage at Prledhelm soon He Is the son of a former president of Concordia college at Port Wayne and a brother of Martin H. I Luecke, Port Wayne attorney.

Replacing Curbing On Madison Street I A crew under the supervision of Sam Butler, city street commissioner. started work this morning In replacing the curbing on the north 1 side of Madison street fro cl the alley west to Second. The brick* along the gutter are also being lorn up and wilt be levdied off to permit a free flow of f the water inui the sewer manhole at the alley Intersection with Madjl Ison street. The curbing In places 0 .tad crumbled and broken entirely [. away from the sidewalk I'ne. Pour r. workmen, all members of Ihe deli p irtment. started on the work. The s new curbing la expected to be laid n in a short time, r»o- - ■ - ; BRIEF RESPITE i FROM HOT SPELL * I r City Swelters Under Hot i* Sun Again Today Af* i ter Respite Old Sol beat down unmercifully e again today after furnishing the '• > city and community with m tempor1j ary respite Saturday night and Sunr day. I’ Residents here awoke Sunday ' * morning to find cool temperatures * i and a drlxxllng rain that continued until noon. The rain and low temperature for a time threatened to mar the official opening of the municipal ? swimming pool at water works ' park. <* However, when a bright sun an.t ‘‘i fairly warm temperatures arrived, * officials derided upon the open*l tng. A good crowd attended and a 0 number registered and entered ihe I pool. *) This morning at * o'clock the *• Democrat thermometer reglatereJ • 70 degreeu above and rapidly climb- '' ed until at noon the mercury stood y at 83. Temperatures were expceled to soar high this afteruoon unless the weatherman's forecast of »bowers In other sections reached into the I northeast corner of the stats by late afternoon. Few' Truck Owners Have [ Raid Truck Tire Fee tndlanapolls, Ind.. June 19 —(CPI — Prank Plnney, state molar vehicle commissioner. Mid that only f shout 25 percent of (Indiana's truck v owners hsve paid their truck tire ii fee for 1939. The deadline for pay- !• nicnt Is tomorrow night. State police will follow their orl- '* glnal order to arrest truck drivers' 11 who have not paid the fee by Wed-! nosday morning. Plnney said. „ Atlantic Clipper Sets Flight Record * Marseilles, Prance, Juno 19 — (UP)—Pan American Airways' At- * tantlc Clipper completed a "press preview" transatlantic flight today 1 In the record elapsed lime of 42 1 hours and 28 minute*. Actual flying time over the 4,85 - I’ mile course from Port Washington. .. N. Y„ to Aiores, thence to Lisbon, „ Portugal and Marseljles was 29 I hours and 50 minutes. „ It was the fastest trip In 18 (Tip1, per voyages across the Atlantic, both east and west.

Hull Expresses Concern Os United States In Dispute Os Japs And Great Britain

NAVAL INQUIRY IS OPENED IN SUB DISASTER Squalus Commander Ex* presses Praise For Members Os Crew Portsmouth. N. 11.. June 19 — lUJW — (dent. Oliver F. Naquin, commander of the submarine Squalus said before a naval board of Inquiry today Ihat he had "nothing hut praise" for Ihe way all of hla officers and men conducted themselves when Ihe submersible went down In a disaster that cost 28 lives Listed aa "defendant.” the doughty naval officer from Alex andria. La., was permitted to sll wlfh lhe four board meinlx-rs I around an oval table and to Join with them In questioning witnesses. Naquin, laat of S 3 survivors lo escape by- diving bell when the Squalus sank off here lasi month voiced his praise of his men when Ihe president of the hoard asked: "Have yon spy complaint against any of the officers or crew of the ship?" q The first witness was Commander A. I. McKee, planning officer of lhe Portsmouth navy yard. In a telephone con vernal lon from Ihe aunken Squalus lo the submarine Sculpln. on the latter’s arrival for rescue work. Naquin had expressed the opinion lhal the water which flooded hi* vessel entered through the main engine i induction valve. "Would It have been possible." McKee was asked, “for that valve i to have remained open hut to hare shown 'closed' on the hull opent lug Indicating Imard?" “Yea, air,” replied McKee. "It would he possible If the operating gear fulled between the indicator and Ihe valve.” The Investigation Into Ihe dia - ualer was opened to Ihe press. The laiard was commissioned la determine whether: 1. Faulty const run lon was Involved. 2. Court mart tala should be , ordered. Thirty mlnutea after the anrvlv- : ora entered the room, they were dismissed, and officials said they ' probably would mil me recalled to testify before tomorrow. Soon after the Inquiry opened, the submarine Senlpln, a sister ship, returned Iroiu the acene of Squalus salvage operation* off Ihe Islea of Shoals. The Sculpln lied up at Ihe navy yard to lie available should Ihe hoard of Inquiry desire in Inspect Ha construction The Squalus. then the newest of - the navy's underseas fighting craft, sank May 23 In 40 fathom*, south of the Isles of Shoals, with u loss of 28 lives. Only a Vk 4*4*k later Ihe British submarine Thelt* sank off Liverpool wllh 99 men. Thursday lhe French submarine Phenlx carried 71 lo the ocean tail tom off Indo-Chlna, NATHAN VIGRAN NAMED TO POST Local Man Elected Senior Y r ice-C’omniander Os VFW Nathan Vigran. Docatur clothing merchant, was elected senior vice- , commander of the Mate Veterans of Foreign Wars during the election of officer* held Saturday at Bvan*Ulle. The election waa held aa lhe doaj Ing liusinea* In lhe annual slate con- | vent lon of the VFW. Mr. Vigran served as state junior v ice-commander during the past year. Melville Ray. former senior vicecommander of Ihe stale VFW waa , ranted state commander. Ily virtue of this elceilon this yenr. Mr. Vlrran I* slated -for the off'ce How : held by Mr. Ray next year, which Is Ihe top ranking office in the state VFW. The VFW Is composed ext lualvelv of men who rought overseas or in ; hostile water* under the United Stales flag. The 1940 convention of tho organization will be Udd in LaUiyuLle. I

THREE KILLED IN ONE CRASH Unseasonable Heat, Fishing Season Opener Increase Death Toll <By United Pres,| Twelve were dead today frotn Indiana weekend accidents on water, highway and In the air aa nnaeas unable heal combined wllh the opening of the summer Ashing seas- , on lo bring thousand* of lluoslers Into the open. Most tragic accident of the weekend was a collision near Kokomo lale yesterday In which Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mills. 45 and . 43 respectively, and a son, Raymond. 4. were killed and two daughters. Norma Jean. 7. and * t'armen. 4. Injured. Alao Injured in the crash was , (Jeorge Llndley, 22, driver of the car which collided wllh the Mill* machine. Mary l.lndley. lg. Nellie Weaver. 18. and Ben Flvecogt. 17. ( All were from Kokomo. Miss Weaver was in riitlra! conditlou In a Kokomo hospital bul | the others were only slightly In--1 Jared. Slate police were Investigating lhe collision. Mia* Ktaie Grubb. 26. of Bedford died In a hospital al Bedford of Injuries suffered In an automobile wreck near Tunnelton. She was \ standing between she bumpers of a cat driven by her companion.. Jea- , »e Martin of lleltonvllle. and an- , other driven by James Hellenberg i of Bedford, who wns accompanied i by Miss Grubb's sister. Bernice. When llellenberg a car ran out of ' (CONTINUED ON PAOB FIVE) PERFECT RECORD OF ATTENDANCE 22 Os II Pupils In Monriw Township School Make Record Twenty-two of lhe 34 pupils In district No. 9, Monroe township school, had a perfect attendance for Ihe peal school year, figures in ' Ihe offices of C. K. Striker, county ' school superintendent, revealed today. ' Kai-h of the 22 students In the school, taught hy Mlsa Mary 8. - Potta, was given an honor roll award. Mr. Striker stated. Thla record la thought to be one 1 of the uioat unusual In recent 1 years among the rural school*. Another oddity was revealed In the compilation of the annual statistical report of Mr. Striker, aa sent lo ihe slate achool board. It waa revealed that of Ihe 28 *t ml (-tit * in the Prairie achool. Bine Greek township. 22 were boy* and but four were girl*. This fact Is said to lie In direct contradiction to the fact that the number of girls In ihe schools generally predominate. The achool Is taught by Klmer Khraant. The superintendent's report Is expected to lie completed al an early dale, ■-- O 1 Two Men Fined For Public Intoxication Two men were fined In city conr*. ' this morning by Mayor Forrest Kltry on charges of ptUillo Intoxication. Harry McMann waa fined 81 and coats when he pleaded guilty to a charge of pn'illo Intoxication. ' He was arrested Saturday night by | Policeman Hoy Chtlcota following ‘ an altercation on Grant atreet. The other fine, also one of II and coat*, was Imposed on Ira Carpenter hy Mayor Kltey. Carpenter also entered a plea of guilty to a like charge. He had been held in the Adam* county Jail alnce Sa'utday afternoon when arretted lav Police 1 Chief James Border*. —— • —-O 1 '■ -— — , Alleged Kokomo Robber C'aplured r Kokomo, Ind.. June 19—(UP)— i Police chief Clinton Jackson and i sheriff Lew Stewart today were t-nroute to Maine lo return Kay ’ Tolley, 38. lo Kokomo for trial on i chatVea resulting from an SBO boldI up here last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Boancbamp • of Kokomo where held hem In connection with the robbery.

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Secretary Os State Says United States Vitally Concerned In Possible Developments. FOOD SHORTAGE Washington. June 19 — tu.PJ — Secretary of State Cordell Hull Indicated today Ibat he regards Ihe Tientsin situation as involving • broad Iniei national question* in which lhe I'nlled Stale* la vitally concerned. lie said the United Stales waa not riiucerned In the original Incident at Tientsin which brought on the Japanese blockade of tho British and French conreaalona there However, he expressed Ihe 1 concern of the government with “the nature and significance of subsequent developments" and their relation to developments In other parts of China lie said the American government waa "obaervlng with special Interest" the Tientsin affair. Hull made hla statement at a Press conference. It waa lhe Drat official pronouncement he haa made since the Tientsin Incident developed. Hull’s statement appeared to Indicate that this government will resist any Japanese attempt lo . drive a wedge between British ' | and American Interems In the far ’least and Ihua lo deal wllh them > separately, i Ills statement indicated plainly that the Cntled Slates Is closely • watching all developments which I might ultimately threaten foreign I treaty rights and tnterenta In China. [ Officials privately have expressed lhe view for several days that the Tientsin Incident was “a trial balloon” by Japanese authorities to determine how far they could move with safety against foreign rights and interest* generally In ' China In such a move American ! officials consider American rights 1 and Interests Jointly threatened with those of the British. French and other foreign nationals. Hope of Settlement loindon. June I#-<UJ9A-Prims Minister Neville Chamberlain told the house of commons today “It is still hoped a local settlement la possible” In the Tientsin Incident Chamberlain said Ihe general position al Tientsin la not clear. He ataled that Ihe original Japanese demand for the handing over of four suspected Chluese terrorists has been confused by the introduction of larger questions. No formal representation haa beer "eeelved from the Japanese jovernment. CtuiuUriafn declared. He said Ihe British gove.nmeiit bad believed the Japanese government “did not desire to widen the Issues.” "At the same lime," Chamberlain continued, “the British government realizes the effects of the dispute on oilier British Interests and Lord Halifax iforelgn secretary t I* seeing Ihe Japanese ambassador today." Chamberlain said the British government is maintaining the closest contact with France and the United Stale* and the British (CONTINUED DN PAUE TW(I» ' TO FLUSH WATER LINES TONIGHT lines And Hydrants To Be Flushed To Clear Homestead Well Memlier* of ihe city water depart moot stated today that water - lines and hydrants would tie flushi (*d tonight In an effort to dear up i water from the Homestead well. They asked that local rlllsens . cooperate hy drawing drinking , water before 7 o'clock, aa a discoloration will result for some lime following the flushing. The work of flushing Is expanded to start about 7 p. m.. and workmen hope to complete It by 10 o'clock. The discoloration will . last for about six or eight hours . after the fluthlng haa been starti wl r Clearer water la expected to reault from the flushing after th* 1 temporary discoloration haa disappeared, they ataled. The council at preaent la tabu--1 latlng bids for Ihe pttrchaae of a ■ water filter and Iron removal plant for the Homestead waU.