Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1939 — Page 1

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■>TE PLANS Epid ACTION ®n TAX BILL i lw' (;,s|> Ol>l> ° IU ’ Vote . h' ■ : ■' ■ • ■|||B H ..ii •••«"••>« i.>v i..u : . ■ ■! «1.-!>... i..l- »... u. •.1 HHi ' • lllsll III" ■ ' 1 « IS ' yIMM • • .■ ■ i. t • ... 'Uh *' •< m dissenter . ,- u> la 1.. lor.- 111., a. luti. Ln h.to th.- » . tinhat spent several - 'll. groun<l«otk b i and -wfft passage of th. fit.- Art., said to have been tli.it aould prevent .mi general i.-vi a< aid preserve in its that a iiiiiihnuin <>t . > fui th.- president'* approving proposal* to th.- |>ersonal Income tax ».,» understood that lint.- now Sell Itoli.H Pio* Wla. |ei proponent of income ha« r.-tnained silent s. i, li King. D. 1..,|-..||elte amendment to EI> ON PAGK FIVE~ -UIITION OF ACTIONS SEES Deal Seeks Aid Os Wingers, Con- ■ servatives < moving today 'ti left wingers and pro- ■ next y.-.ir'i ; ■• .nd. :i Ihmo. < farther ■H«dni In i st rat lon. P developments follow : to d inclination-. . ‘ . on-..-, v. '■ a-1 tC Ml Koos.oeit "|^B ! >‘' Atlanta. Ga . sje-e. n n. f S»‘> lie CoX. I) Ga c'l.i: b a, lU . n.ti ■ eHi.- rm address last night ot R. Burke. I). Nrf. man.- svet defectk.ua Is to the left wiiik. in in l»3g and helped bring 3BH I( ' «n vi.-tot i. .in*. i n ‘ M »ol.i Wls. o-i-i-i i'i-I ■B ' -ddll'-t officers 11..’. .' 1..-.-.. ||Mk WiK. „n«in pr.iKi.-- --- f"W days. It iipp.'.rs 'hat ||Mlh" lai p’olletle brotlie-s and MB'’ >: 'l''*. .He 1 "" ' 1 ||B , ' < ' I'tttl Will not 1... .he time UM 1 "” 1 l ""' l >' movein.-n' u. Il > H^B* 1 lob and sot iii.t e-o. i H®'"’'- developing bet. IH* 1 " 1 - el.-, lion. Tti.M.- 'a that Where the 1.-lt wing ON PAGE TWO) |Hmperature readings ■Bocrat thermometer ?n 200p in 7* 71 3 oo pm ?t K wt * THER l|Bj , '* r * lly f,ir tOflght and ■ dn * , d»y except po.sibiy iO- - nder,hower » I" extreme ■s’*’" POrt ' on thi * " n,r or tonight, «om*what P^B ftler Wednesday.

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Loral Rotarians < Attend Convention I W. dUf Brown president ol l(w ur •*«» «■:•* «>d Walter O«rd past president, are attending the Rmarv International convention •t (Teveland. Ohio this week. Mr,, brown, the local dub * otttcial dele, gate, left Sunday afternoon. Mr. Gard left .Monday nignt and ' will attend a meeting this at-ernoon ' of the railroad transportation group, of which he I* vice-chairman of RoUtry International. PLAN CUNNING SHOW AT FAIB All W omen Os County Eligible To Compete In I Canning Exhibit The Decatur Free Street Fair' •nd Agricultural Show is opening Its door* to all women of the county thia year for the first time Thia special exhibit Is, "an adequate canning program for your! family for one year." In order that the women of the county may •II participate, a list of the entry rules follows so that plans can now be made for the exhibit: 1. Any home-maker living in the county is eligible to enter. 1 Every woman entering must submit one Jar of every food which she considers necessary for het family to have during the year. 1. The foods submitted must be only those canned in 1W». 4. All food* must be canned In glass quart jars except peas, green beans, corn, or tomatoes which may be. submitted In pints. 5 Jellies. Jams, preserves snd butters may be submitted In sny site glass Jar. 4. Practical pack, rather than fancy pack, should be used. 7. Jellies. Jams, preserves and butters will be opened for Judging. The other foods will be Judged unopened 8 The Judging will take place before the fair and exhibited at the fair 9. One Jar must have a label telling how many there are tn the family and how many Jars of canned food have been put e? for the family for that year. This may be pasted on the Jar. 10. All Jara must have a label telling how many of that food have been canned in 1P39 for use In the OMBiR* vear. If. Judging wilt be baited <hi variety of food, amount for the family, apiiearance, color, uni- 1 saw—— ii s**ii in** i wta*—— mi n mum ■■ i t (CONTIMURI) ON PAOO EIV®) O— * ■ Veedersburg Woman Is Suicide Victim Veedersburg. Ind.. June JU —(UP) — Coroner Wisher Myers today continued an investigation into the death of Mrs. Claradean F-iglemsn, 25. and Indicated that a verdict yf* suicide probably would be returned. Her body was discovered at the home of her mother Mrs. Grace Mil- i i«r. clerkdreasurer of Veedersburg. It was indicated that sho died as result of poison. o | Rules Indiana May Appoint Receiver South Rend. Ind.. June W—(UP) —The Indiana gross Income tax division can appoint a receiver for the South Rend wholesale r.sh Co. 1 Inc., delinquent In iiaytnen of tfco| Gross incusne levy, according to a ruling -by circuit Judge Dsn Pyle. He granted a petition by the income tax division alleging that the company had failed to pay taxes totaling *574 75. 1 111 O’"" """""" MART COOK TO GIVE PROGRAM Brother Os Decatur Woman To Give Program At Lions Club Tonight Mart Cook, widely heralded Los; ( Angeles singer and violinist, will , present a musical program at the | meeting of the Decatur Lions club tonight at the Rice hotel. | Cook, a former member of the ( violin section of the Chicago . symphony irchestra. Is slso noted for his musical direction. . He has directed the mush In several Hollywood movie prodttctlons. Including the more famous ] "Young Mr. Lincoln." He has had several years experience with RKO pictures in Hollywood and Is acclaimed one ot the finest singers on 'he west Mr. Cook Is a brother of Mrs Homer J. Aapy. of this city. The Rev. Aspy will be in charge of the < program tonight.

GERMANTROOPS IN MANEUVERS ON EAST FRONT Nazi Eastern Fortifications Being Increased Rapidly Rerlln. June 20 <u.R) —Germany has started large-acale troop maneuvers throughout the country and was reliably reported today to be feverishly pushing Its eastern fort if Icat lona along the Polish frontier. The troops will be on the move ihroughout the country during the summer and the army will have lieen brought to an approximate total of 1.500,000 at the climax In September The number of workers on the eastern fortifications were prac tlcally doubled recently by the drafting of new large numbers of builders, military engineers and labor front workers. Well-informed Natl sources expressed the view that two speeches made by propaganda minister Paul Joseph Goebbels at Denxig during the week marked the beginning of a new offensive ‘ for a settlement with Poland These sources believed the climax will come sooner than expected Although it was officially denied that there are any new troop con 'entrations on the Polish frontier. It was understood Fuehrer Adolf Hitler at Obersalxberg and government officials in Rerlln are devoting most of their attention to German Polish relations Particular emphasis was being laid on the German minority In Poland and recent German-Pollah retaliatory measures against one soother's nationals Germans denied that the maneuvers were adjusted to any political time table. Observers recalled, however, that last year's maneuvers. whether by chance or otherwise, had brought the army to peak strength Just at the most critical point of the Cxechoslovak (CONTINUED ON PAOIff FIVE)" NOTED WELFARE WORKER DEAD Dr. Grace Abbott, Famed For Welfare Work, Dies In Chicago Chicago. June 2® — (U.PJ — Dr. Grace Abbott, 40. noted welfare worker. University of Chicago professor and chief of the United Rtales children's bureau for 14 years, died last night at Hillings memorial hospital. She had been ill for several weeks from anemia She waa known particularly for her welfare work among women •nd children She waa a pioneer for child labor legislation .served on numerous government commie- ' dona, and had la-en chosen in a nation-wide pool as one of the twelve most distinguished women In America Miss Abbott was lairn at Grand Island. Neb.. Nov. 17, 1878, and within ten years after graduating from college waa directing the Immigrants' Protective league at Chicago. When congress enacted . a child labor law In 1818. President Wilson appointed her Its administrator. Later the law waa declared unconstitutional and the position was abolished President Harding appointed her chief of the children's bureau In 1921. a position she held under four presidents until she resigned In 1924 to Join her sister. Dr Edith Abbott, at the University of Chicago school of social service administration ■— ■ 0 Illi——uaa—a Indiana Farmer Is Fatally Gored Danville, Ind. June 2V--(UP)—■ Myron Hadley. 31, waa gored to deaUt by a bull early today on bls farm home near Hadley, a small vll. lage southwest of here. There were no witnesses to the tragedy but his trampled and mangled body was found in the field. A .’ersy bull graxed nearby. Hadley was single and lived with his mother. Mrs. Luther Hadley. 0 - — Dr. Rufus Von Gunten On Berne School Board Dr. Rufus Von Gunten was named to the Berne school board last night at the meeting of the Berne town board. Dr. Von Gunten succeeds Chris Btengei He Is a brother of John Von Gunten, of Decatur,

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Says Spanish-American I War "Most Important” I Members of the local encampment of the Spanish-American War veterans pointed with prilc today io an item In the National Trßiune veteraua' publication In which Damon Runyon declares that the Span- - lah-American War waa the most im ' portant one since 1774. In his nrtlcle Runyon widely known writer, cites the acquisition us Cuba. Guasn. Puerto Rico and the . tcrltorles gained by the United States snd explains their Importance to the nation. Runyon berates the purposes of the World War and asya that the Spanish conflict was far more important. Local vete.-ana have received copiea ot the paper and are saving the story to corroborate their •esertions in accordance with Runyen's beliefs. MORE RAINFALL SEEN IN STATE Damaxe Caused By Winds. Lightning In Parts Os Indiana I ! (Ry United Press! Summer weather played one of its favorite tricks on Indiana yesterday and today aa Hoosiers were i forced to slop hunting relief from the sweltering heat and duck for cover froas heavy thundershowers II High wind accompanied heavy rain In the southwestern corner of ' the state late yesterday ripping up i trees, smashing windows and crippling utilities. At Vincennes one man was ini Jured when the pressure of the i wind smsshed one side of a glass ' enclosed room at the Rlackford Window Glass company. Other - workers at the plant were forced I to leave the building A newspaper carrier had a bar-' - rowing experience when he waa * tiapped beneath a falling tree, but i by a strange freak of the wind he [ was only slightly injured. The r bicycle was demolished. Farmers in the storm area reported cor.aidersble damage to rtpenhig grain cropa. From South Bend, at tho other 'end of the state, came a report that three 14-year-old girls were i injured when lightning struck a shed In which they took shelter I from the rain. They were In the hospital with second degree burns I There too. the wind knocked out ’ * windows sud roads w<-re blot ked by fallen trees. Heaviest precipitation for the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE>~ "0 ■ — ■ Junior C. C. Plans For Summer Picnic ■ I — 1 The Decatur Junior Chamber of 1 Commerce made tentative plans i 1 for a summer picnic, possibly at 1 one of the lakes, at a meeting held Monday night at the city hall. Don Waite waa uatned chairman of the 1 picnic committee. r The club, at the request of sev--1 era I merchants, decided to Issue a questionnaire to determine 1 whether or not a general city-wide ' sale day early In July would be 1 desirable. Thia would be held only If a majority of the business houses I ; favored it. I GIRLS BAND TO PLAY CONCERT : — Weekly Band Concert To Be l*reßented Here This Evening II Decatur's weekly band concert r will be presented at 8 o'clock to- , ‘ night on the ramp at the south •Ide of the court house, with the , Decatur glrla' band playing. Albert Sellemeyer. band director, today announced the following pro I gram for tonight's concert: “Our Director.' march, by Blge.'low. * "Home on the Range." cowboy i song. .1 "Country Gardena." old English : dance. J "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen," featuring baritone and bell lyre. Miao Honors Schmitt ' and Mlaa Irene Brooks. "Father of Victory." march. 1 Ganne. "Mexlcana." themss from Mexico. Yoder. "Humoreako." Dvorak "Nola.” saxophone solo with sccordlan accompaniment. Miso Alice Yost and Mlns Marjorie Miller. •'Carman.” march. Blset. "Glpslana.” themes from Hun ' gary. Yoder. "Triumphal March" from "Aida," by Verdi "Star Spangled Banner."

FORMED JUDGE MANTON GIVEN TWO-YEAR TERM Former Federal Judge Given Maximum Term For Selling Decisions New York. June 20 — <UP) — Martin T. Manton argued the most Important caae of hla career In federal court today and loat. Judge W Calvin ('heatnut. deny-' Ing the convicted Jurist's plea for a new trial, aentenced him Io serve two years In prison and pay a 410.000 fine for selling decisions of the second U. 8 court of appeals The 59-year-old Manton. erect and defiant, received the maximum sentence in a court room where be had often presided aa Senior Judge of the appeals court, a position second only to that of Justlcea of the United States supreme court Judge Chestnut, after hearing ' more than two hours of argument, passed sentence on the white-hair-ed former Juriat. convicted last June 3 of accepting bribea and loans totaling 8700.000 from litigants in hla court, with the remark that the penalty "seems inadequate " "All public offices," Judge Chestnut said, "are public trusts, but the Judicial office is even more— It Is sacred." He said that Judge Manton was a person whose “great personal fortune" influenced his conduct When it waa Jeopardised during the depression years, the judgsaid. Manton attempted to save It by using the “power and influence of his great position to obtain money " o - - Decatur l-H Classes Will Meet Thursday All 4-H chases of Decatur are ask cd to report at the new Decatur high school Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock for a <ombiiM-d meeting Mho Mildred Worthman announced today. HEARING DATES SET BY BOARD Board Os Review Sets Dates For Hearing Assessment Objections Dates for hearing objections to tho valuations of personal property for taxation from the various taxing units of the county were set by the hoard of review Monday. Thursday. June 23. the board will hear comphints from Union, Root. I’reble. Kirkland. Waahingtou aud St. Mary a township*. Friday, the following day. the board will hear tboae from Blue < reek. Monroe. French, Hartford. Wabash and Jefferson townships Monday. June 24. complaints will be heard from residents of the towns of Herne. Geneva and Monroe. The next day. Tuesday, has been set aside by the board to heat objections of residents of the city of De--1 catur. The board will be In session at the county commissioners' office In the courthouse on those days from 1 8:M a. m. until 4 p. m. to Lear the icsnphlnta. Persons desirous of presenting complaints to the board or discuss their assessments are aaxed to call only on the time set aside for their respective unit. ■ a 1 , "■■■ — Sentenced To Life On Murder Charge Indhnspolls, Ind., June JO— (UP! — Raymond Duvall. 31. today pleaded guilty to the murder of t'layton I'otta. a foundry executive, during an attempted payroll robbr-y here over two years ago and waa sentenced to life Imprhotwnmt by criminal Judge Dewey K. Myers. ■ 1 o First Degree Murder Is Charged To Mother Freamont. Ohio, June 20— »UP)— Autorltlea expected today to arraign Mrs. Velma Fink, pert 23-year-oM divorcee who "liked to go out" on first degree murder charges In the death of her 10-wMko-old baby, lialdon Fink. County prosecutor A. L. Hyser drew the murder charge yesterday. , Conviction In Ohio without recommendation of mercy carries a mandatory sentence of death In the i electric chair.

United To Japanese Authorities Over Bombing Property In China

COMMANDER OF I SQU ALUS TELLS OF LAST DIVE Lieut. Naquin Describes Last Dive Os Sunken ( Submarine Portsmouth. N. H.. June 20 — ‘ <U.R> The last dive of the siibma- . rine Squalua. from which 24 of It* t crew never relumed, was described today by Its commanding offi- 1 . cer before a naval court of Inquiry • Not until the submarine had ’ reached Its required 50 foot depth ’ did he notice anything wrong, i Lieut. Oliver F. Naquin, stocky, i . middle aged commander of the illfated submarine testified "Everything wae perfectly nor mal until then," he said. “I even had time to comment on that fact Then we felt pressure in our ears and received reports from aft.” The court did not press at this ' I point for any explanation of what messages might have been received from the after compartments. 1 which at that time probably were 1 flooding It waa shortly afterward that 1 the submarine sank to the bottom —4O fathoms down—off the Isles ot Shoals That was May 23. Later Naquin and 32 other officers and crew i • memliers were rem ued from the • dry forward compartments The fatal dive wae the 19th teat sule merolon. Naquin testified L Detailing the opr tat ions aboard the Kqualus. he continued: "This dive was made with the' ; four main engines. The procedure In submerging the Squalus was ’ essentially thia: “I would pass word from the ■ bridge As this word waa received I by the man below in the control | room, it waa relayed to the crew 1 I at their stations "The boat waa rigged by men assigned to the various cumiuirtmrnta. on completion of the rigging. It waa reported by telephone to the control room. Th«< diving officer was parihularly charged ■ with supervising the rigging of the 1 control from the control room, and ' would check off the various <>!*•« r* I lationa on a checkoff board " "In addition, the chief of the boat mad*- a p«-r»oiial Inspection of the boat in company of two j tCONTINUKD ON PAGE FIVE) - —- I nemploycd Register Wednesday Mornings Registration each Wod-I nesday morning at the cltv hall for , all employed persons. It was an- ' aounced today. Each person assigned to a job cn WPA or PWA such as road cor.st ruction, must be registered it was < stated. Eighteen men were assumed to slate road 324 today, it waa an , 1 t.ounced. i — FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Bertha V. Merriman i Dies At Mendon, Michigan Mrs. Bertha V. Merriman died at M'-ndon. Michigan. .Monday evening tollowing an operalion for the y». niuval of her appendix. Rhe had also’ been suffering for some time wltu sugar diabetes. Mrs. Merriman for- , merly resided in Decatur snd was i> slater of R, A. Irclan of 32b North Third street. Mrs. Lem Sipe of I'erne and Mrs. Addle Ripe of near Willshire, Ohio, were alao elater* . of the decee*ed. Mr*. Merriman was born In Mercer county. Ohio, a daughter of John H. and Mary A. irrlan. Surviving arc nine children and nine grandcnlldren. three brotherr and three sisters. Two sisters and her parents pi eceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at' ilk- Pleasant Hill church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Tho ' church Is located five mile* south and one and one-half ml.oi west of Bronson. Michigan. Mr. Irelan. Mrs. Icm B;pe and Mrs. Addle Sipe returned from Men[don this r.orniug.

HEAR ARGUMENT IN LIEN SUIT Closing Arguments To Be Heard This Afternoon In Suit Closing arguments in (he foreclosure of mechanic's lien suit filed by Carl Archer and Sam Roebuck against Frederick and Helen A. Amos, all of near Pleasant Milts were to he heard Ute this aftertioon. Calling of witnesses was concluded shortly before the n<on hour aud the esse was recessed until 3:30 o'clock thU afternoon. Judge John F. Decker ot Bluffton is presiding a* special Judge in th* suit, heard by the court. The plaintiff* are suing for 829.80 for painting allegedly done on a barn, located on the Amo* farm near Pleasant Mill*. John L. De Vos* is representing the defendant* and D.'Rurdette Caster the plaintiff* Defense witnesses included: Elias Sudduth, local painter; Peter Erwin, tenant on the farm. Charles Troutner, a neigh-' bor, and Amos, the defendant. Plaintiffs' wUne-sea were: the plaintiffs. Roebuck and, Archer. Mrs. Archer. Samuel E Haggard I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ■' O ■ Attorneys Argue On Will Case Here Today Arguments by attorneys were continued this afternoon before John F. Decker, a* special judge, In the partition suit of Casper Miller and others. W. H. Elchuorn and Henry B. Heller are plaintiff's coun-< sei Arthur K Voglewede sad Nath- 1 s* C. Nelson are attorneys tor the defendants WOUNDED MAN IS RELEASED — George Geisler, Wounded I-ast December, Dismissed From Hospital George Geisler, aged Willshire resident, who was mysteriously •hot twice through the back of the head last December by an unknown asaallant. waa dismissed Monday front the Adatn* county memorial hospital and returned to hi* home. Geisler, who I* 69 year* old. amaxed physician* and hospital attaches by recovering from the wounds Inflicted by the aasallant'a bullet* ns he sat In the summer kitchen of his rural home un December 22 For almost two full days he lay on the floor of the summer kitchen. partially paralysed and Buffering from hunger and cold. Then on December 24. through the cnrioualty of a mailman who noticed that Geisler had not been calling at th* box for hl* mall, he was found and brought to the local hoapltal. Examination dlscloaed that he had been shot through both th* left aide of the head and the right side, the first shot spinning him around to permit entrance of the second bullet on the opposite side. Van Wert county. Ohio authorities opened Investigation Into the shooting, but to date hsve not reported tangible evidence aa to the Identity of the person or persona ' who fired the ahota. —i.iO Muncie Youth Drowns In Wisconsin 1-ake Munce. Ind.. June 2»—(UP)—The body of James Morgan. 18 year-old But ria high achool baaketball player who drowned In latke Chetac near Edgewater, Wia„ will be returned her* today tor burial. .Morgan fell from a boat In which h - was riding with hie father, Clarence Morgan, Park Gllllapie, and James Secrlst. a acnoolnist*. o Fort Wayne Painter Is Killed In Fall Fort Wayne, Ind.. June 20—(UP) | —Frederick C. Snlge. 87, a painter, fell to hla death lat* yaaterday from a ladder while painting the aocoud i story ot a realdenca hero.

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Continued Aerial Bombing Protested; Tension On Blockade Os Tientsin Is Growing. FOOD PRICES UP Washington, June 20 — (UR) — Secretary of State Cordell Hull today announced that the United States had made i cpreaentatiOM to the Japanese foreign office over continued aerial bombing of American property In China by Japanese military forces. Hull said the representation* were mad* by Eugene Dooman. American charge d' affaires at Tokyo, under Instruction from th* | state department. Dooman also diecuaeed with the foreign office some aspect* of the situation at the International settlement at Amoy where a Japan- ‘ eae blockade la in effect. There was no Indication here that Dooman discussed the Tlentatn situation during bi* call. Thu* the United State* threw it* weigh? into the tar eastern situation despite Japanese efforts ;to iaolate Great Britain in the j Initial stage ot its campaign to | exert domination over foreign ' area*. The American action waa not ,-onnected directly with the Japanese blockade ot the British aud French concession* at Tientsin. Thia is. at ieaat on the surface, directed solely against Britain. However, the firm attitude ehlch the United State waa under- . stood to have taken in It* communications was expected to have Important bearing on the entire tar east situation. The Japanese blockade of Tientsin was regarded as only the first move in a considered campaign Ito obtain control ot all foreign area* In China. The blockade of Kulangsu started immediately after that at Tientsin, aud It affects all foreign residents equally. Tension Mount* Tientsin. June 20 — (UJ9 — The British warship Sandwich arrived i today aa tension mounted over the i stringent Japanese blockade ot I the British concession, the mounting scarcity and price ot food, and the contemptuous treatment ot Britons by Japanese troops. In the latest incident, five British youths were stripped tor the amusemeiii of a Chinese crowd, British sources said. The Sandwich arrived to Join the Lowestoft, already off the Tientsin Hund Both are escort ships. Food prices Jumped in some caars as much as 9<M) per cent. Vegetables, eggs, butter, ice and milk were especially scarce. In the hope of appeasing the Japanese the British were deporting suspected anti-Japanese terrorists. who have been In refuge In the concession, to Hong Kong. The British also formed a radio committee to calm the settlement population and ease the tension. Shipping firms in Hong Kone were Instructed not to sell tickets to women and children for Tientsin. Passage for men is available provided they have a valid reason for coming here. Th« incident of the stripping ot the five young Britons caused In(CONTINUED ON*PAGK FIVE) REV. STEWART NAMED PASTOR Rev. John M. Stewart Temporary Pastor At Pleasant Mills The Rev. John M Stewart, of Fort Wayne, has been named temporary pastor at (be Pleasant Mills Methodist church, to fill the vacancy created by the death of tho , Rev Alva Barr. The Rev. Stewart was a brother of the late William Stewart, former Decatur maldent. Rev. Stewart la a native of ' Wrott. Ohio He was born and 1 reared there. He will assume the . Pleasant Mills pastorate until a I permanent pastor I* named to the church thia fall. The Rev Stewart will preach 1 hl* first sermon next Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock at th* 1 Pleasant Mills church. The Rev. Barr wae accidentally 1 killed June 4 when struck by an I auto driven by Lawrence Wick, of Fort Wayne.