Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1939 — Page 5

IWNSENDITES ■LOSE MEETING ■in On ‘TurKiniT ( on-K-ssincn Opposed To Pension Plan June ?«.—<UP) senata judiciary com today approved. 10 to 6. --U tubonal amendmrnt by advocate* of the pennon plan. by Sen Chariot ■J Andrews. D. Florida, the provide* that con mall have the power to ta»ea for old age assist u ..ha, June ’is flj.R) „n purging'' every con oppoS. d tn the Town old ape |>. « Olillditl the touilh ■ ■ lot ih. Il homes to'l.i) M|.! . .Io .-ling and hallliiK |i E Townsend an th« li mi’ll he winhen i<> In .i. ■ -'. 'ii that pledged ih. in <.nly congressional mndi - i<-cted by Dr Townsend :.- H -nces with othri idn :h. pension organisation lutlon gave In i,,» ii nil dictatorial pow, r« M>>h candidate* ahull -h- million and a halt i..-. . old age pension oig.tiuza to have. convention action: !>■ . m tui in ihi: d| , -I I'll 'he T..a pi,,, age pensions tm th' I• I" elections unless one ot platform plank ai Un

■Shot in Fifth Avenue Holdup I ITWHE ’<«!*• » ■ ari v s ~4kJj L j John Collins, wounded by holdup man. grimaces in pain as he totally aaid a young woman bystander was wounded n the Fifth Avenue holdup battle. Second thug, known as "1 w ■ X Jinks," escaped with f»7B payroll.

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i ■■••'mat conventions. Lr? c 1 ’tI"""” •'’•‘•“"n «t Rob. Id the 7' a*”” 1, •"« t.’ih h f ‘ ,un<l * r ”» succeed his Pr^,<,e '" *'"» Issder of i‘ h pension orannitstlon it I*"' reason hl TIIU ■Ma to serve in such capacity “ I I. Taxation of al | month on every Townsend elm, hl , , the nation to finance "trail blaiat i i »» In congressional district. l ; where representative vul ,. (| , !“ , " ln "’ ,h L T,,w " w -nd hill when It tVm” "" I House of rvpi e.ematfves , -d the deieantes an opportunity to i 'mX » h u'' '"“•"'’di sup Ha whit Plan and' I its white-haired aging leader from I a Mutts 1 I* ?*> * ho "»-'’ and Shoutedas Dr. Townsend and organisation i and representative., h . -e^rw | ' ■"* °‘ h ‘ r " ” rß ‘* d l J“ r Man. congratulated them on -their support „f lh( . dram, and described the political future of their organisation. REV. WEBER TO , fCOMTiXUED »'Ki>M PAGE oNg) '»nd served in that capsct ty until his gradtMtlou from fr.nebrake Seminary In 1933. The original plan! , was for btan to continue as associate , i ung people's director but tire iniI indai depression made II uecesaary i to abandon the office. The pastor was assigned to tho Rich Valley charge near Wabash/ i where he served five years, moving to Decatur two years ago. De has been acting as young peoples dir•ctor for the St. Joseph couferenc.i' during that time. For the p&at five, years he has served on the execu-i live committee of the pastor's section of the International council ot religions education, and has been active in camp work and youth

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, JUNE 2G, W 39.

ANTI-TANK BUN IS PERFECTED I nited States Perfects <«un Capable Os Crippling Enemy Tanks Wa.hingtim, June 3d. — tu.Pl — I I The t nited gtates ha. perfected ' ,»n anti tank gun capable of nrlug i I i 3T milhmetvr shell which would I 1 •Tipple heavily armored lank, at I a distance of nearly I wot bird, ot i a mile, it was learned today The gun was dascribad in an I ordnance amde made public over 11 he week end. It was written by : i.ieul. CoL U. ,M. ilurues. a leading , ordnance engineer, who said a proJ> < tile from the new 900 pound field ' piece will penetrate Jig inches of! the best armor plate at a distance , : of i.ooo yards, and thicker armor ( at shorter ranges. 'lt se>-ms to be a rule of war-! tare," liarnes said, "that as soon I as au effectHhm weapon Is added i to the panoply of war, a counter ! Weapon Is brought Into use to render th® new Instrument less effective." ' He cited tho battleship-subma-rine. suhmarim -depth Iwmib, and | .ilrplnne anti-aircraft guns. The new weapon, which will be I furnishod the army In large numbers under President Koovelt'S huge rearmament program, has a ; ’•pllt tall type carriage providing wider traverse of the gun so that a broad sector can be swept with Bre without shifting the position of the mount, according to the article. • >nly yesterday development of another gun, a 153-milllmeter piece, was disclosed hy the army ordinance dviwriment. This weapon is capable of hurling huge prop-ctilea . IS miles and is regarded as Important in seeking out and destroying nerve centers of an ati tacking army. JAPS ANNOUNCE I , <C<»NTINI'Kn FROM PAGE ONE) residents ot Swatow. however, I Were exempted from the bliH'k.’de. Two Itriiish ships arrivsd at the I port this morning bin were pre- | vented by the Japanese from loin ' munhatitig with the shore. The | captains of the two vessels were I notified by the Japanese of the' prohibition on transit between the | ships and the wharves. The Vess,-), sailed at I p. m l without landing either passengers| or cargo Exaggerations Tientsin. June 2g <U.RJ Japan. I assuming the d<n|omatic offensive, asserted today that Britons were exaggerating indignities to Heltons I in the blockade of the Uritlsh concession and said that responsihll-1 Ity for the consequences lay with 1 Great Britain. The statement was made In a j . work throughout this section of tho' j country. For the past yea., Kev.l Weber has been president of the ' Adams county ministerial associatk n. I

Stork Doublecrossed Him! ' "M - t-wx Ji ■- * ' 1 ■ Sydney Fortel. hl. wife and child For many months, Sydney Fortel of Newark, N. J., has been telllne M. at u h iJ h ” *M heOry ? P r *°*' ehT ’ tr ‘*' l «’ Os sex wd frwiy predicted his wife would rive birth to a eon He even Jh rt er d w , rong l or •** «<"* douNecrosse.! hTm for the birth came three days late and it was a girl. Fortel his wife and their new baby girl are pictured in a Newark hospital

formal protest liy Shlgenorl Tas-t' hlro. Japanese consul general, to 1 British consul general Edgar G. Jamieson. ( Tashlro said that not only were i Britons exaggerating incidents here but were assuming an "arrogant" attitude purposely to cause trouble. He mentioned specifically as one "exaggerated, distorted and 1 fabricated" incident the statement ' "about indignity suffered by a 1 British lady and an insult offered to a British subject.'* This was assumed to concern 1 the stripping Saturday by a Chinese woman, in the presence of a Japanese sentry, of Mrs 11. Finlay. German born British subject. It was asserted that .Mrs Finlay , was stripped until she wore only a girdle and that at the same time 1 her husliaiid. a native of Glasgow, ' was stripped naked in an outer mint In the presence of Chinese and foreigners of laith sexes. Hope for Settlement London. June 26 <U.R? Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told I the house of commons today that ' Great Britain is keeping "in mind" | proposals for • conomic reprisals I I against Japan but that at present i: i he had "some reason to hope" for 1i I a satisfactory settlement of the l ' ! Tientsin blockade. The prime minister's statement | . regarding the possibility of eco- >' nomlc action was made in re-j ‘spouse to a conservative tpiestion whether it would not hr- worth while to threaten immediate «ir nomlc reprisals against Japan. "We have all of these considerations In mind and I hope that the honorable mcmls-r will exercise as much patience an ho can," Chamberlain replied to Wardlaw Milne, conservative. Previously, Chamberlain said that there was some reason to hope for a settlement as a result o.' th'- conversations of Sir Robert Craigle, the British ambassador to Tokyo, with the Japanese foreign : office. "While Insisting that ill treatment of British nationals by Jap iiuene soldiers must cease. I do not wish to nay anything which would 1 prejudice prospects for a satli factory Issue of the conversations

Victim of School Food Poisoning Tok /I I pl£ ll■ t L ft J ™ J ___iiV. f I irtu, “"* ”' ziWi %jL mK ; - i J ' IH New York authoritiea arc inv s.tig.tfng the food polwming of nearly 400 Staten bland school children, to whom free lunches were served in a doten communities. This nauseated voungt’er is treated in hospital where the stricken children were rushed by ambulances, police r.dio cars and pnvats automobiles.

with the Japanese government," Chamberlain said of the dlsput at \ Tientsin. “1 hope that the Japanese government at Tokyo will be able to restrain Its representatives at Tientsin. ’’ Clock Kills Alligator Ashland. Wis. 'U.PJ John C. Chapple lost his pet alligator tn a strange way An alarm dock slipped from his hands while he was winding It and struck the al. Ilgator in the middle. Both stopp-' **d going. Acadia To Be Restored laiwer Granville, N. C.— <UR) - ' The first settlement founded in old Acadia, a village which grew in connection with establishment of , I’ort Koya I by Champlain, the French explorer and soldier, is to I lie restored. An archaeological survey of the site is being made. O Nature at School Doorstep Toledo. O. (U.R) - Nature study taught naturally is the example Stevens school is setting. The school has a pond in the rear of the building for pupils to observe simple marine life In its natural habitat The pond has many box turtles and wild ducks. Girl Students Score Hartford. Conn <U.R> The male ego suffered a seven* setback when announcement was made that girls captured the highest awards thia year In the city’s two high Schools. - Ferdinand Goes To Show Salt laike City <(JP> Ferdinand was the first entry for the intermountain junior fat livestock show to lie held here in June. Ferdin-' and is owned by Grant Bleaxard of Tooele, I'tah. ~® Barrel Rolled Across Canada Halifax. N. S 'U.R) Burliest Heard, ah Ontario youth, has just 1 completed a S.STH-mlli' trek from coast to coast rolling a barrel. Heard set nut from Vancouver on June I. IMS.

NATIONAL DEBT FORTY BILLION Fiscal Year Ending This Week To Show Huge Deficit Washington, June 34 — <u.R) — Treasury statlatlclans prepared today to close the books on the 1939 Decs I year which will end this week with a record of unmatched peace time governmelt spending The treasury will report the second largest new deal deficit and a national debt of more than *44.0M,4b0,ggt Hut federal- revenue has proved larger than I‘reaidrnt ftoosevelt expected and secretary ot treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. ends the finial period with a 43.304.0u0.n0u working balance In the cash draw The fiscal year covering the hat six months of 193tt and the ttret six of 1939 ends at midnight. June 30. There has been a treasury deficit every year since 1931 and another la inevitable in the 1940 fiscal year beginning July I. When that fiscal period ends one year from now the accumulated HooverRoosevelt deficit for running the government during unprecedented depression will aggregate approximately 92i.000.000.000 This year's deficit reverse, a two year trend From the fiscal

Deficit

! I Hug All Things Being Equal, I There Usually Is A I Deciding Factor. I II JPOR EXAMPLE, two boys graduating 1 from high school or college fill out ' application forms for a position with an established firm. As the employer closely | examines the relative qualifications of the two lads, he sees that “all things seem Si equal" until he reaches the question “Pre- II / viou * experience?" Here the one boy II .- writes “None” ... the other one has writIt/fVk/Ebl ,en N ew *P a P er Carrier Salesman. J 11 Pf- years.” / Ui A ' .uSJiA Employers, naturally, are in business for / \ [A / \ ADVANTAGES, so there can be no /\JRf question about the decision in this case. wi,h thc ADVANTAGE, the *'ho made excellent use of his spare A , ‘ me IO Rain “ P rKl ' c> l profitable basic ' business experience now cashes tn on his "Vl»i investment. I t fen *"* gratification can be I • enjoyed by parents who advise and encourage their boys to begin preparing at an ea riy 4 R C f° r 'hf rigors of this ever HOT f increasingly competitive business world. There’s no Use kidding ourselves . . . it’s | W W 1 \ ’*' r * urv ' va l *^ e finest. It doesn’t help f ■ J . I you to envy a man who is successful, en- ■ > ! j°y ,n ß a g°°<f income and all the comforts ■M I good incomes afford. Don’t say, “He’s ■A | just lucky” or "He got the breaks" . . . J?? I chances are he was smart enough or indusB J Wl. I trious enough to create “the breaks." I THE 4MKMC4N NFJr sr4PFR ROY is Irtying thr very fniiiuhition . m|. for o mcffu/ul business or prosessional earner . . . he's creating thc ) | "breaks" so that it hrn thc time comes I | to be judgi'd on the basis of "all things I g being he will have that extra II Pl.llS-advantagc to fill in that space ; | "Previous Experience." ? | Decatur Daily Democrat “Your Home Paper” , » II

year 1931 when the treasury went into the rod tor through the fiscal year I93fi treat ury deficit rose test The 19M figure was 14 JM,840.000 It dropped to 13.040.000.000 ths following year and to |1.3>4.01>0.i)00 for the fiscal year which ended a year ago. Tho present upward movement awa effected by the 1937-3 X depression which hit Anter lean business the moat sudden blow in our economic history, Sorority Errs on Fisdgs East leinalng. Mich. <U.R> - it wasn t that Michigan Hlale Col lege sororities Stooped to pledging men .it was that they just made x mistake The story probably never would have appeared If the reetpt ent of the Chi Omega Invitation to a tea hadn't been "Oartc,” colon n Ist for the coilmre paper "UsHc." a Junior, accepted and attend'd the tea First Wife To Be Fourth San Francisco -ij.pj Wb<n ! James Byron Rodeo filed a declaratlon of his Intention to marry as his fourth wife his first wife, the marriage clerk here looked a trifle nonplussed However, a re- • oustruction of Rodens marital Iwckground revealed no obntaclo — 1 — ■ • ii Dinner Down the Chimney Rast Haddam. Conn. <UJ» George N. Ph<*ips' Sunday dinner flew down the chimney of his home Aroused from his slumbers. I’tielp. found a duck h.’d flown into the chimney, escaped a roasting In the fireplace and had taken

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refuge on the frame of an oil paliiiltMt Mrs. Phelps attended to the details — Bstch Books Collected Cleveland, O. <UJ» — Anna Reany has sept more than 1.300 book matches to boys at the Soldiers' and Sailors' orphanage, at Xenia. Ohio, to aid them In their collection which now totals morn ■ hail 4.000 va riot tea ■ I'" 0 iixi I, Giant Calf Born Twin Falls Ida *UJ>> A .cord breaking calf, wMghfng iH pounds was Imrn here Dr K T. Powell. Idaho veterinarian, said the normal weight a calf at birth la 7<> pounds and the heaviest he had heard of previously welgbud 104 pounds Snoring Leads To Jail South Pasadena. Cal tU.R> — Police records ot this city contain no other instance of a man who suctwded in snoring himself Into jail. The transient In ipi.-atloti went to sleep on the floor of the second story of the city hall Dur Ing the night Herat Fred Williams. sleeping on the floor above him. was awakened by the stentorian snores The man was transferred to the city jafl, and Williams Went hack to lied Five Rollw Adding Machine paper with rip-cord opener and end-of-rol| signal 50c. Every roll in lacuum cleaned to remove all lint and dtrnl. The Decatur Democrat Co,