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fry Fuhrman. Mr*. Uvera and child- i I -en plan to raturn to their home in ! • Bowman. Montana next weak. • I Games war* enjoyed duiing the ' I evening. Mrs. Herman Itaumgartner i ' i ind daughters of Fort Wayne were | r meet a at the meeting. ■ The Zion Junior Walther league 1 • will have Ita regular social meet- ' Ing at park In Heme Tues- ' 1 day evening. Every member la ’ - aaked to meet at the Lutheran ( .'church promptly at aeven o'clock.' I Mra. John T. Myer* cf< North 1 I Fourth street entertained at dlo- ’ i, net Wednesday for, Mra. Andree’ ’ Harting and daughter Catnerlne of ' Tulaa. Oklahoma Other grate were ’ , Mra. Herman My err and aon John > .and Mra. Bob Milla and eon nanny 'Member* <M the Rebekah lodge ’ hand their families will enjoy a pic- ' 1 nlc aupper Tuesday evening at the , home of Mra. Frank Major*, south- 1 i *aat of Monroe. Al) members are re-11 quested to meet at the I. O. O. F I ■ ball at els o'clock with well filled ■ baskets and table service. I - I HONORS QUESTS WITH * BREAKFAST AT PARK I Mrs. Jess Rice ertertalneq sever- « 3l Decatur yonng ladles with a breakfast at Sun Set park this 1 tnoin-ing. honoring her niece. Miss 1 . Margaret Jean Lewis, and Miss - Many Joaa Grades. both of Warren. * "Milo, who have been guests of Mrs. < . Rice for severs! days | Those present from this city In- 1 ■ eluded MUses Janet Schro<*k. Rar- ■ bars Duke. Barbara Burk. Maxine I Martin. Evangeline Fuhrman. Betty Hunter. Anna Jane Tyndall an 1 I Evelyn Adams. t OFFICERS ELECTED ' AT AID SOCIETY MEET ' The ladles' aid society of th' I'nited Brethren church met at the * home of Mrs. Orlen Brown Thursday . afternoon. *wKh nineteen member* * ind seven children present. Mtr. William Strahm and Mrs. Judson . Dasswater were the aasls.lng hostesses. Mrs Redben Wynn conducted the devo’ionals. During the baalnesa meet ng eley- ' tion of officers was held with Mrs Wynn being selected aa piealdent; / Mm. Mar! Crider, first vicr-presl dent; Mrs. Frank Fisher second Mrg Ralph Koop. "

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY. AVGUST 18, 1939

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 a. M. Fanny Macy “honeo lUOD—IOOI Friday C. L. W. Class. Mias Patay Oar ard. 7:3t» p. m. Monday Adam* County Woman'a Chorus. Hoose Home. |;M p. m . Tuesday Root Twp, Home Economics Club llanna-Nuttman Park. 12 noon. Zion Junior Walther league I-eh man Park. Berne. 7p. in. Rebekah lodge Picnic, Meet Al I. O. O. F. Home. 6 p. m. secretary; Mra. C. E. Ba ighman. t reaaurer. Two clever one-act playleta were presented by Mra. James Weber and Mra. Frank Fisher. During the social hour a delicious lunch was served by the hootesaea. Members are aaked to watch the club cal- 1 endar for notice of the next mee>ing. WEDDING ANNOUNCED OF OEVONA HOWARD Mr. and Mra. Cheater Howard of 115 North Second street announce | the marriage of their daughter. DeVona. to William Needham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Needham of, Kendallville. The wedding occurred 1 August 14 at Gary. The Ret. Frank r'ngle received the double ring vows' in the East Gany Vnlted brethren' church. The bride wore a alate blue drer a' with molasses brown ac. eaaoriej. The couple was unattended. After August 2d the couple will' bo at home at I<H4 Cochr-in Street. Charlotte. Michigan Mr. I Needham will be manager of the Local Loan company. He haa been assistant manager of the company here since the first of the year. Mrs. Needham was formerly rm-' ployed at the Newberry store in th's city. MISSIONARY SOCIETY MAS REGULAR MEETING The Zion Lutheran missionary! society met in the social rooms of the Zion Lutheran church Wedne*. day afternoon for its regular meet-[ Ing.-which was called to order by| tie president, Mr* Henry Krueckberg. The Lord's prwyer was repeated in unison Twenty-three mtvnbers and three guesta were present. Mrs. Herman Uinkenau gave the life story of "Mary, the Mother of Jeans.” During the social hour, refreshments were served by the nosteases, Mrs. William Zwick and G. H Wehmeyer. EPERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Dan Schafer re-1 turned yesterday from a ten day*' vacation in northern Wlaconaln. John and Ralph Leyae and Mis* Donna Belle Arnold left today for New York City. Mr. and Mr* I Floyd Gahman and daughter will return with them to their home in New York City after a several months' vacation with Mrs. Gab-' man's parents. Mr. and Mrs. 8. J. I Leyae. While there they plan to > visit the world's fair and enroute home will atop at Niagara Falls. Washington. D. C-, and the New England states and other point* of , Interst. They will be accompanied I home by Mias Elisabeth Leyse who has spent the past two months In | 1 European countries. The Misses Ruth Moasburg andi Doris Luedtke returned to Bluffton today after spending a tew days with Mr. and Mrs. George Brewer. Fred V. Mills has returned from n visit at his old home town. Mi. 1 Vernon. Ohio, where he attended the annual reunion of the Mills family. Fifty-two were present and Fred enjoyed every minute of the time ' spent with hla brothers and their families and other relatives. Miss Marguerite Peterson an I Mr. and Mra. French Peterson o. Chicago visited with relatives !nr Decatur overnight. Miss Peterson is recovering from a fractured hip which she recalved when boraebaca riding several weeks ago. She HITS THE SPOT! Coffee and Hamburger I 10c Hungry, but not hungry enough to eat a full meal? Want something "jost right?" Here's your answer! A cup of delicious coffee and a mouth-watering hamburger- Don't put It off—have It I today! BEAL’S DINER SOUTH OF COURTHOUSE

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Dy RARDIIKJN < AKKOLL p r.eyriaM, im j Blag Fwiar** Syadlvaie, la*. HOLLYWOOD. — Headlines t scream us war scares but a *<ory .. told by Ik>lly Haas does more to U give you the creeps. When starring in ths English rt-mikt pt

"Broken Bloaioma" Miao'. Haas made J many expeditions into the J pourer districts ( of London* studying types , On one of these , she met a little girl named Mar- ( garet Ruttes. . An enduring , friendship de- ' veloped. Even 1

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after ahe came to Hollywood, the , star continued to write to the little girl. Not long after Warner* aigned her to play opposite Paul Muni In "We Are Not Alone." Mine Haas sent the youngster |SO as a birthday gift. i She has Just received a letter of ' taanks from the child and her parents. “We are so grateful for the ' money.'' they wrote. "We used It 1 to complete a bombproof shelter." Nobody has called attention to 1 the fact that Paramount's produc- , tion of “The Light That railed*' to < a race against death. Muriel Angeiu*. the English ac- ‘ tress who plays opposite Ronald i Colman in the film, may never ■ reach home in time to see her father. He's desperately ill in Lon- i don . . . doctors now give him only three weeks to live. . . . The picture ha* more than that to go. If the doctors are right, death will win the race. ■ Was the latest rift between Louise Stanley and Addison Randall due to a big-name actor, divorced husband of an Important feminine star? One of the ushers at the Slgrid Gurie—Dr. Laurence Spangard wedding was Otto Kruger. It was his first appearance in this capacity but Kruger to a veteran attendant at marriage ceremonlee. He ha* played the wedding march on 14 c. .aslons and has been best man 17 times. Many will regard it as the handwriting on the wall. Out of the 3g

(able to get about on crotcues now. I Their father. Dick I eteraoa. who accompanied them, returned t. I 'lluffton where Mrs. Peterson la at •he bedside at her fatber. Mr. French. who ia critically 111. Ollie Johnston will reM'n to this 'city Saturday after visiting hla »’a’ter and brother-in-law. Mr and Mra. | Harry Alspugh. Clifton, New Je--1 ’ey. He also vlaited the world's fair. Mr. and Mra. Frank McConnell j have returned from a seven week tour through the northwestern I states and British Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Harting of ! Tulsa. Oklahoma and Bill Murphy ,of Kansas have been the bouse 'guests this week at Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gillig and Mrs William I Harting. GIRL TESTIFIES (CONTINUED FttoM PAOB ONE) I out "Immaterial and unessential" information He said witness*-* I would be cautioned against volun , tary statements. He made no direct reference to yesterday's testimony by bund) leader Frits Kuhn, who volunteer ed during a pause In questioning that attorney general Frank Murphy addressed a bund meeting In Detroit in IK.IS Murphy said he could not remember addressing a bund meeting "as such." Miss Vooroa testified that she came to the United States In l»2«. entering at New York. She Join ed the South Brooklyn division of ’the hund's youth movement In May. IN?. ✓ "Friends interested me In joining." she said. "But they didn't ! tell me i< was an arm of the Nasi | organisation. I found that out i later.” "You have testified to a moat astounding stele of affairs. " Dies I said “I think that before we get through we ought to hear some of these other people who might know something about It. You know, of course, that thia committee wants the absolute truth?" "I'm telling the truth," Miss Vooroa replied. At Camp Nordland, In New Jersey, she said, she "couldn't hold out any longer." "It was the immorality I saw there and the food." she con tin- ! ued "A South Brooklyn leader . made advances to me. I ran to Mr. Dlnkelacher and told him I didn't like the way this man was acting toward me. He said 'what's the matter, can't you take ItY It was the second day I was there that I saw this Immorality and I didn't like it and went home " She testified that Ernest Wleda. who she Identified as South Brooklyn propaganda expert, told her that "everything I experienced at the camp I shouldn't talk about."

pictures in production al the maR studios tost week, 10 were in technicolor . . . Paramount headed the list with three out of seven"Dr Cyclops." "Typhoon" and 'The Untamed." . The topper of all studio visitor stories come* from Republic Last week, a group of people were admitted to the 'TMUIng AU Marines" seL It was a case acene and there were a number es liquor bottlee on the table. They were filled with the usual movie whiskey substitute—tea. After the ehot wa* over, several of the extraa hoisted the bottlee and took swige. So what happened? So one of the visitors rushed to a telephone, called the Haye office and reported that a drinking orgy was taking place on the set. This to no mads up story, either. It happened. The Carbo set wUI be like a public meeting place compared to the Charlie Chaplin studio when the comedian finally gets going on “The Great Dictator." It’s Charlie's first talking picture and he ha* Issued instruction* that po»i- * lively no visitors will be allowed - not even the press. Judy Garland will plug one of Mickey Rooney's new tongs on her personal appearance tour. It'* called "Oceans Apart." Mickey wrote it with Sidney Miller. . . . The house built by Phil Liebmann, of the New York brewing clan, when he was trying to persusd* Wendy Barrie to say yes. now has a different owner.... Harry Sugarman. host of the Tropica ... Imboden parrtoh. the actor, and Eleanor Harris (she* Louis Brom field's collaborator on Zanuck'a Mormon epic) have made up their disagreement . . . That was John Diggs with Lupe Veles at La Conga. She thinks he to a movie prospect . . . And Nino Martini squired Jean Parker to the Case Lamaxe. . . . Madge Evans has cancelled her Rhode Island stuck engagement rather than face the separation from Bridegroom Sidney Kingsley. . . . Columbia university to after Wallie Ford for a seDea of lectures this fan on "Realism in Acting." Ford was in Broadway s .'Of Mice and Men " . . . Isabel Jewell's father. who discovered the pre vent.v* vaccine for Rocky Mountain spoted fever, has lost hto fight to blindr.e«s. Hto sight to now completely

"He told me that I hadn't aeon | thing* in the proper light." she added "Then he talked to my mother, who wa* sympathetic to! Germany, and she agreed that ' maybe I wa* wrong Su I went back to camp and I liked the group of girl* I wa* with." The routine at Camp Nurdland. Mlaa Vooroe said, waa more rigid than at campa In which younger J girl* and boya were trained "On the night marches." she I said, "we would leave at » and not I i return until 1 o'clock In the morning. and. boy, the acratchea we'd | have. The more acratchea you bad. the better, because that was I ; supposed to show leadership ' L 1 J Adams County Memorial Hospital Admitted Mr* Henry Hole. Bryam. route 1; Richard and Anna r Jane Garner. 1203 West Monroe || street; Harvey Smith, route 3 (and L dismissed i. Sharon Hite. 344 Winchester street (and dismissed); I' Barbara and Janie Helm. Home i »t«ud (and dismissed); John G L Hoffman. 233 North 11th street. Dismissed Mrs. Glen Girod and l<aby son. route 1. Decatur. ■ a- - Mr and Mrs Dehner Wechter of route < are the parent* of a baby aon. horn at the Adams county memorial hospital al 6:07 o'clock this morning. The baby weighed eight pounds, one and one-quarter ounces and has been named Rob ert Richard. Mr and Mra. Lloyd Allen Roe I of route 6 are the’ parent* of u baby girl, born at nine-thirty o'clock thia morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. DR. BEN DUKE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) member of the club. T. C. Smith wa* chairman of the program. . ... oState Ix*gion Meet Will Open Saturday Bloomington. Ind.. Aug. I#—-(UP) —More than 3.000 out-of tuwn person* have registered tor the Flat annual state convention of the Am I erlcan Legion which open* here tdmorrow, ft wm announced today. Early arrival* began to pour tn today for the four-day conclave. Police and a legion safety ronunPtee of 200 prepared for traffic and urged Bloomington residents to leave automobile* at home during the convention to facilitate handling.

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DOUBT SAFETY OF NEW BUSES State Officials Question Safety Os Chassis For School Buses Indianapolis, ind.. Aug. ill—< UP) -Blate officials today questioned the safety statu* of some Ijwi track ehaaal* sold for school bus operation In all part* of Indian*. Donald F. Stivers, state safety director, said that a survey dlsclo*. •■d many new trucks purchased by driver* who were award'd school con tract* were registered a* one ion rapacity. The new steel bodies, however, weigh about 3.000 pound* and a full load of children would bring the total load on :he trnck to more than two ton*, official* declared, Floyd I. MoMurray. stat > superintendent of public Instruction, said hi* office has received In'r.rmatlon '.>at the manufacturer claimed th« 'rucks have two ton capa< ity but tnat they are registered t* having one ton to save buyers from paylna higher license few* req'iired for larger vehicle*. "Os coarse the only official rocord of the capacity would be on<* ton and In event of accident the *’Ste might be held responsible ••ven If the truck* aotually were of, Adequate capacity." McMurray *ahl I NAZIS ASSERT ICONTINVKD FROM PAQB ONK> to asatat Poland If a foreign powe—o4 vlously Germany — attempted to dominate her economic life. The Rome prO** was tar milder In tone than the German, but inti-' mated that Italy would be on Ger-, many's side in any genera’ conflic' over Dantig. The paper* expressed, the belief that tbe alt mt lon to reaching k* climax. Pari* had the Interesting theory’ that perhaps Italy might remain neutral In war. A secondary dispute arose In Europe today when Rumania protested sharply to Hungary again*' a border clash In which two Ruman-* lan soldiers were reported killed. The incident sharpened th« friction

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'iwtiween the tiwo countries over Hungary's apparent dealre to re cover the territory In Tran«yW*nl» ! which Romani* acquired after thworld war. 1 In the otictn. the antt-Brlttsh campaign wn« intensified. The Jap snese Domei News Agency report--1 ed that a boycott had been declared on Hrlttoh good* si Kaifeng, Import-1 nnt commercial center All gitodt not sold by Hept 30 will lie ronfls ( tiled, Domle said. ! Exprexs Hope Os Settling Dispute Washington Aug M—<UP)--4Bec-r-tary of labor France* Perkin* ' said after a four-hour conference with Armour and Com park' official* that she and the company were hopeful that differences with the ■ packing house worker* organising 1 committee (ClOi could be nettM ' without a Mrfae. 1 Ml** Perkins said Arnour officials told her they favored the Wag- • ner labor relation* act. that they I were willing to bargain collectively 1 with the union, and that .nefr onlv ' difference* with the CRj -Was "matter of method". Young Man Is Held After Fatal Beating 1 .. ~ J Hammond. ;nd.. Aug IS-tUP)— b Police today planned to ask a san- , Itv test for Kenneth Golden 26. held jin connection with the death of t'lcii* Christensen <l. yesierday. ■ I Christensen died of Injuries In fileted by Golden Wednesday Witnrsses said Golden jumned on Christensen and trampled him as , he wa* lying on the grass resting ' (I Golden dragged his victim nearly : ?<a» feet bofore he was s'opped. ,1 — Roper Resigns As Minister To Canada I, Aboard U. 8. 8 Lang. Ray of, i Islands. Nfd . Aug. lg._Preai(dent Roosevelt announc ed today , that he had accepted the reaigna-, l tion of Daniel A. Roper aa mlnlst-I ler to Canada, effective Aoguat 20. ■ Roper, former secretary of com- I merce. had accepted the Canada post on a temporary basis, to serve < during the visit of King George ' and Queen Elixalteth. Mr Rootle. I velt said, and he sent in hl* resig-

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nation some time ago Mr Roosevelt said he accepted it Id days ago. before he left Hyde Park, N, ' Y.. for hl* vacation cruise aboard the U. 8 8 Tuscaloosa. He said i he had given no thought to a successor. No Ancient History At Naval Academy Washington. Aug. IS — (VP) — Boys planning to take MSt year'i entrance examination for the naval n.sdemy at Annapolis may forge! 1 'll a ioui ancient history The navy department announced today that . 'he subject will be dropped tn IMO. i Caticellailon of <he history re- > qnlrement will give candidates i more time to brush up on mathematics The navy I* stiffening that c requirement by adding so'ld geoI rietry. I o Negro Sentenced In Illegal Liquor Sale Fort Wayne. Ind.. Aug. I»—<UPl Judge William H. Hchannen todav •’■d struck * blow al the illegal sale cf liquor with the sentencing of Walter Hamilton, M, a negro, to «U day* at the state penal farm for allegedly offering Information aa O where iMMitleg beer could be pur- • tir.sed. k T Reull K/' Gypsy Cream MuQU Grind to tvhev* sunburn, etc. B. .1 . SMITH DRUG CO. CHICKEN DINNER Every Sunday n A. m. t<> 8 p. M. 45c COPP E S S DINING KO OM »> miles South on 27.