Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1939 — Page 3

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CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy •hones 1000— 10C1 Friday Flnochle Ch«t>, Mrs Francis Rady, 7:30 p. m. legion Auxiliary Ixglo- Hom*. 7: SO p. m. Pocahontas Ixxlg*. R»<| Men’t Hall. 7:SS p. m. Monday Pythian Temple. K. of P Hom*, e p m. Eta Tau Slana sorority. Mrs. Sigurd Anderson, 7: So p. tn Adams County Woman'-: Chorus, Moon* Homo 1:30 p. m. * Tuaaday Oita Theta Tau Business MeetIna. Elka Home. 7:30 p m. Church Mothers Study Club. M»thixilat Church. 2:30 p. m. Zion Senior Walther league. Lutheran Church. 7:30 p. m. tend. A special program i-wntnenc-Ing at nine-thirty o'clock Las been planned. Dinner will he served at noon for .15 cents. MRS OREN SCHULTZ HOSTESS TO SOCIETY Mrs. Oren Schultt wan bvateas to the ladles' aid socbly of the First Christian church Thursday afternoon. with Mrs. James Alderson In charge of devotionala. i Mrs. Harmon Kraft was in charge ! ,'f the business meeting. Plans were made for a pie sale Thursday. Septemfesr 14, and also for the annual I Irthday tea to be held in the aortal rooms of the church Thursday, September 21. The meeting closed with the Mispah !>enedictlon. A social hour was enjoyed, during whit h the hostess served lovely refreshments CLUB ENJOYS STEAK DINNER Mrs. Ward Calland was hostess to the members of het dinner bridr* J ~’eb last evening at a delicious , steak dinner, served In th.' garden cf her home at the corner us Jefferson and Fifth streets. After dinner tables were formed , for bridge and the club prise was given to Mias Madge Hite while the

when they were kids and the} didn't meet again until 1925. Tcherkasaky la now a houseguest of the Auers' and Ms*<ha it helping him meet the right peoplt in Hollywood. - Laralne Day and Burnett Ferguaon, who have been sweetheart* aince childhood. face a two year* aejxration. He haa departed sot New York where he will apend two years in missionary work for the Mormon church. An M-G-M contract keeps I-araine in Hollywood She haa started to work In •'Northwest Passage." There haa been a lot of talk recently about the war experiences of English aim actors John Loder, now working at Paramount in "Diamonds Are Dangerous", had a remarkable record. In 1915. he. was the youngest British officer at the Dardanelles . . . only 17 years old. Utter in the war. after an engagement on the Somme, he was captured by the Germans and was a prisoner for nine months. And. in 1921, he was a British representative on a commission that went to Upper Sliema to setUe an argument between the Poles and the Germans, Remember the sensation cause* 1 when Deanna Durbin sang "Il Barto” (“The Kiss' ) in Three Smart Girls" ? Little Jane Withers will sing the same number in "High School" ... only It will be a burlesque version . . . and. as ahe warbles It, another youngster will drop a Uaard down her back. Constance Moore and Johnny M ■ settle. who eloped on April 23, finally will get that honeymoon after she finishes "Listen Kids" at Universal. They'll be gone for six weeks. . . . Jane Bryan's brother is pulling through nicely after his emergency appendectomy. Warners have promised Jane a vacation after "We Are Not Alone." She'll probably go to Honolulu.... Judy Starr confirms the split with Buddy Westmore. Says her only Interests now are her baby and her work. Meanwhile, she len t being exactly lonely. She wax at the Club Ball with polo player. Myron Schwarts and at La Conga with someone else. . . The Henry Fondas are redecorating the nursery and Fonda is personally painting the murals on the wail. . . . Sidney Toler is the only actor with a dressing-room in the writer's building at Twentieth CenturyFox ... and thereby hangs a tale. When Toler went to the studio to make his fleet test for Charlie Chan, they couldn't find any place for him to make up but a vacant office In the writer's building. He thinks It brought him luck and won't change.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1939.

■neat prise was presented to Mrs.! W A Klepper, Mra. Calland was assisted by her daughter Martha and he,- slater* Mrs. Frank Altoj Mis. Klepper was! • guest other than the member' The Church Mothers study rishi will have a guest afternoon when It meets at the Methodhii churcl.' Tuesday at two-thlrty o'clock.! Er t h member la asked to bring a Kuest eligible for membership. Thia* ir dues paying time and each mam-1 ler Is reminded to bring her qusr-i t<-r for the annual dues » The Ih-lta Theta Tau sorority will have a business meeting M i I •he Elks home Tuesday evening at I "even-thirty o'clock personals Resinning Tuesday. Heptember 121 the Indiana state office of the federal housing administration will be located on the fourth floor of th» federal building. Pennsylvania and Ohio Streets, Indlat.spoils, accoru mg to the announcement made today by K. Earl Pe'ers, state dlrecto- During the moving period, the riiA state office will he closed to the piddle from Saturday. Septem her 9. until Tuesday September 12. 1 (Irani Pyle and A N. Plessinger I rs Bluffton were visitors in Decatur Thursday afternoon. Miss Fanny Hite of Chicago will' arrive here today for a two weeks visit with her slstet. Mlm Mads* 1 Hite, and friends end reUtves. Miss Alta Ruth Klepper will leave Monday for Mt. Bt. Joseph college near Cincinnati. Ohio. Mrs. Mila Black has returned from a visit In Ch.cago. Mrs. Elisabeth Market is visiting relatives and friends in Columbus.' Ohio. Utrl Colter is on a business trip in Canada. Quite a number from this county are planning to attend the summer meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association s' French Lick Springs next week. Mr. and Mra. Adrian Bj-ke left this morning on a week's vacation trip to Birmingham. Alabama. While driving a team for Mr Scbnepp on the McMillen farm t.orth of the city. John C Marley received a broken collar bone when the horses ran av.ay and threw him. A wave of bead colds is sweeping tl’to community now, according to physicians reports. It may be half lousln to the hay fever bet whatever It is It's annoying. Dyonia Schmitt of this city has two staters living in the territory where the Germans and Y\>les are now engaged in the fierce rar. Cliff Saylors is busy these days mowing the new Buick. first of the IMO models to arrive. Officer Russell Prior a**d Dure ’teller left this morning on a trip to Pendleton and other points south. Mrs Samantha Nichols returned yesterday from Detroit. Michigati where rhe bad been visiting. Her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Hpahr, accompanied her come

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ENGINEER TELLS trONTINUWD FROM PAU» ONBI I Il Is estimated that these IWo 111 dustrlea will consume 9.100.000 in IM» and ten million KWH In 194 u Other large users of electric power ore the General Electric company, with a consumption of 1.135,000 in 1938 and an estimated use of 1.750.000 KWH In 1x39 The Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., IMS use. 440,253 KWH. estimated for 1939. 450,000 KWH The fie catnr Casting company. 1938 use. 147,485 KWH. and estimated consumption In 1939 of joo.ooo and 225.000 KWH in 1940 Mr Froehlich stated that In all hla experience and surveys of elec trie utilities, both munlclpslly and privately owned, he never found one or heard of one that carrl-l aa large an Industrial load as the Decatur municipal plant This huge Increase started In 1937 anc 1938, when the Central Soya and Central Sugar companies were tled-ln on the city lines The four Industries listed shove conaumed 9.435.523 KWH In TM4. of a total production of 15.440 at fl KWH. Mr. Froehlich stated a new p»>w er unit, which practically woniu leave the present plant aa a -r serve, would lower the coat of production and that the municipal utility consequently could lower Its power rates He stated a new boiler of the type recommended would cut coal costs In half resulting In a saving which could l»e handed down to consumers In IMS the municipal utility made a net profit of approximately 373.000 after all charges and depreciation were deducted. Finan clai statements have not been released to the press since the first of the year, but In view of the Increased production It la bellev ed that net profits are keeping up with or exceeding those of last year The present Industrial rates were established in 1937 and 193* and the average rate paid last year by the largest user of power, which exceeded 7.4X9 000 KWH was one cent and one-tenth of a mill, or more than 177.000 for the year's bill. Financing of such a huge under taking has not yet been mention ed. but under the Indiana law a municipal power and water plant has its own bonding powers In all probability a Imnd Issue for whatever amount is needed would cover the municipal plant aud not reflect against the credt* of the muni< Ipal city h would he impossible to Issue 3400.000 to $500,000 against the civil city, due to the two percent bond llmitstlon The civil city owes against Its (winding powers approximately $49,500 for the a<ho.ilald ixinds. and baaed on the net taxable valuation could issue bonds only up to SIOO,OOO. less the reduction for school-aid bonds The Aiunlclpal plant is free of debt. The project would have to be financed locally and without any I’WA grants. It la believed. The PWA la not making grants thia , year In IM4. the city, under the former administration obtained $49,900 In a PWA grant which was used In Installing the new 2.000 KWH turbine, condenaer and other necessary accessories Legal opinion was not <>tMalneJ to ascertain If the municipal utility could be bonded for $400.n00 or more, the amount more or less needed to rebuild the plant A: the betinning of the year the former city administration left sloo.ooo In government bonds and a cash balance of more than SBO,OOO after the charge off for 'oases In dosed banks was mad*. Mr. Froehlich did not go Into ■he financing of the project, but will make several recommends lions to the council and mayor on how It can be done A meeting la scheduled for next Week His subject was of Interest to the members and he stated It was bla purpose to give the plain facta and to let the recognlaed officials make their decision as to the policy to be followed Charles Ijtngaton was chairman of the program and Introduced the speaker

BERLIN STATES tCGNTINUBD ON PAOR SIX) :»us drop In criminal ae»lvltlea. Criminate. Ilka* other people, were preoccupied with the war. As French troops hammered at the German went wall, Rrlt'ah concentrated Ita war efforts for the moment on aerial and naval activity, and the economic warfare whose •esnlts were eapected tn become evident within a few weeks hy sharply reducing the flow of msterials to Germsny by land. The mlnlatery of Information announced tersely last night: •'Gurins the day aircraft of the Royal air force hat been employed In reconnalsaance activities over wde areas Including tb-< North Sea." (Such activities could Include the knotting of German ships including •übmarlnes. airplanes can spot submarines just under the surface.) Mlnlatery of Information communiques Indicated also that naval operations against German sub-, marines were becoming important.

TEN SHIPS WAR TOLL TO OATE Approximately 150 Lives' Lost In Sinking Os 10 Ships aMMSsasnaw By United Frees Hlilpa lost In five days ot war inreused to 10 today when the Bal-i-lan steamer Jean Jadot .notified •he Radlomarine corporation. New V.irk. that It had rescued 44 members of the crew of th* British freighter Regent T'ger. sunk by a • uhinarlne. The Jean Jadot did no' 'ndicate ulirt-e th* Regen' Tiger went down, or If any other ere* iuetnS<*ra w*re I' *t or missing. L!v*s lost aa r*ault of warfare on the high s*aa were reduced to 14S when the Italian fielgbt*Castnl Branco put Into Unia n wl'h 23 survivora frnen the Brll'ah mer- ■ hantmin Manaar. torpedoed by 4 German submarine off Portugal. '■Vhereatooiits of the $20,000,000 North German IJoyd siiperlla'r Bremen ai-aln became a mystsrv when Reykjavik. Iceland. dUpatches - -ported that although five German ships have found refuge Ln Iceland waters the Bremen was not among' • bem. Possibility that the Bremen was biding in an Isolated Iceland Fjord i>nd that her presence had not been m'de known to Reykjavik authorities still remained, however The Bremen sailed trim New lork Aug. 30 without passengers. ' •rro or mall. She had been detained two days In New York flier tht angry protests of her operators •»hlle customs men searched her fo r tuna or contraband. Ths day she left rwo British destroyers had been reported lurking off the New York coast. That was three days before Britain declared war and not long enough for the Bremen <o have reached home before the British n*et blockaded the Baltic. Great Britain. wh>h is master ot •he seas but not of raiding German submarines, had lot*, five merchant•nen all victims of subnjarlnes. R-'ltlsh warships had sunk three German ships. Neutral G-'ece hal km one. the Koati. which struck a mine In the Baltic. The mlnlatery of Information at London announced that 51 German merchant ships totaling IM m tons were docked at Vigo. Spain, and nine, totaling Su.on tons, at Japanese porta. BERLIN STATES tCONTINIIKD rX'IU FAQD ON Bl continue dto advance after holding positions considerably In advance of their Maginot line, and that they had penetrated the great Blmwald forest on the German side of the Lanier river, which marks the frontier between Lauternourg and Wlwtembourg. The Blmwald. near the Muter valley, is traversed by a German road extending from 8< hwlegofen to Rchlebenhard French operations still were said to be confined to testing various enemy positions and cleaning up advanced pill boxes and machine gun neats until stratglsts discover ed-as they hoped to do—a weak point in the German defensive system. After that. It was indexed, an offensive would be launched to smash through the Limes line The French admitted that the Lauterhourg • Wlasembourg sector was heavily fortified and that re-c-cmnoltering operations were necessary before weak points could be discovered. Published anslyses said that no sensational operations such as opened the World War were to be expected for the present, du* to the heavy parallel fortifications along the German limes and the French Maglnm lines. These now rule out the possibility of a swift war of movement such as that In Poland, it was said

U. S. CITIZENS tCONTINVKtt FROM PAGK OW> ed meats and other commodities with the price of sugar up one to two cents a pound generally. At Milwaukee housewives were reported to have stood In lines at groceries to buy sugar. Wholesale prices of meats were expected to drop slightly today as farmers, who have been withholding livestock for higher prices. Increased shipments for sale at boom levels. At Rail take City flour was up |l4O a barrel; many Ohio grocers were out of augur: New Hampshire reported sugar up St) per cent in some areas; at Ges Moines a demand for canned goods was increasing and prices were up 10-15 per cent; beef wan up 3 cents; pork 35 per cent and flour 51 60 a barrel at Philadelphia: at Rutte. Mont., flour bad risen 12 a barrel since the start of the war. grocers in all sections were reported limiting the sale of sugar because of difficulty In obtaining deliveries City officials throughout the country received hundreds of complaints. At Lorain. 0.. and Pittsburgh the vetersns of foreign

GIWWMBJMCE ""SL:- >’ t VO< protxihly have just Ind your vacation, • u* >‘i * in,: th.,: i,„ ,~r \, ml w ' J* A Ut.iv. >: In.h t ■„ ~n.| ~-1, 1, ~ '* 1 ''''’ ’* ’ ‘ '' ‘i .iikl kss « So nul t im>»* i tlx |xrhst ims-to try nullips M» I’oly (Lis, Ila-high U-st. higli energy, customtailored motor lu<l, which i»sH tithing ritra! i \ You slxHild /.rf tiut di/J,rc»k.- with your very *’ jflw \ Etrst trial l.inktul—added |<>wvr, pep, pick-up, X X \\ alk i RiilvuffvRemember, the Phillips 66 I’oly („<s you buy \ 1 today isn't merely another Summer gasoline. It y’**’ is acl,u * | y 11 Scpt.-mN-T gts, more accurately * B* n custom-tailored titan any oilier gasoil w. Mah-hed 1 v>ur Il tJ " ..nd antifl *’ j;-. uhv ■' ”7 I n “’ gl ' v •■ *>>•■"“• to -1.-.-,M- you' Sir.nitxri | now at every Orange and Black 66 Shield

wars held protest meetings and appealed to congressmen for regu--Ist lons agsinst profiteering At New York City the bureau lof markets received more than s«h» complaints. Mayor Florelki M Guardia and commissioner of markets Wllllsm F. Morgan. Jr., reportedly were contemplating ,i legislative request for emergentlaws Hi curb profiteering but It was understlMid federal action was preferred because It would "have more teeth In SL" No Shortage Washington. Sept K — t(jjg — Mr. Roosevelt today assured the public that there will Im* no repetition of war-time fiHHI profiteering such aa (hat which Iwiomed the coot of living In 1917 and I9IR He said that although the pri.-«s of fiM*datuffs may lie on th«» rise these prices will not go through the roof. Mr Roosevelt said that there is no conceivable possibility of an actual shortage of foodstuffs in this country. He said that the govemuent must do Its best to prevent the people from becoming excited about a situation which does not exist. The president conferred on th* question of rising food prices yesterday with secretary of agrb-ul-ture Henry A. Wallace He up parently was convinced that a.though prices have risen shar.ily during the last few days there U no cause for alarm The real fact of the food altua tlon. Mr. Roosevelt said at his press conference, is that there Is an actual surplus nf all food stuffs and there Is no ccmcelvable shortage of essential commodities o ENROLLMENT IN 'CYWTINVKn FRriM t*A<lg ONKI moved away. The number of son en.olleil at the Catholic schnels as released earlier In the week was the official

Woman Is Arrested For Intoxication A woman who gave her name as Mrs E Humbert, no address, was arrested here late Thursday hy | officer Roy Chllcote on a charge of public Intoxication. Her arrest icame after a landlady on Fourth. |street complained about the woman as a tenant Rhe was to be ar- | ralgned In city court today. O' Fined For Failure To Stop At Highway 27 < I Cheater Lehman warn fined It and cents of 510. In city con t tmtav wnen he pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to stop so: a preferential highway at the Intersection of the Monroe road and federal road S7 ( near Monroe. Officer Russell Prior of the Indiana stat* police made the arrest — 1 o— ..— Western Auto Store Will Locate Here i ■— l i Preparations for the opening of a new business store in Decatur was made known today. A Western Auto

Women Help, Loo - iKitei Shortage of man power In Dondon and other British and French aties necessitates the use ot woman in many jobs hitherto reserved for the gnale. Here's a woman chauffeur Who drives the ear ot Leslie More-Belisha. Britain's minister of war. This is a radiophoto from London store Is to be moved Into the Ellis building on Second street near Madron. L. R Brown is the owner of th* business, which will handle Western Auto merchandise. Repairs are being made and redecorating being done to the interior of the 4>ulldlng preparatory to •he moving.

Martin Hoover Dies Thursday At Ossian Martin Hoover, uncle of Mrs. W. K Moon and W. I! Fmighty of th't city, died Thursday night at his home In Ossun Funeral services | •rill be held at that town at 4 oriock Sunday afternorm. o Softball Managers And Players Meet Monday S/lvcnter Everhart, president of tne Decatur »<>f 11 ml I assort Pion, has requested managers and players Interested in formation of leagues for next season to meet nt -he Lin coin school Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. One Person Dies In Bus-Truck Collision Hopkinsville. Ky. Rept. It—(VPt -One person was killed and twenty others Injured early today when a Greyhound Lines bus was hit bv J a 'ruck and burst Into flame after overturning on V. 8. highway <1 four folios north of here. William Barrett. 29, Fort Branch,

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I i*ml.. driver of rhe Kmge Packinx |Cn_ truck. «»» burned to death. Soviet Likes Shakespeare Masco* 'U-Ri -A million copiea . of Shake*|H*arv'a playa have been published in Soviet Ruaaia in 14 language*, including Russian. Ukralnlan. Byelo Russian. Armenian. Georgian and Tartan. Idckens. Bar- , busse and Zola also are popular in Russia Antagonism to Germany does not prevent readers from en- * joying the works of Heine. Goethe ;and Ki hlller. Crickets Go West, Too Rat ratnento. Cal <UJ») Crit-keta have taken up the slogan of "Go west, young num." or rather "young t rlt kei " Agricultural commissioner Hurry A. Hunt has reported that a plague of Mormon crickets that had been ravaging plateaus of Utah and Nevada, ha* headed westward and are entering Ualifornia via Plumas county. Lulu (aerber Teacher of Piano and Organ PHONE .-*77 115 No. Sth St. HAVE YOU TRIED . the nww, flirfatiout *ou<y perfume re - <oi ■ f l-l'J >.MTI B. J. Smith Drufc Co.

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