Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 30 December 1939 — Page 1

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■DOS ADD TO 111 OF DEATH I I QUAKE AREA I ■tquakc Shocks Con- I K ( > To Add To Death ■And Destruction Hk.il. Turkey. Dec 3o ’U.R> | <,v"i :i wide area hi »Im- | Lilian nf western Turkey flowed and ai- inund.it , otiniiysidi- and Impeding Ki<.lll a IK * earthquake "aid today ■, i-arihqiiak-- MiKHk" w-r>' K-.i. rday In lit'' Smyrna the with roam and dam K. done the town of Diklli. ■\ h almost destroyed hy a yearn ago Floods in suffering of homeless that region of terrible dent nu t ion <o come from the earn I zone where sh<>< k« 1 thin morning, 72 hour* * ■th. quake which spread d< , over an area of more i square tn lien reported that rem lie - reached the town of Nik ■ |Hi|itilallon. inlier I 'lie lllaik sea. to find lha | ■ lew'll destroyed by the fall a high cliff nnrmonnted by at the bane of which .itiialed I'ncmifli nifil i. the dead there al "thou 4 from maltered towns and of the eastern area we. ■k>»« Auyoxgal. 3<> dead. Itiu destroyed; Aniania. 7<m ■ ?><i injured: Glr<-sUtl. 1 2'«' ' ■ ;>!'> Injured: Ordii. 62 dead 11 Tokat 5.000 d< ul I lowent death esllnmn' yet ji Erzincan City wa* ■himfii in.-d estimate pm th. ' ■ Uni al Antalla at 2' ■ the official report of \ni ■ death lint wan received ■ vote teporla of new sluMk* ' ■, Willi II While they seemed ■)M>-" were < all lll.lted .don ■ hik of medical aid and fomi ■the bitter cold, to add in ■y mid death. ■yerln at Istanbul obaeri ito. . ■ th* they feared there nils' ' earth shock* durii ( ■sxt iv.u wiw-kn The vudeiu" ■be flrnt nhinkn Wednesday ■yd that the geological durfiii ■■ 1 ■ which caused them wan Di | tie* I• they nald. ami it u igiit ■ norm time to nettle, bPREPARES aaß t IFOR HOLIDAYS ■fit Os Business To Be ■impended Here On U New Year’s Day ■r two dayn, starting Sttmlav ■to: l.iinltienn life In the < ity ■ fie practically at a standstill ■bn citizen* commemorate th< ■*< Os the year I*4o ■t* again the city will In- git ■i two day holiday, since tli- ■ holiday falls on Monday ■ aui.r instant ea the IwglnniuiKew Year will hr* marke«i ■k firm on Saturday night and ■na Sunday night of the Mew Year's p.n ■Jbt ’'.umd Friday night wh i Kappas held then annii il The annual Naw Yeai < mambtra of the it r ■ M«' will he held tonight ■Wai lodge home. fuirtien Sunday nigh' lee Ueeatnrliea and thr u ■bwe<<h the approach of th. Hl 11 * H®#the exception of n few con ■■•rien aervice station* and ■*' hu'lnew houses *ll "tot. ■ bniio,,.,! Sunday ami Monday dealer* in alcoholh i»v i be open from midnight for one hour Biol then will ■■•• d until Tuesday •nornlnit ■Jforndty with the law ■* pom Office will Ih- clnaerl ■tottWVED ON PAGK THKEF » -"t" 1 ~ • ■° Men Sentenced I For Drunk Drivinu ■*'h Hend, Ind. Dec 3d HJP' H“ ,r > Kohipa. bl, and Vernon M. I>oth of South Hend. t" «d lieen aenlawed to one to ■ terma at the Michigan •'•'f prison upon their <on ■J* ,w second time on driving charges ■ y r ’ **» psassd by Judge ■Y'” '’"‘k in superior court ■* "»srt has said more thin ■J"* 1 drunk driving waa a ■1 , ’* l •• Main to all that ant t> ST ,0 “ld not Ire tolerated

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Y inducts Service f ' rs " 1 IU-v Hurd Allyn Drake. D 11, presldcpt of Kokomo .liniloi college. .tad pastor of the |,i(-«byier-lan church in thin r ity, will | H . th. itpeeiH speaker during the week of prayer services, io be held in the Fitpl Methodist chunii In this city «.<th evening of neat week. INDIANA AIDS MANY IN STATE State I’ Diversity (Jives Service To Third Os State’s Population flloomhtgton. Ind De< To Indiana rnlversity in 1»3» rendered dlrert service to one-third of the IHipuhtion of the Hoosier state. Through its three general fields of activity teaching, research, and «ervl<e the t'nivnrslty In the ilhth year of Its eaistence. a< cording to departmental reports "übmitted tialay. contributed directly to the welfare of 1.042.D12 residents of Indiana Thia represents an increase in |>ers<ms served ot more than five percent over |M*. when total dirit t services numbered 9N7.IUW. The teaching service of the rni versify in the year which is end ing r<-acbed ifl.firtii persons, which included campus enrollment for all terms with duplicates eiclmled of 7.61)2 and emenslon and correspondence enrollment of tt.'S* The egtension division of the I’niveniity through Its lectures, visual aid. mail llbraties. public { school contests, drama loans, and seven other divisions, according to Its report. alon<- aided M4.26N Individuals. Conferences, exhibits, and demonstration ranked nevi hi number of persons served with a' total of I»2.<MM< Health and hospitalization >er-vn-es through the rnlverslty Medl<al Center at Indianapolis wre c etided to 714*5 persons from alt of 'he state's counties The Ind- - lang rnlversliy hospital ait passed by the IM!* legislature, made it potgttble for all of the counties of the state Io share on an equit.ible basis the facilities of the M-dt<al Center in treatment of Indigent sick Mol alone did the I’nlversity serve the Mate's sick hut. ;e emding lo the reports. H aided ihose handicapped in speech and hearing. The s|M'<-< h and hearing cllitIt allied by a grant from the I’sl Inta XI sorority, conducted tests tn many communltle- and report'd direct servl))' to 52.12!» individuals, an eipansimi In activity over last iCUKTIMVCD 05 PACK TIIIIKKi TAKE ARGUMENT IN ADVISEMENT Judge Fruehle Takes Demurrer to Damage Suit Under Advinement Judge J. Fred Frwrhte in Ad m« circuit court late Ftidav heard the demurrer to the ami-nibil com plaint In the da mag- suit of Jim nlta Deßolt hy her neat frier I Lloyd Dxßolt. against Dale Ikd well. The demurrer was filed by 'he defendapl. r«prea»nted *>y J"b" L DeVoas. of thia city, and Unacoe l> Wheat, of Hartland Attorney Hide’ll It McCl<n:ih> ■ of this city, la attorney for the plaintiff. After hearing arguments of attorney* on th* demurr-r. Judge Fritehte took the mat • under advl'wn' The suit arose out of an autfe tram crash st the High s’Mj crossing of th. MeW «•'- J’ I '' road, in which th* ptolnHft * juted and one girl was NlH«fi while riding In a rar driven by th feudaul.

COLLEGEHEAD TO BE SPEAKER llvi. Allyn Hurd Drake To Speak At Week Os Prayer Here rt*v Allyn Hurd Drake DD president „f Kokomo Junior cob leg«, and puslor of the First Pres byterlan <hur<h in that city since IM2. will Im< the sper’lal speaker at the week of prayer services whi' h will be held al the First Methodist church In this city from Monday evening through Friday of next Week f’lie service is sponsored hy the Decatur ministerial assoclathm, and Im-al pastors will preside dur- i Inv the sorvb'ea, The meetingswill open each evening al 7:30 ocha k t’ongregtlonal singing will l»- led by Key it \v (iraham. and *|W')tal music will tie provided by the various churches. Ilev Drake Is a graduate of Alma I Mich > f'ollege, where he received his All degree hl lf»ll, and of Winona laike st hisd of theology, where he received his M A degree in IS3O, In IS3I. the himorary degree of DD was conferred nr*m him by Hanover colI'ge He ha- served puMoraies at St.' Ixuiis. Mich . Napoleon, l). Eight. 111. and has been at Kokomo since 1522. He has been president of Kokomo Junior college since IMS, and professor of English Bible at the S) histl since IMS. Toph • io Im* dellveretl by Hev. i Drake at next week’s sei rices are as follows Monday ’The Kight Start for the New Year." Tuesday "The Peril of th" Empty Heart" Wednesday "The Transfiguring Partneiihlfi" Thursday "To Your Devotions: Kneel ‘ Friday "At the laird's Disposal."’ —o Warns On Buvinx Os Intangibles Stamps Ernest J Worthman. county assessor todiy warned that inning-1 >Me» lamp* mnwt tl-e purchased within the next fuw days, before they are returned to Indianapolis. The i"*nalty for non-payment I* five i mes the regular amount. All notes not having face value mum lie revalued Or stamps placed on these at face v ilii" ' ntanglides al«o Include judgui'-ntx. etc. WATCH SERVICE SUNDAY NIGHT First United Brethren Church To Hold Service Sunday Night A «peclal New Year's Eve watch service will he hb-d al the First I’ni'ed Brethren church Hunday night The wati-h s-rvlo' will open a' |fi:.y> p m and will continue until |2:>x7 a tn Monday The complei program for the service follows: Mash' by the church orchestra Tan selections Hymn No 244, "Jesus Calls Vs. ’ Invocation organ selection, ('lira Mnmnia. Duet. Betty Foughty and Edith Baker Accordion solo Irene Light, -<do with guitar nci-ompanlment M- Ivin Crozier organ selection. Clara Mumma IlHup and guitar Kelwtion. Met-, vln Crozier Ucripturv and prayer. Intel. Irene Light and Vivian i || tchcock. Hymn No 51st. ' Frotn <ll >ry unto fllory." Season of Prayer. S<d'' Hamid Mumma ' Hymn No 197. "I Hear Ihe Saviour Bar. Solo with guitar accompaniment. Melrtn Crozier Penitence. Hymn No Nt. "There Is a Fountain." Thanksgiving and priyer for the New Year. Doxology and benediction '0 - — Fortv Are Killed In Italian Train Wreck Naples. I'alr. I** w U least I'* persons were reported killed and 15)' Injured today when lhe Hlclllan expresa. crowded with New Veai relrhrants. Hashed Into a local truin at Toire Annnntiata alaiion outside Naples The local, which was en route from Reggio Calabria to Rome, like the express was filled with iieople on New Year holiday. Including soldiers The local had halted at the station when the crack express nnashed lulu U. I

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Decatur, Indiana. Saturday, December 30, 193».

Turkish City in Quake Area .«*xm gte. — <A £■* Jpg IT - ~ . -gid ■SF "nk < vM. View of Ordu. Turkey Here I* one of the Turkish cities atrnck by an oarthqiiiike which has taken many thousand Ilves Dl* l)rdii. on the lllar k Se.i. not as severely hit as some other area*. The picture waa taken during a prevhm* 'quake which spread death and destruction thronghmit Anatolia region

COUNTY 8080 TO ORGANIZE County Commissioners To Elect President Tuesday Morning Th'' elnetion of j president of thel board of county commissioners will, not lake place until Tuesday morn-1 Ing. Victor II glcher. county and! tor. announced today. Th<* commissioners will go with i the appraisers to the comity farm I on Now Year's day to assist In Ink- | i ins the annual Inventory of p-rson-j al property Frank Llulger will take his oath as a county commissioner. starting hia second lenn on January I The keys to the treasurer's office will lie turned over to the n«yw officials. John W Blakey, county itrausurer, and Clyde Troulnet. j county clerk, at noon on New' Year's Day. The county offices In the court house will be closed forth" balance I of Ute day Tlu- commissioners bare a busy i sdu-dtlle ahead of them for the new year. A number of appoint- I menis. Including a county physl-j clan, rood supervisor. district road ' sup* rvisors, gang- employes. tractor and truck drivers and a superintendent of the county infirmary j are on the roster. Ilarvet lai Fonts! le has tender- 1 .'COSTIXI.’KII OH I’AtIK THRKNt SHERIFF OFFICE MIKES REPORT Only One Mortgage Foreclosed During 1939 Ry Sheriff No farm mortgages were fore dosed and only one city property mortgage was foreclosed during IS.IR. according to figures compiled In the sheriffs office at the courthouse by Deputy la*o Ollllg. as listed today This Is thought to he the lies! record of recent years The figures complied In the sheriff's office also show that eight Adams county residents were adjudged insane during IMt Os this number four were sent to Mathaven hospital at Rich mond. two to private hospitals, one Io a veteran’s hospital and one died while awaiting commit!* mem. Os the seven living, three are •till confined at Hast bs ven two are at home, one Is out of the state, and one Is on furlough Os the eight, one was an Illinois native, twn are from flecatur. two from Berne, one from Hartford township, one from Monroe town* j ship, aud one Iruut Wool luwushlp

Olivet College Head Speaks Here Sunday Tin* Or. A 1,. Pirrott. president iof Oilvent College. Olivet. .11, will 'deliver an address on file sub) st, "The Advantages of a Christian | Education," at the ChttK.i of the Nasarene Sunday morning at II IA. M Tin- varsity qua net will also I bring several choice selections during this special service. BABY DERBY OF GREAT INTEREST First Baby Os 1940 To Receive Gift* Erom Decatur Merchants The question of the moment is. “who will be the first baby of j IMor as the start of the baby i I derby sponsored by Decatur bust- ’ uvss men and firms near.* This Is the first time such a ; contest has Im-cii held In the north : part of Adams county, but is one of the aununl features of the start I of the New Year In many com- | inunities The rules nt the contest require . lhe parents to reside In lhe north : part of lhe county and that the i baby must Im- Irorn in the north I halt of the county The e«act date.* ■ hour and minute must Im- reported ito the Decatur Democrat. along I with lhe name of the attending . physician by Thursday mum. ; January ! The winning baby and his or her I parents are to receive a shower of I 23 gifts, donated by Decatur bnslI nesa firms The gifts were listed i In Friday's edition of the Decatur I Dally Democrat The winning baby Is to be an- ! notmeed In Friday's edition of the ' Decatur Daily Democrat —— ,0 — . I’rcnch Patrol Make* Raid Behind Linen Paris. Dec M <UJO A small French volunteer patrol In perhaps th- moat daring raid of the war on the weaiern front has penetrated far behind the German linos, captured a German officer and a non-commissioned officer and ' brought them hack to ths- French lines, military Infoiinnnta said today. TEMPERATURE READING# DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER ■— — ■OO am. 21 llMam fl in no am. 21 | l smwmmw I WEATHER Partly cloudy and coldar: light snow flurries lg nor thssst portion tonight; Sunday goner ally fair and coldor; snow flurries In ostreme northeast portion; Monday generally fair and solder,

Crack Russian Troops Thrown Into Offensive On Finland’s Mannerheim Line Os Defense

JUDGE REFUSES TO CHANGE DRY NEWYEARSRULE Marion Circuit Co u r t Judge RefuMeN Restraining Order | Indianapolis. Dee. 30. Judge i Earl It Cox of Marion circuit court i refused late Friday to grant a t)'ni|H>rary restraining order to enjoin th)* slate alcoholh Iwverages i commission from enforcing a ban on New Years day sale* of beer and liquor A petition for the order wa* ini')! by ihe Waliash Valley Liquor Dealers asMH'iallon through Pierce Callon. Its executive secretary, and Frank It Cassell. Terre Haute tavern proprietor. Judge Cox said he wa* not attempting to interpret the 1939 slate liquor control act hut dei-lared the law *|wi ifli-ally provides that the holder of a liquor licenae has no property rights on the baala of being a license holder and that the petition has no legal «iatus In a court ot equity. Hugh A. Barnhart, director of the beverages commission, said. “The cominiaaion originally Iwliev- . >-d and still does believe that the law did not Intend to prohibit lhe sale of liquor on New Years dav." Barnhart added that slate excise police have not twin ordeYed lo arrest tavern owners who ignore the no-sale order They have lieen Instructed, however, to atop such sale* and "cite the tavern owners to the commission for l»>ard hearings " The commission's han on New Years day liqnor sales is bused on a ruling of the state attorney general's <>tfl< e that the 1939 liquor act requires taverns to he i lo»)-d between I a m January I and tl nm. January 2. In a letter written by Barnhart to Richard 11. MacCraeken. executive secretary of the latke County Tavern fhrners and Restaurant associallor.. the commission dire tor 1 staled that "lhe rttllng of th)' at- | toniey-general is absolutely binding on the commission and we can do nolhhtg else than follow the official evidence." The letter was I submitl. d at today's hearing Judge Cox commented on t’ae statute that "It looks like some of the drawers of this bill Imhllo'd • fCANTINCBD ON PAGE THHEKi o—... Government Loans In Indiana Higher Indianapolis. Ind.. Ik-)' 3(4 il'Pt tFederal government loans and expenditures in litdlina during the IWht flsorl year >nded Jun' 30 totaled approximately 4-1 •• more Hum those of the sane perital a year ago. Clarence Manion, state director for the ntfice of government reports, announced today. The current total was *106.546.732 as compared with *122.023/4* in I9!x I sums this yar amounted ,to *2»i.722.279 while grant* in-aid and other eapemtttnres were *l3*,. . 023.403 ED S. CHRISTEN IS ENUMERATOR Appointed Al Census Eni umerator For Adam* County ' Ed S Christen, of north of Decatur, Is to Im* the census enumerator in Adams lounty Mr. christen, a former sttperln- ' tendeni of Adam* county schools, was appointed by Arthur J Myers. 1 district supervisor, at Fort Wayne testerdsy. Hl* ap|M>lntment along with those In 13 other countries was annouticed i«y the supervisor All of the county census takers are to report Tuesday morning al the district census h' ldqiiarterc In Fort Wayne Tuesday morning After receiving supplies and Instruction* they will start out immediately In taking ih» census In tbelre respective counties. A survey of the business ami (iianufar luring In each county will In- started first. It la hop*-d to have thia phase of the work completed ( by March 31.

CARS COLLIDE EAST OF CITY Seven Person* Injured. One Arrested Followlowing Collision One person waa badly hnrl. one was arrested and six others suffered leas serious Injuries last night when a car crashed into the rear of another on fedeml road 224. one and one-half mile* east of Decatur about l<* 15 p. nt Clarence Wolfe, 34. of Kekionga street, suffered an Injured chest, sbtM'k ami face lacerations. He was taken to the Adam* county manorial hoslptal The attending physician slate-l Hint hl* condition was mu believed serkms, although further examination will he mad" later today. Richard Boring. 30. also of Kekionga street, driver of the one car. wa* arrested by Sheriff Ed Miller on •! < harg, of recklMS driving Wolfe and Bonnie Davl* Moon. Celina. Ohio, were riding with Boring They ewape.! with minor Injuries. Mrs M.sin's nine-year-old daughter, Rosella Dav!*. Mt», Com Boring and her daughter, Elva Boring, were riding in the other < ar driven by Irene Boring Cnger. These also oacaped with lonises and shock. According to the version of the accident given Sheriff Miller In hl* investigation, both oirs were enroute east to Mlddletmry. Ohio Th • car driven Niy Boring crashed Intolhe rear of the other auto Occupants ot this car stated that the other* had started Oral and they were attempting to eat) h them. Hoth <ars were damaged, lbs one iw-lng tow.-d to this city and ’he other able to make It on Its own power. Il was the wedding day of one victim. Bonnie Davis Moon, who was married yesterday to Floyd Moon, at Celina - -o — NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Blue Lodge, Royal Arch Masons Install New Officers Friday Newly elected officers of Itolh the Blue Loilge and the chapter nf Royal Arch Masons were Installed Friday night ar the .Masonic temple In this city Georg)' Harding acted as install 1 Ing officer In both inalallallona ' and Walter (laid was marshal at hoth cerenuuile* ' Installation cercmimlcs were preceded by a fish dinner, served ' to approximately .mi member* of - the organi*.illoti Officer* ot the Blue laelge are Chester MillltOsh. woishlptul ' maaiei. John M Doan, senior I warden IClihatd C Myers, Junior I wardeti; Floyd Acker, treasurer; Eail It Adam*, aecrotary. Harold Bratidyberry. senior deaiiin. Max Zimmriman. juiilot deacon. Glen Dickerson, senior steward. Itolu-rt | Thompson, junior steward. W o , Uttle. chaplain; Ainos Yoder. I lyler Officers of (he lloyal Arch cham I ter are A. D Sullies, high pt leaf; Role ert Krick, king. Tom Vail scribe; ' Chester Mclnlosh. Iteaauret Earl It Adams secretary Wilson L-e. captain of the howl. N G la-n---hart. prliii-lpal sojourner, Frank Shoaf, maslcr of first veil. Walter Dellsth. master of o-oinil veil. Dr Jim- Morris, master third veil. Cbailcs Burdg. guan) ' — »O " t Buys Health Bond i The l»yal Order of Moose have . voted purchase of a *5 oo health

bond. W. <suy Brown, chairman of th* Chrlalmaa neal drtre, announced tod af. Proceede from tbu health bond fund are need to aid la the hght agalnat tubercnloala and to carry on work and program of the toberculoeie aMociaUon.

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Neutral Observer# Say Russian Losses Near l(N>,000 In Dead And Incapacitated. DECISIVE STAGE Helsinki. Finland. De* 30 <UJ9 Fresh Husslaii troops from the crack Moscow garrison were thrown against the Finnish Mannerheim today In a snow Norm. Il was th)' 251 h day of a bailie which now seeni)*)! entering Its derisive slag)The big men of th)* capital garrison. often seen by visitors tn Mosr-ow In the i . War-'iiiarc parades on Russian hididiiys. are representative of the Im-si men In Iho Russian army Pursuing iheh tactics of exerting iiniemlltlng pressure against several point* of the Finnish line simultaneously, the Russian* sent the Moscow men against Ih" Finnish right wing whih' other big new concentration* mussed at various points lo the east. Today marked lhe end of the flrnt month ;>f the Itiisso-Flnnlsh war, a war which the world expe< terl to lasi alainl a week In all. Neutral military observer* cellmuled lhai lhe Russian* hud lost. In on>- month In men killed, wounded oi otherwise Incapacitated up to 100.000 men liK-lndliiK thnse with frozen limbs; more thuu 300 lank*. 300 airplane*, withmil in hlevlug an Imp.irtant military success despile the tael that weather conditions had been generally favorable io lhe attacker*. Vital iMilnts of the Finnish defense lines everywhere had withstood continuous assault* The main axis oi the Munn-rhelm line remained unbreai hed and during this one month the Finn* had been working day and nighl rnnslriii ling *)'ioiid and third defense lines. In good depth. i» support their original lines The latest estimate* I banheard of the ratio of losses between Finnish defender* and Russian atlai-kei* has been one man lo II Other estimate* run a* high a* one to 40 one commander told me: "l-oaaea have been something like the rath) of the populations." Russia claims |S3ihmiihni people; Finland 3.936,000 Ib-splle great superiority In numbers of airplanes, and domination ot the air. the Russians, owing to the nature of their map*, which the Finns «ay are |"»'r, have with inaccurate liomhiiiga and low qualify Iwmba failed to Interfere with the Finnish prosecution of the war This I* the statement of Finnish sources, which my own observations have not tended lo disprove ll I* estimated that a total of at least 1.500 Russian plane* not necessarily all different one* have liet'ii over Finland In raiding and reconnaissance ext-tirsiotis. Once there were 360 In one day Due to ihe forested. r<» ky nature of the ground and lhe clever Finnish defenses the use of tanks, on which ihe Russian* pul so much reliance, notably lacked auccesa The most Iroubleaome feature of ihe Russian attack has Iw ti to lhe Finns the red army's unsparing use of artillery ammunition. irmrriNVED on page riiitKi;i o Suggestion Award# To Soya Employe# The snsgestion commlHee of thn Central Hoyn < ompany. after reviewing over a hundred suggestion* submitted during the past several month*, today aiiiuiiiiuH the award* A flrat place award waa made to Herman Sanlblne. It F I) No 3, Decatur, of the solvent plant tor hl* suggesHona cofortM the elimination of waler ball* In cracked bean* to give easier operation on flaking Ih'siis and also hl* suggestion of a method for starting the flaking ma< hlnes Another first place award wa* made In the egpeller plant ti> K Reed, 927 Dlerke* ' street. D"'siur foi hi* suggestion of putting an automatic cut-off device In the oil tank 10 eliminate the neo-salty of ihe operator Watching this lank Kecoodary award* were made us ’ follow*. Vernon Hurst. 1414 West Madison strsst, bad a method of i eliminating a naal elevator chokeI up in the solvent plant A euggeatton of eliminating oil from dtlpp- ; Ing on a starter box was made by II Glenn fftranb nf the expeller plant. : I A method of saving power on oil ' tank agitator* proposed by V, i Vsrter. 901 Dletkes street, waa . i also given a secondary award.