Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1941 — Page 1

XXXIX. No. 102.

*|toa/ Stoppage Is I] Ended As Miners Agree To Return

llp.iv Suspension Os IBo.tl Mining Ended As I Southern Owners AcTo Roosevelt. %M\\oßK TUESDAY \|.r 'UP* Th--poi'ion *>f <x’O '•**'*■ KB* ii|i.iiti-,l ami thrent*-n*-i| EX. <1- f-»— |***>*lm ■ :.,| (o***hhi nun. |^K.t<i »ork tomorrow. • w->tk*-is ■ KL.-i. northern unit southern m XK,■■ '' -in fm h resumption of "|IX It t'lru.iils iti.itxli.il'n-il Hfli. t empty coal cars to - vital fm-l I K*.. .Hid other defense a!i. stocks wen- ap ■Kh o' di-pl*-tton. I . .. |!.. .* t .11 « accepted ' ; ii*"* atl"ti" lan* tilglit a formula ||^K.'. v will reopen their 'h-ir negotiation* I niti'd Mine Worker* , in.ik*- retroactive th*- ■ wloih result Thia ||H th- —iiflH I tiers had k . ■X A In II if W.IH ill Ki d by MEI accepted by ill*I ■> ■■■ - .Old till- ■ ■ i iik i .mi*' none 100 ■ . . .-fri.il authorities said :i < mi d ,opped ftom 99 J iiiNxi'y a month ago !■ ® - ’.I last week and will IK 'I li. li. lH Ihot Week Tt'.e 'Will I *-pl ••S*‘l*t MS.Hill) ii Will be Weeks before jMlf.-t ' ' ' |l! " *’*" **' "** IB ■)-' ■ > ok*- ovens it «m fori ' uni tiring production i- if- peak. It was I. 1.-wla, president of the <■ -nl Mr Kooxevi It that MM in -■•- would return to work ■K*' .i.: mines were expected to mil tomorrow, lint full ;■ tn tarn will not be ai hit» ' Phut-.day or Friday and | n. \l week before the rail -fis ks of Industry. Aplwlat hian op. i V al, employ 2&0.0OO men. ■ Bl- f ■ ■ f.tative agreement with IB'■ a,, weeks ago providing I Ms- wag.- stale of 17 a day. a " ok.ii away from the Apw . otifereticr to establish a i| ■■ • oii'.T'lice and offered an if B" ' ilo lease 111 Wages, leSS ■Mb 'lf- northern operators had l| ■>'- ffid increashig rather than || ng th.- wage differential | north and south whit h the 'I hail sought. ■I By ai eptlng the president's (I i 'Io- southern opurato-s !| Bred lo the |i a ( j a y increase, if lli. ir basic wage scale to S •' day and will continue to »nh the union on ellm IS Ml"' 1 'I Hie differential and other jf M ll ' "h which they are In dis"l>( ' ;| B" • ’ iry of Commerce Jesse !l IE *ho also Is head of tile leK»>xtini.ki, nw pagr fivei BVar Bulletins A Apr 29.—0 - 1 By * ’ oni ß h * ordered about il children between five <1 n<l 16 y«»ra old evacuated • Wrom this biltt town a* won at I ** r ** p,rt 0< * ht tßwn was I •* lc i»ily declared an “evacuI Mtion srea" from which ratiI B«nt ( will be removed. !■. Wa,hl "0 ,0n ' Apr. M.— UR,— I E* CPe,ir > o* Commerce Jette I M Jon «t warned today that the I BleWse and Britith aid pro I B fam *' !! re <|uire tacrifice and I S o,t (freater than auppoted beI »*us e "thi* it aimott certain I Prove to be more than a I M*** 1 * of wordt and producJ E He predicted the national would riae to more than I I Lu“ B <l,PM ‘‘ Hu "B«ry. Apr. 29. I X UR "Arthur Blita Lane, U. ; mmiater to Jugoelavia, rei ‘° d,x *° bomb-wrecked I BT* 9r,<| t after a hurried trip t E"* r * ,0 '"• ks arrangements for 11. D * nub * r ‘** ateamer to I E** r u * ,e •O"’* 150 North and , I Bsi Uth Am *rleana from Jugo-

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

RUSH EXPECTED Bf TAXPAYERS Next .Monday Im Final Day For Payment Os Spring Taxes An unprwndrntrd rush is anti-ciputf-d In the tiffices of treasurer John W Itlakey In the court house during the nevt sow days. , With only five more day* In • which to poy the spring InstallI ment of the 1940 takes, piyalile in , 1941, a large amount Is yet to be collwted. a survey disclosed thia [ , morning Figures < onspilwt by deputy Allee Ixmhart this morning disclosed that a total of 1114.7b7.w7 ha« been collected In current taxes to date. ‘ With a total of ICM.K4.M to Ate collected in current taxes for the year, the amount due .for the spring Installment will I>e approximately ISM.fntO From these figures it can lie aeon that less than half of th* current I tax has been collected to date, thus 1 promising a concentrated last ’ minute rush. Next Monday. May S. Is the fin-1 al day for paying turrent taxes without the addition of the penalty. | Miss l*-nhart's figures disclosed that a total of SH.B9 47 ha* been; collected ill delinquent taxes, in i-omparison to the 122.377.49 to l»e collected this year In delinquency A total of |l99<i has Item col|e<»t*s| In Insolvent and 1110.97 in moratorium taxes to date, also Mrs. A Ike 4'hristen Is assisting Mr. Blakey and Mia* la-nbart during the rush season. Hural taxpay ; ers »re reminded of the fact that , the treasurer's office, along with all other public offices In the city., operates on daylight saving time ■ Person* who plan to pay taxes in th* aftertnmli must come in Itefore | th- doors of the office close at 4 p. tn Reinhart Reifsteck In Badly Injured Reinlxart Retfateck. 33. of the Friedheim settlement, route one. i is confined In the Adams county memorial hospital in a serious con- j ditlon. suffering from Injuries Mis-. tallied late Monday evening. Reif-, steck was critically hurt when a team he /was leading holted. knocking him to the ground The wagon ■ run over his body. He sustained a fractured pelvis , and Internal injuries, according to reports. He was brought to the hospital In the Zwiok ambulance, laite thi* afternoon his condition was roported to be very serious “« Decatur Man Fined In Van Wert Court Van Wert. ().. April 29 Raymond Johnson, of liecatur. Ind., wa* fined |l2f> and given a suspended #<» day jail sentence by Squire John O. Bowden when he pleaded guilty here to a charge of driving while Intoxicated. The defendant was releasisl on toad for payment. RASTETTERIS ROTARY CHOICE Fort Wayne Man Elected District Governor Os Rotary

William C. Rastetter. of Fort Wayne. was elected governor-noml-nee of the 154th district ot Rotary International, at the 27th annual district conference, held Sunday and Monday at Michigan City. Mr. Rastetter, who will become district governor July 1 after formal ratification of his election at the International convention In Denver, succeeds H. H. Kleinschmidt of Gary. Mr. Rastetter's name was placed In nomination by Ray belts, of Decatur. vice-president-elect of the local Rotary club. The new governor was elected on the first ballot Monday afternoon. defeating Howard M. Moody. Valparaiso university professor, and Jack Yarian of Logansport. Decatur delegates to the district conference were Mr. belts and Fete J Reynolds, president of the local Rotary club.

RESIGNATION OF COL LINDBERGH ACCEPTEDTOUY M ar Department Accepts ResiKnation From Air Corps Reserve Washington. Ajrrtl 29 — fPPt— The war department today accepted the resignation of Col Charles A. Lindltergh as a member of the j army air corps reserve. Nacrely an hour prior to the war department action. White House secretary Stephen T Early said that Lindbergh's resigns Hott request ' leads me to wondei whether he is retumtg hl* decoration to Mr. Hitler." Early referred to the order of the German eagle conferred on the filer four years ago. Secretary of war ’larry Stimson accopted l.lndlwtgh's resignation shortly after receiving It this mom- , Ing The text of the actual letter of . resignation was not made public. Lindbergh announced yesterday in a letter to President Roosevelt 11 hat he was resigning his t twnmis--1 slon because the president criticised him at a pres* confer* nee last Friday for hts isolationist views and anti-war activities. Lindbergh bad been a momlter <«f the army air corps reserve 'since March 14. 1925. when he was cummlssloned a second lieutenant. Exhibit Os Work By Cub Scouts 'An exhibit of bird-houses and i kite* made by the Hecatur Cub Ncodts during the month of April ; lta« toon placed in the window* of the store formerly occupied by the Wall's Bakery In the ftugan building on Second atreet These article* were con»tru<-ted 4»y the Cub* In connection with the carrying out of the monthly theme, which was "Our Friend*. The Bird*." The exhibit Will remain through the Week and first and second prise* will , l>e awarded in the contest for the i»-M bird-house presanttwl by the boys. YOUTH IS HELD IN LOCAL JAIL Kentucky Youth Held After Attempt To Sell Parts Os Car William Thompson Graham. IR. of Concord. Kentucky, was held here today In the Adams county jail for Investigation, following hi* 1 arrest la'.a Monday by police chief | James Border*. Graham was apprehend* <1 at the Knapp service station, where he allegedly was trying lo "hock'* a spare lire and wheel off the car he was driving t'pon apprehension, he told child Bonier* that a man whom he had met In a Fort Wayne filling station asked hhn to drive the car buck to ' Colunshus. Ohio, where he *uld the man toM him he had secured the vehicle from a rent-a-car company Oontract with the company 4>y rhe chief disclosed that they hud ; rente*l the car to a man. who had given the name of H. E Maschkan. Maschkan. the company said, he had given them a check for (15. which later proved to be fraudulent. The. the company said, they received word from the man. who asserted in a telegram that he would return the ear later; that at present it waa in storage In Van “ctMTHNUBD ON PAOB THMNt

Blitzkrieg Against Tin Cans And Rubbish Will Get Underway Here As City Opens Clean-Up-Week Next Monday Morning

The annual clean-up campaign In Decatur will be held during the week ot May I, It was announced today by Mayor Forrest Klxey. City trucks will be employed to haul away the rubbish, tin cans and winter's accumulation of debris, starting on the city wide cleanup Monday morning. The clean up of alleys will be directed by Sam Butier. city street commissioner and an appeal was made to residents to cooperate in the drive to make Decatur a sightly and a>.d inviting residential district. through a thorough alley and back yard blltskrleg against dirt and rubbish piles. Residents are asked to gather the old tin cans, bottles and other deb-

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Deratur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 29, 1911.

Coal Stoppage Is Ended MU 1 Hk fl «MLmI The 2* day suspension of soft coal production was ended today, with work to be resumisl al many of the nation's mine* tisnorrtw Pictured above la John L. la-wl*. president of Ike CIO I'nHed Mine Workers, a* he testified before a senate investigating committee a few hour* liefore the settlement wa« anliouit* e<l

SET RITES FOR WRECK VICTIM Blarkhurn Rites Wednesday; Couto Funeral Not Arranged Funeral esrvlcm tor one of the I two victim* In the fatal auto crash south Fort Wayne Bunday have been »et. while *ervice* for the other had not been arranged late today Services will lw> conducted Wed-1 nesday morning at the Akenbruck funeral home In Fort Wayne for William Page IlbH-kburu who lost hl* life In the accident Service* for Mrs. Therlow t'outs. who was also fatally hurt, have not le-en decided upon due to the sgriou* condition <»f her husband.. critically hurt in th*- crash '.Mrs. Pouts was born near Pleasant Mills in Adam* county Surviving Ae-sides -the hmdiand. are a son. TberhfW, Jr. who suffered minor injuries in the wreck; the | parents, Mr and Mr*. Hat Ison Me-1 flymonds; two sister*. Mr*. Paul Dittman of Fort Wayne and Mrs Huy Venls of Decatur; two brother*. Frank and f’lyd*- Mct'lyvnonds of Fort Wayne. The condition of Mr. ('out* ami, <»f Rev. Theodore Fettlg of Monroeville. remained serious today ('out* la at the Methodist hospital and Rev. Fettig at the Nt Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Blackburn was cut and brui**sl in the accident The Blackburns. who were employed in the home of Rev. Fettig. were riding with him The others were occupant* of the car driven by ('out* The accident occurred south of Fort Wayne on federal road 27 near Hessen Cassel. o — Merkle Funeral Rites Held This Afternoon Funeral services for Charles Merkle. Jr.. 7N. father of Mr* James Krick of this city, who died Sunday at his home In Willshire township. Ohio., were held thi* atternoon at Nt Paul's Evangelical ' Reformed church In Harrison town- i ship, with burial in the church cwnetery, < Other survivors Include the widow. two daughters. Mr*. Harold Miller of Convoy. Ohio and Katherine, at home; twe- son*. Arthur i W. of HarrFson township and Paul I F. at Ohio City; two (brothers and . a alster i

ris from the back ot their lots. The rubbish should be placed in boxes, barrels or containers so the city helpers can load it on the trucks. The city trucks will not haul ashes, as such a job would entail too long a time and overtax the truck capacity available. Extra trucks will be rented to make a quick circuit of all alleys and streets in the city. The rubbish will have to be hauled a few miles west of Decatur, on the Kruse farm. Other city dumps are filled and the nearest point is the one recently made available west of tbe city. For this reason, transportation Is a problem and hearty cooperation la again asked in seeing that the boxes and bar-

Permit One Year Army Enlistments Washington. April 29 -fl'Fl— Npeuker Nam Rayburn said today that selective service law revision now being considered by the admlniirtratlon ami congressional leader* would permit eligible young men to take a year’s army training any time between the ages of IN and . DENTISTS AID EXAMINATION Dentfato, Sorority Cooperate To Aid School Children In a project sponsored by the local Tri Kappa sorority, the Decaj tur d*mtlsts Wednesday will exam- | in* the teeth of all school children ■ from tit*' first through the sixth grades. In both the public and Nt. , Joseph M'koola. Arrangements have been mad*by the sorority and the local denflat's association whereby the teeth of every child will be biven a thorough examination The examining dentist will not diagnose the exact faults he encounters, but will advise the jsireiits of the child whether or not dental care Is needed. Inasmuch as early care of th*' teeth is essential for the health of a child, and many ailments are at- i trlbuted to |H*or teeth, it Is hoped this project will accomplish the alm of calling the attention of Decatur parents to the conditions of; their children’s teeth. Both the sorority and local dentists have requested the co-operation of parents in this proje*'t. The dentists are giving their time without charge In this work, and have expressed thoir willingness to make this contribution to the health of Decatur's »* hoo| children Honors Request For Extradition Chicago April 29 (I'Pi The states attorney's office was notified today that Gov Dwigh' H. Green has honored a request for extradition of Orrin J Brown. 50. to Texas. Brown is wanted for questioning almut the death of Leota F. Murphy. 45. The liody of Mrs. Murphy. Mar-! ion, Indiana poetess, was found near a cattle ranch a few miles from GrulH-r. Texas on March 20 I Authorities said she had been beet-, en to death with a hammer.

rela. loaded with rubbish are placed within reach In the alleys, or along the street, if the resident does not have access to an alley. Better health conditions and a higher civic pride will result from a thorough clean-up of the town. To make the city effort effective, citizen* In every sect Ton. will have to enter Into the spirit of the cleanup drive and comply with the request to remove unsightly and unhealthy conditions hi Decatur. No direct charge is made by the city for removing the rubbish, hut extra trips cannot be made through the districts to pick Individual loads, as the truck* will cover a specific territory every day of the week.

Axis Forces Step Up Tempo Os War On Widely Scattered Fronts From Dover To Africa

G.E. EMPLOYES GRANTEDBOOST IH WAGE RATES

Ten-Cent An Hour Increase Is Granted To Workers

Although official confirmation of . th** application of th*- lo cent an hour wage Increase to General Electric company employes tn the Decatur Works. (Xruld not I*** ole tain*-*! today due to the absence form the city of E W lainkenau. local plant manager. Il Is iwlleved the pay boost will apply to &<*' person* here. Assuming that the 11 a week pay Increase applies to Decatur employes, the local payroll will loincreased by more than |lo#.ooo a year The factory is now employing three shifts and the number of employes has steadily increased «lnce the first of the year The total exceeds 55*4. lllcludi'lg the office force. The 10 cent an how Increase, I together With other loro-ts. waa granted by the company yesterday in Now York in a conference with company offi* lais and the I'nlted Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, bargaining agency for the employes. Since th*- increase applies to the Fort Wayne Works, the same - schedule will In all probability illI elude Decatur. 10 Cents Hourly The Increase calls for lo cents an hour for from 75.000 to 50.000 i factory workers in the major plants iof Hix General Electric company. The agreement signed which included provisions for double lime instead of time ami a half for work on ''obaervwl" holidays and Sundays, now goes to local unions for ratification, said the statement signed by W |(. Burrows, vicepresident of the General Electric 1 company, and Julius Enispak. sec-retary-treasurer of the union. Plains affected by the m-w agreement are located in Fort Waytie; N*-hene*-tady. N V.; Erie. Pa . Pittsfield. Mass . Lynn. Mass., and Philadelphia, Pa. In granting an additional five percent bonus to second shift work-1 ers. the company placed those workers on an equal wage basis with thlrdshlft employes who have i b*'*-:* receiving a 10 percent Ihihiis figured on the dayshift male. Company Statement The statenu-nl follows: "As a result of negotiations beCONTINIIKD ON PAGE THHEUI Jay County Man In Taken To State Farm ■Ben Eyanson. 54. of Jay county, was taken to the penal farm at Putnumvllle ihy Sheriff ISd Miller this morning Eyanson was to begin serving a 35day sentence, Imposed by Judge J Fred Fruchte in circuit court yesterday when the Jay county man entered a guilty plea to a charge of drunken driving JOINT PARTY HELD MONDAY

1.0.0. F., Rebekah Lodges Observe Founding Os Order Approxmately 75 persons attended a joint party of the 1. O. O. F and th*- Robi-kah lodges, held last night at the I. O. O. F. home The prty was *tag*-d in comaemo rat lon of the 122nd anniversary of the founding of the order The event was opened wilh a potluck supper, following prayer by Charles Foreman, of Prxble. Cards, game* and other entertainment filled a social program. Mrs. Stanley Hollopoter was In charge of the entertainment Mrs. Frank Major. Mr* Mel Barber, Mrs. Clara Myers and Mrs. Clarence Fa*-kler formed the R«d*ekah committee, James Gotschall and Dorphus Drum of the I O. O. F. committee in charge of arrangements. A number of visitors from other I () O F. ami Robekah lodges in neigldioring cities attended the celebration.

CHURCHILL TO SEEK BACKING Government To Ask Vote Os Confidenee In Conduct Os War lamdon. April 29 (t’P) Prim*minister Winston Churchill tohl the house of commons today that the government will *«ek a vote of confidence on It* action in send ing troops to Greece and other moves In the conduct of the war 4'hurchlll said that he would us.k the vote at the first meeting of the house after this week'* sees ion. Yielding to press and parliamentary demand* for a general dilute on the conduct of the war. PhurchI ill said that the government would present the formal motion that "This hou*e approves the policy of the government !n send.ng help to Greece and declares its confidence that our operation* In the middle east ami a!) other theater* of the war 'Will be pur*ued by the government with the uttno*t vli gor." -o— - ■■■■■ Decatur Women At State Convention Neveral Decatur women will attend th*- state convention of the Federated Women'* dub In Indianapolis thi* Week'Among those who left today were Mrs. Henry 11. Heller. Mrs. John N Peterson. Mr* Felix Maier and Mr* Arthur It HoMhouse. the last representing the Decatur Woman's club a* pt**sident Mrs Holthou**- fills the local club presidency, due to th*- resignation **f Mr* Bryce Thoma-, who has gone to Pine Camp. N. Y.. toj>« with her husband. Major Bryce Thrnnas COURT DENIES GOP REHEARINC Legality Os GOP Ripper Bills May Be Settled Soon Indianapolis. April 29 (UR. Settlement of the constitlltbiliallty of the Republican reorganisation statutes appeared a long step nearer today after supreme couht denial of petitions for rehearing sought by GOP lawyers and ad vance of arguments sought by Damocrata. The high court handed down the two denial* after a late afternoon conference yeMt-rday Attorneys for the Hepublban administrative officers who are given broad ap- ' pojntice power* under the atatutes a»ked s rehearing on a request for a writ of prohibit enforcement of Marlon circuit court Injun* lion against ripper appointment*. The writ of prohlbitloa wa* denied last Tuesday. Attorney general George B*' liner, co-counsel for Governor Nchrlcker who la contesting the validity of the ripper laws, asked an advance of oral arguments on an appeal from the sain*- Injunction decision. In denying the .retition for rehearing the high court wrote “In their petition for a rehearing they the Republicans* assert that In such an appeal they cannot raise the question of the constitutionality of the statutes enacted by the last general assembly. "We think otherwise. "If the statutes are constitutional the injunction «hould not have been granted. If they are unconstitutional. as charged In the complaint. a property right and Irreparable damage having been alleged and found, the circuit court had jurisdiction to Issue an Injunction. "If the relief granted was too broad, because some of the statutes, but not all. are unconstitutional, the In junction may be modified at the mandate of thia court." Observer** interpreted the last remark as a hopeful Indication that (CONTINUED ON PAOE THHKeT DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER •:00 a. m. 54 10:00 a. m. 63 Noon 74 2:00 p, m. ............ 80 3:00 p. 84 WEATHER Fair tonight and Wsdnesday; centinusd mild temperature.

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Dover Area Shelled By Nazi Artillery; Move Through Spain Believed To Be Imminent. BOMB PLYMOUTH By I nil»-d Press Axis armed forces stepped up ' the tempo of war today on widely I scattered fronts from the Ntralts of Itover to the KgypiißN desert, ’ renewing speculation on whether Adolf Hiller would strike next at ' England or In the Mediterranean. German big gun* roared on the 1 coast of France and shrapnel exploded In a steady bombardment Os objectives le-hllwl the cliffs of Dover, while British heavy artlb ■, lery ami RAF daylight l*oml*ers - struck l*a< k. The carefully-watched ''lnvasion pattern" also was seen In a four- ’ hour German hlltt air raid on the 1 Important south roast naval lias** of Plymouth, whbh suffered Its fourth raid in seven days and which reported unusually severe damage. Portsmouth. Berwick and other points In England alao w*-re attacked In Greece, the Naxl high com* tn aml r*-|M>rt*sl. German troops have 1 pushed southward pant Tripoli*. In th*- center of the Peloponnesus and are smashing at the final line of British Imperials In southern Greec*- a line that seemed certain to Im- Mcrlficing Itself to permit evacuation of th*- remainder of thn British forces The Nall air attacks on British shipping around flreece already said t*y Berlin to have knocked out oom*- 7*h***o<* ton* reportedly sank five more inert hantmeti totalling , IH.Son tons and damaged a British , cruiser at Malta, where new raids were said to have started big fires In the harbor Two other British merchant ship* of 5 ****** and (.*•*><> tons were smash*-*! by bomb* In BrHish waters, th*- Nazis said hi North Africa, the axis forces that captured th.- Egyptian desert town of Nollum Inflh te*l considertable casualties on the British, according to tlie Koine and Ib-rlln communiques. The British reporla of th.- action sa -I that Noluilin hail been given up aftei the RAF and Australian troop* had battered the German Italian columns s*-v< rely and that three days of fighting had gained only five or six miles for the enemy. On the other hand the Biltlsh reported that they hail taken the ini|M*rtant airfield of Kombolcla. 1!» miles east of th*- Ethiopian town of Deaaye. which was captured earlier. and that th*- campaign in East Africa was nearing the cleanup stage after defeat of the Italians on many fronts In addition, free French for**-* believed to I**- under command of General Gentilhomme were reported coiiperatlng with British warships off the i-oast of Frem-h Nonialiland blockading the Important French port rtf Djibouti which Is the terminus of the railroad lino from Addis Ababa Th*- Free France tr*M*pa w*-r« said to b*- Inside French territory and apparently were attempting to persuade native forces to support th*- allli-d cause tint latndou took the position that Britain had no hand In the developments and that the operations probably were dUU to anger of the native force* (CONTINUED ON PAGE V IVli DEATH CLAIMS DANIEL CONNER Retired Geneva Grocett Dies At Home Monday Evening Daniel F. Conner. 96. lifelong resident of Adams county, and » rotlrod Genova grocer, died at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening at bi« home In that town Mr Conner hail operated a g-oc» ery store in Geneva foi many years until hbi ret iron*ent several years ago Surviving are four daughters: Mis. Krpei Hall of Warren. Mrs. Lewis Armstrong. Mr*. John Dickerson and Mr*. Lem X'eul. all of Ge» neva. Hi* wife preceded him la death several year* ago. Funeral services will lie held at the Methodist church in Geneva Thursday afternoon Burk*l iwill b*> in the Riverside mmetery UMf Go* neva.