Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 189, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1941 — Page 1

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jn t«kes •SISTER ON (JUFIIMISV Hired: 60-In- * Building •' ,>rcs ‘ tilllw L nl c-P to** n * ,k * f,>n ‘ ?Lto coWf M ’" h ■ * otter* 'b* •">*»''• *?, ion* .irw-mre | vi> taken If th* k* ,r * ‘ thia L «itk <** emphtylnr '< u m H<M»fk Tri lakes. L W .. ** — ,U two b<Mir« ihl’ HtwrlreltK architects ’ 4Nr ll.snk ws» C| !IS o'clock by 'l' ' csssty audit-" fturtt aho Ippejrrd before today sere Al M L Leroy Bradley and Albert C fort Wayne. Everett I. g IsdtoMpob* bkMtd *■' l» mtrferenre L,y attoraey Henry H Hel Ljg. Either who conferred p. -o flaaacee and the duties t toxri hi determining the r 71,, a roanty Infirmary. (•lury dtocSsslon among •** ’***” erection M4im m the tame alte of IWkM taflnury. thu» utllii kteMaent for a «•> Inmate t; A mailer building will Nr to deolgned The old to Md an ((Inmate capacity ■ )oat of a new building will hr »t the loweot level poo [ttomaalaokmera otated An ■ mi. to wade to stillie the toton. stori waa saved from |s>-< and tie It In with the ItotoiM I tetor booae and heating Bre which to hoaxed in a itrtoiidiag. east nd the main Ito cat not I k toll to need In the re toruon of the new Infirmary Marti which carry the heat' Im aha intact and undamag •{ toMMy after selecting Mr.' ■nn.ri.oM page eightT I ffIIEUYS MIEON Bill Batherford's Death fay* Vote On Army Extension Aug. 11—'UJ5— «f Cordell Hull d totoj that if congress did l aaarovi ntanoion of servIto trwy mtn there would "ftoes.ngly bad" pay*»<a affect on the Amerl- ■ MM>m in the internal ion* •hot we. *w»«. a« H -tur>_ ■»*» messe, t.aiay i n re . j * »*wy of the late I *”d G Botherford. R . Fa.. * 1 on the r-aolotloa ' 'Ar aervtee of army men. i, **** to®* enough to **l»tioa commemorating ■**»ko died yeaterday of m •uM'l *^ f >*lto»d >bey had rallied ' b toXTilr* tk * WM ‘ k ' teoZr U * B Co " f Ment the to, * ,k * *rrle» of k *w£t’s<! ,r,,ton ftffU , ** a d** r * I tow T ** W«ii>r It In Mid **"*’* llm ><*d the toft., iJLI 11 »nd ■ to adopt that M ot *•WlutZ’ fc 2’• , , »»<ler« ntx> — s‘*— c 2 *ktl H — »2 J" 1 l!*’ I ' ll n»ni2. J" Mu,h •* T totoiay C *"‘ r «'Mr.

Raze ('himneya At County Infirmary The atalk aentlnel-llke chimney* at the country infirmary building which onrvlted the di«aoti<ma fire 1 at the inatltutlon on Anguat 1. were lorn down today by the Yowt llro* (onatractlon company, under the mpervlalon of Cal Yowl The county commlaalonera order.*l Ihe chimney* raged a« a aafe guard to life and aurround.ng property Several of the chtonney* were near the kitchen aUacbed to the main building and If blown over in a ctortn might fall on the roof. The gable end* of the main building were al»o ordered torn down several feet Determination about | the di«po*al of the entire building will probably be made today, following the comml*«loner'« determination aliout a new imllding and the employing of an archMec-t. TOMATO SCHOOL , PLANNED HERE Two Tomato PickinK Schools To Be Conducted August 19 Lawrence Beckmeyer. prewldent of the Adam* county tomato grower*’ aaeoclatlon and county agent L. E Archbold today announced that two tomato picking achoola will be held Tueaday afternoon. Anguet l» The Orwt meeting will be held at the Lawmen Braun farm, three mile* nouth of Decatur on federal highway 27. at 12 SO p. m. The aecond meeting will be held lat the Peter L Miller farm, one mile eaat and one-half mile north of Monroe, at 2:3« p. m At both meeting*. 20 tomatoea will be aet up following an explanation on grade* made by a government Inapector. Every one pre*will be given an opportunity to grade the 20 tomatoe* The ln*pe< tor will then grade each tomato and explain why it wa* ao placed. With a bonu* being ofered for a harveat or rather delivery of le** than 10 percent calla. It would *eem highly deairable that every tomato grower together with hia picker* vhouid be prment al the pukliig «hoola. Mr. Bckmeyer atated. Mr. Braun'* tomato held wa* direct «eeded following the plowing ' under of a crop of big Engllah clover, well fertllixed. The Miller I tomato Held will «how the contraat between plowing under commercial fertilixer with a clover crop and the clover plowed under without fertilixer. It I* well worth any tomato grower'* time to *ee both of thene Beida » - .Q , ■ - ■ Fined For Utrinx Improper Plates - Cletu* Bollinger, of Geneva, waa fined IS and coat* tbi* morning by Mayor Forrest Elxey In city court on a toharge of operating a motor vehicle with Improper plate*. Train Delayed When Coach Wheel Breaks — Fort Wayne. Ind . Aug. 11—•IlN’l The Trall-Blaiter. faat Chicagoi Now York Pennaylvania Pa«*enger tmia. wa* delayed here more than an hour and a half yeeterday when a wheel on the eecond coach broke. . None of th* co-tche* left the , track and none of the paeaenger* wa* injured. The aerident occured went of Fort Wtoyne, The train wa* east bound. GARABD HOME IS RANSACKED 1 _ Dime Bank, Watch And Ring Included In Loot Sunday 1 Robert Gurard. of Weil Monroe 1 afreet, reported to police authorl- ■ He* late Sunday afternoon that hl* . home had been broken into *ome , time between 1 p. m. and < p. m. i The thief or thieve* gained entrance by prying off a ecreen of •he enclosed porch in the rear of •he home. Approximately |2 SO In a dime kank. an Ingersoll watch and a ring with black onyx setting were included In the loot. The thieve* evidently had made themselves at home, sitting down to the table to «nt banana* and drink water. Dirtied water gla*ae* au-bstantiated •his fact. Because of that and the fad that •he comic section of a metropolitan «aw»paper had been taken. It is considered likely that the thieves were youngster*. City police are Investigating th*

PLANT IN EAST MAKING SHIPS MAT BE SEIZED New Jeniey Plant, Closed By Strike, Faces Government Seizure Ry t’nlfed Pres* Defense official* believed today that the government would wise i the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry dock Company plant at Kearny. N. J., this week. There were no weekend developments Improving the outlook for. •ettlgment «»f the itglke which lie | gsn last Wedneaday and halted work on nearly |s<to.tioo oott In de- ; fenao contracts. Reprimentatlve* of the H.ooo striker* In the Indu*- ' trail.union of marine and •hipbulld Ing worker* HMOi already have urged the government to commandeer the plant. Such action wafted, however, on , 1 the return of PrroMent Roo*evelt from a vacation cruine. A plan reportedly ha* been drafted to 1 place the plant under government control and to a**ure the union that Ita union shop demand will be , met. The strike wa* called after the company refused demand* approv- ■ ed by the notional detenu- mediation boarvl for a modified union shop. Four hundred AFL craft *men bulldnig a new “wet basin" and i three shipbuilding way* had refused to pass picket lines The CIO union granted them permission yesterday to return to work Washington offb-lals lielieved i U. S marines would take over the I plant if the government should decide to *e4*e It and th*i a naval officer would be assigned to operate the shipyard on a "receivership I I basis " ' The CIO shipbuilder*' union won 1 the union shop clsuae In a contract ratified yesterday for employes of •CONTI KUtoD OH FAOto F1VB) Q ALBERT MILLER ' NAMED OFFICER Fleeted Vice-President Os North Indiana Cemetery Association Albert Miller, superintendent of - the Decatur cemetery, wa* elected | vice-president of the Northern Indlana association of cemeiery superintendent* and official*, at the annual meeting held Sunday at 1 Lindenwood cemetery in Fort I Wayne. , ' I George M Deininger. of the Fort Wayne Catholic cemetery, wa* ( elected pre»ident. s-tcceeding Karl M. Nehrllng of Highland Park < em-1 I etory. South Bend; and l-oul* C. ; I Rlppe of (toncordia cemetery at , ’ Fort Wayne iwa* re elected secreI tary-trea*urer. Mr. -Millet presented a de*cu»*ion i on "What doe* a person expect on . entering the gate of a cemetery " He read Impression* from visitor* ’ J to the local cemetery, prepared par- , tlcularly for the occasion by Frenv-h Quinn. Decatur historian and na- . lure lover, and by Dr. R W. Graham, pastor of the First Methodist , church of tbi* city. Other speaker* during the day f were Mr. Deininger. on "care of the , cemetery," and W J Adam* of the ; Lindenwood cemelety, who gave a < demonstration of cametery equipment. Mr. and Mrs. Miller attended the entire day's program | Mrs. James Courtney I Dies Sunday Night II Mr*. James Courtney. S«. of Rock- ■ ford. Ohio died last night at »:20 o'clock at her home. Surviving, besides the hutoiand. are the following children: Clyde , and Margaret of Van Wert. Ohio; . Mr*. Ruth McGrough ot Fo»toria. , Ohio; Howard of Celina. Ohio; Anil I ua Louise and Robert, at home, and Mr*. Ed Shoaf of we*t of De- • catur. f Funeral arrangement* bad not f been completed at a late hour to* .H- • Claim 17 British Planes Shot Down • - ‘ Berlin. Aug. 11-1 VP) -Royal air ’ force raid* on the German-occupied i French Channel coa»t during daylight yesterday cost the BrlU»h 17 t piano*, the high commands said to- ’ German bomber* raided Scotttoh , and English east coast port* during the night and struck heavily at , military objective* along the Sue* canal. Ibe high command *ald

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 11,1941.

Little Thailand Danger Spot * r,.tfeY*! Li, cm MP ' ff 1 llmh the I'nlted State* and Great Britain have made representations to Thailand (formerly Slam*, potential powder keg of the Far blast urging the tiny country to take a firm stand against Japanese demand* for military bases Both the I'nlted Sta'e* and Britain have promised Thailand war supplies In event of an attack by Japan. Base* demanded by Japan would be used. It waa feared, a* a *prlngbord for attacks on British Burma and Singapore, the Netherlands East Indies and China. Reports current In Saigon. French Indo-Chln*. slated thousand* of new Japanese troop* were dlsemlMrkillK from transport* and were streaming westward In truck convoy*.

FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES James Burkhead Dies Sunday At His Home In Fort Wayne Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Mungovan A Sons mortuary. Fort Wayne, for James "Cladd" Burkhead. 61. retired Pennsylvania railroad shop worker and native of Decatur, who died Sunday at hi* hone* In Fort Wayne. Death wa* caused by a heart ailment and followed an illness of several years. He wss Irani In this city and had nodded in Fort Wayne for the last 39 years. He waa a member of the I'nlted Brethren church and a Spanish American War veteran, having served in Company It «»f the 16<kh volunteer regiment. Surviving are the widow. Cora; a daughter. .Mr*. Carl Griffith of Fort Wayne: a half-brother. D. O. Burkhead of Huntington, and threegrandchildren. Burial will be In the Prairie Grove cemeiery. The members of Henry auxiliary will conduct service* tonight at 9 o'clock at the residence. 961 St. Mary’s avenue. Fort Wayne. Several From Here At Garden Festival Several Decatur people, representing the woman's and garden clulie and other visitor*, attended the Mark C. Honeywell garden festival at Wabash yesterday, the opening day of an eight-day program Among the features, in addition to tour* through the beautiful gardens on the Honeywell estate, were the address by Gov. Henry Bchricker. the exhibition by the Culver black horse troop and the music hy Jack Wainwright's Mmlierlost camp band A large crowd attended. Fabien Sevelxky will conduct Ute youth's symphony orchestra at Tuesday's program.

Decatur Attorney And Family Marooned For Hours On Island

Th* harrowing experience of Being loaned helplessly about on a storm-distuitbed Lake Michigan for about 20 hour* wa* told today by a Decatur attorney, who returned with bi* family over the weekend from a "vacation" trip. The attorney I* D. Burdette Cutter. who. with hi* wife. *on* Burdette Jr., and Jim Tony, and Mmonths old daughter and six other persons Avers shipwrecked. The story I* told by the attorney a* foliowa: Th* party left Beaver Island on Lake Michigan about 9 a. m. for High Island 11 miles away. After stopping off at the uninhabited Island for a short time they started back When about a mile from shore a coupling broke on a shaft that drives the propeller Finding themselves unafble to fix the damaged shaft on the 2Moot fishing tub. they did not become uneasy until the storm started up.

Decatur Woman On NCCW Committees Members of the Decatur council. National Council of Catholic Women. have been named to several position*, according to 'he ownmiuee list a* announced by Mrs. George lleininger. president of the Fort Wayne deanery Mr* Etono Smith I* auditor of the group and Mrs. J. H Brunton is fifth vice-presideut. Mis* Grace Coffee was named iliairman of the Catholic parentaeacher association. LIST FiCULH MEMBERS SOON Superintendent Krick An* nounces Staff To Be Announced Soon The faculty roster for the 1941-42 term of the Decatur city schools will be announced within a few days, it wa- stated today by Walter J. Krick, city school superintendent. Appointment of * teacher on the Lincoln school faculty to fill the vacancy created by the death of Mis* Bertha Bunner will also be announced at that time. Plans for the opening of school on September 2 are being completed by the superintendent, aided by W Guy Brown and Ed Jaie-rg. principal and acting principal, respectively. of the Decatur junior-senior high school and the Lincoln school. Custodian* have started the work of cleaning the two public school iHiiiding* and doing other work preliminary to the opening. The roof of the Lincoln building has been given a new coat of pitch. — o Cub Scouts Meet Tuesday Morning Cub Scout* have been asked to meet Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at Hanna-Nuttman park for the last of the serie* of summer meetings. All Cubs are asked to be present.

Tossing of tbe helplee* ship by the four-foot <w»v*e that crashed against R broadside resulted In damage to the rudder and anchor. Then Jt wa* deemed safest to strike back for shore of the uninhabited island in the tug's lltaoat* Blister* on the hands of the local attorney sustaintiated hi* stories of the 4A<ninute task of rowing 4o shore against the dashing wave*. The ship owner. Mr. Custer and a professor Included In the party, did most of tbe rowing in making the two trips carrying passengers to tbe island Their landing on this Island seemed somewhat of an "out of the frying pan into the fire" circumstance. however, since they still were without food, water and ample protection against tbe storm They elected to set fire to an old barn on the Island and finally attracted attention of the coaet guardsmen on Beaver Island 11 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Battle For Prized Caucasian Riches Mounts; New Threats By Japan Increase Tension

FOUR KILLED IN OKLAHOMA PRISON BREAK Warden, Jailer And Two Convicts Slain During Break McAlester. Okla.. Aug. 11.—(VPl Gov. lawm Phillipa, investigating . the bloodiest break in the history of the Oklahoma penitentiary- •<>- : day praised W E Alexander. <5. a bald and rotund deputy sheriff, for single-handedly killing two fugitives. critically wounding another and capturing the fourth. The escaping convict* killed Warden Jess Dunn. 46. and county jailer W. B Ford. 51. "I personally paid tribute to Bill Alexander.” Phillip*, who questioned guards and convict*, said. "Probably Alexander saved the live* of other cltixoft* by stopping the convict* when he did. Instead <>f letting them run away and terrorise the ' countryside.” Alexander fought two gun battle* with the fugitive*. In the first, he killed Claude Beaver*. 3», who drove the automobile In which they fled. | In the second battle, half a mile from the Brat, he killed Roy McOet, 36. and ahot William Anderson. 35. serving 27 year* for armed robbery, through the stomach. The fourth I fugitives. Hiram Prather, 33, a murderer and life-termer, threw down his gun and crawled from the ditch In which they had taken refuge, begging for mercy The break started yesterday I morning in the exercise yard. Dunn gdt a mystery telephone call from the prison hospital, and be and J. H. Feiitrls*. an Oklahoma City engineer working on the prison cominunications system, started acrooo the yard. The convicts, concealed behind a flight of stairs, jumped them. Me- ' Gee had a straight-edged raaor, the other* dagger* made from prison cutlery. They quickly bound Dunn* wrist* with wire, and tied Fentris* with rope. Then stabbing Dunn a few times to show guards at the gate they meant busines*. one shouted: "Throw down your guns, or we ll kill the warden." The guards threw down two rifles, a shotgun and a pistol and opened the gate. The convicts, prodding their hostage* with the knives, picked up the weapons and j fled in a guard's automobile. Alexander and Ford leaped Into an automobile and. at the prison gate* picked up Robert Pollock, a guard. They cornered the convicts on a dead-end road, and Alexander jumped out with his rifle ready. "Billy, don’t lose your head.” Ibinn cautioned him. "Throw your gun down and let us by.” Alexander could see Dunn sitting between McGee and Beavers in the front seat of the automobile. McGee had thrust the point of hi* - knife Into the flesh over the ward(OONTINUBD ON PAGK TWO) DEATH CLAIMS MRS. WALTER Mother Os Three Decatur Resident* Dies At Sturgis, Mich. Funeral *ervFce* were held thl* i afternoon at Sturgi*. Mich., for i Mrs. David M. Waitar. 75. mother of Mr*. Ruth William*. Mr*. Bertha Hakey and Alfred Deam. all ot I Decatur. Mr*. Walter, a native at Adam* county, moved to Sturgis in 1917. She died Saturday after an illness of three year*. Other survivor* include the husband; a brother. John Brldegon of i Columbia City; two other daughter*. Mr*. Ethel Freh*e. Corunna and Mr*. Mabel Booher of Sturgi*. Mich.; one other aon. James Deam of Baldwin, Mich.; one stepson, Ray Walter ot Baldwin. Mich.; 20 grandchildren and six great-grand-children Service* were held at the Church of the Naxarene thl* afternoon, with burial In Oaklawn cemetery at Sturgi*.

FIHAL REPORT ON USD DRIVE Adams County Oversubscribes CSO Quota By Nearly SSOO A final report on the I'SO drive, made today by Herman H KrueckeIwrg. dimlo»ed that the county ovoraubscribed it* quota i«y nearly IFliHt — due mainly to remarkable work In two or three unit* Mr Krueckeberg'* report wkovetf a total of 11.913 A3 collected In comparison with the quota of 11.4M4. One collection of (25 was made yet this morning, he stated. Decslur. Monroe Slid Pleasant Mills all oversubscribed. While no goal had lieeti set for Preble. It is iM-lleved that the total collected there was more than aatiafactory. Mr. Krneckeberg and Ed Bauer, Decatur chairman. Issued a joint statement today, expressing their appreciation for the splendid response to the I'Bo drive, and thanked all workers who aided In making the campaign such a complete success. , Following is an Itemised list of the collections by units, with the first figure the amount contributed and the second figure the quota a* not by the area leaders: Dactotur 11.514 92 5936 oo Monroe ........ 55 50 50 00 Pleasant .Mills.. 3400 2500 Preble 1»25 None Berne 272 51 331 00 Geneva ........ 35.75 142 00 51.93193 91.584. M BERTHAEUNNER TAKEN BY DEATH Prominent Decatur School Teacher Dies Saturday Night Funeral services for Miss Bertha Bunner. 57. prominent Decatar school teacher, who died Saturday night at the Adams county memorial hospital, will be held Tueaday afternoon. The service* will be held at 1:15 o'clock at the Zwkk funeral home and 2 o'clock at the Mt. Tabor Methodist church of Bobo Burial will be In the Mt. Tabor cemetery. Mis* Banner suceambed Saturday night at 9:45 o'clock following an extended Illness. She had tmea bedfast for the past four weeks, and was admitted to the hospital about three week* ago. She had resided at 313 North Firth street. She was born in Holm on June 13. 1994. the daughter of Eugene and Rebecca Anders-Bunner. With the exception of one year, during which she taught at Gideon. Missouri. she had been a resident of thl* community. She had taught In the Adams county schools for a period <rf 36 years. Os this number. 23 years were served in the Decatur schools, laist year she was a teacher In the third grade al the Lincoln school. Before starting her teaching career she attended Marlon Nonna I college at Marlon. Surviving are a nephew, E. A. Dull of Ohio City. Ohio: a niece. Mrs. Alma Walter* of Ohio City, and a great nephew. Ned I>ull. Dr. Ralph W Graham of thia city and Rev. J F. Arthur of Hobo will officiate at the services. The body may be viewed at the Zwlck funeral home until time for the services. II I Ml Lions Club To Hear 4-H Club Winner Miss Naomi Steury. of Monroe township, one of the bwo 4-H club girl* who won tbs district demonstration contest*. wUI present her demonstration ot the weekly meeting of the Decatur Lion* club Tuesday evening at 6:15 o'clock at the K. ot P home. Miss Steury, by her district victory, will compete In the contest al the Indiana state fair. o - Corn Borer Damage Estimate $600,000 Entomologist* of Purdue University estimate the commercial damage to corn due to the coin borer will exceed 5600,000 thia year. This damage will be concentrated in northeastern Indiana a* here I* where the corn borer is rampant

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Germans Report "Rapid” Progress Around Area Os Black Sea; Japan Tightens Rules. FORBID SHIPPING ■erlm, Aug 11— -O* r - man armed fercee mara officially reported today to be "rapidly” driving back th* Red army of the South Ukraine in an advance that ha* earned axis troop* to a point “not far from the Black Sea coast" By I’nltwl Press The bailie for grain, oil and mineral lands around the Black Sea gained miwnentum today and Increased the threat of new war operations from Ni»- .Medfterranean to the near east and the Pacific ocean. While Russian and German air fleets again were striking at each other’s capital cities, the Naif high command reported thnt ”rapld" pursuit of Soviet forces was In progress everywhere in the southern Ukraine The communique gave no detail* but the Russians had admitted small enemy advances In the wide battle area south of Kiev and the German threat to the Black Sea port of Odesaa apparently wa* Increasing Elsewhere on the long fighting front both sides Indlralerl that there had been IKtlc change In position at the beginning of the eighth week of war except for slight Naxi gains south of l-enln-grad Other threats of war action came, however, from the areas which would be moat directly affected by a German triumph in southern Russia Ixmdon reported that Britain and Russia were taking “parallel action" to force German agents from Iran. The British had charge«f a Nart plot -now frustrated had been discovered In Iran, which lies southeast of the rich Caucasian oil fields of Russia, and It appeared likely that both Ixtndon and Moscowplanned firm action against German elrnnenta In the near east. A fxmdon newspaper report said that Germany was again demanding naval baKoe In the French African ports of Flxerte. Algiers. Casablanca and Dakar, although Vichy continued to deny that any new commitments had been made to the Nails The Ixindon radio elaborated this report with a claim that the Germans were preparing th« French navy for war service A report from Ankara said that the Germans were massing bargee and other naval traniqiort* on the Rumanian coast for an over water offensive against Sebastopol, in event the Nail drive on Odessa opened the road to the oil fields of the t'auca sue Japan, reportedly ready to strike In Siberia If the Russian armies are crushed by the Germans In the west, was reported by Shanghai to have Indicated it would refuse to permit American ships to carry war supplies to Vladivostok. A spokesman at Tokyo said that he had not heard of the reported JaiNinese attitude regarding American shipments. but Shanghai asserted that Japan was tightening the naval blockade of China as a G-nNTtNCKD ON PAGg RIX) o ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE DIES Harry T. Mumma Dies Os Heart Disease At Big Long I-ake Funeral services were held it* Fort Wayne this afternoon for Harry T. Mumma. 43. a native ot Adams county, who died Friday night at Big Long l«ake where h«* had gone earlier In the day. Death was attributed to heart! disease. Burial wa* made In th«* Lindenwood cemetery. The deceased had lived In Fori Wayno since 1919 and wa* employee! aC the Fort Wayne General Electric* for the past 21 years. Surviving are the widow. Gertrude; three sons, Russell. Robert and Ronald, all at home; the father. Wesley: two sister*. Mr*. Ethel Sprang of l-awton. Michigan, and .Mr*. Ella Peckham of Monroeville. He wa* a World War veteran amt a member of the Disabled War Veterans organisation. ,