Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1946 — Page 3

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A program of music, tnedltation and prayer, wi-h i-mph,i%|« on mis alon*. was presented during the meeting. A solo, “Because I Have lleen Given Muc.i” was also given by Mm. Thompson. with Mrs. liar old Murphy playing the „ rMai) Mi . companiment During th.- bustnews meeting, conducted by Mrs George Thomas, the group voted to wend a delegate to the Women's guild summer school at Tiffin (» Decorations of the auditorium confuted of bouquelw donated by Mra. Ferd bitterer and Mrs. Fred Ashbaucher. Hosh-ssei, forth.- eve nlng were the Mesdames Cal Yost, Noah Arnold, Floyd Andrew*, Fred Aahiutucher, C. L. AuguM. Mrs. Lina Jarohn of Burnt*. wan a xucm al ihf* meeting. WOMENS SOCIETY IN MONTHLY MEETfWc The monthly meeting of th* Women’s society of the Baptist chunh was held Thursday after noon at the church, with Mrs Cal Peteraan a* hostess. Twelve meinbent were prewent. The meeting, conducted by the preaident, Mrs. Warren Lehman, was opened with devotion*, read by Mrs. Maude Merriman. Prayer wan offered hy Mrs. Carey Mower, following which a letter of ap predation was read from Mrs. Shamp. Mrs. Norman Kruse was In charge of tne lesson study, owing aw her topi. "The Moving Times.'’ A |m*m was also read hy .Mrs. Peterson, after which the meeting closed with a group prayer. Delicious refreshments were served during the wo. ial hour by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Osa Lane and Mrs Hilt. Murray Mrs. J. K. -Eady was a guest at the meet Ing The next meeting will Im for the members and their families at Hanna-Nuttman park ADD SOCIETY INVITE FRIENDS TO ATTEND OPEN HOUSE Decatur friends and relatives of the Rev. and Mrs. George Hunter Myers, former Decatu- - residents, now of Union City, today received in vital tones to attend an open house to be held at the Myens’ home in Union City. June 23. in celebration of their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The Rav. and Mrs. Myers are well known in Decatur, where Imth

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CLUB CALENDAR Society Dsadllns, 11 A. M. Friday Legion auxiliary, Legion home, H p m, lAdles Aid society of Calvary church, Mrs. Fannie Jackson, 7:20 pm. French Tnwn«hlp Home Economic* club. Mm. John Bertsch. 1 Pin. Victory cinps of Ist U. B. Church, Mr. and Mm. Gerald Ray. 7:10 p m. ItainlMiw for Girls, dunce, Masonic nail, r : 3O pm, Monday Needle ciub, postponed. Corinthian class of Christian church. Mrs. Dan Roop, 7:20 p. m. Thursday Catholic Udlew of Columbia. C. L. of c Hall, 2:20 p. m. St. Luke's laidles Guild, church. all-day attended Decatur high school. They are frequent visitors In this city and a group of friend:- are planning to attend their party. The Catholic Ladies of Columbia will hold a dinner meeting Tuesday evening at slx-thlry o’clock at the ('. L. of (’. hall. The Nt. Luke's ladles guild will hold an all-day meeting Thursday nt the church, with a pot luck dinner at the noon hour. Mrs. Andrew Lozier, of Berne, who spent seven years as a missionary In Africa, will be the speaker. Mrs. Carl Mcßride will be the hostess.

IBIM iii itiiii|< lint ffiyii y.yw CTMI™ I Robert P. Briede. 8 1-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Briede, who has been stationed at the navy pier at Chicago, 1s home on an 11day leave prior to his temporary assignment at a naval supply depot In New Jersey.

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Admitted: Mlw Paulin* Gerlxaf. Berne: Jam** Dull. Wren. 0.. Frank Bloemker. route 2: Mrs. Jerome Coffee. 234 North Seventh Mtreet. Mies Betty Joan Andrews. 215 West Jeffrrrm street Dlxntboed: Mrs. Donald J. Miller and baby girl. Dian • Kay. Decatur. .Mkw Elizabeth Ann Bryant. Geneva route 1: Paul Jr. Bryant. Geneva route 1: Leslie Sprunger, Berne: William Rupert, Geneva: Mrs. James David Liggett and baby hoy, Winchester and Line streets; Mrs Robert E. Jackson and baby boy. Steven Allen. 31f» North Third olieet: Mrs. Hugh D. Mosser. and daughter. Judy Kay. Geneva route 2; Mkai Geraldine Schults, 707 Winchester street; David Schultz. 70* Winchester street. 0 The combined length of the Missand Ohio rivers is al>out 1 4200 in Ilea.

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Florian Smltji. Fort Wayne, spent Thursday in Decatur visit Ing his sister. Miss t'ecelia Smith, and looking after business. Mrs. K. 8. Foby of Cleveland. O. wan a guest recently at th* Teepfe Tour>t horn* here. Hill HOME (Editor's note: The following questions and answers concerning vetersns are furnished by Dwight R. Arnold, county service offleur.) Q. What do* this "Waiver of Premium’’ clause mean that Is attached to National Service Life Insurance pollcl** without any premium charge? A. It means that If the policy holder is disabled for six months and unable to follow any substantially gainful occupation, he will no longer have to pay any premiums while be U disabled. He can even convert his term policy while he la getting the benefits of this waiver of premium clause and it will not coat him a dime, and the premium will st 111 lie waived on the rew and more expensive policy. You can’t beat an arrangement like thiw. —

Honorable Discharge Quentin R. Crist. 81c„ from Great latkes. 111. o Divorce Granted In Allen Superior Eileen B. McMillen was granted a divorce from Harold W McMillen at Fort Wayne Thursday In Superior court 1. They formerly resided In Decatur. 0 Escaped Convicts Are Back In Prison Folsom. Calif., June H — H'Pt - Three Folsom prison convicts were in solitary confinement today after an abortive escape that ended in their recapture on the banks of a river 10 miles away. The three men were Spencer 0. French. 30, of Contra Costa county; Garland V. Lawrence. 30. and William A. Horne, 31. both of fats Angeles. Lawrence was to be released on parole this year and tbe others were up for parole next year. o The first Hawaalan dictionary and grammar was published In 1827. Wrap And Tie It!

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Byrnes Arrives In Paris For Confab Foreign Ministers Resume Conference Paris, June H.-(UP>-B*<-re taty ot state James F. Byrnes arrived by plane today for the resumption of the big lour foreign ministers conference which revetted a month ago with Ruawla and the wMtern powers at odds qn all main Issues. HyrnM nn<i Tom < onnilly and Arthur Vandenberg composethe American delegation. The inference open* formally at i p.m. tomorrow. The aitnosphere generally was pessimistic a>c the decisive phase In the efforts to devise a peace for Europe arrived. British foreign secretary Ernectt Bevin was due later today. The prevailing gloom was Increased by a sharp Huesian radio attack last night on the plan for a federated Germany which Bevin will Introduce, probably with Drynes' «upp>rt. The Moscow broadcast called it “nothing more than a copy of the Nazi plan for a Nazi Europe.” Bevin and Byrnes were ready to make possibly their final attempt to break down the wall of Russian opposition to their peace treaty proposals, if they fall, there was every Indication that Britain and the United States will sign separate treatiwe, at least with Italy. The cleavage ltd ween west and east then would be complete. In addition to the overriding task of finding a means for Soviet cooperation with the western powers, there were seven key topics: tit Trieste and Ven*zia Giulia. <2> The Italian colonies (3) Italian reparation. Hi Fate of the Dodecanese Island. (Si Opening of the Danube- to navigation by all countries. (St The future of Germany. I7i The economic freexeout of the western powers from the Bal kans.

Afghanistan Area Returned To Reds Kushka Returned In Frontier Agreement London, June 14.—(UP)—Afghanistan has returned to Rusula (he rugged border district of Kushka. <n the ancient invasion route from the middle east to India, under a Soviet-Afghan frontier agreement. the Moocow newspaper livestla announced today. Kushka Iles at the strategic corner where Iran. Afghanistan and the extreme southernmost tip of the Soviet union a corner of the Turkmen Soviet Republic meet. The district was awarded t> Afghanistan in the Soviet-Afghan treaty of 1931. The new Soviet-Afghan agreement. signed in Moscow by V. M. Molotov and Afghan ambaosador Sultan Ahmed Khan, re-define* one' of the world's most iemote yet potentially Important frontiers. Al wig It Marco Polo explored and the armies of Ghengis Khan and Tamm lan cut conquering paths. Izeetia called the new agreement a milestone in the growth of friendship between the Soviet union aad Afghanistan, long a buffer state tel ween India and Russia. The newspaper announced that the two contracting governments agreed to regard as Obsolete the sections of the 1931 treaty by which the Kuehka district was incorporated into northwestern corner of Afghanistan. There was no immediate Indication of how much Afghan territory wa<i handed over to Rusaia. The agreement re-defined the frpnHer along the general c„urse of the Amu Darya river (formerly known as the Oxus riven which it followed in the 1931 trety. The radio Moscow announcement said it also nutated the boundary along certain land sections and provided for settlement of "certain other quwitlona.' Increased Soviet interest in Afghanistan, has been evident for several weeks. Premier Stalin hlnwelf intervened in the negotiations, receiving the Afghan am bar.tador In the presence of Molotov.

o Files Divorce Suit At Fort Wayne Court F«rn Okeley. 10& Weat Matter* »on drive, Fort Wayne, hae filed »ult for divorce from Fied Okeley in Allen superior court 1, charging he became intoxicated frequently and waa abusive. 0 The Federal Trade cotnmkialon established by an act of Congrexa In UH. There are about 165 different kind* of feme grown Io the United

Boy Scouts Report Monday Or Tuesday Alt Boy Ncouts planning to attend the Beaver Island camp this summer are requested to report to Nieve Everhart, Scout commissioner, at Worthman field Monday or Tuesday morning. . Recommend Man Be Held For Murder Hold Illinois Man For Killing Wife Zion. 111. June It (UPt A broken wooden club and a torn jacket bearing what appeared to b* trewh blood were- found In the h ;ine of Ford Ashcraft, 38, war veteran, who said his wife was killed by a railroad train In an unfulfilled aniclde pact, police said today. A coroner’s jury recommended yesterday that Ashcraft, a garage mechanic, be held to the grand jury for murder. He was taken to th* county jail at Waukegan. 111. The jury acted after Ashcraft said he entered into a suicide pact with his wife, drove their car onto the railroad tracks and then "lost my nerve" at th* lust moment. The jury und police were confronted with several mystifying facts, in addition to the club and jacket. Ashcraft admitted under questioning that he was In love with a 17-year-old girl formerly employed in his home. He said he had taken out life ItMUrance recently for himself and his wife. Ashcraft testified that he and his wife, Lucille, 38, the mother of five children, stopped their automobile on the track* Tuesday night in front of a Chicago and North Western train. He said they had agreed to commit suicide after a quarrel over his going with other women.

As the train bore down on them, Aohcraft said, h* unclasped his arms from almut his wife, and jumped from the car shouting, “leap, honey.” “I heard the train whbitle and mw the wigwag signal start working he said. "I don't know what happened to me then." He said he turned as he ran and saw his wife elide over into the driver's seat and thought she was following him. "All I heard her say was ’honey* aa the train struck the car.” he said. Ashcraft testified that he and his wife decided to kill themselves during a quarrel while they were drinking in a tavern. "I said I might as well have been tilled by tho Jap-, ux living this

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! way.” he told the jury, ••Nhe said: If that's the way you ’ feel about It. let's end II all, I WUgseated we head foi the lake and , drown ouiwelves. tint she said. I "whata the matter w'th the rail-1 road tracks?' "I answered, nothing." police said Mtt. Ashcraft died of ' a broken neck. qAlex Campbell Not Candidate For Senate Fort Wayne, Ind.. June 11 tl Pl I’. 8 district attorney Alex M

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! Campbell today was “obllgsted" I io tenialn In his present .ederal position and not beumt* • candidate for the Democratic nomination for senator. Campbell, mentioned »• Democrats most Hk-’F said he would not run "in view of the fact that I have recently been reappointed the U- H attorney by i the President ” FATHER'S DAY- June 14th You will find a rift to him at Kohne Drug Store.

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