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Home I»r Mrs. itaipn ■< I Sunday... I Rally Day I ' —at the — I Bethany Evangelical Baited Brethern Churcn ; I formerly the First Evangelical Church) ; I H. Willard, Pastor ] I llnf| ay School 9:15 a.m. | Morning Worship 10:10 a. m. ■y Youth Fellowship 4:30 p. m. ■ Rain at te n dance warmly welcomed. L.J' UH reac h ou** attendance goal.

j ■■MH I a ?♦ JKK ’ / ' I BbRMb / « ' J 1H m# EMkOi KW - W fII 1 B // ' B i W//I IK m® ’ VkJlt r h ■y/1 ‘ 1 I Photo by Edwards SEPTEMBER BRIDE— The marriage of Mi»» Norina Gene Aug*burger, daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Willi* Augahurger of Geneva, to Je*« lliibeggi-r of Herne, took place Sunday. September 2S. in . the We«t .Mi**ionary church The I couple have returned from their I wedding trip through the *outh and are re*iding at 3Sii We»t Main »treet, Berne. Harmonalnt.” presented an hour and fifteen ininu’e program, under the auepice* of Alpha Sigma chapter of Kappa Kappa Kappa, The perfect blending of the twelve male voice* which ha* gain ed them nation-wide popularity. wa» apparent throughout la*t evenlng'e performance. A medley of piano aelectioii* by the accompanist, Harold ''Hum'’ Clark, and it Mio by the director of the group. Ragland Reid, added to the enjoyment of the crowd. Mr*. Neil Highland wax general chairman of the program. a«sl*ted hy Mrs. L. A. Cowens. Mies Sanna Kunkel, Mr*. 1.. Gray Paddock, and. Mire Kati.‘.yn Kauffman. ALL DAY MEETING IS HELD BY SALEM W. 8. C. 8. The Salem W 8. C. 8. met at the home* of Mr*. Austin Merriman Thursday for an all day meeting A dellciou* pot-luck dinne r waa served at the noon hour. The group then rang tlie hymn “Sweet Peace the Gift of God's Love.” followed by the devotional*. ‘Fill U« With Thy Peace.” and prayer by Mr*. Claude- Foieman. Mrs. Elisha Merriman and Mr*. Kenneth Biens *ang a duet, entitled "Jeou* Walk With Me." A read ing by Mm. Cheater Bryan closed the program The- lesson study, “Preparing Indian Leaders for Post war World." wan reviewed by Mrs. Charles Burkhart. Mm Bryan and Mis. Austin Merriman, after which Mm Foreman conducted a short business meeting. Members present were the Me*dames Chester Bryan. Floyd Meyer. Ray McMichel. Charles Burkhart and son. Grover Wolf-, Kenneth Biens, ImuLc Mattax and daughter.! Nancy Davison, Katie Wlntrow. Oscar Young. Elisha Merriman. Claude Foreman and Austin Merriman All veteran* wives, mothers, daughters or slaters, over sixteen years of age. who are Interested in Joining the laidies auxiliary of poet 8236. are Invited to meet at the V. F. W. hall Wednesday night. October 16. at seven thirty o’clock. Mrs. Pennington of the Jim Eby poet 857. Fort Wayne, will be in charge. Mrs. Drew, state president, will also be present at the meeting. The Decatur Home Economics I club wilt meet Wednesday afterI noon at one forty five o'clock at the hciino ssf \f rm llislilh J. HOOD.

CLUB CALENDAR Soccsty Deadline, 11 a. m. Saturday Girl Re-out Itcgixfrailon, l.lnccdu School, »;3tt a m. Calvary Ladle* Aicl society, Mr. and Ml*. Olis Shtff.-rly, 7:3u pm. Eastern Star supper for past muttons and patron*. Masonic. 6 p m. Mondsy American Legion auxiliary pant preslden'u pn ley, Mrs. Elmer DarWachter. 8 pm. Executive hoard of P. T. A., ctchool. 3:3c) pm Annual Pythian Sister Inspection. K. of P. home, 7:30 p m. Tuesday (' L of C. < arnica), hall. * pm. Decatur Garden club. Mrs. A. R. Aohbaucher. 2:30 p.m. I.oyal Daughter* clam of Bethany Evangelical I' nll e d Brethren church. Mr*. William Dellinger. 7:30 pin. Wednesday De. utur Home Economic* club. Mi*. Ralph J. It top. 1:45 p.m. Profit and Pleasure Horn- Economic* club, Mr*. J It. Stoneburner, 7:So pm. Thursday St. Luke’s Women's guild, church, all day. Ladies Aid society of Presbyfeiian churc h. Mtv W. P. Schrock. 2:30 p in. Pleasant Mill* Meth dist W. 8. (' S. Mr* Will Evans, 1.15 p in. A meeting of the Ixtyal Daughter* c lues of the- Bethany Evangelical I'nited Brethren church will be held Tuesday evening al seven thirty o'clock at the h ime of Mrs | William Dellinger, with Mru. ElI ttier Anspaugh assisting. The Profit and Pleasure Home Ecinotnic* club will meet Wednesday evening at seven thirty o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. B. Stoneburner. The Pleasant Mills Metliodigt W. 8. ('. 8. will meet Thursday afternoon at one forty five o'clock al the home of Mrs. Will Evans in Pleasant Milke. All ladieu of the chun h are- invited to attend. There- will be- an Euotern Star t-upper ftr past matrons and patron* this evening at sis o'clock. Membeni are asked to bring table service and a covered dish. All past pat route are urged to attend. 0 Miss PhyllLe Owens ha* returned to Indiana L'nlverslty. where- she will resume- her studies. H-l ad dress at Blootningt >n is Sycamore Hall. She is the daughter of Mr and Mie. Forest Owens of thk city. Ccmgreasman Gillie will attend the Jenner meeting here Monday evening and will speak at Berne October 2». it ha* been announced The Bluffton Elk* club ha* agreed to sponsor the milk fund for the PTA In the school-* of that city without aid from c.ther source*. tat Ehler's “how do you want your egga?" made Tim- magazine this week A short paragraph tells bow the Decatui restaurant met the meat situation. Mis* Rose- Ellen Millet and MisAvanelle Kraft are attending the Notre Dame Purdue football game at Routh Bend today. o

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Admitted and dismissed: Ray line). 503 South Fifth street; Edward Christen, route 1; Joe Steele, route 6. Dlsmiesed: Mr*. Dewey Kusee and baby girl. Imigene, 122 South Fourteenth nt red. g

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! Mr. and Mrs. Paul VonGunten ol . Berne, are parettts of twin babies.

pg . BHU I KwEBK H s ißßmmmmwmw & WHH A GALAXY OF HOLLYWOOO STARS puli their chairs to an AJT conference table In Chicago to diacuee the jurisdictional dispute now raging In the movie capital between two studio workers' unions. The movie "greats** are, left to right, Kdward Arnold, Walter Pidgeon, Jane Wyman, Dick Powell, Robert i Montgomery. George Murphy, Ronald Reagan. Alexis Smith. Robert Tavlor. Gene Kelly. (InttrnatitmH

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born at the Adam* county memor Ini hospital Friday afternoon. A son. weighing 6 pounds, 10H ounces, whs horn at 2;87 p.m. and 1 n daughter, weighing 6 paunda, 89* ounces, at 2'09 p.m. They have been numc-d Ronald Arlyn. and Ruth Eilc-en. A baby non was born to Mr. and Mrs. David Rmlth of 223 South Seventh street, this morning at 3:08 am. at the local hospital. He weighed M pounds, '• ounce and has been named Duvlc| Gene. — .g... Special Services And Meetings Os Churches In Arec First Presbytsrian Effective for one weeit only, the ■ adult choir practice of the First Preshyteilan church will tie held Tuend.iy evening at s o'clock Instead of the usual Thursday evening rehearsal. The change was neceshitateil because of the enforced absence of the pi.-t r Thursday evening. Youth For Christ A county-wide Youth for Christ rally will lie held Saturday evening, , October 26 at the First Mennonlte church in Bern*, with Quaker ( Perry Hayden of Tecumseh. Mich., the man who six year* ag» after bearing a Quaker preacher preach on Malachi 3:10. decided to prove that promi*e by planting a cubic inch measure of wheat in a plot ( I x 8 feet. He gave one tenth to ( the church ami resowed the rest. Thursday. Aug. 1 wao a red letter day at the fair grounds, at Adrian, Mich., as it was on that day a six year experiment culminated in "the most spectacular inter.lathnal hu-man-history story of the world." ‘ Mr. Hayden will tell that story on ‘ Oct. 26. Other dates for <ounty-wide I Youth for Christ rallies are as folI Iowa: Friday, Nov. 22. with Bob Evans of Chicago. Tuesday. Dec. 31. with a watchnight service. 0 1 Troop Vof the Girl Rcouta met ’ recently fir the election of officers. Barbara Cole was elected president; Patsy Reed, vice president; Carol Elzey, secretary; Rosemary ‘ Hetrick, scribe; Shirley Rudduth. ' GaynM Imnkenau. Sharon Kimble. 1 Carolyn HaktM. patrol leaders. The ■ meeting was then clewed with the 1 pledge and friendship < Ircle. Rosemary Hetrick, scribe. ’ The Girl Scou»* of troop VII met after school Tuesday afternaon. The meeting was opened by ' Marie Bromer. president, ieuding P the girls in Haying the scout promise. Several games were played, after which the meeting was closed with the friendship cin le. Janet Smith, scribe. A meeting of Girl Scout traop I y was held Friday at the JuniorI- ,ien!or high school. AL era short >, business meeting, tho girls enjoyed singing camp songs. The e next meeting will be a skating l> party on Thursday, October 17. at six thirty o'clock All Girl Scouts of the seventh grade are Invited to attend. MASONIC Fellowcraft degree. Monday, October 14 at 7:30 p. tn ' W. J Krick. W M. •- 241b2tx

Negro Chauffeur Robbed And Slain Two Men Sought By Police In Illinois Joliet, 111., Oct. 12 — tl'Pl — Police today searched for two men who fatally beat and robbed a negro chauffeur as he was towing their automobile to a gasoline station. Alonzo W Porter, 63, driver for Mr*. Marie Mackay. Chicago, wu* killed by the pair, who halted hl* car about I® miles southwest of here last night and *ald they were out of gas. Mrs. Mackay, returning to Chicago from Freeburg, Mo., sail Porter had hooked a tow line to the men's car and pulled it alsiut two miles. He noticed the men In the rear car were applying the brakes, stopped and walked back to the second car to investigate, she said. When he didn't return Mrs. Mackay went back to see what was keeping him. and found him lying beside the load. The two men had fie I on foot Mr*. Mackay stopped a passing car and took Porter to a Joliet hospital, where he <Jh-d about two hours Isler. His billfold, containing an undisclosed amount of money, was missing, police said. o - -—..— Alleged Poisoner Is Freed On Bond Woman Arrested On Indictment By Jury Madison, Ind, Det. 12 <VPI — Mrs. Lottie Ixs krnafi. 62. was freed on bond today after her arrest on a grand Jury indictment charging lier with the attempted poisoning of Mr*. Muyme McConnell. Mr*. IxM-kman. known as a “good Samaritan." whose neighbors insist she "always is doing things for jieople." was seized .it the home of a relative at nearby Wirt. Ind., yesterday. It was her third arrest since an investigation liegun last August in the illness of Mrs. McConnell and the deaths of at least three elderly iiersons. ail of whom died while under Mrs. Lockmail's care. Mrs. laickman spent 25 minute* in the Jefferson county jail before she was brought before circuit Judge Harry E Nichols, who set her free on an additional |2.So<t bond until "some time next week" when she will appear for arraignment. She hail been at liberty since Aug. 15 under BIS,BOO Ihiihl Mrs. kman'x attorney. Joseph Cooper. xul«l "friends” furnished the bond. In returning its indictment, the grand jury asked more time to Investigate the deaths of Mrs .Minnie McConnell, mother-ln-luw of Muyme. Mrs. Hattie Calhoun and Fred Giddings. Mrs. Ixickman already faced a peace court murder charge in the death of the elder Mrs McConnell, whose body rev»-aled traces of mercury. Authorities u lso exhumed Giddings' Insly and that of Mrs. Calhoun and reported finding mercury in both cases. — — -o Protest Communists On Indiana Ballots Indianapolis, Oct. 12-(l'P> — The Indiana society of the daughters of the American revolution was on record today as strongly opposed to a place on the state ballot for communist party candidates. The DAR adopted a resolution yesterday at it* annual convention, protesting "vehemently" to the state election board's ruling that the communists were eligible under the election laws tor a place ; on the ballot.

County Sunday School Convention Nov, 10-11 The AdutiM Co Run-Jay seb «d onvcntlon will !»«• held In Berne Rttnday and Monday, Nov. !<• and 11. with Allen R. Bleg.n cf the Luth <>run Bible Institute of Chicago a» guest speaker. There sill Im- Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening sessions, dosing with a young people's and Sunday school workers' banquet Monday evening. An Interesting program I* Is'ltig planned and II is expected that a large num ! ber will attend. 0 To Ensure Housing Preference To Vets I New Enforcement Program Monday Washington, Oct. 12 — tl’l’l — | The DBA will begin a new enforcer lent program Monday de- , signed to make certain that vet- ( erans get new bousing preferences, price administrator I’uul A. Porter said tmiay. DPA will put its 550 regional ' rent control office* at the disposal of government housing ‘ agencies to see that veteran* get first chance to buy new houses and apartments, and to make 1 sure they are not overcharged. 1 Porter said in a radio broadcast (ABC) with housing explditnr Wilson Wyatt. 1 The DPA rent offices will con-, cent rate on enforcing a regulation which requires all new houses to be posted with sign* say'ng they are Iteing held for veterans for a specified period and also showing their celling price DPA will cheek the prices against the prices veterans report they actually are paying. "If we find wilful and persistent violations." Porter said, "it's going to go hard on the person who is trying to do the ex-service-man out of his legal rights." Wyatt reported that 708.000 housing units were begun in the first eight months of this year, with SSB,OOO completed. He said ! it will be two years before the , housing shortage eases. Narcotics Burglar i {Sought By Police i Terre Haute. Ind.. Oct. 12—(HP) I —Police sought today a burglar who st tie narcotic* in a burglary I 1 of the GIII'h Drug storj and broke j ' into another pharmacy hi an tin-1 1 successful attempt to steal drugs . I — 0 I I Trade In a Good Town — Decatur Easy To Live With! . 0 / j flpi / 1119180 / 7 10 I S,Z£S I / / ni t l2 ' 2 °« / / 1/1 i 4O t / I l‘r I : “UJC® Ridelines make the most of your 1 figure and haw well Pattern 9180 knows It- Il's a casual that rates 1 second glance*. Sews easily and take* to just about any fabric. I This pattern gives perfect fit, is easy to use. Complete, llliim- ,1 irate I Rew Chart shows you I every step. L Pattern 9180 tome* in size* 12., 14. 16. 18. 2ff; 40 S| Z( . 18 3% | yard* 38-lnch; % yard contras’. Send TWENTY FIVE cents In ( coins for this pattern to Decatur 1 Dally Democrat, Pattern Dept., . IBS N. Jefferson St.. Chicago 80, ' 111. Print plainly YOVR NAME. . ADDRESS. ZONE. SIZE AND ’ STYLE NI'MBER Ready for you right now . . the ’ brand new Marian Martin FALL t and WINTER 1946-47 Pattern ’ Book! Best-of the-season sash- , lons for all . . . plus a FREE pat- ’ tern for bridge apron and card- . table cover printed right In the ‘ ' book. All yours for Just fifteen ( cents more!

Msgr. Conroy Rites Held This Morning Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 12 il'P) -Church dignitaries from all over Indiana gathered today to pay final tribute to the Rt. Rev. Meat. Thomae M. Conr >y. lute rector at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of ihe Immaculate Concent ion and a prominent Indiana churchman for 45 year*. Officiating nt u solemn requiem high mas* wan the Rev James P Conroy. Huntington, nephew of the deceased. - ■ .8 —— G. E. President Asks Controls Abolished Chicago, Oct. 12- The critical shortage of materials in industry Is growing Hteadily worse, Charles 1-1 Wilson, president if the General Electric company, declared here tonight, and is no longer Ju*t a threat to the cumpany'a production program, but means "le<* product* for million of ciist imers. and no Job* for thousands us worker*." A* the solution. In- asked for abolition of "artifirial controla.” Speaking before the Economic club of Chicago, the G-E president said, "there lo scarcely a product we make, for the <oueuniing public or for industry, whose production j* not being held up or curtailed for lack of one or more critical materials. There is hardly a department of the company that Is not faced with sending even more ot its employee home for lack of material on which to work." 0 CLERK IS HELD (C«nttnu»a From Paw On«) Authorities declined to identify the girl, stating that -he was n »t involved in the theft*. Police Lt. John Murpbv eald that Hur: had become engaged to the girl when he was stationed in Chicago with the navy but that before he wan transferred, rhe had returned hi* ring and told him *he no longer loved him. After hl* discharge. Hurl took a Job n* a 830-a-week money order clerk in Miami and operated a newspaper and cigar stand a* a sideline. He took the ca»h and money orders. according to Murphy, and fled from Miami Sept 27. IB Imught a car for |BOO, abandoned it at Ft. Lauderdale. Fla . and <ame here to make another attempt to win the girl. Motorcycle Damaged By Fire Last Night Firemen were called to ThirJ teonth street hint evening when a m itorcycle caught fire. Some damage Was done The owner of the motorcycle was not identified. o BREAK LOOMING (Continued from Page I) which company spokesmen warned would create "a situation like the power strike in Pittsburgh " As a result of lhe (TO union'* decision to yield for a partial settlement of the maritime strike, the labor department sought to arrange a resumption of negotiations which were suspended Wed--1 nesday. East coast ship owner* ■ left Washington yesterday, with 1 drawing their compromise proposals and saying that futile negot lotions appeared futile Both the AFL and CIO union* , had insisted at the beginning of negotiations that the C 8. marl time commission apply to government controlled ships In the Pacific the term* of any agreement reached with Gulf and Atlantic operators. West coast negotiations have been deadlocked almost since the outset over union security demands.

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1 1 ■ I •ITA HAYWORTH'S gorgeous Png red treaaea get the scissors treatment as the lovely movie atar prepares for a new film. Aa If dinning a "cinema swirl bob” waan’t enough, the redhead is cluing.ng to topaz blonde, (/nterattiomlj o THREE DIE IN (Continued from Page 1) lhe radio reported. In addition to the It passengers, among them five, Americans, the freighter carried a < rew of 33. She was bound fur Baltimore from Norway with a cargo of steel and cellulose. American* aboard the Kristina Thorden were Walter Leonard, former ('. 8. coneul general In Sweden; Walter Heiberg, former . I'. 8. naval attache ut Stockholm, and liia wif- Mary; Miro Hazel Jacobs* »n, an employe of the Ameri- - can legation in Stockholm and ' George Ekman. an American student. IMPERIAL WALLPAPER for beautiful rooms 1 SMITH DRUG CO. I ’ NOTICE! I have moved my Ice HotiNe to ■I1(> NIBLICK ST. South of Burk Elevator ELMER’S ICE DELIVERY Phone 1883 / I’m Billy Break O’Day i from the r