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THE MUNCIE MORNING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1936. 3 WILL SPONSOR POTATO CLUB Bluffton Kiwanians to Assist 4-H Projects. Bluffton, March Bluffton Kiwanis Club at a meeting last. night voted to sponsor a 4-H potato club project and activities on the subject will be directed through the office of County Agent M. S.

Smith. The club secretary, Wendell S. Smith, resigned the position due to fact that he expects to leave the city to engage in the five and -cent store business. His successor has not been named. Bluffton lodge of Elks elected new officers at the regular meeting night, as follows: Clarence E.

Fishbaugh, exalted ruler; Kenneth French, esteemed leading Jacob Dennis, esteemed loyal knight; Max Kain, esteemed lecturing knight; Robert Conklin, secretary; Marvin Crandall, tyler, and John H. Edris, trustee. Call Firemen as Stove Breaks. were called today to the Firemen, Harris home West Ohio Donald, when a pilot lighter broke on a gas range and flames shot high. Firemen turned off the gas and there was no damage of consequence.

Miss Mary Harter died today at her home at Ossian, following an illness weeks of complications. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Harter, deceased. and resided in Ossian with brother, Webner Harter.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at ass deniclock. burial will be in the Ossian Cemetery. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the R. N. Jahn funeral home for a stillborn daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Floyd Groh, near Uniondale. PRESIDENT Continued From First Page. the event he leaves tomorrow, he will follow his original schedule and 30 to Warm Springs, to spend a day before proceeding to Florida to board the new presidential yacht, the Potomac. The Potomac River subsided gradually today, leaving a damaged waterfront from one end of the capital to the other.

The loss was estimated at $250,000. Some streets covered by water, but all the bridges to Virginia, except one, were open. The 'possum provides the hunter both commercial fur and a dinner as well. Caught a Cold? To help end it sooner, rub throat and chest with VICKS Faris, Ex-Prohi Candidate For President, Dies in Crash Missourian Is Killed When His Auto Smashes Into Bridge. Sedalia, March 20 (P) -Herman P.

Faris, 77, once a prohibition canfor President of the United didate States, was killed today when his motorcar crashed into a bridge near Deeepwater, Mo. Faris, ardent prohibitionist who caried the banner of the Prohibition party as its presidential nominee in 1924, campaigned up and down the land in behalf of the dry cause more than half a century. Spoke in Every State. A devout Presbyterian, Faris worked through the church as well as through his party to bring about the adoption of the Eighteenth amendment and its enforcement. He.

believed in mixing politics and religion in the interest of law enforcement and as a presidential candidate his plea to church people was to "carry your religion with you to the polls and put it into the ballot box." Faris spoke in behalf of prohibition both before and after its adoption in virtually every state in the union from pulpits and from the platforms of political gatherings. Although his education was limited, he was a gifted speaker. quit the Republican party and aligned himself with the Prohibition party in 1884 because he felt that prohibition of liquor traffic had become a paramount issue. Faris was a banker in the town of Clinton, where he resided most of his life. He rose from an office boy to the presidency of the BrinkerhoffTrust Savings successors Farise Brinkerhoff Smith Co.

Faris was born December 25, 1858, near Bellefontaine, O. NEW SOLICITING Continued From First Page. quests the employes to subscribe to the Community Fund on the following basis: Income per week and less. 5 cent per week; $20 to $30, 10 cents: cents; $30 to department $40, 15, cents: heads, $40 25 to cents 45, Appointments. Announced.

Announcement was made by Bennett Heath, general chairman of the campaign that J. Elwood Watkins has accepted the chairmanship of the newly created committee the active work of which will get underway by the middle of next week. Announcement has also been made that T. D. Bartlett.

insurance man has accepted leadership of the general sales army, the largest soliciting unit to be organized in the campaign and he has named the following majors to head the three divisions of his organization: Harry L. Kitselman, John V. Maier and Charles F. AP Herman P. Faris.

REPORT SCHOOL Continued From First Page. years and employment of an elementary grades supervisor. Miss Mamie Spangler, former Logansport elementary supervisor, accepted the same post here in addition to succeeding Miss Emma Goodin, who retired, as supervisor of mental tests. Mr. Horton has been superintendent of schools during the years when enrollment has increased as retrenchment has been necessary in budget appropriations.

During the past year use of government funds has made possible needed repairs and additions to several schools and under the superintendent's and board's direction additions are being constructed to Roosevelt and Wilson Elementary Schools. A new junior high school classroom building adjacent to the field house on North Walnut street is also being planned at the present time. DEATHS Warren, March Kober, 72, farmer east of Warren, was found dead in his bed this morning, victim of a heart attack. He had a to be in his usual health appeared when he retired last night. Surviving are the widow.

six children, Walter Kober. of Liberty Center, George of Louisville. Mrs. Clara Drum, of Decatur. Mrs.

Elsie Dalrymple, of Warren, Mrs. Flossie Peterson of Streator, and Mrs. Ethel Spencer, of Somerset, a sister, Mrs. Catherine Nuker, of Illinois, and two brothers, Philip Kober, of Ohio, and Edward Kober, of Kentucky. Thanks a Million GUARANTEED 3 in advertised EZ HOUSER Good Housekeeping Air Step Shoes are Guaranteed as Advertised in Good Housekeeping Magazine.

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Guaranteed "As Advertised In Good Housekeeping Magazine" -YOUNG'SBuster Brown Shoe Store .111 SO. FUNDS SOUGHT FOR INCUBATOR To Improve Infant Care at Newcastle Hospital. Newcastle, March campaign to raise money for the purchase of an incubator to care for -born infants was begun here today by the Henry County Hospital Auxiliary. Mrs. Harry Turgi, of Newcastle, president of the auxiliary, in announcing the drive, said: "Thousands of babies' have been saved, each year with new and modern type incubators.

It should be a privilege for every man and woman in the community to do his part in making this drive a success." To Pour Pool Concrete Soon. Pouring of concrete in the new municipal swimming pool under construction here is expected to begin next Tuesday, it was announced today by city officials. Work on excavation for the bathhouse at the pool was completed today. Moderating weather, it was said, would be necessary to begin pouring the concrete for the pool proper. City Engineer Ernest L.

Guyer said that two carloads of stone for the bathhouse already have been received. Charges of the illegal possession of liquor faced Harry Grimsley here today following his arrest last night near Dublin where he allegedly was making a "delivery." Grimsley, whose home is in Dublin, was arrested by. state excise police who found three gallon jugs of moonshine whisky in his automobile, they said. Sheriff Charles Zornes and Deputy Sheriff Cash Robinson brought Grimsley to the Henry County jail. His automobile and the liquor were confiscated.

Mrs. Harriet M. Polk, 91, widow of Robert Polk. former judge of the Henry Circuit Court, died early today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.

J. Sandy, in Martinsville, according to word received here today. Funeral services are to be held in the Stanley funeral home here at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Another daughter, Mrs. R.

Ritter, of Indianapolis, and a son, Paul Polk, of Los Angeles, survive. BANDITS ELUDE Continued From First Page. held up the bank and herding Carter, Brown, took and a $1,000. customer On that into occasion Brown fired at the robbers as they flecarter's car. standing outside the bank this morning, was taken by the bandits.

A few hours later it was found abandoned along road 47 near Turkey Run State Park. Examination of Carter's body disclosed three bullet wounds, one in the head and two in the body. The slain bandit had been hit by two of the four shots fired by Carter. One bullet had been fired from an automatic found clutched in the robber's hand. In his belt was a revolver unfired.

After abadoning Carter's car the the robbers are believed to have transferred to another machine. Police were given a description of an automobile bearing Illinois license plates which had been seen parked on a street near the bank early this morning. GET $200 AT RICHMOND. Richmond, March 20 (AP)Two unmasked bandits held up the Welfare Loan Society office here today and obtained between $150 and $200. DETAILS BARED Continued From First Page.

the cotton belt should be signing applications for payment within a week. Following generally the recoinmendations of farmers at the four recent regional conferences, the program will provide that each farm have a soil depleting base for one or more crops. The be acreage, the amount of land ordinarily planted in such crops. However, special soil depleting bases will be established for cotton. tobacco, peanuts, flaxseed, rice, sugar beets, and sugar cane.

a Crops will be classified as soil depleting, soil conserving, and soil building. The soil depleting crops would correspond roughly to the country's major commercial crops. Farmers will not receive subsidy payments unless they meet minimum requirements for planting soil conserving crops. WHO REMEMBERS WHEN The foundation of the Kirby House was laid, and the neighborhood children, including myself, played tag on it? or WHEN The ground on the northeast corner of Main and Jefferson streets, owned by Wash. Greene.

was used as a circus ground? ALICE REID MONROE, 3321 Street, Sacramento, Cal. (When the present Delaware County courthouse was completed my father, Thomas Oxley, then a resident of Harrison Township, was in Muncie with his two small sons, aged about 9 and 11 years. Meeting one of the county commissioners he was informed that the contractors of the building were to take the commissioners through the building that day in order to view the work, and accept it for the county. He was invited to take the boys and go with the men, and thus they were among the first to see the entire building from top to bottom. MRS.

H. D. JOHNSON, Route 1, Box 21, Muncie.) What do YOU Remember? Write to the "Who Remembers When" Editor, care of The Muncie Star. BROAD OHIO VALLEY Continued From First Page. reported it was caring for 270,000 in thirteen states--and damaged property estimated at $300,000,000.

Three Missing in Connecticut. Explosions, fires and panic-breeding rumors followed in the wake of they While the debris-littered Ohio River floods. floods that paralyzed Pittsburgh appeared to be spending their force along the lower valley, rivers in New England raced toward peak levels. The Connecticut overflowed into Hartford, spreading frigid water over 15 per cent of the state capital and threatening to disrupt all business activity. At least three persons were missing and damage was estimated at $5,000,000.

A million dollars worth of yachts at Essex, were endangered. Throughout New England there were sixteen deaths, 100,000 homeless and many unaccounted for. Total damage was estimated at $100,000,000. The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company reported fourteen towns without service. Evacuate 130 Families.

Duplicating the activity in the Ohio Valley, authorities of Middletown, evacuated 130 families from their homes along the Connecticut River. Springfield and several other western Massachusetts, communities were without mayor of Chicopee reported 16,000 more than half of the population--driven from their homes onand property losses of $2,500,000. Anti-typhoid vaccine, cots and blankets were rushed to Lawrence, Lowell and Havehill, Mass. Northampton, with a population of 50,000, was almost completely isolated. In New Hampshire the places hardest hit were Concord, Manchester, Keene and Hooksett.

Two hundred animals perished in the Manchester ZOO, leaving only two leopards and a bear. The Merrimack River. still rising, swept away approximately twentyfive bridges and wrecked the main section of Hooksett, N. H. Industry was at a standstill throughout the New England valleys.

Three men were swept to their deaths in the swollen Androscoggin River at Brunswick, Me. Ohio River's Force Spending. The swollen Ohio churned southward toward Cincinnati and Kentucky, but had lost the record-breaking that piled destruction upon Pittsburgh and Wheeling. Nevertheless, hundreds of residents moved out of the 150-mile stretch between Marietta and Portsmouth, as the flood moved toward Pomeroy and Middleport, Point Pleasant, W. Gallipolis, Huntington, W.

Ashland, and Ironton, O. Pomeroy, scene of numerous floods. six feet of water. The 3,500 citizens calmly moved upstairs and waited for the water to recede. Marietta covered by eight or ten feet of "Water, but Police Chief Wolfe said the city was "safe and sound." A water shortage threatened Martin's Ferry, Bridgeport and Bellaire.

Farther upstream Wheeling emerged from the flood with a death toll of at least fourteen, and damage of 000. Most houses still were surrounded by 8 to 12 feet of water and 5,000 were homeless. Leaking gas added to the perils of rehabilitation. All 705 residents of historic Harper's Ferry, W. were ordered immunized to avert a threatened typhoid epidemic.

Pitsburgh Frightened Anew. Pittsburgh, with only partial light, heat and power service and facing threats of disease and water famines, was frightened anew by false reports that a crowded bridge had collapsed. Throughout western Pensylvania solemn crowds filed through temporary morgues identifying the remainder of the sixty-nine dead. Metropolitan Pittsburgh accounted for forty-five of the victims. In Washington, where a flood threat from the Potomac was subsiding, President Roosevelt again postponed his southern vacation to retain personal command of the federal relief efforts.

Johnstown, called upon the President for $10.000,000 for rehabilitation work as 6,000 WPA workers started clearing away flood wreckage. Emergency camps still housed 1,600 refugees. Coroner Cyrus Davis placed the number of known dead at fifteen. Others were missing. State health authorities reported the water supply "dangerous," and ordered a large supply of serum.

Communication to Williamsport was restored after the city had been isolated -eight hours. Indications were the city was almost as hard hit as Johnstown. Delaware River Continues Rise. Mayor Charles D. Wolfe estimated the damage in Williamsport at 000.

Five were known to be dead there as the result of the flood and a fire which destroyed eight business establishments, an apartment builddouble house. The central business area, which was with nine feet of water. was reported in ruins, and 3,500 persons were being cared for in schools and other public buildings. Bus loads of doctors, nurses and supplies reached the city from Philadelphia and set up headquarters. Waters were receding in most places PLEASANT RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION Shoulders droop under weight 01 years.

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a 15c, tisement. In the state, uncovering the extent of the destruction and desolation of isolated communities. Transportation through many parts of the state was still paralyzed. The River continued to rise, again threatening Philadelphia's riverfront industrial area. Wilkes-Barre and its Wyoming valley suburbs were under what amounted to military rule as a battalion of infantry: from Scranton joined Wilkes-Barre's own weary artillery regiment in policing the vast flood zone.

At least 4,000 persons were marooned in Wilkes-Barre and hundreds more in neighboring towns as the Susquehanna slowly fell. DEATH LIST IN THE OHIO VALLEY FLOOD INCREASED covery of an unidentified Portsmouth, March Powhatan, raised the death list of Valley flood further tonight as the yellow, Ohio River flood crest swept on with ever-increasing refugee lists and devastation. Bridgeport, authorities announced, simultaneously, identification of three persons who died with eleven others on Wheeling Island as Bridgeport residents. They were: David Evans, 50, Francis Kimball, 29, and Wilmina Reed, who dropped dead trying to escape. While the river dropped steadily in the rich, upper valley tri-state region of Ohio.

Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, the crest moved past Marietta, toward Pomeroy, Gallipolis, Portsmouth, menacing towns both in Ohio and Kentucky. The water stood at 52.8 feet at Gallipolis, 59-foot crest pected by morning. Portsmouth had slightly more than 53 lapping against a 60-foot flood wall. Rehabilitation and relief for flood sufferers progressed slowly in the region between Pittsburg and Marietta. Waters receded steadily, however, from the worst flood in the upper valley's history.

Damage was heaviest to the steel, pottery and mine district in that area. Wheeling, fourteen perished, was hit hardest." Cities and villages southward from Marietta were adequately prepared for the destructive, debris-filled waters. Some took the flood as an "annual event." FIGHT PERILS OF DISEASE, FIRE, FAMINE IN FLOOD'S WAKE Pittsburgh, March 20 (AP)Flood ravaged cities and towns turned tonight to fight the perils of pestilence, fire and famine in the wake of the disaster which claimed the lives of at least eighty-six persons and spread desolation among homeless thousands in the and industrial empire of western Pennsylvania and steel, West Virginia. The rampaging rivers slowly were returning to their channels from hundreds of inundated office, buildings, stores and homes almost endless path of devastation wrought by the tremendous flood crest before it poured into the cities of southern Ohio. Rescue workers dug through the debris-filled streets fearful that more bodies might be found to add to the toll of dead.

of the flood waters from the Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in the metropolitan area of Seventeen more were added as the torrent engulfed the area around Wheeling, W. Va. The others were reported from scattered sections of western Pennsylvania. The list of injured ran into hundreds. The receding flood waters unfolded a ruin.

picture Federal of and undescribable state chagencies pushed program of relief while thousands of refugees were quartered in churches, schools and other public buildings. Food shortages existed in a number of towns, drinking water was scarce and disease threatened the flood victims. RECORD FLOOD PARALYZES THE INSURANCE CAPITAL Hartford. March 20 (AP)Terror and suffering gripped this insurance capital of the nation tonight as the rising Connecticut River flooded, the city electric into power darkness. plant and As the waters surged through residental and downtown areas, thousands causing untold damage and driving from their homes, additional National Guardsmen were rushed to the city to aid in relief work and guard against vandalism.

Many buildings were without heat. Virtually all transportation and communication were disrupted. All business activity was paralyzed. Eleven hundred WPA workers were sent here to help sandbag buildings which were not already threatened, and scores of WPA were pressed into service in rescue work. As the Connecticut River rose on the east side of the city, overflowing some sections of Main street, the Park River threatened the city from the west.

Although only one death had been reported tonight, fears were felt that there might be other deaths in isolated sections where a number of persons were seen -drifting on debris. JOHNSTOWN ASKS $10,000,000. Johnstown. March 20 -The deceptive little, Conemaugh slid placidly along within its banks tonight, after causing wreckage, death and horror in its three day rampage here. Damages estimated at between 000,000 and $50,000,000 was left in its churning wake.

Mayor Daniel Shields started desperate action to prevent the "flood city" from becoming a derelict town, business and industry crushed, its inhabitants impoverished. He presented an urgent plea to President Roosevelt for a special 000.000 rehabilitation fund. He sought the money to restore public buildings, sewers, streets and bridges wiped out by the flood. He planned also to save tottering business and industry with loans. Many business men previously asruin this added blow to their serted they, faced certain economic depression-mortgaged security.

Grim searching parties moved slowly down river, combing sodden debris for the bodies of flood victims. Coroner Cyrus Davis who previously set the number of known dead at fifteen said he expected to locate not more than five more. ENTERS DISTRICT RACE Kokomo, March 20 (AP)-Benjamin J. Brown, of Kokomo, an attorney, announced today as a candidate for the Republican nomination for representative in Congress the Fifth district on Townsend plan platform. Brown is a district organizer for Townsend clubs.

FARMERS TO GET $7,812,000. Lafayette, March 20 -An AAA estimate receiveds here today, predicts Indiana will receive $7,812,000 in payments under the agricultural programs in effect prior to January 6. REED FILES CANDIDACY. Indianapolis, March 20 (P)-Among those who filed declarations of candidacy tary of today state in the was office Charles of the F. secred.

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