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MONDAY, MAY 26, 1941 ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM TO RE AT CEMETERY Scott Whe, Pt Commander of Ohio U. S. W. V. to B.

Speaker. Piqua's tribute to its of all wars will be presented in the annual Memorial Day services at For est hiu cemetery at 10 a. m. Friday Memorial Day with scott Wehe, Co lumbus, put department er. United Spanish War Veterans, as me principal speaker inis year, due to the.

tact that both National Guard unit of this city are now In federal service in Mississippi, and the dwindling ranks inner wars, there will be no pelade through the downtown area as has been the custom here for uinte 01 me parade, a short line of march for several blocks along the north end of Broadway ncing at the Soldier's lot, sit ot the services. The Central High school band and choir under the direction of Philip Gats will present special music for iic uwasion witn Miss Constance ruray, student at Central High school, reciting Lincoln's Gettysburg As In the past, service for sailors will be conducted at the bridge in the west section of the cemetery following the regular program. In case of Inclement weather, the service wuj be conducted at FVjun tain Park auditorium. NINE ARE KILLED (Concluded From Page One) Police said the moving railroad signal at the crossing was working and apparently had been ignored ov the driver of the car. The automobile had been bought in Detroit by Jurcrak on Friday The party had been visiting friends in Rfehwood, and was returning home.

The impact damaged the train locomotive so badly that a new one had to be brought from railroad yards at Crestline. Dr. J. Harmon Wilson, 49 Columbus negro physician, was fa tally injured when his automobile collided head on with another driven by Frank Hausdorfer, 52, Norfolk, in Licking coiinty. A tire blowout overturned a car and killed Pearl Archer.

18, Pom eroy. Mrs Thchna M. Steele, 35, Dayton, died when she fell on the lobby stairs of a Columbus hotel and struck her head. John P. Leonard, 66, Cincinnati, died after he was struck by a car while crossing a street.

Mrs. Frances T. Rita. 18. Hamilton, was killed when the automobile she was operating went into a ditch Glenn H.

Nelson. 43, North Canton, was killed in a traffic accident at Massillon end Arthur Settlemeir, 2a. Wellington, died of traffic Injuries at Elyrla. Miss Mary Halter, 13, former European concert artist, was struck and killed while ossing a street at Lima. When his automobile struck a bridge near Bellevuc, August E.

Ur bahns, 74, BWlevue, was killed. Other victims of week end traffic accidents Included: Miss Marie Hricuk, 18, Cleveland; Mrs. Mary Tway, 75, Bloomingburg. at Washington C. and Miss Lavlne Edwards.

21, of Salem. FIGHTING (Concluded From Page One The British said that the arrival of air invaders had slackened somewhat, possibly because of the terrific losses suffered by the Germans. Istanbul estimated that the Germans have lost 20 per cent of their invading personnel and placed the size of the Nazi force at 25,000 to 28,000 men. Rome asserted that Italian speedboats had protected a number of Mnall fishing craft which managed to slip through the British fleet, men on Crete from me ucrmau nizn command claimed that the British have lost 25 warcrau around Crete. It broke down the losses as follows: 11 cruisers, eight destroyers, one submarine, five speedboats.

Four of the cruisers were said to have been sunk by the Italian air forc. In addition a British battle ships, several cruisers and several destroyers were said to have been damaged. If the German claims are to be believed, Axis airplanes have so far sunk virtually the whole of the eastern Mediterranean fleet a most unprobable development. Some London reports said that a third Nazi convoy attempting to land men on Crete had been smashed by British warships. The British estimated unofficially that possibly 250 German planes have been smashed In the air invasion.

The German high command claimed that reinforcements are arriving "constantly" but did not specify whether they were sea or lr reinforcements. The Greek government and King George II, it was revealed in Cairo have fled Crete and are now in Egypt. Their withdrawal was attributed the danger they might fall into the hands of Nazi parachutists who appeared to have made a special effort to capture them similar, to that made against the Dutch government and Queen Wilhelmlna during the German invasion of Hoi in Iracj the British reported signs of disintegration had appeared in the Rascbld government. Some of Raschid's ministers were said to be fleeing and Iraq natives were reported to be rebelling in some regions. At sea the British fleet was still searcning tne Atlantic for the German battleship Bismarck, but hope dwindled that the dreadnaught which sent the gTeat battle cruiser io uie Dottoni Saturday would sunr, action again.

The Germans reported that British battleship of the George in tne engagement in which the Hood imi Berlln Jubilantly claimed that the Hood's loss had heightened British jears, apparently on grounds of indicated deterioration However, in Japan where nava opinion might be expected to favo the Germans, the view was express ed that the sinking of the Hood pure luck and it was pointedly noted iain nuge naval predominance was not affected by the loss. However, some Tokyo commpntn tors believed that American naval dispositions in the Pacific would be changed as a result of the loss of the Hood and the damage suffered uj. nruisn tastem Mediterranean fleet around Crete. A new cause for United s(m0 Japanese friction arose In French inuu wnere tne Japanese seized quantities of American owned supplies originally destined for China. The supplies were being Sl Japanese ireigntcr me vjerman Grand Admiral Erich Raeder.

in an interview distributed ay tne Japanese Domei agencv, warned the United States that of American convoys to aid Britain would bring automatic Nazi attack on sucn snipping. The Royal Air Force carried out raids on German shipping along the Dutch, Danish and German coasts sinking a 6,000 ton vessel and damaging others. Some 8,750 Italian trops, most of them natives, were rounded up in northern Ethiopia Bucharest reported the launching of the second submarine In 20 days presumably with German pails shipped down the Danube. CHILDREN RIDING (Concluded From Page One) open and Osa started inside but the basket, containing the five spellbound children, was brushed off by the upper door framework. As the basket slid off Osa's back the stocklly bullt Chery braced himself in the doorway and broke its fall with his back.

He and the children went 'down In a heap but no one was hurt seriously. The children, taken to a hospital for treatment and then released, were Audrey Newman, George Newman, 8, her brother; John Law 10( Robert Burke, Arline Do oms, Milan Doblas 9, her bro ther. landing 50 each boat. Side Glances iilHITiTi ft "They're pretty, my deer but wasn't it just the. other week that uobraided your pigtails Gap Fast Closing in Arch of New GIANT MUSKIE IS CAUGHT BY PIQUA ANGLER SATURDAY Dick Lewis, Madison Are nue.

Hauls in 19 Pound Beauty at Elk Rapids. Richard "Dick" Lewis, well known salesman and past president of Pi qua Aeries 614 F.O.E., residing at 1201 Madison avenue, is something oi King of local fishermen no Saturday, Lewis with six oth Piquads, was fishing at Elk Rap: Mien, me group staying at the cot tages oi v. R. osboru and Ed Wil hams, members of the party. Lewis, alone in a small boat in tin trmt or 'he Osbom and Williams cottages, was casting when suddenly, he had a strike.

And it a spirnca Dame, he managed to pull "the big fella" close enough fii unaer tne jaw The prize truly rianriv a 19 pound, 42 inch muskle, one of me largest caught in the vicinity ui rxs apms in many years. Lewis was using a 10 pound line, with a gold spoon type baited un pone cnop. Almost as remarkable as the big fish was the fact that Lewis landed the big one without gaff or net, flipping the fish into the boat with Other members or the party eluded Dr. George Upton, Ralph George Kiefer and Paul Hiri'. TANKS PROBABLY (Concluded From Page One) tanks must be small sized models, possibly the German equivalent ol me uiucn usea jruisn light arm nrrrl ciipun, me uren gun car rler.

The allied forces, It was said. have taken several hundred German prisoners. iniormants said that German claims that the whole' western nart of Crete was under thielr control The Malemi airdrome, which Germans hold, is under British tillery fire, it was added. It was said authoritatively that un me wnotc tne situation eier yesterday, but informants wniiL agamsi any assumption that the Germans had been beaten. This statement Implied that the number of German trooDs dronneri or landed by airplanes continued to mere was no further the landinz of s.lirn German troops, informants said, than the statement Saturday that ui iisiung boats might have reached Isolated parts of the island.

ine uernians give the impression that. they hold, everything west ot a line running south from Suda Bay," an informant said. "That impression is false." He added that the Germans had the Malemi airdrome and that they continued to have a certain number of troops in the Retimo and Cau dia areas to the east. It was confirmed that British marines had reinforced the allied troops In Crete. Informants said it was to be assumed that the British forces were using tanks in their attempt to rout out the Germans.

Dispatches from the Middle East had reported the slackening of German air borne troops though they made plain that savage fighting, in many instances hand to hand, continued especially in the Maleml Canea area at the vital western end of the Island. "It should be possible for us to nom Crete," Maj. Gen. T. G.

Hey wooa, chief of the British military ium to Greece, said after his rival at Cairo from Crete. RAIDER NAMED IN (Cone hided From Page One) paste" and the lunch and dinner glop," and the sanitary facilities, especially for the men were bad, but the Germans on the whole treated them courteously, they said. The Tamesls, registered out of Tonsberg, Norway, came upon them at dawn April 17, eight days after tney nad left Recife, Brazil, and four days before thev were due nt. Capetown, Africa, and opened fire wnnout warning, accordlns to Charles J. V.

Murphy, an editor Fortune Magazine and fnrmr liaison officer for the Byrd Antarctic expedition, who actd as spokes THE PI QUA DAILY CALL the feet I man for the 138 Americans here. nine shells struck the ship during a 10 mlnute bombardment, and the Germans told Murphy that they had fired 55 shells. Two Americans. Francis Vlcovari, New York, and Ned Laughlngliou.se, Wilson. N.C..

and an Englishman, were serlouslv wounded and were kept aboard the raider. The others had narrow escapes. Some of them. Including Mrs. Lillian Danlelson of Vilas Kn and Her six children, were thrown into the water and had to keep afloat almost half an hour before the raider picked them up.

Mrs. Danlelson held her baby In her arms and kept the other five children in line beside her. holding hands, as they floated in their lifebelts. She told them to keep their mouths closed and to pray, and she sim later mat they obeyed bravely suivivors were landed at jen ae miz last Tuesday. American authorities here are negoti cecd to Lisbon.

British survivors' being interned. Court News By MRS FltKf) WEISMAN Sues For llivcnc iToy, May 2b. Susanna BorolT Hied a suit against Marion Bor. ou asxmg a divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty ar.d cross nwleot. Troy on Nov.

15, 1937, and has no children. The separation took place un iviay lada, according to the ptinion. A temporary order enjoining the defendant from molesting or abusing the plaintiff dprii anoweti by Paul T. Dayton Driver Fined jonn tirand, 53, Dayton, arrested nunnay morning by the str patrol on a charts of rtrlrino intoxicated on the Dixie hlghw Just north of Troy, was fined SI una costs and sentenced to 30 davs the county jail Sunday afternoon Justice Ieo Gross Tn pnt. fu ere suspended and i ed to jail failing to make Piqua Driver Cited Charles Reed.

19. Piana ordered to appear in poli our! ivionuay nignt at 7:30 ocloc cr to a charge of reckless nig. According to the police report his Physlcian is Sued in James Kearney. Pinna nhv sician. is defendant In two suit filed in the common pleas court ij Inch judgments totalling S33.401.4O re ijororny L.

Perlis. an cr husband, Seymour H. Perl Iso of Pirjua are plaintiffs in th lit, the former asklnrt damaces amounting to $25,000 and the latter 513.1U1.4U. 'liic petitions state thn Mrs. Perils was treated hv the fendant after she became nreznant 1U4U.

fane alleges the defend was careless and negligent in treatment, with the result that she le ill and weakened, will be to have other children, and that her heart has bocomn Imnairrrf She states before the treatment she nw ii.J h. il'h '(': go into considerable length in regard to the treatment and the al dnmapes suffered bv Mrs Perils. Foreclosure Dropped Tile foreclosure suit of the Pru dential Insurance Co. of America against Elizabeth K. Schacffer and liters na.s wen settled fn and dismissed, according to an approved common pleas court entry.

The suit Involved 7S.87 acres In Lost toOTisnip, trie plaintifl ask judgmcnt of $2,534. DEFENSE MEDIATION (Concluded From Page One) between board members, union ofl clals and northern operators was rt cesscd late yesterday until 10 a. tomorrow. Neither Lewis nor Board Vic Chairman William H. Davis wojl comment on progress made a' li mcetfng.

The refusal of southern opc r.roi to accept the J7 a day wage rate ready agreed to bv nnriho tors Is believed to be the Issue holding up negotiation: 7.1 a i a day Increas over last year's contract to norther: operators but a 11.40 increase the southern operators who standing pat on an officer of 56.G0 sales of state and mi bonds for March amounted 066,111, the highest figure month iii five years. 2 Niagara Bridge toe gap between I alls. Great arch will be 95? MIAMI ST, WOMAN DIES SATURDAY AT PORTSMOUTH, OHIO Mrs. Elizabeth Burns Suc cumbs at Daughter's Home. Regret is being expressed by i wide circle of friends In the deatf of Mrs.

Elizabeth Burns, 73, 321 Mi wncn occured at three clock Saturday afternoon at the nonie of her daughter, Russell, vith whom mce (lie latter part of la: She had been 111 slut Decemlie Scptemb Bom May 2. 1863. In Darke coun ty, slie was the daughter of Henry sided In Pitum since lSShema riage occurlng on May 2 of th year was a charter member ot u.e jijua uapiist church and was anuiatetl with Daughters of Anier ica and Ben Hur lodges. Her hus band died five years ago. She leaves her daughter, Mrs.

Jei sie Burns Long or Portsmouth; threi sisters, Mrs. Annie McGlinch, Nev Weston, Mrs. Lydla Foreman, Paynf Ohio, and Mrs. Angie Suplnger Piqua. Two grandchildren.

Rvuse; and Beatrice Long, Portsmouth, also The body will be brought to Piqua and lie in state at the Piqua Baptist mircii irotn io oclock Tuesday morning until two o'clock In the ar ternoon when services will be held at the church. Burial will be In the cemetery at Versailles. 'CHUTISTS ALMOST (Concluded From Page One) of the Journey to the snd the others had little to eat route but mutton, goat's milk and cheese. i 1 1 i.swd here tin king said, as did the British offl cers, that the Germans had hoped ninel at the outset ot the Cretm vasion. Hundreds of nararhnHtl The New Zealand rear guar i.icul.

H. Ryan and a small uoay oi Drave Cretan gend men tne uermnns at 800 yards id fought a stubborn rear guard escape while the Nazis captured his anVwir rrCtC l'm tory, where we have been KllW said In his Sf.ltcmr.nl "This Is the only course which ail: enable us to carry out the duties imposed on us by the Interests of nation." The king pledged his government continue closest collaboration with Great Britain "and share with the gallant British people both the dangers which thev face ivlth such valor and the etforts which thev Great American people for the lumpn of the cause of freedom id democracy." King George said that after es caping the Germans near Canea he and his party hoped to make (heir headquarters at Thcrlsson. It was found Impossible, he said, (o maln icalton with all mem bers of the government or with the allied command. Upon advice that the responsibility for protecting him would only embarrass the British immand. he said, "we decided Ith profound regret lo leave the heroic Island where the allied armies, together with all Cretans irrespective of sex or age continue to tight with the most admirable cour se in defense nf Ihr.lr hrmnr liberty against the unsuccessful attacks of.

an cnemv which used wiHi ferocity evert Tr.pr.hanlr! device at its disposal." He con 1 eluded: myseii to an lighting stand firm In comradeship and thus contribute to the maintenance of iational unity which together with alor and the spirit of self sacrifice 1 Indispensable to the Mirv. this great struggle." BUC Office Closes Friday, Safurday The Piqra office of the Bureau Unemployment Compensation In common with all state offices will cose Thursday evening to remain closed until Monday morning June In observance of Memorial Day. Persons having appointments are advised to appear on or before Thursday or next Monday. jvool being made from I I REGISTRANTS MUST ANSWER All PARTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE Draft Board Stretset Need of Complete Informo tion As Required by Law. Attention of all men of Selectiv omM a8e.

out questionnaires Is called to the fact that all questions must be answered In th form. sent lo them. In recent weeks, many question naires have been returned to the board by mail with only a part of the answers filled In, thus maklnj It necessary to contact the man filling the paper lo complete the record required by the Selective Service fcmmett Brush, chairman of th. draft board here, pointed out that the Advisory board meets each night except Thursday, Jaturday and Sun iu assist, men in lining out the 'UMI11 tnat tnere is utile for failure to properly answe questions. ii luiup.eica questionnaire saves time and trouble of both draft Ihe man filing the papers, and addition, makes possible comple and correct classification of th man, which If all questions ate answered must bring him the wionf In addition, many questloiinxir are being returned after havt been sworn to before a notary pu lie, that official oftlmes failing carefully check the papers to that all questions are answered Registrants are notified that it unnecessary to place postage on government return envelopes closed with the questionnaires se out by the draft board.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH VERDICT IS GIVEN Coroner ot Columbus Holds Dayton Woman Was Victim of a Fall. Columbus, May 26, (U.fi) Coi oner t. t. smith returned a verdict oi accidental death today In the fatal fall of Mrs. Thclma M.

Steele. 35, (63 Fairgrounds Ave.) Dayton, who tumbled down the lobby stairs of a Columbus hotel at 12:55 a. m. yesterday. She was ascending the stairs to xne mezzalne when she fell from tne nun step, police said.

Haroli Spresser, 1202 Kenwood Ave.) Day ton. her escort at the moment, at tempted unsuccessfully to stop the She died of a skull fracture in hospital a few minutes later. Mrs. Steele nnd her husband had attended the races at Beulah Park Saturday afternoon and had Joined iriencs a tne hotel lor the dancing in the evening. She was assistant cashier at the Miami Savings t'r.

AT LEAST 5 FEARED DROWNED IN FLOODS May 26, (U.R) Au thorities feared today that at least five persons were believed killed In two "flash" floods which burled part of Carlsbad under 25 feet of water, and Icll 1,500 homeless. The bodies ol Mrs. L. W. Smith, 60, and an unidentified child were recovered yesterday.

Mrs. Smith's Negro maid, another child, ar.d an aged, unidentified man still were missing. Ueut. Col. E.

L. Safford assistant adjutant general of th New Mexico national guard, hi charge of relief operations, said he "Believed they were drowned." KENTON RESIDENTS INJUREDjN CRASH Cincinnati. May 26, (J.R) hrce residents of Kenton. were iurcd yesterday when their au tomobile was sideswlped on Reading the entrance to Sharon Injured were Mrs. Mary Kock, 4B iciures.

of both knees, cuts, bruise; ana shock; Miss Clara B. Rober. 50 tieep cut on forearm and body bruises; and Charles Kock, husband of Mrs. Kock, bruises. The two amen were taken lo Good Sama hospital.

Leo MaUn. 22, driver of the other LANCASTER MAN IS VICTIM OF A CRASH Dayton. May 26. (U.e C. inninsharn.

4S. Lancaster, was lied and his wife and son Inlurec sly today when their auto mobile collided Raymond Cunningham. 21, the son who was driving, was taken to an Xcnia. hospital where his condition was fair. Mrs.

Icle Cunningham, 45. the wife, was In serious condition ln a Dayton hospital. Charles Akrldge, 58, janitor, was lied this nlng when he stepped itor shaft, falling Ig APPROPRIATE $675 FOR MEMORIAL DAY scrvance amounting been allowed by the county corn Allowances ot wo each 1 irr! American Legion tci, muran, npp uuy Memo rial committee, Union township Me morlal Dav ammlt A and A. B. coIa si Slon, Covington division; $40 each miii T1 0 feasant 1 1.

usdmea American Veterans of the World War, Fletcher wv.awuu, cAiisar Wal lace Camo. Pimia sii o' iqua, uiinord A American Legion and U. 8. Spanish American War Veterans, Troy; 130 to D. M.

Rouzer W.A.C., Tlpp City, 35 to Lostcreek CLAIMS THAT PROBE IS BUILT ON LIES, ANO KEY HOLE TALK WPA District Manager at wieveiand Denies Tales of Favoritism or of Nepotism. Cleveland, May 26, (U.P In the wake of in rMn fi.nai. tlon into alleged Inequalities and waste on Cleveland WPA projects, V.TA District Manager Frank T. Mlskell charged today (hat the probe was built on a "half truths, downright lies and key hole gossln Mlskell said there had been on tlonate decline In administrative me reduction In Denying that there had been any added that Senator James Metzcn baum, Cuyahoga, instigator of the Investigation, had conducted it In an "outrageous, insulting and indecent manner." He claimed the senator "apparently wanted to have a field ri.J expense." Mrs. Frances Landes In Aid Department rTances inciiy employed in the office ot Michael Norrls.

has ac ln office of the Division of Aid for the Aged, day morning. Miss Dorothy th rf i ontce agency, Is taking over the position ro.n, uy me resignation of Mrs. Landes and Miss Phylls EllfrlU oonng in tne Penrod office. dltional assistant In the DWisSol Flan Cremation of Playwright's Body nonywooa. May 2b, njji uatiy or Wilson Colltson, 47, piny ailment.

A native of Olouster. Oliio Colllson had his first written work accepted by a Columbus newspaper widow survives. Covington Driver Is Given Jail Sentence Marlon Byers, 20, Covlnglon was intenced to 30 days In Jail and ned tso when he pleaded guilty to ukui unvuig wnne unaer the Influence of Intoxicants. He was arraigned In municipal court Satur PRK SCHOOL CLINIC AT WASHINGTON TWP. SCHOOL Troy, May 26.

A pre school clinic was held Monday In Washington township. Cilnlcs have alreadv conducted ln Bradford and Spring creek and Concord townships. The next on the schedule Is for Wednesday at Pleasant Hill. STATE PATROL CHANGE Troy, May 26. Highway Patrol an J.

J. Morlartv has horn ferrcd from Bcllevue to the subita tlon ln Troy, arriving on Saturdnv night. Announcement of the traas as made Sunday bv Lieut A Smith, district commander at Wil 61r.ee 19.10 gasoline tax payments by the American public have Increased 18 times faster than the nations population. FUNNY BUSINESS PAGE SEVEN Boche Buster Claimed by British to be largest caliber gun in Ihe world, new H.M.G. Eoche Duster unlimbers somcwhcie in England.

SEEK ACCOMPLICES OF MAN AFTER HIS EFFORT TO ESCAPE Police Broadcast Alnrm for Three Men Believed to Have Been Involved in Plot. Police broadcast an alarm ttidav for three men who were believed to be accomplices of Owen Bickel, 21, accused slayer ol a 35 year old mother of nine children, who tried to night113 0111 al1 lat Police said that an automobile containing three men was reported the vicinity of the jail three tunes and It was reported to be a stolen Pennsylvania car. A horn toot was believed to have been a prearranged signal. The Jail whs surrounded by police when Blckel's attempted escape bv sawinc throuph his li discovered. Bickel.

whose home is the slaying of Mrs. Alphonsus Foey on the night of March 10. 'American Dreyfus" in Chicago for Operation Chicago. 26, iupj oberUn M. barter, the "American Dreyfus" end a native of Gallipolts, was ri Chicago today awaiting an oper ition June 3 for removal of a cata act from his right eye He still eeks exoneration by Congress of Wife of President to Deliver Address Arthurdale, May 26, AJ.PJ Mrs.

ve.t tended graduation thurdale lliah st hnnl She was to deliver the commence Frderal Roosevelt fs a member of the'ad'' lsory committee of the project. "Mad Butcher" May Be Busy Once More Pittsburgh. May 26. IU Rl Pollow the bank of the Ohio River, county netectives today stunled the possibility that it may belong to another victim of Cleveland's "mad butcher "When he got fresh last night I just yelled 'Atienlionl'.