The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 21

January 19, 1941. DECATUR SUNDAY HERALD AND REVIEW 21 Aircraft Jobs School to Open A training school for men interested in securing jobs with the aircraft industry will be opened soon at 430 South Franklin street. Plans for the school have been completed by S. H. Armstrong, who will be in charge.

He announced yesterday that an office will be opened Monday in the Franklin street building to take reservations for study. Instal Equipment Equipment is now being installed and the school's sessions are scheduled to start about Feb. 1. The Brayton Flying Service of St. Louis is sponsoring the school and will send factory-trained men to Decatur to teach classes.

The training will be in metal aircraft construction, and classes will 7 to 11 p. m. each night. Monday through Friday. The course takes four months to complete.

"Although the hours may seem long." Mrs. Armstrong pointed out. "it is the only way in which we can cover the course required in order to be an approved school and place men in the aircraft industries. More Jobs Than Men "A placement department in St. Louis takes charge of graduates.

It now is a question of getting enough men to place," he explained. "Approximately 50 men will be taken in the first class." The Brayton Flying Service is operated by Clyde E. Brayton. president, who started his flying with the U. S.

marines 25 years ago. He now has more than 10,000 hours of flying experience, and. with a license number of less than 100, he is one of the oldest pilots in point of service today. The Brayton Service last week was granted a $750.000 contract by the government to train men for the army. Rent $21.50, 4 Times Space Chicago (AP) A packing plant laborer earning $800 a year moved in Saturday as the first occupant of the nine million dollar Ida B.

Wells Homes, housing project in the South Side Negro community. "This is too good to be true," chuckled Leslie Warren, 32, when Robert R. Taylor, vice chairman of the Chicago Housing authority, handed him the keys to a room apartment, with heat, light and water, for $21.50 a month rent, unfurnished. Had One Room Warren and his wife. Alpha, 27.

and their children, Ronald, 4. and Leslie, 7 months. moved from one room at $5 a week plus 50 cents a week for the use of a radio to the modern quarters complete to the electro range in the kitchen. Space for the first 40 families was opened yesterday. The project was two years in building and is scheduled for completion in June, to house a total of 1,662 families.

Funeral at 3 p. m. Today For Mrs. Kellogg, 95 Funeral services for Mrs. Edeth Kellogg, 95, of Decatur, will be conducted at 3 p.

m. today in the Brintlinger chapel. The body will be taken to Ashland. Ohio, for burial services Tuesday. Mrs.

Kellogg died at 10 p. m. Friday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. L.

Walden, 860 West Harrison street. Mrs. Kellogg was born, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ohio, Freeman Ellis, in Huron county, 12.

1845. She was married on March 26, 1872, in Wakeman. Ohio. to William Kellogg, who died in 1908. Mr.

and Mrs. Kellogg moved into Jasper county shortly after they were married. After her husband's death, Mrs. Kellogg came to Decatur. She was a member of the First Methodist church.

Besides the daughter with whom she lived. Mrs. Kellogg leaves two children. George D. Kellogg, Ashland.

Ohio, and Mrs. Bertha Rice. Toledo. Ohio, and three stepchil. dren, Will Kellogg, Wheeler; Fred Kellogg, Ashland, Ohio, and Mrs.

Florence Hicks, Mattoon. There are 10 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. James H. Simms Jailed On Drunk Driver Count James H. Simms, rural route 4.

was in the county jail last night. charged by Virgil L. Clendenning with driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Justice E. E.

Gray issued the warrant. Roy Jackson, 2054 East North street, charged by police with speeding, posted a cash bond of $8.40 pending a hearing before Justice Luther Morrison. John C. Majors, rural route 5. pleaded not guilty to a speeding charge before Justice Morrison and was released on $100 bond pending trial Jan.

22. Clarence Outran, Normal, pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined $8.40 by Justice Gray. George W. Metzler, West Salem. was fined $8.40 by Justice Gray on his guilty plea to a charge of running a stop sign.

He was arrested by State Patrolman John Cryer. LOSE SOMETHING? TRY AN AD BACK TO DECATUR FRANK KROEGER, JR. District Office Reopened In Decatur by Equitable The district office of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, which was temporarily discontinued here two years ago, has been reopened, with Frank Kroeger, in charge as district manager. Mr. Kroeger, who has been organizing a sales force in the oil fields around Effingham and Mattoon for the last two years, was formerly in charge of Equitable's district office here for a number of years.

Reopening of the Decatur office is largely due to increased business in this area, Mr. Kroger explained. The Decautr manager, who will have charge of 18 Central Illinois counties, has moved his family back to Decatur, and is living at 722 West Wood street. Otis Edward Griner, 48 Dies in Hospital Here Otis Edward Griner, 48, a representative of the Quaker State Oil Refining died in the Decatur and Macon County hospital at 4:30 p. m.

Saturday. Mr. Griner was a first lieutenant with the 314th field artillery in the World war and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity of Purdue university. He was born in Middlebury. April 11, 1892.

and married Edna Boyle in Indianapolis, in 1920. He came to Decatur three years ago. Besides his wife he leaves a son. John Edward; a daughter, Mary Frances, and a brother, Harley S. Griner, all of Decatur He was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian church.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p. m. Monday in the Dawson Wikoff chapel. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight. The burial place has not been designated.

William M. P. Smith, state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, will come to Decatur to address a joint meeting of the three local V. F. W.

posts Jan. 30, it was announced Saturday. The meeting place is to be announced later. but post leaders said it probably would be held in the K. C.

hall. Members of the Herbert Ryman post. No. 99. will hold their annual chili and oyster supper in the Mueller cafeteria Tuesday night.

All members and their families have been invited to Post 99 recently completed 2 membership drive and inducted 48 new members, Fay Ickes announced. The post also has sent Verna Riley, four, and Josephine Riley, six. to the Veterans' at Eaton Rapids, Mich. State V.F.W. Commander To Speak Here Jan.

30 With the Sick Mrs. George Smythe of rural route 5. Decatur, has been confined to bed in her home since she suffered a paralytic stroke 10 days ago. She is allowed visitors. Mrs.

Smythe is the former Myrtle Nickey of Oakley. H. E. Dickerson, 1156 West Eldorado street, returned to his home Saturday from the Decatur and Macon County hospital where he had been a patient for two weeks. He is allowed to have visitors.

H. B. Walter, 1330 North Main street. is recovering in St. Mary's hospital from a minor operation performed yesterday morning.

Malta Can Withstand Nazi Bombs, Says U.S. Reporter (Editor's note: Larry Allen, Maryland-born Associated Press foreign correspondent, was on the British aircraft carrier Illustrious when it was attacked for seven hours by German dive-bombers on Jan. 10, off Sicily. Now the Illustrious has taken him to Malta, scene of subsequent German divebombings in which, the Germans say, the Illustrious was again hit. Here are Allen's personal impressions of the position this tiny and vital British naval base in mid-Mediterranean, to follow up his graphc eye witness accounts of the Jan.

10 bombing. Since the British admiralty has not released anything about the alleged second attack on the Illustrious, Allen is as yet unable to deal with that specifically.) By LARRY ALLEN Of the Associated Press Valletta, Malta There is not the slightest sign anywhere, on this British attacks island stronghold that the heavy of German dive-bombers. appearing suddenly in the Mediterranean, are going to succeed in what the Italians failed to do- make Malta give up. The whole island is a natural air raid shelter. As soon as sirens sound the alarm of attack the Maltese calmly go to their deep stone-hewn underground shelters.

Going ashore here from a British warship for the first time since last Dec. 20. I found the islanders better prepared than ever for enemy bombers and Malta showing singularly little damage. Island Strategic Link (In a broadcast heard in New Judges, Mayor To Direct Sale With Circuit Judges C. Y.

Miller and W. S. Bodman and Mayor Charles E. Lee heading the list, 28 persons have been named to the ticket committee for the benefit balls Jan. 30 to raise funds to fight infantile paralysis.

Two dances will be held in catur, one in the Hotel Orlando and the other in the Illini ballroom. As in the past, the date of the balls is the birthday of Pres1dent Roosevelt, long a sponsor of the anti-paralysis fight. Tickets will go on sale row, and 3.000 will be mailed to an extended list, according to Lew Hogan, general chairman of the fund drive in Decatur and Macon county this year. Members of the ticket committee, who will have tickets available for sale to anyone desiring them, are: Judge C. Y.

Miller. Judge W. S. Bodman. Mayor Charles E.

Lee. Dr. W. Stuart Wood. A.

Rollin Staley. Frank H. Mueller. Postmaster J. M.

Allen. State's Attorney Ivan J. Hutchens. Homer Martin. Oscar F.

Broyer. Recorder of Deeds Clifford H. Bell. Carl Weilepp. Township Highway Superintendent Lyle Kirby.

Montgomery Nichcison. Emanual Rosenberg. Ben Miller. George P. Johns.

James P. Quinn. Ray Hill. Harry Sackriter, Jr. Frank Gollings.

County Auditor Ellis B. Wheeler. Justice of Peace E. E. Gray.

David W. Bergs, Jr. Gus Greanias. Mrs. Marie Hanks.

Mrs. Howard V. Stillard. Chet Walker. Shellshocked Veteran, Edward Sullivan, Dies Edward Sullivan, 40, of Assump- tion.

died Saturday morning i in the Soldiers' hospital, Jacksonville. where he had been a patient for nearly 22 years. He was shellshocked and gassed in the World war. Mr. Sullivan was born in Spring Valley, Sept.

12. 1890. the son of Dennis F. and Nora Sullivan. He was unmarried.

He was a member of the U. S. army 27th engineers and Post No. 279 of the American Legion. He leaves a brother, John.

and two sisters. Anna and Kathryn Sullivan, all of Decatur. The body was brought to the Moran Sons' funeral home last night. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. British Army Men Working In Ethiopia Since July Khartoum, Anglo- last July.

Egyptian Sudan (AP) A British military mission has been working in the heart of Ethiopia since last July training and arming thousands of tribesmen for a fight against the Italians, it was disclosed officially last night. This disclosure came less than a week after it became known that little Haile Selassie, dethroned by the Italian conquerors of Ethiopia five years ago, was receiving a constant stream of tribal revolutionary agents in Khartoum, only 300 miles from Ethiopia. There have been estimates that 200.000 Ethiopians were active in guerrilla fighting in the nterior. Slipped Over Border The mission, picked from men who knew the Ethiopian country and dialects. was made up of a handful of British staff officers and instructors.

With a convoy of arms and ammunition, the men slipped by the Italian border guards and patrols York Friday describing a reported dive-bomber attack at Malta the night before on the crippled British aircraft carrier Illustrious at Valletta, the German radio called it a "strategic event of great importance" and declared: "an aircraft carrier may be lost but if it is lost in Malta it means Malta, too, can be lost." (Because of its geographic position in mid-Mediterranean, the island gives the British strategic service not only as a link between their naval forces in the eastern and western ends of the sea but also in blockading Italy from her overseas empire.) During 72 hours ashore in Malta, I watched one fight over a British airdrome in which I saw the British quickly send two of a squadron of eight Germans hurtling in flames to earth. Germans More Impressive (The British, reporting a heavy dive-bombing attack Thursday on the harbor and city of Valletta, said 10 planes of a German-Italian raiding fleet were shot down and three others were damaged. They said there was very little damage of military importance and only "slight" civilian casualties.) Both the Maltese and the British have a far greater regard for the courage of the Germans than for what they call the "safety first" Italian bombers. The islanders say the Italians usually fly at 000 to 20,000 feet and that in more than 200 raids since last June 11 they have caused only slight damage, principally in wrecked homes. What success the Germans may have remains to be seen.

Ice-Covered Roads Cut Labor Parley Attendance Ice-covered highways cut attendance Saturday at a state-wide meeting of labor leaders in Decatur, which was called to discuss a labor program under the administration of Governor Dwight H. Green. Harry Meisenhelter, business agent of the Decatur union of hod carriers, building and common laborers, is temporary chairman of the state group. Permanent officers will be elected at a meeting Saturday, Feb. 1, in Champaign.

Mr. Meisenhelter said. Although the attendance at the meeting was only 35, due to bad driving conditions, there were representatives in attendance from both Chicago and Cairo. "Through a state organization," Mr. Meisenhelter said, "strong labor groups in larger cities of the state will be able to assist organized workers in smaller communities in securing their rights under the new administration.

which we expect to be an administration friendly to labor." Jobless Benefit Fund Payments Are Due Illinois unemployment compensation fund contributions for the last quarter of 1940 must be paid by Jan. 31, according to a reminder to local employers Saturday by W. Y. Harkness, field adviser here for the state division of placement and unemployment compensation. A penalty of one per cent a month is charged when payments are delinquent.

"All employers in the Decatur area who had six or more employes for 20 or more weeks in either 1939 or 1940 were subject to the law in 1940," Mr. Harkness said. Compensation contributions are due at the rate of 2.7 per cent upon the employer's payroll up to the first $3.000 payable as salary to any one individual. Contributions are to be made on wages payable up to and including Dec. 31.

Checks should be made payable to the Director of Labor and mailed to the Division of Placement and Unemployment Compensation. room 300, Merchandise Mart, Chicago. Men's Club to Hold 'Ladies' Night' Dinner More than 200 persons are expected to attend a "ladies night" dinner of the Men's club in the First Methodist church at 6:15 p. m. Tuesday.

Arthur Wait will be the principal speaker. He will show colored movies of his recent trip to the South Seas and to South America via Clipper plane. Mrs. T. R.

Beach will give a short talk for the women, and Harry Gidel will be spokesman for the men. Miss Frances Picknell will give several vocal solos. Club officers who are in charge of the dinner are H. B. Hardy, Frank Hoover, vice president; C.

M. Roberts, secretary, and Guy E. Goodwin, treasurer. SLEEVES RELINED S. J.

STODDART Tailor Southeast Cor. Lincoln Square, 2nd Floor THE MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY Second Semester OPENS FEB. 4 Arrange for your admission NOW. For informationAddress Director of Public Relations or call 2-2653. CCC Promotion For Maj.

Muller Maj. William G. Muller, executive officer at the Illinois CCC headquarters in Decatur, will assume his new duties as Southern Michigan CCC district commander on Jan. 27. Announcement of Major Muller's transfer was announced Saturday by Lieut.

Col. Marcus B. Bell, state CCC commander. A successor 10 the Decatur position has not been selected, it was said. Major and Mrs.

Muller and their daughter, Mary Alicia, came to Decatur in October, 1939, when state CCC headquarters were moved here from Rushville, They live at 1561 West Main street. Two sons are in army service, and third son is a senior in the University of Illinois. Major Muller has been attached to the CCC since 1934. He served as district commander at Springfield and Rock Island before becoming executive state officer. In his new position, his headquarters will be in Ludington, where he will be in charge of CCC activities in the lower Michigan peninsula.

With the Sick Mrs. L. R. Smith, street, is still in pital, where she Dec. 17.

Her STEWARTS DAYTIME DRESS -STREET FLOOR FOR HALF SIZES 1241 ORIGINALS AND FASHIONS of DISTINCTION CA In Regular and Half Sizes No longer need you compromise between fit and style for MARTHA MANNING DRESSES have both. Three of the new styles to arrive in our Daytime Dress Shop are illustrated here. 757 Tri-colored Tropic Isle spun rayon tailored in the long lines of 1941. Novel corks bob from the tied straw belt. In Henna, Navy, Miramar Aqua.

Misses' sizes 12 to 18. $6.50 1241 Striped Jerkins are news! This one tops a rayon jersey dress with a polo neckline that can be worn as a separate. (The pattern is exclusively Martha Manning's.) In Dixie Clay with Green and Rust combination, Cadet Blue with Blue and Wine. Sizes 14 to 20. $7.98 1612 Three- way dress of long slim smartness duco 1612 patterned rayon Forest faille, exclusively Martha Manning's.

Wear as two separate dresses or smart dress ensemble. In Navy, Black, Brown. Half sizes to $10.95 STEWARTS-STREET FLOOR 749 West Main St. Mary's hoswas taken on condition is critical. MR.

AND MRS. HUGH GRANDFIELD Mr. and Mrs. Grandfield, Jan. 18, 1891 and 1401 East William street, are observing their 50th wedding anniversary today with a famfly dinner for 28 and open house for their friends from 2 to 4 p.

m. They were married MR. AND MRS. THEODORE Mr. and Mrs.

Yundt will observe their 50th wedding anniversary Wednesday in their home at 1538 North Charles street, with open house from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Yundt lived in Boody, where they were married in 1891, until a year ago when MR.

AND MRS. JAMES Mr. and Mrs. Isaac will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary next Sunday with open house in the home of their daughter, Mrs. Mabel Rau of Kenney.

Friends are invited to call between 2 and 4 p. m. The children. Rev. Grandfield.

G. M. Grandfield, Mrs. Selby Hunter of Macon, and Mrs. Lon Sefton of Weldon.

They have 11 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. (Staff photo) they moved to Decatur. They have one son and one daughter, Elmer Yundt of Boody, and Mrs. Anna Smith of Decatur: two grandchildren, Mrs. Ellis Gray of Rensselaer.

and Wayne Yundt of Boody, and two great-grandchildren, Robert and Doloris Jean Gray. (Camera Art Studio) ISAAC, KENNEY Isaacs have three daughters, Mrs. Pansy Holtz and Mrs. Rau both of Kenney, and Mrs. Bessie Rau of Decatur; two sons, Virgil of Decatur and Earl of Glendale, and 15 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren.

MRS. JAMES A. EMERT, JR. MRS. OTTO T.

QUINTENZ Mr. and Mrs. Earle H. Smith of Harristown announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary V. to James A.

Emert, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Emert, 1618 East Locust street. The couple were married in Clayton, Jan.

7 by John Wesley Ward, Jr. Attendants were the bridegroom's parents. Mr. Emert is with the Staley company. They are livliving in 1016 North Edward street.

Former Monticello Man Takes Bride Miss June Barham, niece of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Barham, Champaign, and Dale Lunger, Champaign, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Clancy, Monticelio, were married at 8 p. m. Wednesday in Monticello Presbyterian church by Rev. A.

C. Preston. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Marsh.

Urbana. The bride wore a navy suit with matching accesblue sories and a corsage of sweetheart roses. Mrs. Marsh wore pink crepe with matching FLOOR 1241 Miss Mary Gorman and Otto Quintenz were married Saturday morning in St. James Catholic church by Rev.

F. J. Ostendorf, with the bride's sister Elizabeth as her only attendant, Edward Quintenz, as and best man. The bride wore London tan jacket dress with dark brown accessories, and an orchid with talisman roses on her shoulder. Her sister was in soldier blue.

Miss Wilmette Brinkoetter sang. After a wedding trip they will live in 310 South Edward street. (Burchett photo) sories and a corsage of gardenias. A wedding supper in the Clancy home followed the ceremony. The couple will make their home in Champaign.

Spiced waffles are delicious. Add of cinnamon and half a teaspoon each of cloves and nuta teaspoon meg to your regular waffle recipe strained honey, mixed with a Hot butter and a dash of little cream, cinnamon makes a delicious topping for these waffles. Despite tropical rains still falling in some parts and making travel more difficult, they trekked 500 miles into the interior and established camp somewhere in the jungle-clad mountains around Lake Tana. A black army, whch soon was counted in the thousands, was rapidly trained in that region. A courier system with the British headquarters in Khartoum was established, and regular shipments of arms were sent into Ethiopia for the tribesmen.

The Italians made repeated efforts by land and air to locate the British camp but failed. It was said here that the Italians control only the large towns and certain main roads. Ethiopian warriors are constantly harassing supply columns, ambushing Italian patrols, and taking advantage of royal air force raids to attack army camps and airdromes scattered over the countryside. 1612.