Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1927 — Page 3

I BUSINESS shows I BHININFEBRUARY I I fi .;n Made Over .January Os I This Year And February I Os Last Year i Bloomington. Ind.. April 2—(Unit ■ press) BiisinesH in Indiana dur- ■ L tlm month of February, an evidenE X reports of 18 leading lines, was] ■ 'our yr eent above that of the Mine. IR month e i oort on statewide conditions, prepared ’ professor Lion D. Edie, director ct I th e Indiana University Bureau of Business Research. 1 T he total volume of business for February also showed a gain of three j per cent over the preceding month, ! according to the report says, that while business conditions i throughout the state are not all that ] might be desired, the favorable factors at this time outweigh the unfavorable items in the business structure. According to Professor Edie increases of more than 10 per cent as compared with February 1926. were made in bank debits, coal production, ele tricity production, chain store sales. freight car loadings and sales of retail hardward stores. Smaller gains were recorded by post office receipts, chain drug store sales, value of building contracts awarded., and life insurance sales, the reports show. Actual declines fror a year ago were made by stone production, pig! iron production, building permits awarded, advertising, new car registrations. store sales employment and total receipts of livestock Edie stated.] “In spite of the fact that several important lines of industry during,Feb-' ruary showed declines from the level of a year ago. business throughout the state continues at high levels and Indiana is ranked by leading authorities as one of the best busineess states in the country at the present time." Edie said. “Industrial production in Indiana showed sizeable increase during the month of February with production throughout the country showing signs of improvement. “The Indiana production curve for February was 4 per cent above normal. This is a very satisfactory? gain for the month when we consider that 1 production during the month of Jan-' uary was three per cent below norma’.. "The production of coal and elecI tricity accounted for the increased acI tlvity this month as productions of I stone, pig iron, and the volume of I building contracts awarded were be- | low normal' In - jo■I iog th. month -of February, Edie de- « dares that the totai volume of uiiticual business as evidenced by 20 leading lines of activity, was one per cent above the level of the same month a year ago and in addition, a gain over January of 2.3 per cent was made, in spite of the fact that February was a short month. Manufacturing showed some improvement during February, he said, and the iron and steel industry report ed gains throughout the month. Gains made in t he automobile industry were of less pronounced character. “There are at this' time many factors which tend to support business.'’ Edie declared, "Most prominent of which are the absence of large stocks of goods and ease of the money market. “Forward buying appears to be absent so that the public will continue to purchase for current consumption. “Coal production has been receiving artificial stimulation for some time due to the expected coal strike scheduled to start today. This same factor has been responsible in part also for an increase in the activity of the iron and steel industry. Present unemployment in Indiana is not to be considered serious inasmuch as the prospect for increased iniploynient are excellent, Edie declared in closing. — o Rev. Max Benzinger To Be Retired Soon Fort Wayne, April 2. —As the result ot a plan promoted by Rt. Rev. Bishop John F, Noll, d. D., cottages will be Provided for the occupancy of aged ami retired priests of the diocese of oi t Wayne. The second of these cottages located on the grounds of ’ Vincent's orphan home in this Clty is completed. One of these is Row occupied by Rev. Bernard Wiei] u ' Pastor emeritus of St. John's thf UrCll ' aven> who came to '.'.J city this week. His former home ’ ll be occupied by the Sisters of St. . gl ' e ®' Wll ° have been living in a f house at New Haven, since e increase of teachers made their in l ? IPr <luarters in the school buildlns insufficient I

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The twenty Graham panel commercial cars pictured above were recently delivered to the Beechnut Packing Company for use in its advertising and sales promotion work throughout the country. The addition of these commercial cars to the Beechnut Company’s fleet brought the total number of Graham Brothers trucks used by the Company well over the 100 mark. The commercial cars in this

HONOR PAID TO “ E. M, CHRISTEN Son of Decatur Couple Wins Recognition In Swine Breeders’ World A large portrait of E. M. Christen, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Christen, of near Decatur, appeared on the outside cover page of the March 21 issue of “The Breeder's Gazette.” Mr. Christen is secretary of the National Swine Growers' Association and is secretary of the American Berkshire Association, and is rapidly becoming one of the leaders in the industry to which he is devoting his attention. He is a graduate of Decatur high s< hooi and of Purdue University. An editorial in The Breeder's Gazette had the following to say about Mr. Christen: I “Byway of prefacing this issue, which is devoted chiefly to the hog industry, it seems fitting that we should reproduce on our outside cover page a portrait of E. M. Christen, i secretary of the National Swine Growers’ Association. Elected to that post a few months ago, he accepted it because, as a practical, trained man. welLJnfo.rined concerning the needs and possibiiiues of the inuuktry, Lt-' appreciated the opportunities which i, uixc-iea foi vlulng isLat ts believed could be done through and by the associaiton. It is a deserved compliment to his demonstrated abilities and forceful personality thaj he should be chosen to function in one .of the most promising, difficult and 'important poistions in the live stock world. Incidentally it is a tribute to the breadth of view of Berkshire breeders that they should share the services of their pedigree record association’s secretary with hog breeders in general. Incidentally, also, it was a speech by the late Win. R. Goodwin of The Gazette, at a meeting 12 years ago in Chicago that aroused and unified the forces which created the National Swine Growers’ AssoI eiation and the annual exhibition I sponsored by it from that day to this. The Gazette has given both its hearty cooperation, and proposes to stand by them; not however, because.it happened to father them, but because they have been useful to the hog industry and may be incalculable more serviceable to it in the future. “Mr. Christen and the executive officers of the association appear to have a broad conception ob the kind of work that the association should do. With the cooperation which they invited and are entitled to except and receive, they are confident that it can be done." o- — Tocsin Baby Swollows Acid Bobbie Kreigh, 3-year-old son of M '. and Mrs. Virgil Kreigh, of Tocsin, was , ill Wednesday evening as the result , of drinking an acid which is used in testing cream. The baby did not swa.- ' low any of the acid. However, Its , liquid. The attending pasician stated I mouth was badly burned from the i today that the babe was not in a seri ions condition. — 0 NOTICE ' H. A. STRAUB, The expert wall ! paper cleaner, the man that knows • how, will make that dirty paper look > like new. Small or large jobs. Will .go any place. Ceiling washing. . (Paper-hang.) Also cisterns cleaned. That are cleaned. Prices right. All '.work guaranteed. Phone 1000. I 69tf eod

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shipment embodied the recently announced change to metal panels in all Graham Brothers panel jobs. The metal panels take a lacquer finish exceptionally well and make possible the distinctive color effects and lettering combinations now demanded by progressive companies. They also add to the sturdiness of the body and for companies like Beechnut, which operate their trucks over all kinds of roads and in all kinds of i weather, this added sturdiness is

Prominent Ohio City Resident Dies Suddenly ('. F. Koch, 58, prominent reside nt of I Ohio Citi. Ohio, died suddenly Wednesday night in the office of a Toledo physician where he had gone to receive medical attention. For many years. Mr. Koch was a dry goods merchant in Ohio City. He had served as a member of the Ohio City counclr and school board, and was the Democratic member of the Van Wert county election board. Recently, Mr. Koch had been employed in the circulation department of the Toledo News-Bee. The widow and several r-hiidrn survive. BATHING Variously Considered As Fun. Duty And Sin Washington (United Press) —Bathing is a frolic in America, a duty in England and a sin in some other corners of the world, this year's plumbing reports of the Commerce DepartI raent indicates. Bathing is sinful, according to most non-English speaking folks, when it involves cleansing the entire body. It is considered dangerous to health. Not more than 75 years ago a staid 'NV:,- Easiana Uity j-el«'. same nc tfon. The bathtub, iowiy 1..., not MH l;( ,'i < -■l-HI ci >U» 't taxed. And if a man used one without his doctor's advice he wa., violating a city ordinance. When the Britisher bathes he eschews the shower, favored bathing device of the North and Latin Americans Rarely, except in the gymnasium, does he use the contraption. He takes his bathing seriously, and believes the tub is the only place to perforin ablutions properly. The Commerce Department says that nowadays no less than five per cent of the French and Belgian homes have tubs. However, the Europeans will have none of the American builtin tub. The old iron tub, supported by long leks, the type cultured Europe delights in. That is, except for the Norwegians. They demand detachable legs on their tubs. Over in China the soap and water ablutionist cavorts in an earthenware tuli. His cousins in Siam and Jav» prefer the cistern bath. While the Japanese, holders of orintal endurance records in bathing, prove their prowess in public baths. And yet American exports of plumbing supplies increased by more than ten percent last year. The total was $2,226,000. Uncal Sam's best customers are Canada, Mexico and Japan. Crash Between Auto And Runaway Oil Car Averts Disastrous Train Wreck San Fernando, Calif. April 2, (United Press) —A disastrous train wreck probably was averted Friday by crash between an automobile and a runaway oil car on the Southern Pacific line near San Fernando. Two wen were killed in the accident. The victims S. A. Salesby and Tom Smaja. were killed when the oil car speeding through San Fernando 60 miles an hour, struck their automobile at a grade crossing. The men were hurled into a field, the wrecked automobile was carried for two miles. It gradually slowed down the oil car and thus averted an almost certain collision with theTehachapi limited coming up a grade a few miles away.

an important factor. The latest delivery to the Beechnut Company also has many . features which appeal to the driver. Diep, comfortable seat cushions add materially to the ease of driving the trucks. The gear shift lever is within easy reach and the crystal clear glass in the doors can be adjusted by means of a crank in exactly the same manner as the windows in Dodge Brothers passenger cars are raised and lowered. ' advt.

POISON GAS French Devoting Energies To Poison Gas Problem Paris (United Press) —While President Calvin Coolidge is trying to persuade the great naval nations of the world to agree to talk about a limitation of armanments the French army leaders are devoting their energies to solving the problem of poison gas in warfare. France, like the United States, Britain, Italy and Japan, has announced that she will not use poison gas again in the next war. But here there is a dilemma. If the enemy uses it what is France going to do? General Weygrand who was the right hand man of Marshal Foch in the Great War, is authority for the statement that all the great nations are studying the same problem and he intimates that French scientific gunius should be employed therein instead of worrying about submarines and air planes. ' “It is useless,” he said, “to get angry about something which we are unable to prevent. But it would be a crime not to do everything in our power to save the world from the horrible danger of a chemical war.” General Weygrand quoted German British and American experts in sup-;-?rt of his thesis tKai~VntTproiu<-IfTTn" poison gas is the foremost-before military iiiniKi-is -iutray." I’D c:' that at the Washington disarmament con-' ference 1921-22 five nations agreed that they would not use poison gas in the next war and that they would “do their utmost to get the other civilized nations of the world to make the same agreement," But so far Germany, Soviet Aussia or China have not responded. “Does this mean," he asked, “that the Germans intend to smother their enemies in the next war with poison gas? They have answered the question themselves. An expert opinion given in Berlin says: “Chemical warfare gives the most scientific nations a superior weapon which will confer on the cleverest people a chance to win world supremacy." Is Germany alone in this respect? Weygand quoted the secretary of International Law Association of England as follows: “The only way to prevent chemical war is to abolish war. It is a waste of time to discuss the legality of aerial warfare which to my mind is inevitable.” And as far as the United States is concerned he quotes General Fries, head of the war department's chemical bureau, as follows: Chemical warfare is an established fact. Since the invention of power no other discovery has so much revolutioued ideas of warfare as poison gas." Then again, referring to the article of the Versailles Treaty prohibiting the manufacture or use of poison gas in Germany, Weygand recalls that after long and laborious discussions the evperts of the League of Nations reported that “it is impossible to prevent or control researches which might lead to scientific discoveries nor to restrain the manufacture of any special kind of gas.” The real danger consists in the fact ■ that paolson gas provides fill the es-1 sentials of a surprise attack. The nation which has not experimented and learned everything that its possible rivals might employ is doomed. 0 Harold Niblick and Gerald Kohne spent yesterday in Huntington Visiting friends.

BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. David J Hensley, of Fmt Wayne, are the proud parents of an eight-pound boy baby boin at the Adams County Memorial Hospital nt ■— ——

$lO in Gold gnlj Given Away Absolutely FREE to the U|j| VBU person who chooses a suitable WIM VjQL name for our confectionery Contest Open Sat. Sun. and Mon. EMnl Here’s Our PlanmAP Stop in our Confectionery, any time, write the name - vou c * loose ” n an envelope we furnish you, then write your name on a slip of paper, seal the envelope and drop 11 it in a box. No obligation on your part. At the close of |I|RjB the contest Monday evening three judges will select one IllKfl of the names submitted, the winner to he awarded $lO in We want a name for our new business and are leaving the choosing of it up to you. Contest Closes Monday, 6 p. m. MW Who’ll Name It? c§| Bormann’s Confectionery ||Nw Old Joseph & Lang Stand • I. I Graham Brothers Trucks ’670 1245 %-TonChassisF.O.B.Detroit Chassis F. 0.8. Detroit t ’BBS 1445 1-TonChassis F. 0.8. Detroit 2-Ton Chassis F. O. B. Detroit Dual Rear WhecU Optianal at Same Price Quality — x VolumeLow Price Saylors Motor Co. Phone 311 213 N. First St.

7:30 o’clock last night. This is the f first < hild and has been named Robert i Duvid. Yesterday was the oi-cuslon of > .Mr, and Mrs. 1 h-nsley's fourth wedd l lug minivi-isury. Mrs. ili-usloy, bi-fore '

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