Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1927 — Page 3

PORDUE to holo field meetings Several Adams County Farmers To Attend Forestry Farm Experiments Field niP**tlngH on the Huntington ty and Herbert Davis Forestry Farm experiment fields have been anh -ed by th? experiment station al Puniue. The meeting on the Davts Forestry farm, five miles northwest of Farmland in Randolph county, will t at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday usSnoon. June 29. The HuntHigtan meeting will stnrt at 1:30 °’ c, ° 1: on Friday afternoon, June 30. ThPSP meetings will be in the nature of field trips, the crowd being cfßtlu tied in groups led by men from tte Soils and Crops department of Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station These men will explain the treatments and point out the methods that arP given the best results. Some of thMC treatments produce 40 bushels of wheat on the Davis farm last year and prospects are good for another forty bushel crop this year, in spite of late seeding. Very pronounced differences are also showing up on this year's crop at Huntington. The work on these fields also includes variety tests of wheat, cats, rhy. soybeans and corn. These meetings offer a fine chance to spend an interesting and profitable two hours for "dad and the boys” in studying the effects <>f those field experiments on the growing crops and of taking over mutual problems. Fathers are urged to be sure to bring the boys. Adams county likely will attend. —o Suspects In Ansonia Bank Robbery Released Joe Etgen and Mrs. Marian Burnett, who have been held in the Darke county, Ohio, jail for several days in connection with the robbery of the hank at Ansonia, Ohio, recently, were released from custody Wednesday afternoon, when the charges against them were dismissed in the court of Justice Bollinger, in Greenville. Both Etgen and Mrs. Burnett pleaded not guilty to the charge of robbery end the prosecutor then filed a motion to dismiss the charge. The action of the fprosecutor in asking that the charge be dismissed followed several days of investigation, during which the movements of the two suspects on the day of the robbery were checked and ii was found that the hank holdup occured at a time when Etgen and Mrs. Burnett were in Dayton, Ohio. The two were arrested at Sandy Beach, on Lake St. Marys, on the Saturday night following the robbery on June 15. 0 Aaron Sapiro Ousted By Cotton Growers’ Exchange Memphis, Tenn. June 25—(UP)— Aaron” sit p>ro has )«■<.;. his position as general counsel so: the American Cotton Growers’ Exchange, it was learned here today from executives of the organization. The executive committee, which met here in May, failed to re-elect the famous attorney, and named Abe Waldrauer, youthful Memphis lawyer, to succeed him. Announcement of the change was withheld lest it should influence Sapiro’s suit against Henry Ford. o New Moonshine Product Encountered By Dry Agents Washington, June 25 —(UP)—Prohibition authorities are preparing to combat a new monshine product—sugar alky. Prohibition Commissioner Doran said today that corn liquor distillers in cities have turned to manufacturing alcohol from sugar because of the larger profits from this product and that considerable quantities of this new concoction are reaching bootleg channels. A special study of this situation is now being made by dry sleuths, Doran said. A number of the alcohol stills have been located in the middlewest. o Millionaire’s Son Injured Pottsville, Pay June 25— (U P) George L. Lambert, son of A. B. Umbert, St. Louis millionaire, will recover from injuries received in an airplane accident yesterday in which J. T. Walker, 21, heir to a $4,000,000 fortune, was killed, physicians said today without broken bones, X-Ray examinations showed. o —— Notice Everybody who is Interested and who can spare the time is asked t > meet at the Ray cemetery, west, of Monroe, Thursday, June 30, to help level graves and stake off lots. 149-ot.

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difinix" X a * r l )e •lb’ spinning of Hie Pacific. Expefor iliofti' | l "/i' 'in•? Io ,rnin Vancouver, San Francisco and Los < llik Us Io 1 he. Philippines and .Japan. This recalls hie efforts of the ‘ "iniii.inder John Rodgers and a crew of font’ to fly from San

TEN YEARS AGO TOMORROW! H"||.JJJIX I * •'“iT- / ’•'* ■Mwlik-' i, ..ffisll FBy« * £> <1 p ' ww mO wr®: w H I*' JBMHF Ljgk r* K. *• •». A" ’ 1 ivw Iw 1 ;Sr i v . . . F «£, ■Ps..®Bwß Jar- ; ........ w .... x . —- — Ten years ago tomorrow —June 26, 1917 ilk* first members of the American Expeditionery Force arrive in France to face the Germans. This historic photo rectdls the occasion, the news of which gave a thrill to the entire country. (International N'ewsreil.)

West Salem. Ohio, Boy Wins National Spelling Contest — Washington, 'Jitno 25-HUi’) —The “O” in “abrogate” was worth fame and SI,OOO today to Dean Lucas, 13, of West Salem—winner of the third national spelling bee. Dean won the championship here last night in a field of 17 “best spellers” from 13 states. When Ralph Keenan, also 13, of Waukon, la., his. Jast. remaining rival, spelled “abrogate ■ had his great chance, and he took it. getting all the letters right. The iowa hoy received SSOO in gold for second place. Minerva Ressler, 12, of New Holland, Pa., won third and S2OO. She tripped on “vigulent.” Anna Marie Bergan, of South Bend. Ind., who thought there should be two I’s” in pertnissahle was 13th anti won $35 and Mildred Riddle, of Valley Mjll, Ind., won sixteenth and $35. —o Half Million Americans Storm Europe During The Summer; Cost $500,000,000 London. June 25-(UP)-The population of the United States will be reduced by about half a million this summer. That number of Americans will make the annual invasion on Europe—and they will return honif minus $500,000,000! Such is the opinion of a London tourist expert, who basis his figures on last vear’s invasion when 419.00 Americans spent $419,200,000, approximately SI,OOO per person. The bulk of this vast sum, will <>l course, be spent by the “first class travellers”, always regarded as he backbone of the tourist invasion, and who provide just about 20 per cent o the total. The remaining 80 per ce fs made uP by the excursionists whose stay in Europe averages around three weeks only as compared with the three to six months of their rich C °oX “excursionist” contingent. it 1 S predicted 50,000 will be students who are taking advantage of the special reduced travelling rates to Oxford. Cambridge, am ,]j n burgh ltieß of London, Dublin and Edinburgh. Tn shipping circles extensive prepar. b. ioe n»..

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the tourists across the Atlantic and more ships are being placed in the passenger services to keep pace with the demand which is expected to pass all records since the war. So far as east bound traffic is concerned nearly 20 companies will participate in carrying the “half a million.” The total number of sailings from North America to Europe during the annual rush period which extends from the middle of May until the middle of July, will be 359. During he height of the trans-Atlan-tic season especially at week-ends, there will lie as "Uiany as 15 liners iving the states ami CaSWa-'lcn" Europe in a single day. Predictions of an exceptionally big invasion of Europe from America this year are based on the fact that the advance bookings have been far heavier than for many years past. — Phillips Is Appointed Track Coach At Butler Indianapolis. June 25 — Herman Phillips, Butler College star quatermile runner, today was appointed track cross-country coach at that school. Phillips recently broke the 440-yard record of the National Collegiate Athletic association at Chicago, running the distance in :48 5-W. It was the third consecutive time he had won

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Francisco to Honolulu. They were lost for more than a week before found drifting within a short distance of the goal. The inductor compass, list'd by ('.harles Lindbergh, makt s the Pacific flight more feasible. A1 igeles to Sydney, Australia, via Hawaii, Plans are also l» ing made

Russian Boy Leads Police To Murders Moscow, June 25 —(UP) —A homeless youngster, fallen among thieves, endured heatings and threats until.he could stand no more, then turned up a gang of 12 men and women bandits to the police and led four of his oppressors to a wall before a firing squad. The leader of the gang committed suicide when the child led police to his hiding place. Seventeen murders were traced to the band of bandits in the suburbs of Moscow. The homeless waif, savagely beaten and Intimidated, was forced to play the role of a decoy for victims and always was taken along by his desperate companions when a victim was buried. The younger contrived to mark each grave secretly and led police to find the seventeen bodies when he at last betrayed liis oppressors. His name has not been publish-

NOTICE Beginning June IL the Kintz Restaurant will close on Sunday evening, at 6 o’clock. Bernard Kintz, Proprietor

ed, for fear of reprisals against him Two girls of 17 and 19 years and an older woman were among the prisoners arrested on the homeless waif’s complaint. They were sentenced to serve nine years in prison, but the

Auction Os Store Fixtures \ This will he the grand windup of our closing out sale. All our goods will be gone and nothing hut fixtures will he auctioned off by Col. EHenherger. Her * ® ® should attend, for you’ll get excellent fixtures at your price. You I find what jou nied here. Remember the date, Monday night at 7:30. and then were done. Terms will be announced at the sale. • > MONDAY (EVENING, 7:30 SHARP One U-shaped candy counter, 6xß feet One office desk with 2 chairs One 6-pound scale () ne 3-pound Toledo scale One 37-key National cash register 15-kev National cash register Five electric fixtures for large ne ' ’ . . . . or small bulbs Counters, tables and shelving. SCORES OF OTHER ITEMS Klopfenstine’s 5 & 10 cent Store BL U FFT ON, INDIANA

The king’s signet IN THE old days, when kings counted for more than they do now, the bearer of the 8 was a person of thff:first importance. Gates flew' openbefore him, difficulties dissoV< realm hastened to speed him to his purpose. Foi the royal ring was the badge of supreme authority It was the kingly trademark. Wherever it went, it was known and respected as the outward symbol of stability and power. THERE are hundreds of trade-marks today which mean as much in the realm of commerce as the king’s signet once meant in the realm ot go ernment. To the buying public, they represent honest manufacture, sound value, fair pi icing. . are recognized everywhere as the passports to public preference. Yet this confidence was not won m a day. It was built up slowly, eonscintiously, on the solid foundation of quality and straight ( leabng. Above all, it required systematic and truthful alvertising. ADVERTISEMENTS are messengers sent by dealers of established reputation to tell you where you can buy economically and to best advantage. They bear the badge of authority, the stamp ot reliability, the king’s signet of honest worth. They are worthy of your confidence and respect. Advertisements are a source of information and a means of protection. Read them. Decatur Daily Democrat

sentence of tne two young girls was lightened on account of their age and they will remain In prison only five years. o— —— I Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pava

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Economic Crisis Hits Movie Capital; Cut In Salaries Is Announced Hollywood. Calif , June 24 (UP)— Motion picture people faced an economic crisis today that cast all other woes of the nim capital into relative oblivion. The traditional lightheartedness of Hollywood, turned to gravity with the announcement thut representatives of the Motion Picture Producers association in a meeting here last night unanimously decided to cut salaries of everyone connected with the screen. This far reaching move was taken. It was said, to establish motion pictures on a more economic basis by reduction of lhe cost of production. None will be spared if the producers have their way. Executives, departmental heads, and producers will accept a reduction In salary from ten to 25 per cent. Compensation of all non-eontract employes and players receiving more than SSO a week wjll b« reduced by at least 1(1 per cons. Contract employes —stars, directors, actors, writers, and all other artists will be asked to consent to a similar reduction. —.. —o ■ —— Howard Wisehaupt, of Cleveland, who is giving a series of lectures at Fort Wayne visited his father here this morning.