Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1928 — Page 4

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1) E C A T U K DAILY DE MOCKAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holtbouse.. Sec'y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vlce-rrasidanl Entered at the Poetoffice at Decatur, Indiana, us second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 .02 One week, by carrier — .10 One year, by carrier — 5.00 One month, by mall .35 Three months, by mall 1 00 Six months, by mail — 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 and second zones. Elsewhere, $3.50 one year. Advertising Bates made known by application. National Advertising Representatives Scheerer, Inc., (Prices quoted are within first 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, Naw York Charter Members The Indiana League of Home Dallies. GOVERNOR ALFRED E. SMITH FOR PRESIDENT Alfred E. Smith, four times governor of New York state is the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. By a decisive vote of the delegates at the Houston convention last night. Governor Smith was nominated on the first ballot, receiving 849 2-3 votes, whereas it required only 734 votes to name the standard bearer of the party of Jefferson. Entering the convention easily the favorite of a majority of the delegates, Governor Smith's popularity grew as the convention proceeded and every indication pointed to his early nomination. However the vote received by him on the roll call was far beyond the fondest expectations of his admirers, polling 724 votes or lacking only 10 of being nominated. The chairman of the Ohio delegation gained recognition from the chair and (hanged bis state’s vote in favor of the New York governor, giving him 45 of the 48 votes and Governor Smith was nominated. Other states, namely Mississippi, Indiana and several others changed a majority of their votes in favor of Smith with the result that the leading candidate had a surplus of more than 100 votes over the required number to nominate. The motion made by the chairman of the Missouri delegation, who had voted for its favorite son, Senator James Reed, that Governor Smith’s nomination be made unanimous was ruled “out of order’’ by the chairman, because the other states did not have the opportunity to vote. Although bedlam and cheering broke loose following Smith's nomination, the delegates remained and listened'to talks by John W. Davis, democratic nominee for president in 1924 and others who gave expression to the harmonious feeling existing between all the candidates and between the delegates from every state in the Union, Governor Smith gained his wide popularity and strength because of hi.- numerous victories as a candidate for office in New York state, each victory being marked by an administration of efficiency and the gaining of the title of New York's most able executive. The Encyclopedia Americana, writing a non-partisan biographical sketch of the New York governor, classifies him as an “American legislator and statesman." Besides his unprecedented record as governor of New York, how serving his eighth year. Governor Smith served in the state legislature from 1903 to 1914, serving in that body as minority and majority floor leader during the different sessions and as speaker of the house in 1913. In 1915 he was elected a delegate to the New York Constitutional convention and in this body he was the oustanding figure. He fought courageously and intelligently for remedial legislation. Hon. Elhiu Root, dean of the American bar and diplomat characterized him as “the best informed on the business of the state of NewYork of all men In the convention." It is true that Governor Smith rose front the sidewalks of New York to the governor’s mansion. He did it by hard work, aided by a keen mind and a natural gift as a legislator and

TODAY’S CHUCKLE Evansville, Ind., June 39—(U.R) —For 15 consecutive minutes Eugene Hall, 22, distracted his neighbors by loudly bawling "murder!" When given a jail sentence for drunkenness he testified be did not know what he was doing. ' ' 1 executive and in the language of to- j day "a square shooter." Smith's, father was a truckman and where the family lacked financial aid in educating the son, "Al", as he is known by millions, gained his eductaion in the "school of experience" and hard knocks. His life’s history Is truly American. Much as has been written of the life of Abraham Lincoln, as typical of the American youth’s opportunity and reward for hard work and application to his business. The life of Governor Smith resembles that of Lincoln. He has risen to prominence because of his own efforts, his burning desire to help humanity, the embedded honesty that is just a part of him, and his humanness in public office, in high and exalted position. As a Democrat, he is the outstanding crusader of real Jeffersonian Democracy. His public record is filled with the most progressive legislation ever written on a state’s statute books. His public life is synonomous to progress. He has all those qual-' ities and ability necessary to carry out the principles of the party of Jefferson. His popularity, sincerity and courage makes htm a contender for the presidency, and as the cam paign progresses the country will learn to know of the achievements and leadership of the great man, who will carry his party to victory in November. As Franklin Roosevelt remarked when he concluded his speech placing the New York governor in nomination at Houston. "Victory is his habit —the happy warrior—Alfred E. Smith." How are your auto brakes? Yesterday three state motor policemen conducted a test of automobile brakes and of 102 cars tested, 79 were found to have good brakes, the balance being unsatisfactory. We don’t know how technical the mtor cops are, but it seems that the per cent, of good brakes should be higher. A person driving a ear will naturally go about / as fast as he can and good brakes are necessary in stopping the car. If you can’t stop your car within the required space, better have the brakes tested. What if a child or another car darted out in front of you, could you stop? Get the Old Home Week spirit and help the committee make the week a success. Plans are forming and the program is being prepared and the week promises to surpass anything ever held in Decatur. "Al” for all and all for "Al." o «¥¥¥¥¥<!<¥¥¥¥¥* * BIG FEATURES * * OF RADIO * g¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥B FRIDAY'S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES i N. B C. and C. B. S. Networks 11:45 A M — Democratic National Conver tion, from Houston (also evening session, it called) WJZ —Network 8 pm. Chamber music program. WEAF—Network 6 pm. Cities service hour. WOR —Network 7 pm Chain programs Including “On the front porch" WJZ —Network 7 pm Wrigley review (Program subject to cancellation in the event of a night convention session). Saturday's Five Best Radio Features Copyright 1928 by United Press WEAF, network. 6:30 c.s.t. —Goldman Band. WBZ, 333, 6:10 c.s.t. — Boston Symphony orchestra. WSM, 337, 8 c.s.t.—Barn Band. WJZ, network, 9 c.s t.— Slumber music, WLS, Chicago. 345, 6:30 c.s.t.—National Ban. Dance. o . «¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥« * THE GREAT WAR * * 10 YEARS AGO • **«¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* JUNE 29. 1918 French hold gains driving back two counter attacks. German repulsed southwest of Soissons. British take 400 prisoners. — u — Get the Habit —Trade at Home, It Pays

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DEMONSTRATIONS BEINCPLANNED Lafayette. Ind., June 29. Farmers In a number of Indluna counties are cooperating tills year will) Purdue I University in a series of corn variety land fertilizer demonstrations. The demonstrations, arranged by Assistant County" Agent Leader L. E. Hoffi man together witli agronomists, local county agents and leading farmers have been planned to show the value of using an earlier corn and also the I proper kind of fertilizer to hasten hasten maturity of the crop. Experiences the last few years with soft corn in the north part of the state have demonstrated the necessity of getting an earlier corn which at tin' same time may yield as much or more than the kind now in use. M. A. ('. Dent, Clements White Cap Yellow Dent, and a Purdue hybrid corn are being tested side by side in all of the demonstrations. Free fertilizer was supplied the cooperating farmers by the Indiana Farm Bureau and E. Rauh and Co. Five of Ute demonstrations have been arranged in Allen county. Wells and Whitley counties have four each, and the following have three each: Elkhart, Dekalb, Adams. Huntington, Jay, Wabash, Steuben, St. Joseph and Noble. Two each have lu-en arranged in Marshall, Randolph, LaGrange, and one in Kosciusko county. Farmers generally have exhibited a keen interest in the project and are lending their hearty suport to it. * TWENTY YEARS AGO * ¥ ♦ ¥ From the Dally Democrat File ¥ ¥ Twenty Yeare Ago Today ¥ **¥¥¥¥¥?¥*¥¥■* June 29. 1908.—The Deitrick company is planning to install an artitieal gas plant to supply Decatur. Irvin Brandyberry leaves for Boulder. Colorado, for a visit. Jesse Helm appointed a clerk in the. postoffice. Herman Miller, of Allen county, found guilty of the murder of Marshall Croy, of New Haven, and sentenced to prison for life. W. A. Lower is suffering from a severe attack with gall stones. Farmers are finishing ’wheat bur vest this week. Marriage license—Earl Reber and Margaret Hirschy. The 5-in bowling alley is being moved to Mendon, Ohio, today. Relatives surprise John Adam Smith on his birthday. Party for Miss Anna Mi Lean, of Circleville, Ohio, at Maple Grove park. Decatur has eight groceries now — True & Runyon. Kuebier & Molts, Niblick & Company, Fullenkamps,

I •_> • I JI high compression „ Motor, S S|)<irk \Mrp!atwType] instead of The new “Twin Ignition” motor, in Nash “400” Atlvanced Six models are the new Advanced and Special Nash now capable of 75 to 80 miles per hour “400"’ models, is a truly amazing with no effort at all. development in power. as h “400” Special Six models do 70 It is a high-compression motor, with to 75 with consummate ease. two ignition coils, instead of one, Another major advantage of the two spark plugs per cylinder, instead “Twin Ignition” motor is economy of one, 360 sparks per second at top —more power, more speed, less gasspeed, instead of 180, to thoroughly oline. and economically burn the highly- Drive # new Nagfa &n<J you , n compressed gases. gee what Twin-Ignition and high It sets a precedent in motor-perform- compression have done to give the ance among all motor cars. world a new and liner motor car. .H ’4OO ! Senes OTHER IMPORTANT FEATURES other ear has all of them Salon Bodies Torsional vibration dainper Exterior metalware chrome Bohnalite aluminum pis- New double drop frame plated over nickel tons (Invar Struts) Bijur centralized chassis lu- Short turning radius “-bearing crankshaft (hoi- brication B low crank pins) . , , , V. orld s easiest steering u i i One-piece Salon fenders Houdaille ana Lovejoy * , , •hock absorbers (exclu- Clear vision front pillar Biflex-Nash bumpers and sivc Nash mounting) posts v bumperettes DECATUR NASH CO. G. A. BUSI CK, Mgr. Corner First & Monroe St. Phone 189

Nominee’s Wife Guest of Texans ;. ■ I ■;■ >1 : ’ J I J 1 i I |■* - v ■ 1V w , Above is a recent portrait study of Mrs. Alfred E. Smith, wife of the Democratic nomine, for the presidency. it was made just prior to her di parture for Houston and the national convention. Mills. Everett A Hite. Hower Brothers and S, E. Hite. —L o t Let Hitch-Hikers Walk Is Wyoming Warning By International News Service Cheyenne. Wyoming "Let the hitch hik< : s walk" is the warning which W. C. Irving, state law enforcement commissiener, has issued t Wyoming motoiists. In the warning Commissioner Irving cites instances of Wyoming citizens who have picked up pedestrians on the highway and then were made victims of criminal attacks. Evansville. —(U.R) —A plane was used by four Evansville Rotary Club members for a trip to Minneapolis, Minn, to attend the International Rotary convention.

BOV INJURED IN RUNAWAY _____ Wells County Boy Seriously Hurt When Horses Hitched To Plow Run Away Bluffton. June 29 Roger Paxson, Il-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Paxson, living four miles north and oiie-half mile east of Bluffton is in a very critical and unconscious condition at the Wells county hospital, suffering from it badly crushed skull and Other injuries about Hie head and face which lie received Thursday morning when a team of horses which lie was working to n single row corn plow ran away, throwing him beneath the twoi inch shovels of the plow and dragging him lor a distance of more than 460 I feet, before the team was stopped, when the plow hit a large end post alter the horses had jumped a fence. Examinations made at the Wells I county hospital within a few minutes after tile accident, showed that the in- - juries were very serious and that an operati ti was the only hope of sav--1 lug tlie boy's life. The lad was rushed to the operating ; room of the hospital, and an operation , was performed by the family surgeons. 1 A piece of tlie skull about the size of : a man's thumb nail, was removed from I the brain, where it had been imbedded. Other portions of the skull, which had been broken were replaced during the operation. Other injuries about the sac e and head were dressed. The skull was crushed as one of the shovels of the plow had forced its way into the lad’s head. 0 Forges Check To Get Married In Haste; Has Much Time For Repenting South Bend. Ind., June 29. (INS) — Forging a check to pay for a marriage license in order to wed in haste, resulted in ample time to repent at leisure, for Mrs, Mabel Thomas, 27. local resident who is confined in a Toledo, Ohio jail, awaiting her return to this I city to face the forging charge. Asserting "you never know a man until you marry him." Mrs. Thomas Just Received a shipment of FE LT HATS in White and Colors SI MMER HATS to be closed out at $3.50 and $2.50 each Mrs. Maud A. Merriman 222 S. 4th Street Decatur

surrendered to Toledo authorities, following her husbands' locking her in their hotel room while he went for a walk. Toledo police refused to believed her story of forging a check for $27.50 cashed by Ben Plotkin, local merchant, until after they had called local authorities. The husband, Edward Thomas, returning to the hotel and finding his wife bad called the hotel detective to effect her release, disappeared. Mrs. Thomas insists she cashed the check solely for the thrill of doing something unlawful. Her case has been set for a preliminary hearing in city court here, next Saturday. Frightened Horses Tries To Climb Over Parked Auto Washington, Ind., June 39.—(INS) Reversing the usual order of procedure. a horse hauling one of the Tip Top creamery wagons, here, attempted to climb over n parked automobile. instead of the automobile trying to climb over it, and in the process completely wrecked the top of the open car. The horse became frightened at a passing locomotive, and reared, driving the shafts of the wagon through the top of the car. o——— Elkhart. (U.R) —The 150-foot tower of the city water works will be marked with an arrow pointing north and the word "Elkhart" as a guide to aviators.

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baby FISH ME being PlMjei .ImlianapoliH, Infl7 JuilH 1:11 '-Stocking tndiang publ . S[ * t ' with baby fi ßh froln fl ‘ bl = water, operated by the state h,rt *« department started in u. "" er, »tiot continue to October i 7. * M W| U Mannfeld, fish ami Ranie'diviT” erintendent. announced t2'v Mannfeld pointed out counties obtaining atoek fj, llw '’ naturally will receive n,,, ' >,rlll ''- "sh but in larger number, h,,!"!* 11 ’' whose orders are filled la| •">* ceive less fish but large, |, ..J 1 * •he latter as a lUle do * being released. r u ß°n During May ths dlvi,| on di , tr .. ( ed 9.800.000 pike perch ami m yellow perch frv. 'n lp .e.,'' 9 ' ooo dications are that this Rpe c | ea more than all others, win he 9ht ee lent success has attended t h , hatchery efforts. More than Uqo . ‘ Pli.atiou for stock fish ed this spring prior to April 1 wh the books were dosed until next for such orders. JMr Get the Habit—Trade at Home.it P lyi