Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1928 — Page 6

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REDUCED RATE ON AIR MAILS HELP VOLUME Washington. Sept. 15. — <U.PJ —A 50 per cent 'increase in the volumM of United States airmail has resulted from the reduction In rates which took effect Aug. 1. according to postoffice department officials here. The increase has been particularly j heavy on the trans-continental haul. ' but the feeder lines also are profit | Ing. The new rate Is five cents for i the first ounce. The heavy mails have necessitated the development of a new type of ■plane carrying mail exclusively, instead of mail and passengers as here- | tofore. Planes of this type, carrying 1,800 pounds of mail will be placed in operation between Chicago and San Francisco on Oct. 1. The extraordinary increase in domestic airmails will encourage the rapid evolution of international airmail facilities, according to postal officials. and Latin-American mails will all derive advantage from facilities already existent or contemplated. Mails to the Orient are benefited , by the fast trans-continental service which permits correspondents on the i Atlantic seaboard to save two days | in the transmission of letters intended for tians Pacific steamers. The heavy volume of trans-continental airmail indicates that a considerable volume of Oriental mail now is moving by airplane on the first stage of its journey. Air-mail connections between the Pacific coast and Alaska already are talked about, although no definite development has yet been reported here. On the trans Atlantic mails, the great potential saving in time will be derived from the contact of airplanes | at sea with the regular steamer lines. | Such connections are still in an ex- . perimental stage, but their future practicability already has been defi | nitely indicated, and postal officials will observe carefully future developments. Countries south of the United States soon will come into the scope of international air mail facilities. The United States postoffice department already has awarded contracts for airmail lines connecting New Orleans Brownsville, Tex., and Laredo, Tex., both on the Mexican border; and also for a service between Dallas. Tex., and the Mexican border which would handle mails from Chicago and ; the Mississippi Valley. The Mexican government recently has purchased airplanes for airmail service between Mexico City and border points, to connect with the American lines. The 'planes have actually been shipped, but it is understood that there will be a delay of several months until Mexico has available adequately trained pilots for the new 1 service. In case any air-mail traffic between the leading cities of United States and Mexico is in prospect for the reasonably near future. An air-mail line now is being operated between Key West and Havana, with Brownville, T„ and Laredo. Tex Cuba. The postoffice department already has warded contracts for airmail services between Key West and Porto Rico, and between Key West and the Canal Zone. — o Trapeze Act Thrills Large Crowd Daily One of the finest free acts ever presented the public any where is that of Etz Duo. which has given two or thr.eo performances daily near the Campbell filling station. North Second street. They do a clevei double trapeze act that thrills the thousands who witness it daily. Its a fast, snappy turn with a breakaway at the finish that makes one gasp, the woman being caught by the ankle instead of the hand and she swings out a long distance, they also do a very thrilling combination of aerial cradle and Roman rings and feature a cloud swinging that is a sheer fifty feet headlong. BERNE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Oswin Hirschy, of Fort Wayne stopped eff at the home of their cousin, Christ Balsiger and family Sunday afternoon. L. A. Pittinger, president of Balls Teachers' College, at Muncie, and his wife were visitors at the home of Senator and Mrs. T. A. Gottschalk, Tuesday. Howard Stucky left Thursday for Richmond, where he will be enrolled as a Senior at Earlham College. Fred Kamholz, of the Jefferson garage, is attending a district Chevrolet meeting at West Baden. Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Suckau, Menno Burkhalter, son Freeman and daughter Miss Gertrude returned Tuesday evening from Chicago, where they visited the latter's daughter and sister, Miss Frances Burkhalter. The party accompanied the former's son Theodore Suchau to Wheaton, Illinois, Monday, where he is enrolled in college. Miss Anna Ruth Hofstetter returned to Berne, Monday evening, after spending the summer with her parents al Fortuna, Missouri. zMr. and Mrs. Howard B. Hoffman and family will move their household goods to Ann Arbor, Michigan, Friday, where

Art, The Cruel Master i 0 & Jot i ‘ Alik •£ *s■ ' \■ ■ I V- ? sss£ t 1 '’-p <‘T®» g Wf W"~~ ~ ■ Jascha* Heifitz, internationally famed violinist, and his wife, Florence Vidor, motion picture star, who are already forced to leave each other temporarily, though they have been married less than a month. They aie pictured as they appeared in Chicago, where Mr. Heifitz announced that he was on his way to England to fill a concert engagement while his wife was re- j turning to California for a new film. Pilot Saved by Daring Students *hi IHI W />■ I ■ j r I " />, .’w-£ ' $. .." *• jw-YTW* -.5 Two student aviators recently risked their lives standing in flames while they extricated pilot from his home-made plane which had crashed and taken fire during races at Kansas City airport. All three were burned, but will recover

Mr. Hoffman will enter the University . School of .Music. Calvin Saurer ami daughter Miss* Mary Ellen, of Richmond, accompanied , their sister and aunt, Mrs. Peter J. Baumgartner who has been visiting! at Richmond to Herne Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Weldon Klopfenstein and flhnily, .Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Amstutz and Mrs. I'. L. Stauffer, of Fort Wayne, attended the sale cf Mrs. Klopfenstein's and Mr. Amstutz’ mother, Mrs. Jacob U. Amstutz, Tuesday. Miss Lavon Christner, of Bloomington, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Gotlieb Christener this week. Emery-Eaton, of Petaulma, California, returned to his home Tuesday evening after spending two weeks with his mother. Mrs. Sophia Eaton here. The entire personel with their failles of the Herne Hardware Co., enjoyed a chicken roast at Lehman’s park Tuesday evening. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Leo E. Lehman and family, Mr. and Mis. A. A. Habegger and family, Mr and Mrs Jonas Sprunger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Menno Habegger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lehman, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Liechty, John Mazelin and the Misses Inda and Mildred Sprunger. Senator and Mis. T. A. Gottschalk were business callers at Celina, Ohio, Wednesday afternoon, in the interests cf the B-G Construction Co. Mrs. Edison Sprunger and her sister. Mrs. Menno Neuhauser, of Napol-

■ eon, Ohio, who is visiting here were i visitors at the home cf their parents, I Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Schlatter at Grabill, Wednesday. —o THANKS TO MUSICIANS We desire to take this means of expressing our appreciation of the cooperati. n we received from musicians who assisted so splendidly in w irking out the music of the pageant, “Adams County, Yesterday and Today"; To Miss Charlotte Niblick who so kindly assisted in all rehearsals and had charge of the piano music cf the production; to Mr. True Fristoe, a home boy who has gone out to the professional world as a leader of orchestra and pianist and who so generously wrote all orchestrations for the production and secured and conducted the orchestra and the members of his orchestra; to the General Electric Band for the! rsplendid music which has been so highly complimented; to Mrs. Carrie Haubold. for her accompaniement of the solo work; and to Mrs. J. R. Blair for the use cf her piano; we tile committee on music, express our gratitude. Mrs. Dan Tyndall Mrs. C. E. Bell I). H. S. Athletic Association Dance at Masonic Hall, Saturday Night, September 15, Park Plan. 218t2

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Saved by Unknown 1 Ta ’ wtl Heldn Reindl, 7 (left), and Robert, l»'.ear-:ld brother, who were recently ' carried to safety in Chicago by a 1 modest hero when their lives were j threatened by suffocation due to fire smoke which filled their home while they slept. They are eager to meet] |and thank the man who rescued them] and then disappeared into the crowd which bail gathered during the fire. What, No Valet J “'l,. vsSA > s i• * s < ' >-v . V w Jo il I 9 The world's heavyweight champeen, Gene Tunney — beg pardon! — Mr. James Josepii Tunney, Social Regis- ' terite, rakishly attired, smiles as he ' arrives at Plymouth, Eng., for a big - hike before his marriage to “Polly” Lauder, $50,000,000 heiress. He Is Honored Ir ’ JwTViiW *’• ■ • « f jHL / / : 7 z / ' Nathan Straus, New York philanthropist, who has been signally honored by an organization of sons of Jewish colonists which lias bought 800 acres of land suitable for orange I i growing between Jaffa and Caesarea . 1 and named it Nathania. It will be [I the first Jewish settlement on the > seashore of Palestine.

Mother of 9 Admits Slaying I •<4 * ? ' 1 A” • » Si *' * * kv, A ; \ 7 I i' ■ / 0 ■* i ' > ' /' 1 i 1 .// " f II / I * J/■ -I :„«( killed'a guy. His name's Finn. Here's the gun. Lock me up. then go" get him ” Mrs. Ada Johnson, a widow, pic tured with her son, Walter, sai.l that she shot Dominick Finn, father of two of her children, because he I per Isted in the tyranny which he had practiced over her for several years. ' frst as constable and later as potential squealer, while she ran a moonshine j parlor in Chicago. “Well, There’s an Understanding!” J s A‘s I ’ f VO'! A I nit i ? I Iv. r"" J An F ‘6 Wk f WIT nwllwwl Ew 5 1. > k -W - J ' -. ... I'.'l;A b J* ■ I' i ® x 4/ P 3 s Mb k X. I , X il \ x 1 fIH \ -4 d k ■ "***" V */ XifxVx Returning from the Riviera abroad S. S. Lapland, pretty Florence Trumbull, daughter of governor of Connecticut, and object of considerable attention on patt of John, son of President and Mrs. Coolidge, smiled happily at camera barrage and admitted that there “is a sort of an understanding between us.” She hinted that wedding bells would ring out during the Yuletide.

New River Bridge At Evansville Is Assured Indianapolis, Sept. 15.— (U.R) —Indiana and Kentucky have signed the contract which assures a $4,000,000 bridge over the Ohio river at Evansville. The climax to the southern Indiana city’s fifty-year battle for a span across the Ohio came late Wednesday when Governor Ed Jackson and members of the Indiana state highway commission signed the contract. Kentucky officials signed Tuesday. Under terms of the contract each state will have equal control of the span. Ke; tucky's $2,000,000 share in the construction will be collected in tolls,While Indiana hopes to be repaid by the federal road aid. o TEN BEST SELLERS (Compiled for the United Press by the Baker & Taylor Co., wholesale booksellers nnd publishers of the "Retail Bookseller"). Fiction The Children. By Edith Wharton. - Published by Appletons. $2.50. f The Foolish Virgin. Kathleen Nort ris. Published by Doubleday-Doran, t $2.00. i Bad Girl. By Vina Delmar. Pubs lished by Harcourt-Brace. $2.50. s Show Girl. By J. P, McEvoy. Published by Simon and Schuster. $2.00.

Swan Song. By John Galsworthy. Published by Scribners. $2.50. General John Brown’s Body. By Stephen V. Bmet. Published by Doubleday-Dor-an. $2 50. Strange Interlude. By Eugene O'Neill. Published by Boni and Liverright. $2.50. Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing. By Samuel Hoffenstein. Published by ,Boni land Liveright $2.00. Goethe. By Emil Ludwig Published by Putnams. $5 00. Napoleon. By Emil Ludwig. Pub lished by Boni and I.'veright. $3.00. ■ o_ Almond Seeds Eaten The almonds sold on the market are really the stones of the fruit of the almond tree. The fruit of the almond tree, which Is supposed to be native In soul hem Europe. Is <|ry around tlie seed Instead of fleshy like that of the peach. Consequently the seed, not the fruit. Is the part enten — Knights Carried Weight The weight of the armor worn in the Middle ages varied greatly. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art at New York there Is a complete suit of chain mall Including head, body and leg defenses, which weighs 35 pounds. Many complete suits of armor worn in the Thirteenth century weighed as much as 70 and 80 pounds.

GIRL OF TOOM I FINOS CLOTm I costs imp.l I»ndon. Sept r, (IJR) J| iry of labor savs that , t „. mod „ K pays 120 p. r , . nl 1( „. ■ es than the girl of 1914 |H The big clothing stores of ■ say she does not *• ■ And so the batt I- | H „ n H An official of a«' st end sl(lr B recently; “The principal ,iiff,. r * ■ between pre wm ;| „,| l->t «;„■ ‘ B Is quality rather tn.,,, rril> . I '“ i B -Whereas a woman in mu B buy an outfit tor f1,,,, whi( ,. « ■ last her several a „ d « passed down to r,.| ;lliv „ |)r * M down for the ,1,11,1 , ~. „ w ()raa ‘ B adays will buy ,i„. sanip H or less, but it will not last her So I™, ■ because the mat, ii.,L n „ t a . g Gloves, stocking h. 1 i,,1k..r,| !i , l . * B the dainty under <l.,Hong which tak K H the place of th,. s„l„| woolen and ■ flannel variety, all art,,ally cost le S 4 E it was stated, than u, pie war days E The ministry of lain,, and the b is E stores, agree, howo-v,.,. that tno. E man is groaning mid,.,- an increased E clothing burden, but the stores think E that 120 per cent is a little too high. E The following figures, they say, are E a fair average of the 1914 and die E 1928 prices for the same quality: H Suit s2l jjj w B Shoes 3.0 n 7.J0 B Derby hat .85 ’.l! ■ Overcoat 18.00 37.00 E Collars 12e-18e 24c-3fc E — o H Free Act By Miss I Hetty ('ole Pleases I Everyone is more than pleased with I ’the free acts whirl, have entertained ■ the people here this week. In select- ■ ing them, the committee was as care- ■ ful as possible and did not spare et- | pense. but none of then, had been wit- ■ nessed until they showed here, one ■ of the very excellent ones, and they ■ are all far above par, is the act giren I daily at the Christian church corner I by Miss Hetty Cole, aerialist who hee I spent years in pleasing the- public and ■ never failed. He ring act in which ■ she sings with the band is a marvel I and she is a favorite here. She also ■ does an iron jaw act and a uiimoer I of turns that keeps the crowd thrill- ■ ed. Any community desiring a Hein I act that will please will makenomis- I take in employing this wonderful I woman. I Neighbors ( lean Ditch I For Man ill In Hospital I A spirit of neighorly love was manfest in the Pleasant Mills vicinity, this week, when a group of fourteen neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. F L. Masters, gatheied together at the Masters farm and cleaned 35 rods ot c'itch, a duty which had fallen in Mr Masters. The task took just one-half day, and, while Mr. Masters lay setiou sly ill in the Adams County Memori ’l hospital, following an operation two weeks ago. his kind neighbors eased his mind of a task which must be done, but which he was bunsell, unable to attempt. Mr an d.Mrs. Masters were very grateful to their friends who so kindly assisted the® in their hour of trouble. o— A Stair Chest The first stair step upstairs W downstairs makes n line receptad* when hinged, either in the cellar, the hall or In going to the attic. Lse » spring I,lnge so that the step «I •' ways snap shut.-Your Home Mas* zine. ■ ()— Or Its Books Half the world doesn't know h'’« • the other half got "W " r 1 ' ~,-ellas and galoshes-9or,n Journal..

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