Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1928 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R Holthouse Sec’y & Hue. Mgr. Dick D. Holler Vice-President Entered at the Postofflce at Decatur, Indiana, aa second class matter. • I Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 -J2 One week, by carrier v — 10 One year, by carrier .. - 5.00 One month, by mall .35 Three months, by mail 100 Six months, by mail ................... 1.75 One year, by mail —— 3.00 One year, at office— 3.00 Prices quoted are W’lthin first and second sones. Elsewhere, $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known by application. National Advertising Representatives Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York Charter Members The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Airplanes have become so common around here the past month or so that we scarcely more than glance up when we hear the motor. The weather man performed splendidly for Old Home Week but now that its over he might accommodate us by providing a few showers. Old Home Week over and now to liusiuess. Many of our people have been so busy assisting in preparations for the week that they haven't had time to take care of other matters. The Mardi Gras parade was not as large or as elaborate as we had expected and hoped for but it should be remembered that about every body was too much otherwise engaged to spend any time at making up. Democratic headquarters were opened in this city today and will be continued until after election. All who are interested in the success of the party of Jefferson this fall are invited to call as often as they can and to assist in the campaign. Citizens should know that when a plane or automobile is wrecked they have no more right to take parts from them w-ithout permission of the owners than they have at any other time and to do so of course is to take a very serious chance. Merchants did not do even average business last week, due to two facts —first, the season was not right, and second — the crowds which attended the various entertainments were not concerned about buying. They were out for a good time and from all reports, had it. No one doubts that Frank C. Dailey will, if elected governor, make a clean up and will give the people an able and economical administration. Thats what you should consider for you are hiring a man to serve you the next four years. Don’t take chafices, vote the democratic ticket this year. The country needs it. Seven weeks from tomorrow is election and as the days and weeks pass the interest will increase. Surely you need not be reminded that there is need for a change of policy and of men in the state and nation. You who live in Indiana should be convinced beyond any need of argument. The decorations and the welcome signs are down and the streets seem strangely bare but we want every one to know that Decatur always welcomes you. The doors are open and those who come will find sincere and courteous welcomes all the time and a square deal. ‘j - j Harry Leslie now attacks the Public Service Commission but you know its bunk when you remember that during the years he served as a member of the legislature and as speaker, he never once raised his voice in protest. Harry is trying to joke with you. Frank Dailey will make fifteen speeches in Allen county next Thursday and Friday. If you have the opportunity, go and hear him, for we know you will be convinced of his

C TODAY’S CHUCKLE Evansville, Ind Sept. 17—(UR)— Thirty-nine cents was found in the >, body of a steer butchered here, t L„ - , ', fairness. He is one of the great men of this state and we are fortunate in- , deed to have the opportunity to em- ) ploy a man of his capacity as gover- ’ nor. The state needs him. ) > When the folks came down town J Sunday morning they found the streets clean and with exception of a few local stands, every thing out of the way. The city officials performed splendidly during Old Home Week and we have nothing but commends1 tion and the very highest praise for them. They certainly deserve it. Every department worked perfectly. Several pieces of literature have come to our hands, advocating bigotry and abusing Governor Alfred Smith because of his religious belief. It is worse than dirty politics, its dangerous for the future of the country, for in America we boast of our fairness I and the right for one to worship as he pleases. Those who are thus trying to win votes are treading dangerous ground. It should not be an issue and there are certainly enough economical questions before the people. Tom Adams has been pacified. It was Tom who began the fight for a cleaner government in Indiana. He fought like blazes too but now he has been talked into issuing a statement favorable to Mr. Leslie who is the republican candidate for governor and who as speaker of the house in 1925 and 1927 should be held responsible largely for results. He refused to aid in securing an investigation. He is a part of the same crowd which has been in control. He should not be elected. Tom's apparent change of mind nothwithstanding. ■ 11 .... — Every one is thankful that not an accident of any consequence occurred to mar Old Home Week. The program was given as advertised as nearly as possible and from reports we have heard every one was pleased, delighted, thrilled. Its a fine thing for a community occasionally to give a party such as that was. Os course if you were hunting for something to criticize you can find it, but we assure you the committee worked earnestly and until midnight Saturday to hold down those inclined to get rough. Several of the concessioners told us that in all the years they have traveled they have never seen a better program, larger crowds or better order. Never In the history of Decatur has such a crowd visited here as last week, it being estimated that perhaps twenty-five thousand people jammed the streets Saturday night. During the week the totals probably aggregated a hundred thousand and all were well taken care of. No one needed to go hungry, their was room accomodations for every one and the parking problem was not nearly as serious as was anticipated. It was a big week and one that thousands will remember for years to come. The committee will meet soon to allow bills and pay them. It is believed there will be sufficient funds to meet every thing. All who have bills against the association should file them at once so that the final check up can be made and a report published. The week was sponsored by the Decatur Industrial Association and was carried out through a committee of which F. M. Schirmeyer was general chairthan. —— o ■ ■ *«¥*¥***¥*«** • THE GREAT WAR * * 10 YEARS AGO • ************* SEPTEMBER 17. 1918. Wilson declines Austria's terms of peace. Serb-Franco troops start a big drive in the Balkans and capture three Bulgar strongholds. French troops take plateau east of i Vauxaillon. The British armies advance in the neighborhood of Ploegsteert and '• Ypres. e American artillery is pounuing German lines with artillery in the Metz B sector.

PREDICTS U. S. SOON TO LEAD EUROPE IN AIR WaWshington, Sept. 17 — (U.R) —Although air passenger travel in the United States has developed less rapidly than air-mail traffic, passenger service within one year will be as great as in Europe, according to a statement by L. I). Gardner, president of the Aeronautic Chamber of Commerce, made public by the Department of Commerce. “If in one and a half years our present remarkable progress has been made, it is safe to say that the next five »years will see developments in this field which will more than fulfill the herpes^of even the most sanguine exponents of air travel," Gardner said. ’ “The United States will forge ahead in its air commerce at home. Huge air liners will fly from one end of the continent to the other, day and night, with the safety and assurance of the best equipped railway of today". The chief present obsticle to development of air passenger service in this country is the fast night railway service between the princiipal cities. This handicap will be reduced with the lighting of airways, designed to promote night air transportation. The Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce announced the mileage of United States airways operating Aug. 15. 1928. the 25th anniversary of airplane flight, at 13,131 miles. It was recalled that in 1850, 25 years after establishment of the first railway, only 9,021 miles of railway lines were in use. At the present time the air-mails are flown daily 24.974 miles; while the mileage flown daily in all services amounts to 31.240. The airway mileage of Europe in 1927 was 36,507. Twenty-seven important inter-city lines now operate regularly, and five others are scheduled for early inauguration. The latter are Laredo-New Otleans.S St. Louis-Omaha, MiamiAtlanta, New York-Montreal, and At-lanta-Chicago, with St- spur. —• o ALL OVER INDIANA By United Press FRENCH LICK—The seventeenth annual convention of the Employing I Printers' association of America will I be held here Sept. 16 to 18. Monday I the dinner for delegates will be held with William Herschel of Indianapolis, as the speaker. A golf tourney is scheduled for Tuesday. INDIANAPOLIS —Two bus loads and several automobiles of members of the Indiana Historical Society will make the annual pilgrimage Oct 6 and 7 to Crawfordsville, Lafayette, Logansport and Peru with stops at historical points along the route. Indiana’s 1929 wheat crop will be approximately 40 per cent less than the 1928 crop, according to 1. H. Hull, manager of the Indiana Farm bureau's purchasing department. Mr. Hull bases his estimates on reports throughout the state Jhat last year s virtual wheat crop failure has made it impossible for farmers to obtain the normal amount of seed wheat. Because of lack of finances. VINCENNES — Plans for moving the government airport here to a site south of the city has been tentatively approved by John Bonforte, airways extension superintendent of the Department of Commerce, who visited here this week. There are no obstructions of trees or wire near the field. The land is expected to be contracted for about SBOO a year with an option to buy. WABASH —Members of the city fire department had two battles ou their hands recently in extinguisbiqg a house blaze. A nest of wasps’ was in the house. When driven out by the heat and chemicals the. yellow-jack-ets turned upon the firemen. Considerable stinging took place before the fire w-as extinguished. o— - Old Southern City CapL John Smith bought from the Indians tn 1609 a site near Richmond. Va„ on which he founded a settlement he called “None Such." Fort Charles was built In the vicinity In 1645. By grants of 1675 and 1687 Col. William | Byrd obtained possession of a tract I including the site of Richmond, and I in 1733 his son, Cd. Evelyn Byrd, laid out the town. Richmond was incor porated In 1742. o Hard to Determine Age There Is no sure way In which to determine the age of a hard-shell turtle. In most instances the plates are examined closely with a microscope, and on these plates there cap be noticed scale expansion. This scale expands as the turtle grows, leaving a ring of growth. These rings are counted the same as those of a tree. o A Lot of This Breed The short-tailed shrew Is probably the most numerous mammal in eastern United States, says Nature Magazine. It will be found tn wooded lands, cut-over forests, fields and along streams, wherever the ground is soft enough to push aside for the erratic runway*.

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Wins Big Race u ' I : L.i " !• * Earl Rowland, Wichita, Kansas, won first prize in the Class C division of the New York to Los Angeles airplane race. *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥•¥•* * BIG FEATURES * * OF RADIO * K¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥Z MONDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES WEAF — Network 8:30 pm. Verdi’s ‘Aida.” WOR—Network 8 pm Opera, “Samson and Delilah.” WOR Network 7:30 pm. Opening program. Radio World's fair, Madison . Square Garden. WEAF —Network 7:30 pm. General Motors Hour. o, *¥¥¥¥¥*«*»¥«* * TWENTY YEARS AGO * ¥ From the Dally Democrat File * * Twenty Years Ago Today • **¥¥¥¥ ¥¥«*¥¥* Sept 17,— 160th reunion held at Marion. Harry Beatty, of Ossian, elected colonel and Ransome Allen, of Decatur quarter-master. New York Democrats nominate Lewis Chandler for governor. Nidlinger and Son take fourteen premiums on their Durocs at the Michigan state' fair. Edward Quick, guard at the Michigan City prison, murdered at his home by a masked bandit. W. H. Fledderjohann's auto collides with a buggy at Monroe and Second. Botii rigs badly damaged. Democrats open Adams county campaign with speeches in number of the school houses. Henry Habbegger sells eighty acres in Monroe township to Henry Elk nberger for SB,BOO. Clarence Beirsdorfer, pitcher for Minneapolis, home after a good season. Mrs. Loien Wertenberger, of Laketon, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. E. Hower. o — Hare Hard Task To develop the wisdom of serpents while they retain the guilelessness of doves is the task which faces the re-ligio-moral forces if they would aid In the moral regeneration of society.— Rinhold Nlehhuhr. — ■" ■ Bird’s Two Names The whoop or whooper Is the American white crane or the Old world swan. o You set the price—we make the deed on an 8 room semimodern home. 1128 West Monroe St., 3 P. M., Sat. Sept. 22.

. : • — _== ~u A Word To The Wives- I 11 vL SAVING money is a problem in which both husband and ill fHfcjjf wife are equally concerned. And, surely, you needn't be ™ backward about taking hubby into your confidence. Tell wJfTW him of your ambitions for “more home comforts” . . per - KI i jW haps, a “car or a better home.” Worthy objects, he'll be \ ®BU F only too glad to help you SAVE for them! ’ |yK \j This Bank wlecomes joint Savings Accounts 4 c of husbands and wives. Open one today. 4 0 Old Adams County Bank Welcome Visitors, Call and See us. Savings ' ■ "

GENEVA NEWS Harland Whitman spent the weekend with his mother here. John Greene spent Sunday with hts parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Greene. John is employed at Muncie. Virginia Schaefer, who has been in Chicago, for a week, returned home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Cross, of Huntington, are spending a few days In Geneva. Dr. and Mrs. Hinchman and two sons spent Thursday in Decatur. h\>rest Huntington. of Indianapolis was in Geneva Saturday. Sheriff Hollingsworth was in Geneva Saturday. Mrs. Jennie Myers left Saturday for Decatur to visit for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Tully spent a few hours In Decatur Saturday. Rev. and Mrs. Barton are home after a 10 days spent at their cottage at Lake Webster. Mis Lee Mattax of Bluffton spent Friday here. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Steed and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mahoney were at Decatur Thursday evening. Miss Alice Hollingsworth spent the week end at Decatur with her brother Hail and wife. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Shepherd returned Sunday from a two weeks vacation at Tliorce, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Briggs and Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Briggs are home from Northern Michigan, after enjoying a fishing trip. Mrs. Sophia Mattax was hostess to a delightful dinner party on Friday evening. The guests were the Birthday Club aud two guests. At 6:30 o’clock the guests were seated at small tables which were very pretty with a center bouquet of fall loses, cut glass and I silver. A two-couise dinner was served, after which progressive dominoes |

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was played. Mrs. A G. Briggs received the Ist prim and Mrs. W. D. Crims Jr., consoled herself with the Booby Mrs. F J. Whinney aud daughter Anuria spent Bunday at Pandora, Ohio, with her Sister. Mr. aud Mrs. Selph Martin Mrs. T. E. Kraner, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Haugh ton Mr. and Mrs Joseph Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Ott Ray were among the Decatur visitors this past week Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lough were week-end visitors at Decatur. Frank Hole has been on tho sick list for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Neal Schaefer spent Sunday in Fort Wayne. Somber Hues Soothe Black bedclothes and pillows In a black bed, within a room of the same dusky shade. Is the unusual cure for Insomnia suggested by recent experiments of Dr. Mnrlo Ponzo, of the hospital for the Insane at Alesnndria, Italy. In such a room some of the most violent patients became calm and soon fell Into a deep, natural sleep.—Popular Science Monthly. o - Extremes in Lights The largest incandescent Inmp, as large as three cauliflowers, will burn the clothes off any person standing within three feet of IL The smallest lamp In the world Is as large us a grain of wheat and will not scratch the tender membrane of a baby's stomach when the light Is poked down the infant's gullet to search for a missing pin or button. — o fieitum Production In producing helium, the heliumbearing gas is cooled to about 300 degrees below zero, at which all of the constituents of the gas except the helium are reduced to liquid, nnd the helium gag is then drawn off and com- j pressed Into tank cars or steel cylin j ders for shipment. J —

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