Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 223, Decatur, Adams County, 20 September 1928 — Page 7

/TH II W Zr MRS - JAMES R - BLAIR ffi I U 1 1 ||V? Jr Society Editor X2u ! Phone 100 C

■'cu b CALENDER ■ Thursday Legion. Moose home. 7:30 EJcTJSdV Sub,' Miss Rose fcaS ciss's of Christian Sunday Kli Mrs. A. I>- Artman, 7:30 p.m.. ■ taptist Woman's Society, Mrs., K Ummiman. 2:00 P. M. K al Daughters das. of EvangeliBl Sunday school. Mrs. Chester McKtnah 7'30 I’. M. Koebe Bible class, Mrs. Tillman ■hriK. 7:30 P M. ■ presbvterian Ladies Aid Society, Fred Smith. 2:30 P. M. ■ E.LC.E. Treasure Hunt, 6:00 P.M., K Evangdiral church. ■ Friday ■ progressive Workers class of the B Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Kjrenee Merriman, South Ninth St ■■Ml P. M ■ Tbe Delta Theta Tan, Kathryn Kyland. 7:30 P. M. ■ Minnehaha Club potlack supper, atKr Ledge. ■ Tuesday I Psi lota Xi. Miss Irene Zwlck, 8:00 K.M. I Monday I Monday Night Club, Mrs. Ed BokKcbt. 7:30 P. M. ■ The Psi lota Xi Sorority will meet ■uesdav evening, at eight o'clock, with Kiss Irene Zwick. Mrs. Leigh Bowen Kill be the assisting hostess. Khakespeare club ■to hold opening ■ The Shakespeare Club will open Bheir season's activities on Wedne.Kay. October 3. with an eleven o’clock Ketkfast, to be served at the Decatur ■Country Club A short program will ■oflov the breakfast. I A box social will be held, Thursday ■evening at the Election school house ■in Kirkland township. The public is ■invited. I jrs. Ed Boknecht will be hostess to ■the members of the Monday night ■Club, Monday evening, at her home on ■North Fifth street, at 7:30 o'clock. ■ MEETiNG OF ■ AMICITIA CLUB I The Amicitia Clnh inet Tuesday evItning at the home of Mrs. Albert MutIschler. The home was beautifully declorated with garden flowers, and tables ■ were arranged for bridge. Prizes were ■ awarded for high score to Mrs. Bryce Butler, and Mrs. Franfis Eady. A delicious two-course luncheon was served by the hostess at the close of the meeting The next meeting of the club will be held in two weeks with Mrs. Felix Graber. MEETING OF reformed ladies aid The Ladies Aid of the Reformed church met in the church parlors, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Tillman Gerr. president of the organization, opened the meetingDuiing the business s, '.<Bion it was decided upon to have .* Rio-cent supper ,to be given SaturJF, October 13. No program had been nnged. At the close of the meeting elicious refreshments were served by „„ h u teßß<>B: Mrs ' A R ' FledderjohWeiai B . Henry Knapp ’ M ’ B Jd "' b Mr« so, MfS ' Rred Ashba ucher, and Mrs - Albert Mutschler. *iS6 mary burk t?"T a ! ns cor| nthian class tian s,»? nthU " class ot the ChrisSCh<M)I met Wednesday the i, S W ' Miss Mar y Burk. During S ione eSS meeting ’ Plans £ ° r hwided tn dißcussed and it was close of , h Se Chrlstn 'as cards. At the »» served s me u til,R ' a da,nty ,un <* served by the hostess. Spot of Sacrifice the Bea£ ’ par£ o£ tbe Ark °f top of th Dant ’ w,s • Plate on kled the h/'a’ ° n Wl,lCb Was sprln he blnod °f sacrificial nnlmals. O — — Record Sleep th ’t of'a"Fr S p nrt' teP rK ' Or< ’ ’ ras « Themelie •• 'TT”' ,he ‘’ Bleeper htused *’ for 17 years, it was ÜBert by menu) shock. — r>, Uncle Eben Hid Uncle denland for real work," near «o nonm*” uke,<l ® bny atn to Put on i» * r "* d# one dat ’ 8 " bl< ’ blowo a t" w 8 ?? re t,re ,n Cl,se of " Washington Star. JU ~ The? y ‘ Jpec,e * Mosquito ’Peeles of S Baveral hundred known ,io n of lit,, ' noß<iQltoes '- and the durahwsqul»oe« iT 7 considerab| y- Adult 10 some vn 1 '<* f ° r Severa! m °ntlis and ’“foemate the M , many of tlie fema '«® n »fe through the winter.

Personals “Siltin’ down ’ll pull th’ slack out o’ middle-aged knees." says Miss Fawn Lippincut, in an article on keepin' yong. You might add this one t' your similes —as safe as Durant's $25,001). —Abe Martin. Indianapolis News C. A. Dugan, of the First National Bank, is attending the State Bankers Association meeting, which is being held in Gary this week. Mrs. John Mougey, who was the house guest of Mrs. Henry Schulte during Old Home Week, returned to day, to her home in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schulte and Mrs. Henry Schulte, cf Decatur, and Mrs. John Mougey, of Columbus, Ohio, motored to Greenville, Ohio, Sunday Miss Josephine Andersen visited in Fort Wayne, Wednesday, where she attended the party given by Miss Irene Neireiter. ii ' o COURT HOUSE Real Estate Transfers Chiistena B. Vail Wicks et al to Julius Hougk. lots 569,570 and 571 in Decatur, for $573.33. Divorce Denied In the case of Margueritte Fingland Hann vs. Bueford Hann, usit for divorce, the court found for the defendant and held that the plaintiff take nothing on her complaint. To Distribute Funds In the assignment of Hugh D. Hite, the assignee was ordered to distribute •the funds in his hands agreeable to his report. Case Continued The case of the state vs. C. L. Tyndall, which was set for trial today was continued on motion of the defendant. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Smith and son “Buster" of Columbus Ohio, arrived in this city, this morning, for a week's visit with relatives and friends. RASKOB FAMILY IS THREATENED tOUMTtNVED FROM I'AUIC ONE) manded for sparing Raskob's life. That letter was one of two communications addressed to Mrs. Raskob’s secretary. The first letter had threatened the destruction of the laskoh residence at. Claymoi*, and contained an indirect threat against Raskob. As a result of the testimony of officers who arrested Mooney and the introduction of two letters, Mooney was held on SIO,OOO bail. ■ ■ o Sardine in Demand In Singapore and Malay peninsula n popular Item of food is the American sardine. Natives, Europeans ami Chinese there take 18 per cent of our exports, $1.400.<100 yearly — —o — Keeping Up Wit’i Junior On the whole, it’s wiser not to start making a pal of the boy till after the boy finishes with periphrastic Latin conjugations and quadratic algebraic equations.—Arkansas Gazette. _— —o Lake Tides Tides are imperceptible In small lakes and are feeble in large lake* and Inclosed reas. In Lake Michigan, for example, there Is a tide of about two inches. ——o Paper for Currency The paper used in making our currency is protected by statute penalizing its manufacture for other purposes. The paper is of the toughest linen and Is made by a secret process. e-— o But Tkev Get the Coconuts It ’s said v‘ nntiv” F natrans that they are too lazy to climb coconut trees so they train mon’teys to go up the trees and get the f uft for them. Remarkable Homespuns The Biltmore homespuns are handwoven of pure sheep’s wool. They are dyed with pure vegetable and nlisarin dyes and there are over a hundred different shades. No two pieces of the material are Identical. _____ 0 . Canyon’s Immensity The Grand canyon Is more than 21*1 miles In length, divided Into four dl rlsions known as the Kaibab section, the Kanati section, the Ulnkaret sec tlon nnd the Sheavwitz section. _— o Or a Flying Field If it’s too rough to be a pasture ano not quite rough enough to be called majestic scenery, the nearest villagers will soon be calling it a golf course —Buffalo News.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1928.

Hit' above tekplioto shown building in business section of Avon Park. Fla., leaning crazily into flic street with its roof blown completely off by the force of hurricane, which devastated almost

EQUALIZATION FEE IS NOT ENDORSED Gov. Smith Further Explains His Stand On Farm Relief Plans Oklahoma City, Okla. Sept. 20—<UJ?) —Gov. Alfred E. Smith made it plain here today that he has not endorsed > the equalization fee of the McNary-Ha-ugen bill as such nor any other specific plan for carrying into effect the | general principle of farm relief enun-1 elated in his acceptance speech. "I don't know a great deal about any of these plans nor about the Mc-Nary-Haugen bill itself ", he said today i in an interview here. "There have teen four cr five plans suggested. 1 don’t undertake to supply | the machinery. I leave that to a com-1 mission which 1 will appoint if elect-; ed." Reminded of the suggestion of Gov. Adam McMullen, of Nebraska, that ho say what he thinks about the equalization fee. Smith replied: "If Gov. McMullen is so interested, I'll appoint him on the commission." The governor said today there is no one ‘eutstanding issue" in this campaign, but that issues are related. “The great outstanding issues of all National campaigns are the prosperity anu the welfare of the people,” he declared. o— — Longest Concrete Bridge The new Ponchartrain bridge, In Louisiana, Is the longest continuous highway bridge constructed of reinforced concrete. It extends five miles across the water, and has ten miles of built approaches. The total length is approximately 15.41 miles. o The Difference If you talk about live people, that's gossip: if you talk about people long dead, that’s culture.—Bridgeport Telegram. — —o Flag Neuer Lowered The flag over the admiralty In Whitehall, London, Is never lowered, as a sign that the work of the board of admiralty never ceases. o_ —— — Well-Known Newspaper Writer Dies Aboard Ship New Y ik, Sept. 20 —(U.R) — John COLDS of header chest are more easily | treated externally with — VICKS ▼ Vapoßub Over 17 Million Jara U"d Yearly , n. n ■■ m »—ii ■ nn mmw Winter Coats JUST RECEIVED New Shipment of WINTER COATS. MRS. M. MOYER, 128 N. 4th St.

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the entire seaboard of state. latest advices place loss of life al more than l<H> in Florida alone, while the damage wrought by twister mounts into hundreds of millions.

O'Brien, for many years a staff correspondent of the United Press in Paris and one ot the best known newspaper men in Europe, died aboard the liner De Grasse of Pneumonia Yesterday. Word of O'Brien's death was radioed to the United Press by W. O. Mc-

| THE CORT !fi Tonight Only i 1 “THE NIGHT FLYER” M I W F fy A I’athe Feature, with h ■fi Wm. Boyd and Jobyna Ralston He pinned his faith Io old “99” and the engine did not ft sfi fail him in the crucial hour lie won the mail con- JJ afl trad for his company, then there was enough for a Jfi two 1 Don't miss this big picture it’s a thriller! ? S “A HOME MADE MAN” Comedy. NEWS. ft 8 10c 25c | UE Friday and Saturday- Buck Jones in U 8 “THE BIC. HOP” and Serial. ju [fi r-n ,"o n-", i-n f.» r>n n=»« r-i pi r-n n -| rn fi niSilphlnsiOTSnGnSniJfl^nnlariiSriSni3T ! THE ADAMS Theatre f ir (ye LAST TIME TONIGHT ir |ue | “Old Ironsides” | [LB-n With a marvelous cast —including WALLACE BEERY, ESTHER U* IP RALSTON. GEO. BANCROFT, CHARLES FARRELL and JOHNHl NiE WALKER—as Lt. STEPHEN DECATUR—the Great Man the Sffl t.kji CITY of DECATUR was named after! IE Frl To Victory and Love, throigh danger and battle, voth a merry jjg 31 crew fielding the shin, and a pirate band cutting the broad blue r-HJ ys waves of the Mediteirane.-n! Roars of rollicking tars give way to ly the gentle sighs of romance! Don’t Miss This One! [US 31 ALSO—CHARLEV CHASE in “IMAGINE MY EMBARRASSMENT.” Come in and laugh! S ONLY 10 and 25 cents ONLY ft! FRIDAY & SATURDAY "THE RED RIDERS OF CANADA" □n with Rex Lease and Patsy Ruth Miller. Sr? ES SUNDAY & MONDAY WM. HAINES in jjM “TELLING THE WORLD.” His Best! ye A SAVINGS B COMMUNITY y, I, i' Thrift shows itself in the || community where it is practiced. in the homes, banks, busi- m ness, manufacturing, and farming industries. In Decatur it is L “specially shown in the success- ffll ul savings department of the hSp I ! e J&apital and Surplus ~ ’

Gheehan, sports editor of the New Yolk Herald Tribune, who was a fel-low-passenger. O’Brien was returning for a term f duty in the United States, after which it was epected he would return to Paris.

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