Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 28 December 1929 — 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 & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter Subscription Rate* Single copies $ .02 Oue week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail _... 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere, |3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made Known on Application National Advertising Representatives SCHEERRE, INC 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue. New York Charter Member The uoiana League of Home Dailies If you are going to take out a Christmas saving card, don't put it off longer and if you haven’t done so, its a wise plan as those will attest who have tried it. There are many troubles in this old world but they should not stop those who have the proper entltttsiasm. Most folks take a fewbumps on the chin and the winner is the fellow who can shake the tears away and smile as be travels on. The state highway commission has spent SIOO,OOO the past week to clear the roads and the showing has not been just what most folks j expected either, but half the amount was spent for equipment for handling the snow and ought to mean quicker service in the future It will be well for all who can to secure their automobile licenses by January Ist and especially so if you expect to visit the other nearby states for in most of them this is absolutely required. However in Indiana the time has been extended to February Ist which date is f.xed as the limit for taking out the necessary papers. We are in the closing week of 1929 and individuals, merchants, factory managers and officials are busy compiling the figures to close the year and start 1930 with a clean slate. It has been a busy and in many ways successful year in this community. We are hoping to make the next one even better and we are sure it can be done if every one will pull and push. The most successful merchants the past year are those who used plenty of newspaper advertising space and the same thing will be true of the coming year. Make an appropriation Mr. Merchant that will permit you to expand your business by sending your messages to the people of this trading radius. You can do it at a very reasonable cost through the Daily Democrat. The ice and slush and ruts and bad streets and roads are causing all kinds of inconvenience and trouble throughout the middle west. From almost every city comes the report that efforts to get the thoroughfares in condition have brought little results. However the conditions are improving and it is believed will be much better within a few days. Out of the financial difficulties of a number of counties in southern Indiana may come a better regulation of the expenditure of school funds. Governor Leslie asserts that he has proof of the misappropriation and the foolish squandering of money by trustees In a number of Indiana townships, it will be interesting to learn why these'transactions have been covered up and who is to blame. Attention of World War veterans is called to the warning sent out by Congressman Ludlow of

TODAY’S CHUCKLE ♦ (U,R) ♦ I Great Falla, Mont. — This much can bo said for thia particular thief —he intends | to live a clean life hereafter. . 1 He stole a half-barrel of t home made soap from the rear of a hotel hepe. . « * r Indianapolis that the time for filing adjusted compensation claims ' will expire January 2nd and that I January 3rd is the time limit for ' filing dependency allowance claims. 1 Mr. Ludlow is a member of the I i veterans legislative committee in 1 congress and will be glad to be of any assistance he can but don't wait to write him. File your claim. The state highway commission has begun proceedings to clear up the right-of-ways on roads twentyseven and sixteen. On No. 27, the state has for several years tried to secure easements which would permit the straightening o£ the highway near and in the town of Monroe. Recently they decided to take a course just west of the town and have secured right-of-ways through four of the six farms over which it passes. On No. 16 the right-of-ways are nearly all in that section through which a new course is to be built and the suits filed now are to fix the benefits and damages. In the meantime there will be no delay it is asserted while these matters are pending. Senator Borah got right up in meeting in the United Slates senate and called "a spade a spade.” He informed those who did not know or care that the present en-. forcemeat outfit would never com" close to enforcing prohibition laws,, that if that was the crowd that is I to go on, they would get as far as some of his western friends could 1 throw a male cow by the tail, no j difference what the report of the commission is to be or when its made. The president called him into conference and the Idaho statesman must have convinced him fol immediately it was announced that a shakeup is to be made in the enforcement personel. And that may help considerably. We congratulate A. R. Ashbaucher upon his success which has been earned by years of earnest effort, square business, courteous treatment, plenty of enthusiasm and a desire to do business under the Golden Rule. Today he is receiving hundreds of callers in his new two-story ( building on First street, a modern furnace show room, working division and tin shop, equipped with the lastest machinery for doing excellent work at the lowest cost. His force of employes are experts in their lines and the business is a real asset to the community. Mr. Ashbaucher needs no introduction to our readers. He is an Adams county man, born and bred, loves every inch of it and is always willing to lay down his own tools to assist in boosting Decatur, Adams county or any body who calls this his home. Its a big day for “Fritz" and his thousands of friends are happy with him.

* TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File

bee. 28—(Dago Peterson of Denver. Colorado, visiting parents. Orphan collection at St. Mary's 'hutch was $421.15. Announcement made of the re•ent marriage of Marion Smith to a young lady at Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Indiana Hotel Keepers Association say local option is ruining their business and adopt resolution favor’ng repeal of the law. Captain Cody attempting to fly lirplane from Liverpool to Lancas‘er 30 miles, to break world's record is foic -d down when ills plane hits telegraph wires. Rev. Ehank 11. Vernor and Miss Jessie Bentz united in marriage. Preble ladies organize W. C. T. U with Mrs. J. C. Valentiucas president. Fred Thieme sells forty-six hogs to William Butler for SI,OOO. Weather is six below' zero today. P:uf. Schuricht of Chicago selected as teacher at Freidheim.

Fire Attacks White House Office j*. > ' 4 ’ Ig s I I / m 'lll l-H Jr / I f lAflftAiviaiiWKL'Hywln ill, ■Pxl K-.W'RI [Mi lOnku. k td W-l* nr■. wil * * xh y w- Wt/viWB y > - ■ z 2 * p When flames broke out at the executive offices anexed to the White House Tuesday night the fire nought as spectators one of the most distinguished crowds ever gathered at a fire. Most of the valuable lersona! paper:- and official documents filed in the annex were saved. President Hoover left a Christmas Cve party to direct the work of removing the files.

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♦ —♦ n Household Scrapbook i t. By I n ROBERTA LEE * . * I 4 Chair-legs To (leaden the noise and save the ■' hardwood floors or linoleum, glue a thin strips ot felt to the bottom of the dining-chair legs. f Sprinkling Clothes A very satisfactory sprinkler can be made by punching holes in the metal top of a vaseline jar, or any a bottle having a screw top. Hard-Shell Clams To open hard-shell (dams easily, pour boiling water over them and 1 let them stand for two or three 1 minutes. o ' ♦ i Modern Etiquette By ■ ROBERTA LEE ♦— ______(u. R ) * Q. When should "Excuse me" be used? | A. Only when one is asking permission to go somewhere, never when one has unintentionally done , something discourteous, and wishes to ask a person’s pardon. Q. What is the first rule of etiquette to teach young children? A. Probably tlw best would be a courtesy towards those in an inferior position. Q. When making several calls <m New Year's Day, how long should pne remain for each call? A. Not longer than thirty minutes. preblf: news ______—-—_——-——♦ Mr. and Mrs. S. Cochran of Seattle Washington spent several days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Orville Heller and family. Mrs. Fiank Fugate and daughter Blanche spent Sunday afternoon visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Kirchner atfd daughters. Mr. Milo liilyard was the guest ot Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman and family Sunday evening. Miss Marie Smith of Indianapolis spent several days visiting her mother Mrs. John Smith. I Mr. and Mrs. A. Koldwey and fa-

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mily spent Sunday visiting the lat- * tors mother Mrs. William Linne- ] tnier. Mia,-. Catherine Liemenstall of 1 Fort Wavne spent Christmas visit- 1 i ng Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman . and family. ( Mr. mid Mrs. Prior Gilbert and . family of Monroe were the guests , of the latters parents Mr. and Mrs. , Albert Shady, Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. George Bultemipr and daughters were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eichoff and family Christmas Day. Mr. and Mis. Orville Heller and family had as their guests Christmas Day. Mr. ami Mrs. John Brown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. S. Cochran of Seattle, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Gust Yake Mr. Jacob Heller of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Castle, daughter Ruth and son Richard and Lorin Calhoun of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bogner of Decatur were the guests of the latters parents Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shady, Christmas Day. Mrs. Milton Hoffman and family and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Straub and family and Miss Catherine Linemenstall spent Thursday evening visiting Mr. and Mrs. Peter Helmrick and family of Magley. Mr. Carl Koeneman and family spent Sunday evening visiting Mr. and Mrs. Otto Koeneman and lamily. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bauman and family of Decatur spent Tuesday evening visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mil ton Werling and family. Mrs. John Smith and daughters Marie and Lucille were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith and family of Decatur. Christmas Day. Miss Susie Dilling of Chic igo, 111. is spending the Christmas holidays visiting Mr. and Mrs. Otto Dilling and family. o ._ Get Out and Huntie Far better is It to work your way to success than to weep your way Into a failure. Labor will al ways get you a lot more than sym jathy. Drops of sweat from hon •st effort are far more productive ban idle tears from weak wishing Grit.

HOOVER SEEKS MORE PRIVACY FOR MANSION President’s Moving Program May Relieve White House of Offices Washington. D?c. 28 —(UP) — Restoration of the White House to its exclusively residential function may be possible under the building and moving program initiated by President Hoover. A board of Army officers has been appointed to consider feasibility of acqquiring new quarters for War Depntment officials still housed in the State and War building across tire street from the White House. The War Department eventually will be removed and the huge structure will be taken over by the State Department and the President. One suggestion has been to provide offices for the President in the suite now occupied by General Persiring. These rooms were designed for tlie Secretary of the Navy i but were vacated when the Navy Department moved to its war-time temporary quarters still occupied in Po’omae park. Among other advintages the office suggested for the President possesses the most magnificent parquet floor in the capital. A tunnel would be built

under the street from the White House to Presidential offices. Expansion of the State department not only would relieve congestion but would enable the department to go in for several niceties hitherto impossible. For instance, the State Department has neither a State Dining room nor Reception room although such facilities are general aboard. When a distinguished visitor comes to Washington, he must be entertained at State functions at the White House which is not always conventient, or at the Pan-American union an elaborate building constructed nearly by all republics of this hemisphere. Removal of the White House offices to the building across the street would be in the line with Mr. Hoover’s desire for maximum privacy in the Executive Mansion. The grounds adjacent to the Executive offices now are over run by photographers and reporters and th re is an intimacy between the officials and private life of the President which is distasteful to Mr. Hoover. Although the White House always lias been the workshop of •he President, it was not until Theodore Roosevelt built the present Executive offices that the President at work came so closely under public gaze. o Community Scheme Fizzle The Brook farm was a community organized in 1841 near Roxbury, Mass., by George Ripley and his wife An association was formed witli a few stockholders, and a farm of 200 acres purchased. The object was to promote the benefits of society according to the principle of co-operation. The life led was very simple, and every one had a share of the work, receiving a certain rate of pay. The products of the farm were sold. A school was maintained for the children. A number of prominent people were in ttie scheme, among them Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles A. Dana, John S. Dwight, George P. Bradford, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amos B. Alcott, Theodore Parker, George W. Curtis nnd" Margaret Fuller. After a time, however, enthusiasm waned, and as a result of financial loss the scheme was dissolved in 1847.

TUNNEL-BRIDGE FOR CHANNEL IS ST. CTR'S PLAN Submerged Tube Between French And British Shores Suggested By N. Reynolds Packard (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, Dec. 28—(UP)—A tunnel In the form of a submerged bridge in the English Channel is the latest plan to he advanced as a means of linking France and England by railway. Prevost de Saint Cyr French inventor and marine engineer, has worked out his project and puts it forward as being more practicable and cheaper than an under ground tunnel. One of its main features is that most of the constiuction work would be done on land. After a thorough study of ocean currents and the channel bed, he hit upon the ideil nf stretching a concrete tube from the shores of France to the coast of England on the principle of bridge building. The tube would be sung to a depth of twenty meters, leaving the space above it free for navigation and that below it open to the flow of currents. The tube, in which'express trains could cross the channel in about 40 minutes, would be supported on massive pillirs of reinforced concrete. These would bo sunk deeply into the bottom of the sea. This giant tube would be constructed on shore from reinforced concrete. It would be in sections of from 300 to 500 meters, which would be rermetically sealed at each end when completed. They would be floated out of heir positions above the pillars already established in place, being sunk to the proper level by weights and anchors. Tight fitting couplings lowered from boats on the surface, would be placed at the joints of the various sections to prevent infiltration. Workmen would next enter from the finished portion of the tube and complete the sealing of the joints from inside with concrete. To faciliate this work, refrigerated air would be used in the interior of the tube to freeze the water outside while the concrete sealing would be in process, the ice formation is to prevent leakage. The pillars on which this bridge tunnel would lest are to be built at sea by filling moulds sunk to th" bottom of the Channel, according to Saint Cyr's plans. The concrete would be piped out to these moulds from the shore. o— The People’s Voice | This column for the use of our j readers who wish to make sug- | gestions for the general good | or discuss questions of interest. Please sign your name to show* authenticity. It will not be used if you prefer that it not be. ♦ 4 Sends Thanks Editor Democrat. Decatur, Indiana. My Dear Sir- Through the caul tesy of your paper, would like to express my heartfelt thanks lo the many, many kind Decatur friends w’ho did so much to help make this Christmas season a happy one.' Santa found me sick in bed in the Hospital so you see your gifts and greetings were doubly appreciated. We have a mo.st worderful home here and wish it were possible for every one to visit it; and if at any time you are in this vicinity don't fail to call. We have several radios in the Home, and it is my good fortune to have an “ear set” in my room; it was a Christmas gift from Harvo Smith who used to be with the Telephone Co. Right now while many of you aie getting a good program. no doubt I am getting the same thing; and 1 certainly enjov it. Will be glad to hear from any o£ you at any time. 1 want to wish you all a very, very Happy New Year. Sincerely A Friend. Gusla Cramer, % I. O. O. F. Home Greensburg, Indiana

GENEVA NEWS Word w.is received here today of the marriage of Miss Iva Miller, daughter of Mt:, and Mrs. John Miller, cast of Geneva, and Russel Steiner son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Steiner west of Geneva. The wedding took place at Westfield. Indiana at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Judson Reynolds. Miss Bess Pontius of Indianapolis is spending the week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Pontius. Herbert Drew and son George of Richmond are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hhoinas Drew. Daniel Kuntz of Detroit is spend-

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