Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1930 — Page 2

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FwblUbed Every Evening Except Sunday by THlfi DSCATUK DEMOCRAT CO. J, H. Heller Pre*, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec’y A Huh. Mgr Dick D. Heller Vice-President filtered at the Protoffice M Decatur, Indiana, second class matter Subacrlptlou Rat«s Single copies 1 .o'2 One week, by carrier _.. .10 One year, by carrier— 6.00 One month, by mall ....__ .35 Three months, by mall 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One yeur, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 | Prices quoted are within Drat and second zones. Elsewhere 33.50 one year. Advertising Hates made Known on Application. National Advertising Representatives SCHEERRE, INC. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago* <ls Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana League of Home Dallies "Business depression hangs _over England” says a headline. It's different over here, it's dropped right down on us. • IJBe more advertising space and do more business. It’s a rule that works in every season and during all kind of times. Start tomorrow on a program that will move whatever you have to sell. Republicans in Pennsylvania spent a million and a half dollars in the recent primary. Gosh, if the democrats had -that much real money they could elect about everything in th U. 8. A. this year. The week end rains were more like what we have all been hopini; for these many weeks and while it's a little late there is a general opinion that it did a whole lot of good to the withered crops. It is reported that a monster snake recently escaped from a New Yoik lake resort but perhaps that's just a bootlegger victim’s imagination after the arrival of the new federal prohibition officers. Senator Borah is going to tell his constituents out jn Idaho that the Hoover farm relief for which he plead two y ars ago is a flop. , Looks like an apology and the . senator's story of how he was - misled into being one of the floppers ought to be right interesting. It’ is officially urrouneed that Mr. Hoover will make no speeches on his western trip, which is a wise decision for if he talked the chances are some western farmer might 1) tempted to razz him. He may have to listen to some remarks rather disagreeable even under his program of silence. # Congressman Vestal says the I federal building here will be start- 1

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!• *’ TODAY’S CHUCKLE | (U.K) « LONDON (U.R)~witness at police court stated lluit he did not recognize the policeman who ari rested him because “the officer | was disguised at a gentleman i at the time." ■ ♦ ■- —♦ ■led In the autumn and completed about the first of the year, anctrfer thing that ought to help revive business in this city, tor construction always adds to the pep of a community. Don't grumble too much about Ihe weather. Remember that after the good old summer times, conies autumn with cooler breezes and then winter with her snow and ice and suffering. By the way, the wise ones are preparing for that time now by filling the larder and the fuel bins. We are not excited about the times improving rapidly but we I like the tone of the news from the cast these days. It shows a slight Improvement and wise financiers and business men are evidently in earnest in their predictions that times will be much better than now by November. Let's hope it’s not just an election promise. The leaves oil many shade trees are turning brown and dropping off as in autumn, due it is claimed to the extreme hot and dry weather. In parts of the state a fungus growth known as the Dutch disease has attacked elms and they are dying off, no cure having been found. The state entomologist advises sprinkling at the foot of the trees to avoid dry weather diseases. They are talking of changing the sizes of our silver coins which reminds us that only a year or so ago they reduced the size of the currency bills and already it's almost a novelty when we get bold of one of the old ones. When we start to change in this country ft doesn't take us long. Money passes around rather rapidly when it moves. There is nothing quite as cowardly as the “hit and run" auto driver and if they get hold of the fellow who ran down the car in which three Decatur women were driving north of here a few evenings ago, he ought to be made an example of. It certainly was not his fault that any of the ladies got out alive and we would like to get I a good look at the fellow moan 'enough to perform as he did. I Poor Governor Leslie. He 'seems to be trying to run away from his troubles but they follow him. H" had to raise the tax rate for this year, his gasoline bureau and his 'oil inspectors are in bad, the state | highway commission is short of bunds and with about every ilc- ' partinent financially embarrassed, there is need for an increased tax irate when the people are sore and |' lection draws near. There are some real troubles just ahead. The Indiana crime commission jicccmmends a state board of public safety have charge of police activities, pardons and paroles. That's a big job to put in the hands of a board which will no doubt be effected more or less by politic# of one kind and another but it seems something must be done to change the present system and, this suggestion may be as good as any. It |it every comes to pass, we hope fthe members of the board will be I selected upon their merits and 1 capabilities solely, but perhaps that's expecting, too' much under our form of government. o __ Golf Course Damaged Kalamazoo —(UP) —Vandals who ran a tractor over some of the greens and tees of the Arcadia Brook golf course, belonging to Chit les H ; Mays, former mayor, an 1 'mowed do’wn fence posts as well as sinn'bing up a decorative rock foundation. are being sought by police and sheriff's deputies. Daniag - is estimated at $1,590.

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* —• I BIG FEATURES OF RADIO | ; ; Tuesday's Five Best Radio Features Copyright IST3O by United Press. Central standard time throughout. WABC (CBS network) 4:00 p.m.— New World Symphony. WABC (CBS network) 7:00 p.m. —Henry and George. WJZ (NBC network) 8:00 p.m.— Westinghouse Salute. WEAF (NBC network) H;3O p.m. —Dixiana WEAF (NBC network) 9:30 p.m. —Vincent Lopez Music, < ■ — 0 I Household Scrapbook I By | ROBERTA LEE Stitching Heavy Fabrics Before stitching such materials as khaki and heavy duck or canvas; rub the hems and seems with hard yellow soap and the needle will penetrate easily. Stair Carpet When buying carpet for the stairs it is cise to buy one yard more :lian is actually needed. Then, when ‘he carpet shows signs of wear the worn part can be drawn below each step and the good part on top. Cakq, When the cake runs all over tinpan while baking, use less baking powder the next time and see if it doesn’t eliminate this trouble. Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE • (li.PJ ♦ Q. When should a girl wear her engagement ring in public tor the ilrst time? A. tlie day of the announce ment. Q. When a man turns to walk with a woman, should he continue to smoke his cigar? A. No; he should throw it awa;. Q. Should pile always leave something < ii one's plate when through eating dinner? A. one should eat as mucu or as little as he likes. ♦ T wenty" l years “ AGO TODAY | From the Daily Democrat File | < * July 28—Mrs. Fred Schafer. Mrs C. C. Schafer and daughter Gretchen leave for Atlantic City. Dalias Hower buys Charles Pennington's interest in the Pennington and Baker meat shop. .1. W. Bosse is boosting a horn-.' coming for Decatur. L. C. Waring leaves fof"vacation ' as South Manseque lake in northern Michigan. Ray Smith and Miss Grace Zefkel . married last evening. birthday party for George Gai' ard is a happy event. Me nodist picnic at Robinson . park. Fort Wayne attracts large crowd from here. ; Examiners report the books oi I John T. Kelly, F. C. Weehter and Daniel Hoflman, trustees, as in No. ' 1 condition. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Myers and children go to Rome City for cutin,,. Miis Rose Tonnellier is ill at the Kneipp sanitarium at Rome City. o ,FERGUSON AND STERLING WIN 1 d (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) . was barred by the state supreme court because h= had been im- >. ptached for misconduct of office, ■' will meet Sterling in the run-off I primary August 26 for the demo-

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cratic nomination, considered equivalent to election in Texas. Morris Sheppard, author ot the eighteenth amendment, already had clinched his nomination for reelection to the United States Senate. He polled 369,422 votes, compared to 125,632 for his wet oponent, Robert L. Henry, and 29,368 for C. A. Mitcliner. H. E. Exum, Amarillo, held a lead for th° republican gubernatorial nomination. His votes was 970 to 412 for George C. Butte, Austin, after returns from 25 counties were tabulated. Gov. Dan Moody who, after the 1 entry of Ross Sterling, his highway commission refused to comment on the race, announced he would take the stump against “Fergusonism.” ”1 am for anyone who is against the Fergusons,” he said. "My pre- 1 diction is that the state will not again be ashamed at home and ridiculed abroad by the shameful and ridiculous spectacle of proxy government.” The Fergusons first entered politics 16 years ago and the name of either "Ma” or “Pa” lias appeared on the ballots every two years since, witli the exception of 1928. “Pa,” a champion of farm relief, was a Bell county farmer when first elected to office. After he was impeached, “Ma" took up the fafflily banner and carried it into Texas' white house where she Banned peaches and preserved fruit just as she did on their ranch. Their latest victory aligns “Ma" and "Pa" against one of the most colorful figures in Texas business. Thirty five years ago, Ross Sterling, at the age of 20, operated a freight boat on the Gulf ot Mexico, plying from Anahuac to Galveston. He acquired a chain of three grocery stores, became head of a country bank and then part holddi in two producing oil wells. His fortune is now estimated at $30,000,000. REBUILDING IN ITALY STARTS FROM PAGE ONE) th Italian cabinet appropriates the necessary funds to carry on tlie work. Avezzano will be used as a model town in the reconstruction. This town was rebuilt in 1915 after it was destroyed by an earthquake, and contains chiefly one and two story houses of reinforced concrete. Earthquakes since then have done no damage there, and the new Southern Italy will be built along those lines. Many of the old towns, such as Aquilonla, will be moved from th ir old locations on hilltops to the valleys, where they will be safer from the earth's tremblings. Most of the damage in the last earthquake was done in towns located at high altitudes. The governor nt long had sought unsuccessfully to persuade townsmen to move into the valley. In preparation for the vast reconstruction program, long freight trains moved out ot Naples at frequent intervals today, bearing lumber, bricks and cement for the ' new buildings. Telegraph and telephone service has been restored completely, and damaged bridges replaced, so that communication throughout the region was normal. Radio stations were functioning as a complementary service. Wh le only two American citizens were killed by the earthquake. and they of Italian ances- ! try. Southern Italy Is the “emi- ■ g:ant territory," and there was , scarcely a family in the earth--quake zone but had connections in ■ I America.

DEATH CALLS WAR VETERAN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE also survive*). One brother, Frank of Monroe and five sisters, Mrs. Carrie Brown of Hicksville, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Gutherie of Spencerville; Mrs. Ida Brown of Tuscon, Arizona; Mrs. Jesse Gleckler of Dixson, Ohio, and Mrs. Ruth Miller, of Fort Wayne, together with two stop brothers and jwo stop sisters also survive,’ Funeral services will bo hold Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock (Central Standard time) at the United Brethren church at Monroeville with Rev. Tilman officiating. Burial will be made in tho 1.0.0. F. cemetery at Monroeville. o ■■ ■ - ■ BABY MIX-UP IS UNSETTLED (CONTINUED FROM PAGEONE) there never really was a tangle nt nil and that It is settled regardloss, the amazing discovery lias been made that neither of these two babies has been legally born although they ha*e been for days the center of a nation’s Interest. The babies were born at Englewood hospital June 30 and their mothers left the hospital at the same time, each taking a child she believed her own. The controversy started when Watkins, in personally supervising the bathing of the child he had thought was his, discovered on the baby’s back a piece of tape bearing the nahie Bamberger. The baby at the Bamberger's had been labeled “Watkins,” it was learned, but Bamberger contended from the start that it was the tags, not the babies, that were in the wrong homes. A "jury” of 13 noted men gave the babies and their parents every known scientific fest and a majority voted that there had been a mixup. A day later another “jury” of six physicians concluded there had been no tangle, and that the

Announcement WE wish to announce to the public that John T. Myers & Son have dissolved partnership and have reorganized as JOHN T. MYERS CO., Incorporated. The new concern will continue their business in the same location under new policies, carrying strictly guarantee:! merchandise. o The members of the corporation are, John T. Myers, Herman 11. Myers and Robert L. Mills all of Decatur, Indiana. o • The new concern will not hold a reorganization sale, but will continue the present sale throughout the remainder of this week. Newastounding prices have been arranged for the final cleanup and it will poy you to attend the last sale ot this well known store. Every suit in the store, both men’s and boy’s, will be sold for half price. Every artick in the store, shirts, underwear, shoes, haberdashery, has been marked to n new price level—for this week only. —— o We intend to make the new store one of the finest in the state, and will double the space and stock in our shoe department. Here you will find the greatest array of shoes for men and boys Decatur offers. Special attention will be given to haberdashery and furnishings and vou can a • ways be assured of the newest ideas in these departments. John T. Myers & Son wish to thank the many people who have patronized them m the past which made their business a success and the new organization solicits the entire communitv for their clothing and shoe business in the future. . ‘ I . .. I John T. Myers Co., Incorporated JOHN 1. MYERS HERMAN H. MYERS ROBERT L. MILLS

babies were In th.- right homes. Saturday night, the four parents dined together. They were friendly, but could come to no agreement. When, after the dinner party, Watkins learned that Bamberger Intended to love "his” baby ''hastened Sunday afternoon Watkins started action at once to prevent the ceremony. Bamberger, however, kept a step ahead In the proceedings, selected a different church than the one announced, moved the time ahead and at 9 a.m. Sunday the Rev. Fr. E. M. Long christened the child George Edward Bamberger. Watkins, having failed in his attempt to stop the baptism, announced he had not dropped the case and might file a habaes corpus petition to force Bamberger to bring the baby into court and either let a judge settle the dispute or make an exchange according to the findings of the first ’’jury.” ■ o CONTRACTORS GET NEW ORDER (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) from Geneva to Beile. Paving started today north of the Wabash river and it is probable the workmen will be rejuly for tae stretch through Berne, which has caused much controversy between factions of Berne citizens and the state highway commission for several months, in a few weeks. It was first decided by state representarives that the stretch through Berne would be left unpaved but today's order to the contractors rescinded that decision and gave the contractors orders to complete the stretch. When that pavement is completed, there will be only one short stretch between De catur and Portland unpaved. Because of ideal weather conditions the wotk of paving has been hurried along and should be ready for traffic long before the fall months, one of the contractors staled. Get the Habit—Trade at Home.

REED SEEKS TO BAR import OF PRISON GOODS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) while n house committee, headed bv Rep. Fish. Repn., N.Y.. was investigating alleged Soviet propaganda in the ITnHcd States ami particularly the Amtorg Trading Corporation, chief Soviet trade agency in this country. The 'tariff commission, acting under a house resolution, is conducting an investigation to determine whether the “labor employed in Soviet coal mines is voluntary, convict, conscripted, Indentured lalmr under penal sanction, or labor exacted under menace of, penalty for its non-performance.” “This will be a valuable Investigation.” Reed said in his letter to Secretary of Treasury Mel-' lon. “The only trouble with it is that several months will be re-1 quired to gather these facts.” The treasury department is planning to send an investigation i to Russia to view Russian mines and lumber camps, although the | .state department advised against it because we have no diplomatic relations with the Soviets. —.— o Aviators Take Plunge Michigan City. Ind., July 28 — (UP)—Thousands of persons on the beach of Lake Michigan yesterday saw two aerial performers fall 60. feet to the ground during an exhibition, suffering inpuries that may prove fatal. Mrs. Leo Hamilton. Chicago, and Mfss Gilbert Doss. Bloomington, 111., began a descent of 80 feet, clinging to two ropes by their teeth, when a stake holding the rope broke, and hulled them to the ground. ' o— Prison Crop Good Greencastle, hid., —(UP) —One ot ’he best yields of wheat yet reported in Putnam county this summer, was harvested on land cultivated by inmates eof the Ilndiana state farm. The crop averaged 40 bushels to the acre.

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