Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1931 — Page 3

Bltedstates KIIS HEADED WARD TEST L Believe Prohibits Hue I or Decisive I Test By People I LinftO" :: . IlL of it unanlmoui verdict o< Lk’! prohtbitfon developis that they have definitely the country toward a decis- - 1,, t „ alirthel' th- attempt Ljd Intoxicating liquors shall ie or give way to resumption l n nder regulation. Lj!,, the collfusion over the rsharn report, anti-prohibition have found encouragement in L t seven of t ie 11 commission[(l|. eithi I repeal or modifies- , tke 18th amendment. They tpared 10 force the > ssue - I forces some time ago regardI .IS a closed incident. - question was iruing enforcement bur a| .,. |..rp,iring the most mcampaign nt tendnient. , anti-saloon league already up a committee designed to to the forefront of its educaactivities large manufacturbusiness men. The purpose ■ heavy emphasis once more b economic arguments favoriiibition. The Wickersliam don reported that one of t-he ies was that prohibitionists Uy abandoned all educationwith the arrival of plrohibipposing forces are expected their first big clash in conwith next year’s presiden ction. This week’s events expected to exert their esVickersham report was acted by a development of vimrtance in this struggle, it Hoover’s message declaropposition to repeal of the endnient and to the form 9! revision mentioned in the leaders including Senator Ohio, chairman of the renational committee, conhis as forecasting Mr Hoompaign for re-election on a form. Later, however, Sena--1 said the President’s posiI been misinterpreted, that an open mind toward reviI had expressed himself as to the suggested form ct though not necessarily toy other change that might White House spoke.--..m rotis persons a intfipietation. President has d.lined suggestions e tho controversy by an explanation. lb'-rs of congress have spent ■I- tew days trying to digest ■ I ti-page report and are about to begin extensive debate. rst im-m-ive discissionlwas to have its bearing on the ition of the Howell bill to M Was’.iiiiL-ton a model enforcecity. This bill was before the ■H today. Bl her debate on the report is ed when the senate considers filings resolution to invest!ir ,M tbc'- r the Wickersliam com- . ire - This resolution, which is to be considered next week, Bl' mipt.-.j by reports Presiden; ■>- had thrown ihis weight a- ? ■ an . v recommendation for imrevision or repeal of the unendment. ■ uman Wickersliam denied tne lent hud influenced the cornel m's conclusions, but other in■S lion obtained by the United to the contrary. Chairand other comMMMfcers failed to explain a dispetting flip Nights ■Fj“, n g T’p Nights, Backache, ■wnt day calls, Leg Pains, Nervburning, due to functione,r Irritation, in acid condin 'ak, s you feel tired, depressed lli ™uri , .Ki-d, try the Cystex Test. starts circulating- thru 15 minutes. Praised by ?. t " r rapid and positive ac- * rive U P- TryCystex <pro- ' r hiss-tex) today, under the Guarantee. Must quickly conditions, improve rest-. fT tlic 'Li* fcuer£y ‘ or money back. II CALLOW & KOHNE I I P 0 P u L A R I Low Rate B excursions iBKKEL plate road rl from DECATUR to .1 $6.25 ?:,r Fridays and Saturdays ■ledo $2.75 Round every SUNDAY BY TRAIN and Avoid ,^B'"'/‘ e d Highway Traffic. ComCoaches. Convenient Service at Destination for Ticket A gent for full „W ls re ßarding tickets to all

Making the Air Safe for Dirigibles • • » » • • Survivor of R-l 01 Disaster Is Enthusiast for Metal-Clad Airships, Like That Being Planned for U. S. Under $200,000 Ap- | . propriation to End Long List of Fatal Accidents. i ■MMyiGJ-T-.l IT mtriMJlllU »|l|M 1... ■■■ ' ‘- L- . r L -~ . -' T ■! < | Metau Dirigible Ha!?pv :j~T~ 3 77“ 1 l> I X 7 i, . \irtd t L-- - * ju. &• . 'i y.l. ~~ .heVreckShenandoah 1 J. WiaagLN— _ — „ „ , ~ -•' jaimuiLJic I . . — , ~

New York. Feb. ! — Although wnw Congressmen objected to the appropriation of $200,000 for th-? purpose. Ray Leech. English mechanic, who has just, come to the United States. enthusiastically approves experimentation with metal-clad dirigibles. Only men who. like Leech, have! survived a dirigible disaster, can ! appreciate the added factor of 1 safety that metal sheathing will give to lighter than air craft. Leech was one of the seven persons who were thrown to safety from tho R-101, British airship that burned: in France. With the $200,000 appropria- > jion that Congress voted after much bitter wrangling engineers I at Detroit will develop plans and make experiments for the fastest. inti safest of all dirigibles. The, completed ship is estimated to cost! $4 5003)00. The specifications read like the ’ream of a scientific aviation en-| thusiast. This most powerful aerial war machine will be all-metal clad --I after the type of the ZMC-2. which ; passed all her tests successfully j She wn'l be 547 feet in length and have a maximum diameter of 119 5 feet, displacing 3,806,500 ruble feet of air and have a gas I volume of 3.758,300 cubic feet. Eight engines with a total of 1,800 horsepower will give her a' maximum speed of 100 miles per hour — twenty-five greater than! ‘hat of the Graf Zeppelin. The 1 •raft, will hrve a gross lift of 100, long tons. She will be particularly designed to act as tender for a fleet of airplanes and in addition will be armed with ten machine tuns, thousands of pounds of , crepancy in which two commission-j ers, in their*separate statements, re ferred to a recommendation by the commission for immediate revision of the 18th amendment. There was no such recommendation in the final version of the general report. It has been freely charged in the nress that the summary of the com-1 nission’s conclusions was mislead--ing. The conclusions declared the; ommission was opposed to repeal and failed to state that seven of the 11 members were either for unconditional repeal or a substitute amendment winch would permit con- . gross to restore liquor. President Hoover in transmuting: the report to congress stated that' a majority of the commission was - opposed to repeal a statement i which was criticised in many news- ■ , papers as misleading on the ground a majority of the commissioners favored a substitute amendment. • The commission recommended ■ strengthening of enforcement legislation and President Hoover endorsed this but did not ask for action at this session. The expectation is this matter will wait until the next congress convenes. However the house passed theregular justice department appropriation providing $11,369,500 for : prohibition enforcement an increase [of about $2,000,000 over last year and allowing an increase of 590 dry agents. o— —-—— Yeung America In Legion Milton. Mass.—<U.R>— Young America Is now taking an active interest in the American Legion. An organization known as “Daughters of the American Legion Auxiliary” has been formed by local young [ folk. The youngest member is 4I year-old Natalie Graham.

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t bombs and with this load will havei ' i cruising radius of 2,200 miles. As an added safety factor only! helium gas will be used as a lift- ■ ing agent. The danger from in-1 Gammable hydrogen gas has been 1 Ihe greatest drawback so far to i‘he success of the lighter than air I machine. On October 4 of last year the disaster to the British airship R 101 shocked the world. On her way from Croydon, Ixmdon, to (pd’a. she crashed into a wooded hillside near Allone, France, ex-! j ploded and burned up. Forty-; i seven lives were lost, among them I ' Lord Thomson. Secretary of State of the air. Only seven of the' i passengers and crew survived, one of the passengers being Harry ’ ! Leech, who is now in this country ! with Capt. Malcolm Campbell, who I ! s about to attempt to break the | world's automobile speed record at Daytona Beach. Fla. Another shocking airship dis- : aster occurred when the Shenandoah, pride of the U. S. Navy air I force, was destroyed while flying I over Caldwell. Ohio, on Sept. 3, | 1925. There have been many theories advanced to account for i the crash but no two groups of' , investigators have agreed as to' what' caused it. One of the sur- 1 | vivors gave his version of the! crash: “We sailed over Cambridge in! gathering clouds and were headed ! for Columbus. 1 “The win'd began blowing a gale. l and we came down a little to get j out of the air pocket. Suddenly a squall struck the ship from be- - low. forcing it up about 2,000 feet | Then another hit us and the Shen-[ andoah broke into three pieces.” i loSeoT Mr. and Mrs. Mennas Lehman entertained at Sunday dinner Mr. and j Mrs. B. M. Smith, daughter Margaret and son Vale and Mr. and Mrs Kirk Smith, of Berne. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bahner and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Scherer spent ' Sunday afternoon in Geneva with [ relatiees. Mrs. Mary McKean and sons Bobby and Gorman, of Berne, visited Mrs. William McKean Sunday. I Mr. and Mis. E. W. Busche and jMr. and Mrs. John Floyd spent the week-end with relatives at Elkhart- udiana. Mr. s id Mrs Alfred Hahnert entertained Rev. and Mrs. V D. Wil- , Hams for Sunday dinner. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tritch, of Fort i Wayne called on relatives in Mon-’ roe Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Maud Dorwin and daugh ter. Helen and Joe Bebout, of Decatur called on Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hendricks Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kessler and son Dorwin, of Fort Wayne spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Janies V. Hendricks. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bietler and Mrs. Forest Ray and daughters Dorothy and Helen spent the week-end with Mr. ami Mrs. Fred Watkins at Upland In,(liana. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Beals, of I Portland spent Sunday with Mr. ! and Mrs. H. E. Forrar. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Franklin, of Decatur, spent Sunday with Mr. and | Mrs. T. J. Rayl. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Lake, of Decatur, spent Sunday with Mrs. Lake's Mr. and Mrs. William McKean.

1 There were 43 persons aboard at , the time of the accident and out of 1 that number 14 were killed and . two were seriously injured. Other airship disasters were: 1919 The British airship, NS-11 I'ell into the North Sea; 12 killed. Airship fell into Illinois Trust and Savings Bank at Chicago in flames; 10 killed. 1921—Dirigible ZR-2, bought in England for the United States, met with disaster over the Humber River; 40 killed, including IS . Americans. 1922 — Army dirigible Roma I crashed to earth in flames near its base at Hampton Roads. Va.; 34 'killed. 1923 —French airship Dixmude, stipck by lightning, dropped into Mediterranean: 52 killed. Most of those fatalities were directly attributed to the use of inflammable gas and fuel and the world has learned its lesson. The Los Angeles, with a safe record of six years of flying, uses helium. Experts have recently ae-timated that she is good for two more years of flying. The Graf Zeppelin, which has other airship, also uses helium. The more mileage to its credit than any Graf’s trip around the world last year was a classic of aviation. On ■ her 18,000-mile jaunt she carried i a crew of 42 and a cargo of mail ! valued at $150,000. The trip took 19 days, 2 hours and 7 minutes: , but- the actual flying time was 301 1 hours and 18 minutes. 1 Despite tlie imposing list of disasters. airship travel is getting | safer; and with the advent of the ! all-metal ship with non-inflam-i mable lifting agent it will be as i safe as an everyday Pullman rid-?. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Neigh of Decatur. were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crist Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martin and daughter Mamie of Rockford. Ohio visited Mr. and Mrs. James V. Hen dricks and Mr. and Mrs. Otho Lobenstien Sunday. Revival Services will continue at the Monroe Methodist church the present week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sanders were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Not’fsinger Sunday. Mr. and Mis. Raymond Crist and family spent Sunday afternoon in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. William Keller and son Hubert and Miss Mildred Strickler spent the week-end at Jackson, son Michigan, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Keller and family Mr. LJ. W. Achuster and daug't- > ter, Dorothy and Mrs. Cup, of Fort Wayne called on Mrs. Rena Hend ricks Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs John Johnson en tertained at Sunday dinner the following guests Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Ray and sons, Bobby and Earl and Mrs. Rena Johnson of Grabil, Ind., Mr. Ernest Whiteneck of Indianapolis, Floyd Johnson, of Danville, Ind., and Miss Ocie Striker of Berne.

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TOCSIN NEWS Mrs. T. M. Hall, Mr. Paris Jones and family called Sunday afternoon on Mrs. Jones, who is a patient ut the Adams County Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Jones Underwent a major operation Iwo weeks ago. She is slightly improved at this time although he condition is still very serious. Mr. and .Mrs. Gorge Myers and son, Gene, of Decatur, were dinner guests Thursday of Mrs. Ella Johnson, und in tlie afternoon attended tlie funeral services of Mrs. Belinda Todd. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wolf and daug 1ters entertained for supper Wednesday evening; Mr. and MYs. Dawson Sanner of Columbus, Ohio, and Mr. ('. A. Wolf und dauligter Minnie, of Little Vine. .Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kreigh en tertained for dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Meriman and son Arthur , of Decalur, Mr. und Mrs. Menno i Roth, of Monroe and Mr. H. W. ' Kregh of Wren, Ohio. Mr. ami Mrs. 1. W. Wasson and 1 daughter. Gladys entertained toi . dinner Sunday; Mrs. Margaret Gar-; ton and dauhgter Nina, of Fort I Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Johnson. of near Tocsin und Mrs. W. M. K.einknight. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Farmer, Mr. 1 and Mrs. John Miller and daughter I Doris, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Borne and family of Fort Wayne ■ were Sunday evening guests of Mr. ami Mrs. D. J. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wasson and daughters, Madge and Myrle, of ‘ Craigville, were dinner guests .Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Stoneburner. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Blue spent Sunlay witli tin latter’s parents Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Woodard, near Van Buren. Mrs. Amos Byrd has been on tlie sick list this past week, suffering from tonsilitis and neuralgia. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Potter called on Mrs. Sherman Paxson and Mrs. Paul Ryan Friday afternoon. They are recovering very satisfactorily Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Miller were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Miller and family south of Toscin. Afternoon gguests were Mr. and Mr». John Miller and daugh ter Doris and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Farmer, of Wayne. The revival services which tiavs been in progress a: tills place the past three weeks will continue all this week. Souls are being saved and we have been having some wonderiul meetings. Mr. Ralph Ramsey, .oval young man. will preach Wed-

I I j Only | j Ten Years Ago * ?JT -fi ug ONLY ten years aero life on the farm meant an alEp most primitive existence. It was practically all work S ■3TI jp —hard work —and very little play. Today, the widespread distribution of modern S tools, clothes, washing machines and radios make S pleasant and profitable the hours that used to be tedious and difficult. ® ..,31 K Advertising has had its share in bringing about S his transformation. It spreads before the farmer US Ss every day, every week, every month, a whole printed gP ’ market-place from which, at his leisure, he may jjg select those things which he desires, and which his S budget will permit. Thus advertising has found gj Ip more customers for the manufacturer, and more * g necessities and comforts of life for the rural buyer. £ I ' I This is but one phase of advertising s service to y, S the nation. Read the advertisements. It saves time S and money. And it continually informs you of many -fi : ffl conveniences and comforts that you might otherMR wise miss! ?- |r_ ME J Decatur Daily Democrat I

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I Selected from several hundred I candidates, Miss Mary Joan Smith. I of Atlantic City, N J., student in journalism at Temnle University. Philadelphia. Pa., will play the lead i in “Free for AH,” the first allstudent musical production to be i presented at the university.

nesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jas Davenport and ■ son Merle, were dinner guests SunI day of Rev. and Mrs. Frank Reichlenboch, of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Ella Gilliland, who has been I bed-fast the past week at the home jof Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Warson 'is slightly better Those calling in tlie home Sunday were Dr. and Mrs IC. Elmore Sowaid and son Junior i Mr. and Mrs. John Sowards, Mrs. I Glen Kreigh all of Bluffton. Mrs I Margaret Garton o" Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bauer of Preble 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sowards of To< ' sin ami Mrs. Cora Kunkel ami grand i son. Malcomb Gent is. Mrs. W. J. Rupright and daughter Elizabeth, were dinner guests I Sunday of air. u.i.l Mrs. Dara Myers Afternoon guests were Mrs. Garth Woodard and d°nghters, Amaline and Margaret. ‘ i Mr. and Mrs. Moody Wolf enter • tained for dinner Sunday Mr. S. M I I Wolf of near Pleasant dale and Mr. land Mrs. Rav Wolf and daughters. ■ j Wilda and Marjorie. i I Rev. and Mrs. F. D. Pugh of Craig- . j ville, were supper guests Wednesj day evening of Mr. and Mrs. N. .1. ■ Kleinknight. Mrs. Perry Shafter was taken to 1 the Wells County Hospital Sunday 1 evening where she underwent an ap -Inenaix operation. She is reporte! I getting along as well as can be ex- - ipected.

' WRENNEWS Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Callow spent (Siinday with Mr, mid Mrs. Carey | Stewart of Fort Wuvne. Mr. and Mrs. Clark I' lslnger and (son Glen spent a few days wllh rel latives in Marshall. Mich. Mrs. Elizabeth McMiihuel Is. the winter with relatives lin Fort Wayne. I Jason Moser of Fort Wayne spen' Sunday with friends in Wren. Mrs. Frank Standlford vlslte.l with relatives in Lima se”eral days i last week. 1 Mr. ami Mrs. Perry Workinger attended tlie funeral of Mrs. Frank Jom s of Fort Wayne recently. Mrs. Kate Bauer called on Mrs. I Maggie Wagers Sunday. i Mrs. Basil Gephart and daughter j Eileen visited in the Frank Standi- • ford home Saturday evening. Mrs. Win Canan lias returned to I her home in Fort Wayne after Spending some time with her sister Mrs. George Dull. The W. M. A. of the U. B. Church ■ will meet Thursday afternoon at . two o’clock a' the home of Mrs. George Dull. i

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A number of relatives mid friends from this place attended tlie funeral of Clyde Standlford of Limn. Ft iday of lust week. The (). G. met with Miss Marjorie Cully Monday evening at the him of her sister, Mrs. Dan Hakes. John Gephurt continues in very poor health. Rev. F. E. Fetheref has begun 1 his evangelistic servicea at Bethel fcharge. Everybody welcome to these meetings. Mr. mid Mrs. Charles Dailey of Berne spent Sunday with Mrs. -Eva Moser. Miss Velma Dull of Elida spun’ Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dull. Mrs. Laura Stewart is spending the week with her sister, Dr. Lizzie Burns who is ill at her home In Fort Wuvne. Motor Bodies Over Billion Washington.— <U.R) — The total value of motor-vehicle bodies and parts delivered in 1929 was $1,480,590,989. according to figures just 1 announced by the U. S. Census 1 Bureau. The compilation was bas1 ed on data obtained in the 1930 census of manufacturers.