Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. IL Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec.’y * Buss. Mgr. Dick D. Holler Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur. Indiana, as second class matter Subscription Rates Single copies $ .02 One week, by carrier..— 10 . Otte year, by carrier 5.00 One''month, by mail 35 Three months’, by mail 1.00 Six -months, by mall 1.75 One-year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second tones. Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. •" National Advertising Representati SCREERER, INC. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member The •" Indiana League of Home Dailies o Merchants are using the columns ... of the Daily Democrat and we believe wisely. There is no tonic as good as the press and there is no advertising which has again and again been proven so sure of results. If you haven't renewed your subscription, do it at once. We are about to conclude our campaign and we are earnestly hoping that every one who takes the Daily Democrat by mail will be paid up for the year. The annual meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association last week was one of the most enjoyable ever held. The program was excellent, attendance large and the interest keen. The democrats are up on their toes and victories loom ahead. That Chicago judge who postponed the hearing on the manager?., jtnd chorus girls in Earl Carroll’s ‘‘Sketch Book” in Chicago, until he could look it over, has dismissed the charges, as every one expected him to do. It would have , , ..to be pretty tough to be obscene there. ——- Washington's birthday which was —-itSiXgrday and is being observed to- — day, causes every one to wonder — wiiat the wise old "Father of his , Country" would say if lie and _ Thomas Jefferson could fly about “ now. Doubtless they would be “ amazed at the improvements and — alarmed at some of the proceed- •“ tires of government. „ With but two weeks to conclude “ the general assembly, there re- “ mains much to be done it' we are ~ to have the relief promised and ” there is grave doubt that this can ■“ be accomplished. Seldom has there “ been such a jam as now exists and •* the Y>ills are still pouring it. What ■" i ” the_ result will be is more a guess new than it was a fortnight ago, but we are still hoping that some how out of the big muss will come some laws that will lighten the burdens of the people. We are on the upgrade. Every indication points that way and _whi!e It will probably be a little “slew and ought to be, the news from now on should be more cheering than depressing. It has been a tough old pull, one of the worst • ■.r..in history, but this country Is too ... great and too productive to long remain idle, it's up to us now, each must do his part, spend nor- ’ • •

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mally. Improve our property, use good judgment and in another month or two we will be getting cut of the woods. The Chicago primary tomorrow promises to be as exciting as those events usually are in that city where gangdom controls. We can't, imagine any set of circumstances that would renominate Thompson, under whose regime Chicago has become famous for murders, holdups and lawlessness, but he has the backing of thousands and the results will be watched with interest. Not a state lias so far made an appropriation for the money necessary to take part in the World 1 fair to be held in 1933 and it is j doubtful if they do if Thompson is continued in office. So it seems to be their own problem to settle. A bill has slipped through the legislature giving cities certain rights over rivers for a distance of twenty-five miles. It originated from Fort Wayne and it is whispered that it was enacted for the purpose of regulation of the Decatur sugar plant. Os course they will have to do what they do under the law and it is more than likely that the new act will lie tested in the courts and we promise them right now that if there is any thing under cover which makes this act distasteful or inconvenient for the manufacturers of this community, it will be of short duration. We have not read the bill and for some reason or another it has been kept unusually quiet. "One needs to sit in the legislature but a week to see the tremendous demand for publiic money. Certain legitimate needs of government cannot be denied. The criminal and the insane must be kept at the expense of the state though speedy justice and certain punishment would curb crime quicker than anything else. But what can you expect when ladylike gentlemen almost burst into tears over a whipping post bill although a whipping post would do more than anything else to put a stop to banditry and kindred lawlessness? Countless others throwing self-reliance to the dogs, want the state to keep them. Schools and colleges must be supported by the state. But expensive gymnasiums and up-to-date buildings are wanted

too. Every comthunity wants a road. There is only one place to get the money because nobody ever heard of anybody giving roads away. A project to build a memorial by public subscription fails. The state is asked to finish the job. A group get interested in taking care of the sufferers from some disease. The state is asked to finance the venture. These are just a few examples. Nine times out of ten the money is not only spent by persons . who have had no experience in handling large sums of money but also by persons who know not the value of a dollar. Extravagence with public money is a popular disease which can only be cured by liberal doses of thrift taken three times a day before meals and again before going to bed." —From Walter Myers speech at the Democratic Editorial Association dinner. o ♦ ; ♦ In The Legislature 50 Years Ago <U.R) ♦ A proposal of bonus payments to soldiers who served during the Civil War was laid before the House of Representatives in the 1881 legislative session in a bill which was passed by an overwhelming majority. It provided that the state pay SIO,OOO to members of the Indiana Legion for their services in the War of Rebellion. A move of somewhat the same nature was made in the 1931 legislature. during its first week, when members of the House passed a resolution asking Congress to speed up payment of bonus certificates of men who served during the World War. — 0 Miss Dorothy Laltue of Geneva visited with friends here Sunday afternoon. EXZKMA — All' kinds of skin treble. Try a box of B B OINTMENT. Sold by all good druggists 'and Pingrey & Carroll Barber Shop. | sat-m-w’-45-tf

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BIG FEATURES OF RADIO ♦ 4 Monday’s 5 Best Radio Features Copyright 1931 by UP. All CST. f WABC (CBS network) 4:30 p.m.) —The Co-Eds—Pianos. WJZ (NIKI network) 5 p. m.— Start and Stop. WEAF (NBC network) 6:15 p.m. —The World Today. WEAF (NBC network) 9 p. in.— Sherlock Holmes. WJZ (NBC network) 9 p. m. — Rochester Civic Orchestra an d Tenor. o Monday's 5 Best Radio Features Copyright 1931 by UP. All CST. WABC (CBS network) 4:30 p.m. —The Co-Eds —Pianos. WJZ (NBC network) 5 p. m. — Start and Stop. WEAF (NBC network) 6:15 p.m. | —The World Today. WEAF (NBC network) 9 p. in. — Sherlock Holmes. WJZ (NBC network) 9 p. m.— Rochester Civic Orchestra and Tenor. Tuesday’s 5 Best Radio Features o Copyright 1931 by UP. All CST. WEAF (NBC network) 5:05 p.m. —Plack and Gold Room Orchestra. WJZ (NBC network) 7 p. m.— Paul Whitemans Orchestra. WABC (CBS network) 7 p. m. — International Singers. WEAF (NBC-network) 7 30 p.m. —Coon Sanders and Orchestra. WABC (CBS network) 8:330 p.m. —Symphony Concert. o ♦ * Lessons In English 0 — .. —.. Words often misused: Do not say “This money is for myself.” Say, “is for me.” Often mispronounced: Ecru. Pronounce a-kroo a as in "ate," oo as in “tool," accent first syllable; or pronounce ek-roo, e as in "bet.” Often Misspelled: Collateral; three l’s. Synonyms: Diffidence, bashful ness, humility, distrust, timidity. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: Morbid; not sound and healthful; | hence, abnormally impressionable,] especially by gloomy or unwholesome ideas er sentiments, "it was a i morbid tale of the slums.” o Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ <UiR) _4 Q. What is the proper position tor a man to take when walking with two women? A. On the curb side never between them. Q. If a woman is ill may she request that a man give his seat to Iter in a ear? A. Yes but never under any other conditions. Q. Are ices eaten with a spoon or a fork? A. Witli a fork. 0 ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Fi om the Daily Democrat File ♦ L _♦ Feb. 23—The residence of Frank Johnson oh the Henry Gunset farm I two miles southwest of Decatur i burns.

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ter of Tocsin. The supreme court of Indiana holds the Sunday base ball bill constitutional. Miss Elizbeth Peterson is ill with tonsilitis. A. J. Beavers sells his five and ten cent store at Monticello and will locate in the west. Legislature is now in an exciting finish. Erie Employes at Huntington go out on strike when price scale is reduced. Misses Eleanor Forbing and Edna Crawford visit in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Schafer of South Bend visit Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schafer. Misses Mabel Weldy and Mari; Daniel give a recital at Christian church. 0 CHURCH REVIVALS Contributed Church of God The revival meetings at tue Church of God are increasing in at tendance and interest, and a number of people have already accepted Christ. Rev. Bragg, who conducts the meetings, announced the revival services will continue throughout the week, beginning at 7:30 o'clock each evening. Rev. Bragg delivered an inspir ing message Sunday morning usihg as his text, Acts 1-8. He stated that the work of no institution is so important as that of the church, and declared that to convince the worn! and bring them to Christ the church must be vested and functioned with power. The preacher made an urgent appeal Sunday evening for everyone to accept Christ, delivering an address on "Lost Opportunities." A special feature of the evening meeting was a pantomine illustrating fine door of opportunity is closed to those who reject Christ, but is open to all who accept him. The public is invited to the revival services this week. 0 Patient Practitioner* Those who serve without hope of rewards are called phllnnthro pssts—though some, of course, are called doctors. — Akron Beacon Journal. . Beauty Elopes jSSI? ■ OHV i "'W I Ruth J Moorhouse, noted beauty of Brookline, Mass., and former Queen of the May at Linden Hall, is now rhe bride of Allen Prescott. ;of Malden, Mass. The knot was tied at the Little Church Around j the Corner, New York.

LOCALPEOPLE MAKE VISIT TO MUSCLE SHOALS Herman Myers Describes Wonders of Wilson Dani And The Shoals TRAVELED FROM ONE END TO OTHER Herman Myers, former Decatur clothier, who is attending' law school at Lebanon. Tenn., made a trip the other day with Mrs. Myers and a few friends to Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Writing to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Myers, of this city, Herman described the wonders of the Shoals and of the famous Wilson dam. He said: “We left at just seven minutes past six and had a very fine trip and as we rode along in the chariot —it was just like lolling around in a good old hammock. We covered the 175 miles in seemingly short time and drove across the famous Wilson dam at just 12 a. m., and it certainly is a sight to see. Before I go into it very much —please fix this in your minds—the little affair we gazed at cost the government just $74,000,000 to date and it isn't finished yet. So you can appreciate by the cost, that we really did glance at something worth while.

“The dam is nine tenths of a mile in length, 101 feet wide at the base and 137 feet high. There is a total of 1,400,000 cubic yards of cement in the total job (which is enough to construct a complete highway from Chicago to NewYork). There are 58 regulating spillway gates. These gates are 18 feet high by 38 feet wide. The lake level is held to the top of closed gate. These gates when left open are supposed to take care of one foot rise each on the river. At the north end «f the dam are the locks where the boats are carried to and from the lake. They are 60 feet wide. 300 feet long, and draw 7% feet of water. Two 46 foot lifts (something like you saw at St. Salt Marie). The lake formed above the dam varies from one to three miles wide and is backed up 16 miles, giving a total of 14,500 acres in the lake. “This dam is located about three miles out of Florenz, Alabama, and the water used, comes from the Tennessee river. Across the river from Florenz is the power house. We drove right on top of the dam (there are also tracks on top for railroad cars) over to this power house. We weren’t permitted to stop but had to wind up a hill, around the power "house where a place is provided for visitors to park. We rattled up to a stop and crawled out of this $4,500 gas cart and proceeded to visit with the other visitors. Signs and common sfense directed us to the Office, where we were all compeled to register (thus waiving all claims to the government for any possible injury sustained while inspecting “our" property as their guests). After we registered we were given a guide who took us to the elevator. The elevator shaft leading into the powerhouse has eleven floors, a total drop of 133 feet. The generator floor is ten floors down. This is about the biggest surprise I ever had in my life, as we stepped off the elevator we looked into a room which is 1,184 feet in length. I thought the new Merchandise Mart in Chicago (which is 440 feet long) was large but this almost floored me. It is 71 feet wide and 57 feet to the ceiling. Tlie ceiling is lake' level. In other words, if the dam would have given away, we would have been's7 feet under water. The total fall of the water from the surface to below where we stood is 92 feet. This room is equipped with two big electric cranes, 150 ton capacity and cue small crane, 10 ton capacity. These cranes travel the entire length of the room, and are used for repairing and installing the large hydro-elec-tric machines, of which there are now eight installed, with ten more to be installed. But before these could be installed and to have water to successfully operate the majority of them the year round it would be necessary to build other dams above Muscle Shoals to store up reservoirs of the flood water to take care of the dry season. “I am going to give you some figures that I am copying frojn a little pamphlet which are authentic. They may bore ' you, but to me they were so — almost unconceivable —I thought maybe you could open your mouth at them as I did. "There are flow eight large machines (generators) on the floor. Four are Westinghouse and four are General Electric, the Westinghouse give 36(001) horse power and the G. E. 35,0b0. The diameter of the Westinghouse is 29 feet, 23% voter and the rotating part of the machine weighs 245 tons. This weight is supported from the upper part of the shaft from one bearing. Tlie G. E. is 31 feet in diameter, 25 foot roter and weighs (moving parts) 320 tons. Each generator has its own built-in ex-

Bird’s-Eye View Os Legislature From Dick’s Desk (Written by Dick Heller, chief clerk of the House) a • i ixf 9 11 ix

The seventy-seventh session of the Indiana General Assembly slides Into the home stretch today with many major problems still unsolved, but with high hopes of reducing taxes, the one problem i standing out above all others. Two tax bills, one creating an individual income tax and the other creating a corporation income tax and abolishing much of the present personal property and real estate tax are now in the senate, having passed the Democratic House eight days ago. The Republicans so far have failed to assist the Democrats in alleviating tax burdens for the people, and there is a strong probability that the upper house which is G. O. I’, controlled will

block all tax relief legislation, i Whether that body is doing so to i force a special session or to force ! compromises with the Democrats ■ | still is a riddle which master politicians are unable to answer. Many tense moments occurred in both houses last week. The lower House killed the medicinal whiskey bill, but there are still i some hopes among the moist House members that the bill can he slipped through. The House also killed the anti-lynching bill one day, then suspended the rules and revived the bill and sent it to the Senate with fi top-heavy vote. Two bills of much interest, which advocates say would great- i ly increase state revenues passed the House this last week. The boxing bill creating a boxing commission and legalizing Iwxing in Indiana and the horse racing bill, legalizing paramutual machines stand good chances of going to the governor soon. That the measures would provide much additional revenuel for the state

citer. A 259 k. w. 250 v.. 760 amp., d. c. generator. This exciter is on ■ the main shaft of the machine and has the same speed as the generator, 100 revolutions per minute. The current generated is alternating current. Current comes off the generators at 12.000 volts, is stepped up to 154,000 volts as it goes through the transformers. The General Electric machines requires 3,450 cubic feet of water per second, at full load, but both machines at less than a full load take less water, just in proportion to the load, and that is taken care of automatically by governors. Along the down stream wall of the generator room in the powerhouse are eight large tanks, one opposite each generator. These are partly filled with water, kept under air pressure. This pressure, used in connection with the governors, operate the wicket gate which controls the flow of water flowing through the turbine. And by regulating the flow of water on the turbine the amount of current coining off the generator is controlled. "The guide took us out within reach of one of the gates where the water was rising down with about the same force as the water comes out of a fire hose. This water goes directly to the very base of the turbine, where it strikes a water wheel fwhich is about 20 feet in diameter, weighs 33 tons and is cast in a single piece of cast steel). This wheel is attached to a solid steel cylinder, 31 inches in diameter and 40 feet long. This rod is attached to the (or may be I should call it a shaft) "insides" of the generator and the force of the w-ater turns it and makes electricity. It all seems very simple doesn't it? After some other guy figured it all out. I mean. When they get all eighteen of these machines going, they will make enough electricity to furnish the entire south. One of these big machines can turn out enough to accomodate a city of 100,000 people alone. At present all the benefits that are derived from this great project is the Alabama Power Co., and a small amount to the Tennessee Power Co. They furnish tho juice to these concerns at 2 mills a kilo. Talked to a fellow in a restaurant in Florenz and he says they have to pay 17c a kilo for their juice right there. The people in Alabama are tough about it—and one can hardly blame them. Hut on the other' hand, it doesn’t seem as though the U. S. was making 1 per cent on this investment. I’d like to know a little more dopb on this governmental end of the thing. “There were nine floors of the building we wern’t permitted to go - Easy! Quick! Glycerin Mix For Constipation Simple glycerin, buckthor - ' bark, saline, etc., as mixed in Adlerikd, relieves constipation in TWO hours! Most medicines act on only lower Ixrwel, but Adlerika acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel, removing poisons you never thought were in your system. Just ONE spoonful relieves GAS, sour stomach and sick headache. » Let Adlerika give stomach and bowele a REAL cleaning and see how good you feel! B. J. Smith Drug Co.

is admitted even by foes of the two measures. Every platform promise of the Democrats has passed the House into the Senate with the exception of the general salary bill which will lx* disposed of early this week. The general opinion is that the] salary bill, with many reductions, 1 will become a law. Amendments] to lie offered today and Tuesday to the bill would reduce salaries of every Adams county official with the exception of treasurer. This plan also would affect every county in the state likewise. Many minor laws are becoming effective every day and the legislative machinery is becoming better oiled each day. The reapportionment bill as it

stands today, with only the Senate standing in the way would place Adams and Wells counties in the present twelfth district and would make the only Democratic district north of Indianapolis. Whether the bill will pass is entirely up to the Senate and it is doubtful if both Houses will agree on tho same plan. The general belief is that if there are many changes offered, all congressmen will be elected at large from Indiana jin 1932. The play-days for legislators are over and both houses are meeting morning, afternoon and night in a last mad effort to complete all business of importance before the sixty-first day forces a close of the assembly. Lobbies for particular measures are becoming stronger and more than 400 lobbyists are present at every session attempting to force their points. The final week will see the hardest efforts placed on tax relief and reapportionment it is believed.

through. Filled with more or less dangerous things and the only admittance is through a special pass. The outside grounds are composed ot two transformer yards on either side of the switch house. There are two banks of transformers! in each yard, three transformers to each bank. 65,000 k. v. a. to bank. The upstream transformers put the current out at 110.000 volts and the downstream transformers at 154.000 volts. 1 forgot to tell you that the big generators cost just $500,000 a piece. And that the construction of the dam and plant has been going on for Ight years. Well, 1 can't explain the vastness of this thing—so I guess I’d better quit trying. It would take Messrs Einstein and Steinmetz a few days in solid conveisation to tell yon everything. All I can say is, you have to see it.”

♦ . — Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE ♦ (U.R) -4 Varnished Furniture Clean varnished furniture by first removing the dust and dirt with a soft doth dioped in turpentine Thea go over the surface with a cloth dipped in boiled linseed oil. Finally dry with another soft cloth. Tender Steak Pound the steak well roll it in flour and fry in a tablespoonful of very hot lard. When it ‘has browned add cups of boiling water and let boil for two or three minutes. The result will be a nice tender steak and plenty of good gravy. Rusty Tools j To remove rust from tools soak |them in coal oil. Then sandpaper. ;after which polish with engine oil.

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GENEVA NEfe Don Haviland who , patient at the Adams Pital, returned i„ i Uh Saturday. ' George Manns p nr . spent the week md tler son Junior. ' <| Mr. and Mrs. 1 , a « r ,. llce I Portland, vr-n.-.j urday. Rex MeMannns ot brought to his home MeMannns had been in County hospital dent Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Hobert j lll K 1 Lima, Ohio, were > 1 and relatives here „v er end. H Fred Reffoe of I>. t roit. urday to spend -,. 1; . I:m ,. tires. 0 Harlan Whiteman of f,, r . spent Sunday with , ls ai Mina Whiteman. au< Mesdames Charb-s Ha 1 Forrest Pyle wer.- -■ in Portland Saturday. t Clarence Lybarnnr and Aspy went to lndi.i::apnli« darl John bnoemager win a tt^W r! ' business matters in ■ Monday. Issac Teeple wont to ' Sunday, where In will srnd^B e T days. w’ Homer ShoemuC ..; ißhoades were business i Portland Saturday. | Gerald Van Shyock of^W U!1 Wayne, spent the | with relatives. 1 Roy Glancey has household good ■ t i into the property of Mrs. s;li: i Redding, when Ik wil n S future home H The Boys Chorus from va schools render-1 '. tions at t! e mornitu -■ ‘ M. E. church. George Derii k< of P r’lan^B N ® S able to return ’o liis 1 Rhoades Bakery a'". several days Mr. and Mrs. Walter “ Fort Wayne, wen «. ■. k. end of Mr. and Mrs. Winifred s u JK L>**J*"l W ] fl ia feel like I yourself agau> USED CAR AW TRUCK V \LI M 1 ]L924 Ford Tou r ini'- • 1923 Ford Roadster .W.C 1924 Ford Roadster . TK JC 1924 Ford Coach .. ■ ■s« T ' 1924 Ford Coupe . »■ 1923 Dodge Sedan •■•sW e Ta f 1926 Chevrolet Coupe 1926 Ford ton truck W , 2-ton Gary truck... FRANK fc 1 WRECKING C(lf W. Monroe st. I

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