Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller ... Pres, and Oen. Mgr. A R. Hu’thouse Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-Preeldent Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter Subscription Rates Single copies 3 .02 One week, by carrier..— 10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mall 1.60 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 Represents!! SCREERER, INC. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member The .Indiana League of Home Dailies Indiana has a new boxing law and we are wondering whether that was enacted so there will be some system to the scraps of the legislature when in session. Indianapolis is divided by the new apportionment law so Louis Ludlow will have to look up just which district he resides in or run in the other. He might have to move. It’s going to take a little practice to refer to our congressional district as the fourth but we are not alone for every district is now different and it will all have to be taught over both in and out of school. Time's about up for your in come tax report _and if you are eligible for such, better get busy i and quickly. The limit is tomorrow for your report must be mailed so as to reach the Indianapolis office by Monday. We have been unofficially informed that Indiana now has a law requiring every town and city to operate under central standard time, thus eliminating the scraps over daylight saving, which if true will at least stop discussions for the next two years. Well we have passed through two Fridays, the thirteenth, this year and will only have to worry over one more. Os course there is no such thing as hoodoo dates but if a lot of folks think so, why spoil these occasions for being unusually careful? The air was filled with basket ball dope again today as the teams gathered at Fort Wayne for the regional tournament to select a winner to go to the state meet next week end. Hundreds from here are attending today’s big sport event. Dr. Homer P. Rainey, president' of Franklin college will deliver the commencement address here at the occasion of graduation of the class of fifty high school students on the evening of May 20th, an occasion of interest to many and great importance to the class and the school faculty and officials. Dr. Rainey is one of the great educators of the middle Dz? T/ie Screen s-under the glare of powerful lights and the stress of “Picture Making” the beauty rendered by Gouraud’s Oriental Cream stands the test. It gives an alluring, pearly appearance that will not (Tib off, streak or spot. No “touching up” necessary as the skin retains the delightfully soft, seductive beauty under all conditions. GOURAUD'S ORIENTAL u CREAM ** Wklt». rims, Bartel and OrtMta! T«a RbaCa. 10e for Trial gut « Feed T, Hopkins A Son, New York City

west and his message will be more than worth hearing. The governor is still signing ! bills and one of those to which he penned his signature yesterday was one providing for a vote on the old proposition of qualifications for attorneys. We have; understood that another bill gave i necessary authority to the supreme | court to fix the qualifications but I If necessary to accomplish what has been long asked for, its time to carry the amendment and ad-1 vance the profession of law. Information will be at hand before I time to ballot. The Indiana assembly might considerably improve its machinery by denying the privileges of the floor to all nonmembers, save employes or those having other lawful duties. By custom, former members have the privilege of wandering at will on the floor, and for some reason never clearly set forth, the members permit lobbyists—even scores of them at a time —to take chairs in the aisles and raise a hubbub. There is no precedent for this in the national Capitol, and some states, at least, make a point of barring casual visitors from the floor. The machinery seemed more cumbersome than usual this season, sb that the state may be on the verge of a reform to its advantage.—lndianapolis News. ] Grant county will not punish i those who participated in the , Marion lynching last summer, cases against the six still untried * having been dismissed. Two t were tried and acquitted and offi- i cials no doubt did not care to spend further effort or the county’s funds in what appeared a hopeless battle. We are great to make laws in this country but not 4 so good at enforcing them. We' make a big fuss when crimes are committed and then promptly let e our sympathies go with the accused. We are a queer people < but we are what we are and whats 1 the use to try to change it? f The budget limitation law. which will hold 1931 and 1932 budgets to the level of the 1930 budgets, will impose enforced thrift on some of the taxing units of the state. Most of us have a wrong conception of the tax burden. We believe that it is imposed by the state government, and not by the local units of government. The state tax rate is only 29 cents. Every cent in the total rate above that figure represents what it costs to run our township, city, town and county governments. Our taxes are high because our local taxing units prepare budgets, usually in response to popular demand, which include items i that demand a high tax rate to raise the revenue to pay for them. Public opinion may be pronounced enough by the time the taxing officials begin preparing their budgets for the next year to demand subtantial reductions. The tax rate can be reduced materially in every community in the j state, but the people must cease i making demands for services. If | officials can not curb these ex-I penscs, it is high time that the state steps in with a demand that budgets be kept at the present j level. That is one way to check ! rising taxes but it will not bring ’ about a reduction. We must cut j our expenses to gain that end. —! Richmond Palladium. ■4 — . ■ —4 ▲ I 1 1 Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE ♦ <u.R> 4 Unvarnished Furniture An excellent polish can be given to unvarnished furniture by rubbing well with beeswax and turpentine. Sweet Potatoes If one does not wish the awfeet potatoes Io become soft and rotted, keep them spread out so they will not touch one another. Insomnia An excellent remedy for insomnia is exercising at night until physically'tired. —«_ o — I Get the Habit —Trade at Homa.

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Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ — (U.R) ♦ Q. How should a woman present a letter of introduction to a man? A. She should always mail it. Q. Which seats at a church wedding are reserved for the bride's family? A. Those on the left-hand side of: the center aisle. Is it obligatory for guests at tea to lay aside their wraps? A. No, it is optional. o 4- ♦ I TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY | From the Daily Democrat File March 14 —Murray Hotel Com pany incorpoia'ed with $2,00 capital | Mrs. John Rupright 84. died last I evening. Bluffton has 26 cases of smallpox.! The mortgage on the Presbyterian church 33,500, will be burned April, 15th. Work of remodelling the Christian church begins. An addition will also be added.

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By HARRISON CARROLL. | Cop.iright 1031. Premier Syndkat*. Inc. j HOLLYWOOD, Cal., March 00. —Hollywood’s grapevine reports that Clark Gable, young stage ac-

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tor, is worth watching. After one picture with Joan Crawford, h e has been signed to play “Ace” Wolfang, the gambler, one of the two masculine leads in Norma Shearer’s next film, “A Free Soul.” This story is taken from Adela Rogers

Hyland's outstanding novel to date.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has named [ j Clarence Brown as director, and has engaged Leslie Howard, Lionel I, Barrymore and Gabel to support I Norma Shearer. Gable is a heavy. He came out here to take the role of “Killer” Mears in the Coast reduction of “The Last Mile.” His first picture was “Dance, Fools, Dance.” One of Hollywood’s feminine stars described Gable to me as the most menacing man she had ever met. “But he is attractive,” she said. Gable made his first New York stage hit in Sophie Treadwell’s j “Machinal," based upon the Sny-der-Gray murder case. Also he was seen there in the mystery melodrama, “Hawk Island.” PRIZE OPTIMIST. One of Hollywood’s leading comedians was refused a S6OO exemption on his last year’s income tax, so he is listing it this year as a bad debt. LATEST GOSSIP. > Mary Nolan has quietly disappeared from Hollywood, and Philadelphia reports she is to be mistress of ceremonies at the R.K.O. Theatre ...Florence Eldridge (Mrs. Fredric March) was brought to the Coast with a four weeks guarantee to play in “Rebound”’ with Ina Claire. Before she arrived, however, the studio decided to replace her with Myrna Loy. Now, Miss Eldridge is collecting her salary for the four weeks, but the studio won’t let her go back to New York. . .Herman Mankiewicz, who has risen to the rank of supervisor, will appear for one night as the N«w York playwright in the local production of “Once in a Lifetime.” His friends, led

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,[ Squire Frank Smith sells lijs tools i to Harry Watson and decides to locate in Oklahoma. The 17-year locusts are due in Injdiana this year. Township trustees and assessors have their terms extended two years by act of legislature fixing uniform dates for election. W. J. Archbold purchases interest in the True and Runyon store. C. E. Baker buys Amos Yoder’s I interest in the Yoder and Bruswilcr grocery. Ramey and Lord awardbd contract for building Debolt school house for 36,227. Arthur Holthouse has knee cap injured in fall at Renssalear, where he is attending school. Past Masters Banquet, Tuesday evening at 6:30 o’clock followed by , Master Mason degree conferred by I’ast Masters. Dan H. Tyndall W. M. 0 J, 11. Hall of rural rout£ 3 was a business visitor in Decatur, Friday.

-by Carey Wilson, are planning an interesting reception. . Hollywood is acutely tennis-conscious. Half the film colony plans to attend William Tilden’s exhibition match here. Following the match, many will go to the Biltmore for the Mayfair ba11... Each of the Marx brothers brought his personal gasman from the East. There will be the four comedians, their four gag-men, two Paramount writers and a supervisor sitting in on story conferences. NO REST FOR THE CLEVER. Now that the fiims have discuvered Marjorie Rambeau, she is being rushed assidiously. Her assignment in "Girls Together,” starring Joan Crawford, marks her sixth picture in six months. Before Hollywood had seen her in “Her Man,” the former stage star was coolly ignored by producers. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY. Ina Claire was appearing in a silent version of “Polly with a Past.” Jack Coogan, Sr., was acting in a two-reel comedy with Al St. John. Douglas Fairbanks was appear-

ing in modern dress in “The Nut.” “The Foui Horsemen o f the Apocalypse” had just opened in Los Angeles. One of the screen’s immortal performances was greeted by a local critic thus: “Valentino, a good- looking youth, impresses with his natural

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acting and spontaneity of characterization.” | WHAT’S TO HAPPEN THIS SUMMER. On Paramount’* Summer schedule will be a talkie version of Max Marcin’s play, “Silence," with Clive Brook starred. It will be another crook story. Also scheduled for the hot months will be “Regatta,” with Buddy Rogers in the leading r*J“. Negotiations are not completed for this story, but no complications are expected. DO YOU KNOW— That Mary Astor played her first leading role at the age of 14?

BIG FEATURES OF RADIO 4 —4 Saturday’* 5 Best Radio Feature* Copyright 1931 by UP. All CST. WEAF (NBC network) 6 p. m.— Black and Gold Room Orchestra. WJZ (NBC network) 6:45 p. m. —Pickard Family. WEAF (NBC network) 7 p. in — Weber and Fields. WABC (CBS network) 8 p. tn.— Around the Samovar. WABC (CBS network) 9 p. in.— Show Boat. o Sunday's 5 Best Radio Feature* Copyright 1931 by UP. All CST. WEAF (NBC network) 7 p. m.— Maurice Chevalier. WABC (CBS network) 7:45 p. m. —New World Symphony. WJZ (NBC network) 8 15 p. m.— Radio Luminaries. WABC (CBS network) 9 p. m. — Jesse Crawford. WEAF (NBC network) 10:30 p. m.—Russian Cathedral Choir. o Tuesday'* Best Radio Feature* Copyright 1931 by United Press Central standard time throughout. WJZ (NBC network) 6:15 —Jigs and Reesl. WABC (CBS network) 6:30 — Feature program. WEAF (NBC network) 7:30 — Coon Sanders Orchestra. WABC (CBS network) 8:30 —Symphony Concert. [WJZ (NBC network) 9:00 —Melodies of Erin. o- ■■■ MONROE NEWS Lawrence Lobenstien of For’ Wayne visited his father Mi - . L. F. Lobenstien, who is ill at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otho Lobenstien. Eli Hendricks and Mrs. Archie Hendricks left Tuesday for Mt. Pleasant Michigan, where they attended the funeral of Mrs. ’Hendricks mother Mrs. John Reffy. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith spent Tuesday afternoon in Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wagoner of Detroit, Michigan, returned to their home Wednesday after a visit with Mr Wagoner’s father, Ira Wagoner. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Beals of Portland, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Forrar Thursday.

4 4 Floorwalkers In - Print % SHAVE ... courteous .. . inviting you to “Step this way, please,’’ the advertisements in this paper are floorwalkers-in-print. They show you the way to merchandise that serves your needs, and saves your money. Do you read these advertisements every day? Make it a regular habit. Do not skip a day or an advertisement, lest some priceless opportunity be lost. Read even the smallest advertisements and the smallest print. Gems of rare worth are often buried where you have to dig for them I Size alone is not an infallible guide to value. Read the advertisements every day, with pencil and paper at hand, to list those things you wish to look up when you start to the stores. It is trite but true, that this method saves time and savesmoney. 000 / ’ 'Ai -j 1 Read the advertisements. Read them and heed them. Decatur Daily Democrat

Fatned Beauty Kills Husband J V V Fred G Nixon-Nirdlinger, of Philadelphia (inset), owner of a string of theatres in the United States, was shot and killed by his wife, the former Charlotte Nash (above) in their apartment at Nice. Thus ended a romance that started in 1923, when Charlotte Nash walked down the boardwalk at Atlantic City, N. J., as "Miss St. Louis,” and was later wooed and won by Nirdlinger, the guiding genius of the beauty pageant

Mr and Mrs. Roe Wynn and family are moving west of Monroe and will live on the Henry Gould farm. Mrs. Harriet Graham i 'turned to her home in Monroe Wednesday after spending several weeks in Decatur with her son, Paul Graham and family. Ira Wagoner and John McKean pent Wednesday afternoon in Berne The Ladies of the Monroe Economics Club met at the home of Mrs. James A. Hendricks Wednesday atternoon. Mrs. Forest Andrews spent Thursday in Decatur with relatives. o Lessons In English ♦ ♦ [ Words often misused: Do not say I •‘I Avould like to go some place to-' night." Say, ’somewhere.” Often mispronounced: Juror, Pronounce ju-rer, er as in “her", not as, "or." Often misspelled: Commissary, two m's and two s's. Synonyms: Mood, humor, disposi-

tion, vein. Word study: "Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us in crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each ffty. Today's word: Intervene; to occur, fall, or come, come, between points of time or I space, or between events. “A second intervened between the flash of ; the gun and the report.” o Mrs. Joe Eizey, Miss Herretta 1 Elzey and Donald Stump will at 1 itend the regional basketball tour- i Inament in Fort Wayne this after-i I noon and evening. ’[ The Misses Aleta Harlow an 1 [Betty Macklin motored to Fort j Wayne this afternoon where they [ [are attending the regional tournament. ■ Hugh Andrews and Clifford Rich;ard are among the Decatur fans at tlie Fort Wayne tournament this [afternoon. Among the Decatur fans at the re-

gionul tournament today will he w nn, n O,, W Wort R a | n ?’ B«ery. Cliff T »<« J Johns and Am o S and Mrs ■ returned t„ their ‘ r « isl Frida « with Mrs Hrumiev’.‘"W and Mrs. h x . shr<," Shernm,, nf ■ hueineas visitor i n J » rid the ’LITTLE GEN ERAI sb > vfthlbfcl ; Six tubes (4 screen grid); dynamic speaker; TooeSelet volume control. Three dnids choice of natural butt «d) ivory lacqm r, green | arqwi CDfuri* raJiM. 1136 ••1172; | graph* $199 and 1270. Pna« < , include Rotafrou LiUrW G> August Wall Decatur, Ind.