Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1931 — Page 5

IIS PLOTTING BEAT ZEP IN HUNG GLOBE r Record Holder niiW Flight Sometime In May St iff Correspondent zeles, April 1.-XU.RWohn ears, who doesn't like to at anyone has traveled 1,, world faster than he If they were aboard the pelin, Is ready to girdle for the third time. |n , w m go Vance Breese. g west's famed pilots and -at designers, who will two weeks’ vacation in lan a 19,000 mile flight. 1 be over water 5,500 Thei will hug the 53rd |H.„ lively all the way I Their Route , New York they will go to Grace. N. F., and stop, ley will cross the North At!o Dublin. Prom there they to Berlin to arrange for 1s Moscow will he the op, then 8,000 miles across , along the Trans-Siberian I to Khabarivsk, on the irian border. wheels exchanged for pontiiey will make a 600-mile ;ross the Sea of Okhotsk to vlosk, then jump across rth Pacific, via the AleutChignak, Alaska, and down cific and Puget Sound to Wash. At Seattle, wheels put on the plane again for ns-continental home-stretch New York Gity. s in 1013 that Mears heard French globe trotter held onl for the fastest trip the world. ears started out and by an d train girdled the ;35 days. His record held j e airplane came Into morej 23-Day Trip 28, Mears decided that It

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Stayers of Trooper Caught •pv-va* JK.% ' (|r i>.,Y „ Arrested in McAlester, Okla.. Stanley Chero (in bedi, and William Schemmtzer. Pittsburgh, Pa., youths have confessed to the killing of Sergt John K. Frey, of the New York State Police. Chero was * w-ounded while trying to escape from the McAlester police, who picked the youths up on suspicion of driving a stolen car.

was time for an American to get busy again. With the late Capt. Charles H, I). Collyer as his pilot, Mears used fast liners to cross the seas and planes to soar across continents. The trip took 23 days. A year later the Graf Zeppelin made the trip in 21 days. That worried Mears. Last year, Mears suggested a trip to* Breese, then a well known pilot and constructor of trans-At-lantic airplanes, ltreese could not get away. Not loftg ago, Breese became assistant to the president of the Lockheed Aircraft Company. He has added 40 miles per hour to the speed of the company’s fastest plane. Mears met Breese again. "Let's give Aour new design a thorough test," Mears said. “11l buy one. we'll add some special equipment and you spend your vacation with me on a trip around the world." They are planning the trip now and hope that late in May a new record will be made. ■- . O Easter Corsages, any size, for sale by I’si lota Xi.

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Indiana-Ohio Women Leave For Yokohama Huntington, Ind., April I—(UP)1 —(UP) — An Indiana and Ohio woman will leave together from here to go to Yokohama. Japan, where they will be the principles in a double wedding. The women—Miss Mary McMullen of Warren, near here, and Mi* Kathryn Neiter, of New lireman, 0., will marry Barton P. Smith and Charles Hatfield, respectively. Both prospective grooms work for tiie Consolidated Mining company in Korea. The Marriage ceremony will be performed by the American Counsul at Yokohama. o Attorneys Cite 445 Reasons For Re-Trial Hartford City, Ind., April I—(UP) —Attorneys for Oscar Wagner, found guilty on a charge of possession of a still, wanted to make sure that their client would get a new trial, they said in citing 445 reasons why the new trial was necessary.

STATE PLANNING TO EVENTUALLY BUN UTILITIES Wisconsin Sees Operation As Culmination of LaFollette’s Program Madison, Wls, April I—(UP)1 —(UP) — Five progressive steps recommended by Gov. Philip F. LaFollette to extend municipal ownership and operation of public utilities to culmination in a system owned and operated by the state are receiving consideration in the Wisconsin legislature. The program proposes to break harriers protecting the existing wide-spread utility companies from competition by municipal plants, and to remove restrictions on expansion of municipal service. The state constitution restricts municipalities to a bonded indebtedness of live per cent of their tax valuation, for all purposes. This j makes it difficult for them to acj quire expensive utility plants. Neither is duplication of service by competing private utilities, or by municipal and private utilities, permitted under Wisconsin's pres|ent regulatory system. Three-Year Plan I a Follette's program cannot be | ready for execution in less than three years, because it Involves j constitutional changes, which must be passed upon by two successive I biennial legislatures, and then sub-1 milted to popular vote. The is provided in .♦"bill limiting future contracts, lie-’ tween municipalities buying power and the utility companies, to five years instead of 10 years. Under this measure, municipalities with their own distribution facilities would be free to buy from the state at the earliest advent of a state power system. Next in line is a bill to allow municipalities to enter into competition with existing private utilities without securing a permit from the regulatory body which now pre-j vents duplications of service. Extend Municipal Operation Municipal operation would be extended further by another bill to facilitate acquisition of utilities by! cities. It would entirely eliminate the present restriction on bonded indebtedness incurred by acquisition of a municipal utility plant. This is a constitutional amendment, adopted by the last legislature, and intended for a popular referendum in 1932. By the time municipalities had thus been granted unlimited financial leeway, the administration j plan would organize municipal utilities into a state network, by a proposer! power district bill allowing establishment of districts on approval by a majority popular vote, to align municipalities in organizations for manufacture and distribution of service in intervening areas. ' When this stage has been reached, it is planned to have the constitution already amended to permit state ownership of utilities. The resolution providing this could not be made effective before 1934. The entire program is so laid out that passage of the first measures would pave the way for action on tlie state ownership ment. And that right, once acliiev- | nd. would allow the state to take |over the manufacture of heat, light and power without being confronted by legal restrictions. • « Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q. When in 'boxes al the theater or opera, where does the host generally sit.? A. Directly behind his wife. y. What is an enexorable rule at formal dinners? A. Talk to those sitting next to you. and never across the table. y. if you get in someone’s way, or have seemed to be discourteous, what should you do? A. Be ready with a polite "I'm sorry”, or “I beg your pardon.” Down Payment Made On Liquor Sale Bern, Ind.. April I—(UP)—A1 —(UP)—A contempt of court case has arisen here las the outcome of an alleged liquor j.sale in which a down payment of issi) was made on 400 pints of whiskley. Cliaiies Wooten failed to appear |to testify against George Binkerd after lie had caused the arrest of j the latter on a false pretense j charge. Slainiing he had failed t > [deliver the liquor, j It was that Wooten agreed not lo testify if liiukerd refunded liis SSO. Get the Habit—Trade at Home.

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By HARRISON CARROLL. * Ctofiyrtfht. litl Prum!*e flyndlcat* Ino HOLLYWOOD, March 00.— i Betty Compson is as stage-struck as any youngster going to a dramatic school. As soon as she finishes "Helga,” her last picture for lIKO, she

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plans lo accept two footlight offers from Portland ind Seattle. They want her up there to star in “The Barker” an d in “The Shady l,ady.” Never having been on the stage. Betty admits the experiment has the thrill of the unknown. It seems

she has wanted to speak her lines to an audience for a long time, but hasn't mustered the courage. Even now she wouldn’t try her first venture in New York or Los Angeles. “They’re much too tough." she confesses. From a monetary standpoint, the stage wqrk won’t compare with her film income. One of the offers does include percentage, however, and this might boost her salary to somewhere near the weckjy check she draws from RKP iri the meanwhile there is ■’Helga" to be disposed of Robert Antes, who has been booming along since ‘‘Holiday," will play her leading man in this original , story by Martin Flavin.. George Arrnaininud directs. EVERYBODY PICKS ON HIM. Troy Orr wants to revive “He Who Gets Flapped." with Sinclair Lewis and Theodore Dreiser in the principal roles I' noin a s Meighan satisfied a j cherished ambition when he retired from the films several years ago to play golf. He’s back now and hasn't touched a club since he at rived in Los Angeles “Sick of it," . he explains... With high hopes of a protracted tout. Sue Carol and Nick Stuart open their vaudeville 1 ! act in Chicago on April 3 They 1 )• are booked for three weeks As j they neither sing not dance and I have sense enough to know it. the ; act will be limited to repartee.. . William Le Baron. Hollywood’s champion Transcontinental commuter. leaves for New York again on Wednesday to look over the play ■» ind story market. John l.oder is out of the hospital after an operation so« appendicitis... Rert Wheeler’* two-year-old

FRENCHWOMEN | SHUN MARRIAGE j 1 j Laris. AprA 1— (UP) —Mar-, j riages in Fiance are Decoming less ( -numerous because women are reach- ; jing a state of economic indepenlilence, according to the newspaper ] “L' Ouvre. The majority of women question | ed declared they could see no point in becoming the “domestic puppets |of a husband" when they can en- 1 1 joy much more freedom earning | their own living. Very few women , admitted that they enjoyed rearing ; families, or doing household work. | It also was brought out that the , traditional French dowry is becoming a thing of the past with the masses. Nowadays it is limited mainly to the more wealthy and aristocratic classes. Marriage among the working people appears to lie entirely a question of affection. Although the number of marriages is on the decrease, the number of true-love ’ matches are more numerous than j before. Since the World War French women have undergone a tremendou. ' change. Impoverished by the loss of husband or father, they have tak- 1 en up business as the only means to prevent starvation. Bui in so doing thave have increased the attractiveness of the commercial field and! 1 many of the younger girls today I as a natural result prefer office to' 1 domestic duties. o 4 ——4 i | MAGLEY NEWS | < 4 4 Mr. and Mrs. Walter KructJman and son Richard spent Tuesday in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Helmrich and | family had as their guest Mrs. | Helmricli’s brother. Norman Smith I of Washington. D. (’. the latter part jof last week'and until Tuesday of I this week, when ho left lor Detroit Michigan where lie wil Ivisit another sister before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Kdward llower and Mrs. Charles Dettinger motored to Fort Wayne Thursday and visited witli Mr. and Mrs. Dick Farr. Mr. and Mrs. Hower spenl tlie rest o* the week with Mr. and Mrs. Dett-

♦ daughter made her film debut last week in Robert Woolsey’s picture. MORE JONES ARRIVE. Now that his golf series is well under way, Bobby Jones is bripging his wife and month-old baby to Hollywood. They arrive today. It is amusing to see the biggest stars on the Warner First National lot clambering to get into the tworeel pictures of the greatest golf champion of all times Joe E. Brown already has appeared in one, and now Dick Rarthelmess and William Powell are to follow up. Jones has completed three of his series. The first nine of the group will deal with individual clubs—putter, driver, etc. The final three will be called “Trouble , Shots,” "Practice” and “Full Round of Golf." Then there’s the story of (he little old lady who took Mr. Lewis down during a former visit to Los Angeles. It seems that the novelist was , paying his check at a local sweetshop when a tiny, gray-haired

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woman tapped him on the shoulder. "Could you tell me,” she asked, “where to find Patriotic Hall?” “No, madam,” replied Lewis wryly ; “I'm afraid I couldn’t.” "Well.” she snapped. “I’m a stranger here, but I should think y o u’d

l II I II (L u U Cl VOI know. What kind of an American are you?” MORE NAMES FOR "FIVE AND TEN.” A gilt-edgco cast is being assembled for Marion Davies’ new talkie, "Five and Ten ” I.atest additions to the star’s brilliant supporting company are Hobart Bosworth and Emma Dunn. Metro Goidwyn-Mayer intend* to make this Cosmopolitan production one of the year’s finest pictures For her leading man. Mar--1 ion has Leslie Howard, distinguished stage actor Others in the I cast include Richard Bennett and ! Kent Douglas The Fannie Hurst novel will mark the appearance of the star in a more serious role than she has played in her recent pictures Robert Leonard again will be her - director — DID YOU KNOW? That Wallace Beery once di- ■ rected Japanese motion pictures?

I inger. Mrs. Charles Dettinger who four j weeks ago hurt her finger in the electric wringer is improving slowly Daniel Seherry and daughters Marie and Marcella, spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Crist. Borne and family. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jaberg entertained for dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. I’aiil Bieberich and son Dwight of Fort Wayne, Miss Eulalia. and Chalmer Borne. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Seherry and family were,guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jphn Hflgeman and family Sunday. Rev. David Grether, Mrs. Otto Hildebrand, son Walter and daugh- j ter Helen, Mrs. J. J. Helmric-h ami; daughter Hazel, Misses Marie I Seherry. Alice Rinehard, Helen and Luetnda Horne spent Monday afternoon in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kolter and son Robert attended tlie funeral of John Foreman Sunday afternoon. SIO,OOO Hidden In Wall For Twenty Years Muncie, Ind.. April 1 — (UP) — A story of $lO.IMio hidden in a wall for 200 years was being unravelled here hut Herman Rolf and his daughter Beulah, supposed recipients of the money, continued to deny it. Tlie money was supposedly placed in tlie wail of the Rolf home by Mrs. Rolf, who it was said feared hanks. The money—in $5 and $lO hills was found by a son Joe, and placed in the bank il was said. Although the Rolf's continue to deny tlie s'ory they did not deny that they had hanked SIO,OOO recently. Bankers, questioned about ti e sum, pointed out it would have more than doubled itself if placed on compound interest 20 years ago. j

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YOUTH PLANNING FLIGHT FOR NEW JUNIOR RECORD Chicagoan Will Try To Lower Trans-Conti-nental Time Sail Benito, April 1. —(U.RF—Wallace Hurley, 17, who plans to try for a new junior transcontinental flight record this month, will fly a Cessna middle-winged monoplane with a Warner Scarab motor. Its top speed is 160 miles an hour with a landing speed of 52 miles an hour. Hurley hopes to make the flight! in about 16 hours. The present rec-! ord is more than 20 hours. Hurley's plane Is painted In orange and green and bears the i name, "Miss Rio Grande Valley." | The young flyer expects to leave shortly for the Pacific coast stopping at San Antonio, Dallas. Amarillo and El Paso. He plans to make a test flight to some southern California points before beginning the transcontinental hop. The proposed flight will be made during the week of the Detroit Air show where Hurley .expects to fly from New York. In the Los Angeles-to-New York (light Hurley will follow the southern route, flying across the northern part of Texas. Hurley has been flying for more than two years. He has spent the winter in San Benito, flying from the newly established municipal airport. His home is in Chicago. o Handkerchief Recalls Old Election Slogan Philadlephia, April 1.-—(U.R)—Rec-ollections of the famous presiden-

1')I» • ’ l I - PUBLIC SALE I will sell at Public Sale at my residence, 4 miles north of Preble, on FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1931 Commencing at 12:30 P. M. 55 Rhode Island red chickens; 1 storm buggy; 1 buggy harness; 1 dozen grain sacks; 1 grind stone; 2 iron kettles; 1 copper kettle, 35 bushel corn; SO bushel oats; 1 ton mixed bay; 2 tool boxes; 4 hand I saws; assortniont of carpenter tools; 1 tenet saw; 1 scoop shovel; | 1 fork; 9 chicken coops; 1 lawn mower; Garden implements; 1 step ladder; 1 shepherd dog, good house dog; 1 fniversal range; 1 Florence heating stove; 1 8-day clock: 2 iron lleds with springs; 1 Atwater Kent iailio; 6 oak chairs; 6 rockers; 2 kitchen cupboards; 1 oil stove; 1 kitchen table; 1 dozen crocks. 1 and 2 gallon size; 8 dozen Mason fruit jars: 1 porch swing; assortment of China, plates, cups, saucers, bowls; 1 22-rifle; 1 double barrel shot gun; 1 grass seeder; 1 ilresse-; 2 stands; 1 trunk; 2 9x12 rugs; 1 9x9 rug; mail box: corn sheller: many articles too numerous to mention. TERMS -All sums of $19.90 and under Cash, over that amount a credit of 6 months. Purchaser to give a bankable note laving S"4 , interest the last 3 months. 4% discount for cash. CONRAI) DOEHRMAN, Owner Roy Johnson, auctioneer Clerk, Adolph Stoopenhageu AUCTION of REAL ESTATE Monday, April 6, 1931 AT 1 O’CLOCK P. M. | An all modern home located at Riverside, Vera Cruz, Ind., known as the William Melching property. This is an atl-modern 8-room house with two acres of land and in a number one condition. This home has electric lights, pressure svEtem, hot water heating plant, all kinds of fruit trees, poultry house, good garage and other out-door buildings. NOTE! MR. BUYER! This property will absolutely be sold to the highest bdder without reserve. Possession will be given at once. This j home is open for inspection any time until date of sale. For further information, see Ellenberger Bros., Auctioneers, or | John A. Eversole, Realtor, Bluffton, Indiana. WILL ALSO SELL SOME HOUSEHOLD GOODS AT THIS SALE. ] TERMS—A smalf down payment and the balance to suit purchaser. William Mek*hing, owner I Ellenberger Bros., Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE 68 —ACRE FARM —6B Will Ik- sold ;d public auction to the highest bidder on ; the premises, 3 miles east and 3 miles north of Decatur, Inj diana, on FRIDAY, APRIL 3,1931 at 1:30 p.in. ! < , T«aa 68 acres of good, level, black, high producing soil. 8 room house; barn 36x60; small barn 30x50; hog house; poultry house, and other necessary outbuildings. Electric lights, j This farm is on a good stone road, near churches, schools, I and markets, and must he seen to he appreciated. TERMS: Small cash payment day of sale, liberal lime on balance. * Board of Directors of The Peoples Loan & Trust Co., M. Kirsch, liquidating agent. Su’d by the National Realty Auction Co., Decatur, Indiana. Auctioneers: Col. Fred Roppcrt and Hoy S. Johnson, Decatur, lnd.

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tial campaign slogan, "Tippecanoe ! and Tyler, too," ware revived here ! when a hiatorlc handkerchief waa presented to the Frank (oft Hiatortcat Society. The handkerchief, elaborately adorned with pictures of General William Henry Harrison on horse- | back, was made in Dustleton, Pa., | nearly a century ago by Isaac | Wendell who was one of the first men in America to produce printed calico. Tlie donor was Frances Wendell Trout, grandfather of Wendell and granddaughter, too, of John Greenleaf WWttier's sister. FOR YOUR HEALTH DR. PIERCE’S Golden Medical Discovery AT ALL DRUG STORES

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