Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 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 Gen. Mgr A. R. Holthouse Sec'y & Bu«. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, ua second class matter Subscription Rates Single copies | .02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier 6.00 One month, by niail 35 Three months’, by mall 1.00 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 13.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Advertising Represeutati SCREERER, INC. •>6u East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana League of Home Dailies Experts tell us that there is one crop that we may feel assured will be one hundred per cent of normal and thats the dandelions. Mrs. Jack Dempsey says her husband hasn't any grounds for a divorce but that she has, but Estella may be overlooking the fact that grounds are unnecessary in Nevada. If you are smart enough to inveju a platform that is entirely I safisfaetory to the wets and the your fortune is made and you may land in the president's chair. If business slows up there is just one proven tonic — advertising. These who are administering that lenivdy now in proper doses, are awwreqf its benefits. Tire sooner you begin swating the i flies, t-he less of it you will have ; to do as the season comes along, i The b*g blue ladies of the fly family are the ones which deposit the eggs and cause the over production along that line. The stock market goes up a little cnee in a while but immediately there is such an offering of shares that it slips back a little below wiiere it started. Its still a wabbly and unsafe place to spend your money. Better buy an Adams county farm. Members of the Hoover cabinet are out to blaze the trail for next yeiaro campaign. Its a little early l«t remember it is going to take a lot of propaganda and effort to put it over and even with that there is doubt jf the people will take kindly to any apologies or excuses. Huntington barbers are asking the city council for an ordinance to | reguMtte the barber and beauty shops- -rd' that town, following a number cf cities in western states. They declare it will not effect prices but will help the barber and protect the patron, if it does that who can complain? Mrs. Ty Cobb wants a divorce | from her husband, for many years the peer of American ball players. Ty is said to have a fiendish temper but after standing it some twenty-three years, it looks as though Mrs. Ty ought to be well trained in how to handle him. They have five children. ""■"Harry E. Rowbottom was found' 'guilty of selling postoffice appoint-! • mients and sentenced to a year and . ia <1 y in Leavenworth prison and 1 - -W II—WOMEN OFTEN PAY A DOUBLE PENALTY for wearing this gag : of unselfishness or . pride. Prosnow fuse or suppressed gSjfeJgyDi, menstruation JMM should never be \ ■JWSnIRI considered neces- \ Wgwißpijj sary. Painful pe- ; F NA .tTßjgaa riods arc Nature's /O'/V. warning that / I U/y j something is ! //JnWCH who wrong and needs l-ZA 7 ' immediate attenSuffer in Silence., tion. Failure to heed and correct the first painful symptoms usually leads to chronic conditions with sometimes fearful consequences. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is for women’s own peculiar ailments i and can be obtained at any drug store. Every package contains a I Symptom Blank. Fill out the Blank and mail it to Dr. Pierce’s Clinic, Bus- | falo, N. Y. for FREE medical advice. Send 10c if you want a trial package.

I fined 12,000 by Judge Woodward of the federal court in Evansville. He is not deserving of sympathy for a man elected to congress should I- be above such petty money grabbr. Ing. His lite is ruined and he will repret the longest day he-llves that he used his high office as u means of bleoding constituents. r See where John A. M. Adair, for <> ■ ten years the representative in 0 congress from this disti'lrt and a R Jj good one, addressed Hie Portland 5 high school yesterday and in old time style, telling the youngsters 1 what is expected and needed from them in the future and advising them how best to serve. Mr. Adair has succeeded in business in Washj ington since his retirement from politics but he still calls Indiana home and is always the same old smiling Johnny with the same old hearty hand shake. Decatur now has two commissioned high schools, the Decatur Public and the Decatur Catholic, the latter having just received word that their application has been granted. The course of study is duly approved and graduation will entitle those receiving diplomas to be admitted to numerous colleges. Its a splendid showing for a city of this size and we extend heartiest congratulations to those j who have worked toward this end i for many years and have now reached the goal. About every magazine we pick up these days is comparing the present depression, now an admitted fact, to former ones, both as to seriousness and length, in all of which the average person is not in the least interested. What we ; would like to know is when we will ; have reached the bottom, how we I can tell and just when we may roll up our sleeves and go out to make up the lost by doing business under an era of prosperity. Os course it is bound to come in due time. Officials are investigating the nrl Council Bluffs, lowa, of Rosetta Copling, 11, and Albert Bryan, 40. The girl was married the same day her mother found another mate and it was evidently a matter of convenience to get rid of the little girl. Doesn’t seem as though much time ought to be wasted in investigation. They ought to get the mother, both husbands and any one else mixed in it and send them to an institution for a honeyin con that would have every treatment fro producing good common sense. Lessons In English * Words often misused: Do not say “Can I borrow your umbrella?'' Say “May I.” Often mispronounced: Error. Pronounce er-er first e as In. “bet”, , second c as in ‘‘her.’’ Often misspelled: Repellent, two l's and ent. not ant. Synonyms: Recompense, compeu[sate. repay, reward, requite. 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: Analogy! resemblance of relations agreement between tilings in some circumstances but not in others. "Mars exhibits the greatest analogy with our earth.’’ 4 4 i! Household Scrapbook • I By ROBERTA LEE !♦— (U.R) ♦ Varnish Remover A varnish remover can be made Iby dissolving one quart of goo I i caustic soda in three quarts of I warm water. Apply it -a itli a coarse I sponge. Iron Holders An improvement over the ordin-1 'ary iron holders is to line with a! pfe-s-3 of leather from old gloves or slopes. With Fish Wilh fried or broiled fish servo' i French fried potatoes. With cream-' led fish baked potatoes. Garden Yield $1.75 an Hour Amherst, Main., April 17. <U.R> - Returns from the home garden amount- to approximately $1.75 for each hour of work, it is indicated by research at Massachusetts Argicultural college. , EXZEMa — All kinds et skin trouble. Try a box of B 3 OINT-' ' MENT. Sold by all good druggists | ' and Pingrey & Carroll Barber Shop. I sat-m-w-45-ts

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*~BIG FEATURES OF RADIO Friday’s Best Radio Features* Copyright 1931 by United Press Central standard time throughout. WABC (CBS network) 5:00 p.m. —Winegar’s Orchestra WEAF (NBC network) 5:30 p.m. —Bits of the Theater. WJZ (NBC network) 6:15 p. m. — Mme. Alda & Frank Laforge. WABC (CBs network) 9:00 p. m. —Lee Morse & Orchestra WEAF (NBC network) 10 p.m.— Lopez and Orchestra. o Saturday’s Best Radio Features Copyright 1931 by United Press Central standard time throughout. WEAF (NBC network) 6:00 p. m.| —Gene Austin. WEAF (NBC network) 7:00 p.m. i —Weber & Fields. WJZ (NBC network) 7:00 p.m.— Dixie Circus. WABC (CBS network) 7:45 p.m.' — Mary Charles. WABC (CBS network) 9:00 p. ni —Show Boat. o r TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY Fr->m the Daily Democrat File » April 17 —Five hour battle occurs at Agna Prieta between the Diaz forces_and federal troops. Lawrence Green and Miss Florence Haag married at Bluffton. Walter Johnson leaves for a trip down the Mississippi river to New Orleans. Easter collection at the St. Mary church amounted to $132.10. Fort Wayne and Springfield Traction company plans a five story

BzsjSJUxj'n 11 tha FjR a I " IglSp;.f 1 ’njoy your vacation vetterj ', • ( if you go away leaving your home and business adequately protected with sound stock fire insurance. It will pay you to have your insurance needs reviewed and revised if necessary. Start your vacation knowing that all is well and your property safely protected. Our advice is without obligation. Suttles Edwards Co.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1931.

, building on site just north of the Hensley building. Robert Hanna appointed postmaster at Fort Wayne. Miss Florine Edwards begins duties as stenographer at Smith and Bell office. L. E. Roush appointed postmaster at Bluffton. Clem Uhl of Toledo visits here. Miss Naomi Niblick entertains for Miss Veda Ward of Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ahr entertained crowd of friends at dinner. o ♦ « Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ oj.ro 4 Q. May a hostess ever invite a woman to any social function with out her husband? A. Yes; an invitation to the husband is not obligatory. Q. Wiat is the Old belief concern-1 ing the custom of the bride’s throw I ing her bouquet to the bridesmaids? | A. That the one catching it ■ftill 1 jbe the lit st to be married. (J. To what two rooms are the! butter’s duties confined? A. The dining room and the drawing room. o HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Morgan Fortney of Monroeville, underwent a major operation Friday morning, at the Adams I County Memorial Hospital. George Kreiger, Ohio City, OliioJ is a medkal patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital. 0 Single Blow Kills Gates, Ore., April 17 — (UP) — Ed Davis built a heavy platform over an enclosure, enticed 54 hats in, killed them by a single blow.

3URAL CHURCHES Union Chapel U. B. Church Rev. T. H.’Harmon, pastor. Sunday School, 9:15 a. m. Thurman Drew, superintendent. Preaching. 10;3<) a. nt. Prayer meting, Wednesday evening, 7:30 p. m. Leader, George Cramer. The prayer services are well attended and very interesting. No services Sunday evening. o Decatur Circuit—M. E. Church Edgar L. Johnston, pastor. Mt. Pleasant Preaching service Sunday. April 19, following the Sunday School. Pleasant Valley Preaching service Sunday evening, April 19 at 7:30 p. nt. You are invited to these services. Further announcements next week. o ... FRED BLUMER HELD FOR WEEK, IS UNHARMED t (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE? Decatur. A United Press correspondent saw the two brothers embrace and then watched while Jacob Blumer gave a package containing $50,000 in bills to F. B. Luchinger, Monroe banker, who was with the brewer. The reason for the transaction was not explained, although Archie E. Wells, secretary of the Blumer j Products company, announced at Monroe that Blumer was freed without the payment of ransom. Blumer was haggard and nervous. He had not shaved for days, because his captors gave him no opportunity, and his clothing was dirty and unkempt. "They never gave me a moments rest for the last three days,” i 1 Blumer told the United Press. "I' was blindfolded and handcuffed, all the time. “1 don't know where they took i me. I was in aii automobile for i days and nights, being driven! around from place to place. ’ They drove last night to a' hotel in Decatur, shackled me to. a bed there, and arranged to let I me go this morning. They set me, free at 4 o'clock and disappeared. ’ The brewer spok/ reluctantly.:

WHEN San Francisco Burned Stock Fire Insurance Met Its Supreme Test TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO San Francisco we $ I in flames. The fourth day of the fire revealed 28,188 ruined buildings, covering 520 city blocks. Thousands were left homeless. Property destruction reached the enormous total of 350 million dollars. This one fire swept away all underwriting profit earned by the Stock Fire Insurance companies since 1860 and 80 million dollars in additioA. STOCK FIRE INSURANCE companies paid more than 200 million dollars into the stricken city, and San Francisco stands today as a magnificent example of the restorative pflfwer of sound insurance and the courage and resourcefulness of its citizens. Through succeeding years the Stock Fire Insurance companies comprising the National Board of Fire Underwriters have increased their efforts to make cities safer —protect life and property in all communities —reduce the possibility of San Francisco’s experience being repeated anywhere. Special 25th Anniversary Broadcast—April 1£ Over 65 stations of the Columbia Broadcasting System—6 to 7P. M. Pacific Time, 7 to 8 P. M. Mountain Time, 8 to 9 P. M. Central Time, 9 to 10 P. M. Eastern Time. The President of the Chamber of Commerce of thi United States, the Governor of California, ano others will offer their tribute to the successfu rebuilding and future progress of San Francisco. XeZJOM KgSSSjV Kxaz Stock Fire Insurance Companies are Represented by Capable Agents in Your Community. THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS 85 John Street, New York CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO 222 West Adams Street Merchants Exchange Bldg. A National Organization of Stock Fire insurance Companies Established in 1866

When pressed for further explana Hons of his experiences, and reasons for the kidnaping, he turned, away, and Said he didn't "want to talk to anybody." Blumer would not answer questions regarding the number of liisj kidnapersDie brewer, his brother and the others In their party, left Wenona in two automobiles, taking a direct route northward toward Monroe. The mystery that concealed the m*gotiations carried on witli the kidnapers also hid most of tho story of how the brewer wae released. With all the principals denying that ransom had been paid, Wells j declared at Monroe tliat the kid-1 napers had surrendered Blumer' because of their fear that Lieut, i William Cusack. Chicago detec-1 tive, was "hot on their trail." The sequence of events that I culminated with Blumer’s eecape| started with a trap set near Rocktord, ill., yesterday, out of which I the kidnapers escaped. Arrangements had been made to pay $50,000 to the kidnapers, through Jacob Blumer and to have I Lieut.- Cusa-ck and other Chicago j detectives trail Blumer's automobile to a rendezvous between Rock-1 ford and Streator. This trap failed when Rockfordl police appeared at the meeting i place, alarming the kidnapers who fled toward Streator. Jacob Blumer proceeded to Streator, hoping to meet the kid-j napers. and Cusack went along in another automobile. They remained all night. o LARGE CROWD ATTENDS PLAY — (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE' ' the Catskill Mountains. Monty Mansfield, the proprietor of the inn, played by Harry Moyer, has recently inherited this inn from his father under the condition that he make it a paying proposition. About the inn were a number of mineral wells, and as there had not CincraMLS Brand Pill, in Red and «old< | metal lie boxes, sealed with Blue 1 [Ribbon. Taken*other. Bay "of your I*ruccl«t-. Ask for Cfn-rHEB-TERB DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for 40 years known as Best. Safest, Reliable. Bay Now I _ )LD BY DRUGGISTS BVERYWBKRf

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