Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 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 Gyn. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec'y & Bue. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the £ostoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter Subscription Rates Single copies | .02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier -6.00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mail 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 $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Advertising Representati SCREERER, INC. 85 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 115 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member The League of Home Dailies We ought to secure the contracts for the required acreage to secure the Morris canning factory in a day or two. Let’s see how snappy we can make it. Congratulations to the Chamber of Commerce for securing a canning factory for Decatur. It’s a fine thing in several ways providing a summer crop for the farmers, employment for a number of people and adds to our industries. When a community keeps moving during times like these its the best sign we can have of being alive. — t David Belasco, old-time theatrical producer, who traveled upward in his career from mining camps to leading showman of Broadway, is dead and the average person will, learn of that fact with deep regret for it is doubtful if there are those coming on in this age of movies and talkies to tuke the places of those who made the stage produce clean and wholesome and entertaining plays. The news of labor troubles and a general depression seem to have finally reached Washington where most folks live on a salary paid by the government and consequently the present conditions don't effect them sufficiently to become aware of unusual circumstances which have bothered most of us the past year. Now the President is following the labor agitations closely. And .then what? Mrs. L. G. Ellingham has been named as a member of the state beard of charities and no woman in Indiana is better fitted to serve li. that important position. During the past twenty years she has devoted much time to the study of those questions concerning the I operations of state institutions for the care of those in need and her advice and assistance as a member of the state board will be of great value. The American Legion wants to know why some six or eight million men, including nearly a million ex-service veterans are out of employment and have asked President Hoover to call a anon-political conference to ascertain just what the cause is. Coming from any other source we might think it just an-

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other conference but the Legion does things and when they start a job they always finish it. We hope they go over the top with thia and • locate the enemy and route him. . There must be a reason for the con- ■ dltion and if it can be found perhaps there is an easy remedy. Contractors for th® new postofflee building hero continue to era- [ i ’ ploy outside brick masons to do i the work, although according to re- ’ ports from Washington they agreed i to employ local men at prevailing ' wages. The department has been duly informed and are taking such steps as they can to have the spirit of the building program carried out and it was well understood that the great purpose was to provide labor and to aid the unemployment condition. In other cities this is being strictly carried out but for some reason or other it is not being done here. Congressman Hogg of Fort Wayne,- author of the bill which provided for “employment of local labor at prevailing prices’’ is to be here soon to aid in straightening out the controversy, which it is hoped can be done in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. Carelessness of a minority of drivers is the biggest single cause of motor accidents, according to the president of the American Automobile Association. An analysis of the 32,500 fatalities and the 960,000 injuries through motor accidents in 1930 seems to prove that. It shows that 30.8 per cent of the drivers causing accidents did not have the right of way and that 16.1 per cent were on the wrong side of the road. A very high percentage of the accident occurred in clear, dry weather. Obviously, that was because more people are on the highways on fine days and many of them are less careful than in bad weather. There is perhaps an irreducible minimum of careless drivers about whom nothing can be done because they aren't discovered ' until an automobile accident has happened. But the plea of the motor club officials for greater carefulness on the part of the average driver is worth emphasizing and heeding. — Kendallville News-Sun. Scientists in one of the big research laboratories are working on a new method of heating a room. It is a warm "skin” which lines tile wails and ceiling and which contains electric heating elements. The individual “scales” or sections forming the skin Imitate ordinarywall and ceiling materials and can be covered with them. All the artificial heat furnished the room will come from this lining. The entire surface may be warmed at once, or any desired section of it. The walls will not glow and will feel barely warm to the touch. They will radiate a mild temperature almost exactly equal to the normal body temperature. The experiment room at the laboratory is to be tested with cool air to learn whether the heat radiated by the human body in all directions can be conserved and made to combine with the artificial heat, effecting a saving in fuel. The idea is that bodily heat is usually lost by being absorbed in cool walls. Mildly warmed walls will absorb less of the body heat and may produce an observable difference in physical comfort. At least, that is what the scientists are trying to discover. While they’re about it, why don’t they include the floor in the experiment? o , ♦ * Lessons In English | Words often misused: Do not say 'I had an awfully nice time.” Say 1 “an exceptionally nice time.” Often mispronounced: Obsequies. 1 Pronounce ob-se-kwiz, o as in ’of,” ' e as in “see,” i as in “is,” accent I first syllable. ‘ Often misspelled: Glazier (on® who cuts glass); distinguish from glacier (a field of ice. Synonyms; Place, location, situation position. 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: Equivocal; uncertain as an indication or sign; doubtful. "It was an II equivocal test.”

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BIG FEATURES * OF RADIO Saturday’s 5 Best Radio Features Copyright 1931 by UP. All CST. WABC (CBS network) 5 p. in. — Merton Downey and Orchestra. WABC (CBS network) 6 p. m.— Pryor's Band. WEAF (NBC network) 6 p. in.— Weber and Fields. W.IZ (NBC network) 7 p. m. — Harbor Lights. WEAF (NBC network) 8 p. in. — B. A. Rolfe Orchestra. o ♦ — ♦ Household Scrapbook | | By ROBERTA LEE ♦ qj.R) 4 The Needle When it is difficult to thread a needle through a sheet of white paper about a quarter from the edge until the eye only is visible. Heat Stains To remove stains on furniture caused by heat, try rubbing the .spots with hot milk; or ryb with kerosene. A Luncheon Dish An excellent luncheon dish is made by combining scrambled eggs with a border of warm asparagus. ♦ ♦ Modem Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE > (U.PJ ♦ Q. How soon should the letter, thanking the hostess tor her hospitality be written? A. Immediately upop reaching home. Q. When did the custom of the bride having a hope chest originite? A. In the days of the marriage , lowry. which in turn grew out of . the manage by purchase custom. It was intended as a reward for the purchase of the bride. . Q. How should ice-cream be eaten? A. With a dessert spoon, or the ice-cream fork, which resemble® the salad fork, although smaller. 0 f ■ ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS ; Below are the answers to the test questions printed on page two ♦ 1 1. Cuba. 2. Oscar Odd Mclctyre. 3. Shakespeare. 4. “Hard tack.” 5. Maine. 6 As a sanitary meausre. 7. Calvin Coolidge. 8. Jennet. 9. Boston. 10. Two. *~TWENTYYE ARS " AGO TODAY ■ I From the Daily Democrat File 4 * May 16—Mesrs. Brackett, Waring and Schafer organize company of . 25 local business men to build new ' city hall 6n Monroe street. C. A. Dugan made chairman and W. I*. Schrock, secretary. ) Bine' Creek case delayed several t hours when three Amishmen refuse to make oath. Mrs. Jacob Eady files suit for SIO,OOO against city of Decatur for 3 death of her husband. Members of G. A. R. and W. R. C. ; leave for Richmond to attend state : encampment School board re-elects entire staff 11 of teachers for Decatur schools Everett and Hite sell Bazaar to

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M. Zemeres Company of Cleveland and stock is shipped to that city. Graduating class of 'll picnic at north woods. Ray Jahn and Martin Hoffman give "stump” speeches. Luther Boyers will receive B. A. degree at Leland Stanford university on the 22nd. Steele and Weaver plan handsome new front for their store. o NOTICE—The district manager orj the Kalamazoo Stove Company will be at our store Saturday afternoon. May 16. He will have furnaces and ranges on display, selling at factory terms and prices. Saves you one-third to one-half why pay more? Sprague Furniture Company “rd door west of postoffice Phone 199. 115-3 t o NOTICE —On the job again to do electrical wiring, painting and papering. Prices reasonable. Call i at my new location. Phone 835-C. | George H. Squier. 114-6tx I

178-Acre Farm-178 AT AUCTION I KNOWN AS THE HENDRICK FARM TUESDAY. MAY 19, 1931 AT 1:30 P. M. Located 2 mil.’ - past of New Corydon. 7 miles east of Geneva to State Line then eno mile south to the farm, or two miles north of State Road 67 on State I 'tie. Also 10 miles north of Kort Recovery, Ohio. This farm is located in Wabash Tow nship. Jay County, Indiana. It ir considered one of the best producing farms in that section. Practically all black land. Fenojig fair. Improvements consist of a cood 7 room frame house, outside celllar; main barn, 50x6(1 ft., with shed and si' .- attached. Practically new hog house for feeding or farrowing purp >ses, cl out 40x50 ft. Corn cri' s and other buildings. Natural gas ■ :l on the farm. Farm is located on a good gravel road in a splendid ne'ghborhood with churches, schools and close to market. It will sell for the high dollar. If interested, terms can be made to suit pi 'i haser ami extending over a period of years. I For further information address 0. H. PETRO, Mgr. or S. R. SNELL, Agency 302'/2 So. Walnut St. —Telephone 79 (or Night Phone 3732-R), MUNCIE, INDIANA AUCTIONEER: — TOM VINNEDGE, 524 K. of P. Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. Telephone: Riley 6606. iniiwiiwi rimiii ri wrMßaww,--taM—W————Mßl 111 I I H'lW— — ©SAVING FOR A DEFINITE PURPOSE HAVE jour good intentions turned to disappointment? Have you tried to save and tailed? Then you. too. should make it a point to save for some definite purpose. Because saving is easy and enjoyab'e when you have a goal in view. z Start that Savings Account Today. ‘ 1 2 ~ $1 Opens A Saving Account 11 ■■■■■■■ — I— — —" Old Adams County Bank

TRAIN LEAVES TRACK; WOMAN MEETS DEATH (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) broke the couplings which connect them to the baggage car, plunged down the roadbed and across the soft aearth for about 20 feet, toppling over on the side of the Earhart home. The house was badly damaged, according to witnesses. Officials started an Immediate investigation. They said that they believed boy pranksters were responsible for placing the spike, which derailed the train, on the tracks, am! discounted early reports of a sabotage plot. o — RECEI*TION FOR SENIORS HELD I FROM PAGE ONE) class. The covers for the class members and their friends were marked with place cards, representing a gikl graduate in cap and gown, and small scrolls, representing diplomas. and tied with green ribbons were also found at each cover, together with green and white nut cups. A two course dinner was served, and between the courses. Miss Coverdale introduced the speakers for the evening. Ival Newhard, Junior class president, spoke in behalf of the entertaining class, and the response was given by Harold Melchi, president of the Senior class. Hugh Andrews, a member of the high school faculty, gave an interesting talk, followed by an address by Dr. Burt Mangold, president of the school board. / M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the schools, in his address, compared the senior class members , with pilots of a ship, and urged them to keep their vessel in the right course, even through rain storms and disasters. Following the dinner, the Junior j class presented a program, the first number of which was a sketch in three episodes, in which Miss Mamie Niblick and Richard Schug too kpart. The sketch included a pun on words, and the characters were depicted by Miss Niblick and Mr. Si hug in a fine manner. The three episodes were entitled "The Argument” “They auto know Better”, and “Biscuits and Pies.’ The second part of the program included a radio program, in which i song selections were sung by a j quartet comprising Laura LankenI au, Ethel Shady, Lewis Litterer and

Bob Gay with Louise Haubold the accompanist. Garden ideas were given by Fred Musser, and Miss ElizaI beth Franklin told of the care of the baby, and cooking receipts. zGerhard Schultz played the part of Uncle Henry, who told stories' to lhe children, and Mildred Blosser acted as Ella Cushion, an elocutionist. One of the most interesting features of the radio program was the song sung by Bernard Scheimann. Dick Townsend acted as the radio announcer and presented each person on the program. At the conclusion of the program dancing was' enjoyed, with music furnished by Dee Fryback's orchestra. Special song numbers were sung by Chalmer Fisher. The committees in charge of the arrangements for the affair included the following: Place cards. Ixiuise Haubold. Mamie Niblick and Ruth Winnes; Invitations, Harriet Shockey, Vivian Lynch, Myrtle Jane Aughenbaugh, and Ina Anderson. Entertainment. Ival Newhard, Fred Musser and Ruth Winnes. Dei orations, Ival Newhard, Lewis Litterer, Sally Brandyberry, Helen DeVor, Bob Gay, Edythe Johnson. Mary Jane Short, Laura Lankenau, Rick Schug, Leonard Miller, Blanche Stevens, and Elva Anspaugh. Flowens, Dick Townsend, Sylvia Ruhl, Betty Frisinger, Beruadine Kolter, Fred Musser, and Ixirna McGill. Members of the sophomore class served the dinner. The servers included Eileen Burk. Virginia Miller, Kathryn Hower, Sara Jane Kaut’t-

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