Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 17 June 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. JI. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Filtered at the Postoffice at Decacur, Indiana, as second class matter Subscription Rates Single copies $ .02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier 5.00 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 Indiana League of Home Dailies

TAXES FOR 1932: There’s always a lot of talk about reducing taxes and frequently sincere efforts have been made to cut budgets and expenditures. It's no secret however that despite these good intentions, tax rates are steadily climbing throughout the state. The trouble with talking about reducing taxes is that too often we let it end there. There is only one way to reduce and that is by holding down improvements and reducing appropriations. This year, more than at any previous time, individuals, manufacturers, and business establishments are trying to reduce overhead. A reduction of income, unsteady employment and less business has made it necessary for all to try to keep incomes in balance with expenditures. In Adams county the total tax bill this year for all purposes, including state, county, township, municipal government, road and school levies is $879,862.12. At the annual convention of the Indiana Banker's Association held last week a noted economist urged that taxes be reduced 20 per cent., next year. . Incomes of farmers, individuals 7L and many merchants have been “7 "reduced that much or more and ''' why not reduce taxes, one of the •»- fixed charges in the overhead of every individual? «« . A reduction of 20 per cent, in the 'total tax bill in Adams county would ’mean a great saving to every tax- **** payer. For every $3,100 of public money expended, a levy of one cent — -on the hundred dollars must be — made in the county general levy. — Proportionately the same rate ap- _ plies to townships, municipalities and school units, based on the valu.titions in those units. Budgets will be prepared in "7 .August by the different taxing units "and. thought should be given by PuJjUc officials to reduce expend!- «• tures, where possible. The pruning •

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may change present programs, but that is the only way to reducte. If a taxing unit spent $50,000 last year and levies the same amount next '■ year, there will be no reduction. -. And it's no easy job. '■ Many persons thought they could | not live on less than $2,500 a year, •’I but are now getting by on SI,OOO r a year. So with public budgets. It the appropriations are reduced we j will have to lower expenditures. 1 Public officials from state officers > ) down to township trustees will give ; serious consideration to making ) their budgets for next year and the • 92 county councils in the state might get the pruning knives ready in case reductions have not been made by the various departments i fixing tax rates. The Republicans have fired their first big guns in the campaign. Mr. Hoover has said his explanation of things in general and Senator Watson has let it be known, blushingly, that he will if coaxed just a little accept the nomination for senator. But its a year until the battle really starts and in the meantime there will have to be more evidence of benefits to be derived from a longer reign of the great engineer or the ballot revolt will be complete. It doesn't pay to get too pert even w hen you are full of white | mule. Bob Bryant of Auburn ran his car into a ditch and when Judge Endicott came along he gave him a cussing. The next day he was summoned to court, fined a dollar and cost, sent to the penal farm thirty-five days and his driving license suspended for a year, which | is just about what he had coming. There seems to be quite a lot of propaganda favoring an increase in freight rates and there is probably no way to stop it if they insist, but how will that prevent the people from using other means of conveyance to even a greater ex- l tent than at present. Unless they offer some competition the railways will continue a steady loss of business. Mr. Coolidge had the nerve to compare Harding to the immortal Lincoln, declaring they had many traits in common. Os course they did both eat and sleep and hold office, but they did all of them entirely different and about every thing else if history is true, but then the speakers had to say something. If J. Ham Lewis has a mind to do it, he can make the Hoover speech of yesterday sound rather ridiculous and he will have the opportunity when he speaks to the Democratic editors at Gary next week. Listen in and you may enjoy it. Al Capone admits his guilt, both ;as to defrauding the government on I his income tax report and to conI spiracy to defeat the prohibition I I laws. Bet that’s a big surprise to the enforcement officers. The enthusiasm at the Hoover meeting Monday sounded as though it might be of the canned variety and had been carried over from 1928. The indictments against Capone and his gangsters contain five thousand charges and that’s only half of one per cent of what could have been dug up. 0 ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS I J . Below are the answers to the test questions printed on page two n i 1. Mother of G&orge Washington. 2. Department of Justice. 3. Mexico. 4. Bering Strait. f. Peanuts. •>. The Empire State Building in New York City. 7. Patrick Henry. 8. Christian X, of Denmark and ' Iceland. 9. Zero. 1 10. Oscar Wilde.

~-and the Worst is Yet to Come ~I 7 —I— «ft Wma £ HR fill . Si Iki.llillLiilly^r^^i.;...hll.i IJIH, 1 ■ ■ fe* > 1 ♦ Mrs. Thomas Haefling and son TWENTY YEARS George visiting here. ACO THII AV Peter Stein of Lima, Ohio is lookq AViU luDAI |i ng U p o | ( | friends in Decatur. From the Daily Democrat File o * » of iwJi?!'” Kathel j“ e H Lessons In English * or Osgood, Indiana is in charge oi a ® “missing word" contest for the , ... ... n Words often misused: Do not say Daily Democrat. ... . „ . . . . . .. I shall be back next Monday. A twelve pound son born to Mr. s ... . .. and Mrs. Luther Boyers of Palo Alto I* . California. » Otten mispronounced: - Legisxviiiiu.v, .■ i lative. Pronounce lej-is-lativ, eas foreman f ’ • ‘v ln " lpd ß e -’' and frst syllable. . a” 13 " ’ S Oft ' n misspelled: Trestle; obguest of the local homestead. serve th(l n dilnaMß Juh dt 4th. lH I Syn ™ yms: f resh ’ sou,ld ’ unfad ’ , ... e<l- ruddy, good. Adam Weis elected chief patri- «r- j ..r i> \ Word study: Ise a word three arcn or the Reier Encampment. L. . .. , „ i 1 I times and it is yours,’'Let us innool board awards contract for <. . , rnunirino . - Rzx ik-i »• < crease our vocabulary by mastering repairing central school building to .. u , Man and Christen for $990. <d h day J <,<lay S W °'“ : F. B. Tague .loses out his Fort = ® U ,^ rnU^; eXC f BS ’ Wayne shoe store. ,‘ n the , tro P IC * th<!re i 8 “ redun4. 632 divorces granted in Indiana during 1910 and 30.677 marriage' ° ’ licenses issued. Get the Habit—T. a ge a> Home.

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By HARRISON CARROLL, HOLLYWOOD, Cal., June 00.— Credit Samuel Goldwyn with another discovery.

Deviating from his usual European trips which resulted in stardom for Vil in a Banky and Lily Damita, G o 1 dwyn obtained his newest protege from the studio lot. Wander ing through the wardrobe department of the United Artists Studio, his eyes fell on Hazel ’ Witter working behind a sew>r.g machine

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macnine. The executive asked Miss Witter if she would like to take a test. 1 he result was that she was signed to a part, with an option which may lead to a long-term contract and featured roles. Previously more than 2,500 pirls had been interviewed I ", v the . Production department to find the twelve most beautiful girls in Hollywood. Eleven had ' been selected to play in Eddie Cantor’s “Palmy Days,” and the search was on for the remaining one. Miss Witter, who studied art at the University of Nebraska, came to Hollywood three years ago. She has been attending a local school, studying costume designing in conjunction with her work in the atudio’s wardrobe. FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS. From Eddie Cantor comes the story about a man who had been ailing for some time. Finally he sought out a physician. After an examination the doctor informed him that, above all, he would have to be quiet. “And so,” finishes Eddie, “he went into business.” LATEST GOSSIP? It has been decided and okey'd by Charles Rogers, Pathe’s boss, that George Duryea becomes Tom Keene for his forthcoming series of westerns. What a lot of room for puns this offers. . .Fred Niblo, Jr., who has been writing on the dialogue of “Street Scene," has been signed to a Paramount contract .. . Due to freak camera work, Bela Logosi will appear 8 feet tall in his forthcoming characterization of “Frankenstein.”.. .Alfred Lunt and Lymn Fontanne. stars of the New York production of “The Guardsman," arrive at M.-G.-M. Friday to resume their respective roles in the screen production of

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•fthe play.. .The Harold Lloyds wil. move into their new beach home ‘ on the 15th... Excitement reigned on the “Fanny Foley Herself” set in the Hollywood Hills yesterday, when a rattlesnake made an appearance. Mel Brown, direo ! tor, did away with the reptile, which proved to have 12 buttons ... Having a few days off between pictures, Richard Arlen and Jobyna ; Ralston are cruising to Ensenada on their yacht His next is “No One I Man,” and co-features Carole LomI bard ..Tom Buckingham, writer and former director, has been I signed by Howard Hughes to complete the direction of the air comedy, “Ground Hogs,” which Edward Sedgewick started. WHOOPS! On the call-board at Fox yesterday was the announcement, “On the set at 9a. m.— Emma Pinck--ert.” It was intended for Ernie Pinckert. U. S. C.’s All-American halfback, who is appearing in “The Brat.” QUITE POSSIBLE. Speaking of “The Brat,” Director John Ford visited the local . night court to absorb atmosphere for a similar setting in his picture, i While there he took three law offenders for his picture with the . promise that he would put them to j work. “And," remarked John when they showed up for work the next morning, “1 wonder if someone will tell me they’re not the typo.” LOY REMAINS AT FOX. There's an old Hollywood custom of re-signing people after they have once been taken off the contract list. Such is the case of Myrna Loy, who has been signed for a part by Fox after they failed to take up

her option. 8 She is to a furnish the exy otic allures in I “Sky line,” I which features J Thomas Meigh- | an and Maureen O’Sullivan. Sam Taylor is directing. This title has been cast almost as often as a player. It has served as a working title

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for at least three pictures, but is definite for the Meighan-O'Sulli-van vehicle, as the story background is New York and its skyscrapers. DID YOU KNOW That Evelyn Brent made her theatrical debut in London in a ,play directed by John Cromwell T

* BIG FEATURES OF RADIO • « Wednesday’s 5 Best Radio Features Copyright 1931 by UP. All C.S.T. W’EAF (NBC network) 6 p. m. — Bobby Jones. WJZ (NBC network) 7 p. m.— The first Nighter. WABC (CBS network) 7:30 p.m. —Arabesque. WABC (CBS network) 8:45 p.m. —Negro Quartet: Orchestra. W&AF (NBC network) 9:15 p.m. —Vincent Ixipez Orchestra. Thursday's 5 Best Radio Features Copyright 1931 by UP. All C.S.T. WABC (CBS network) 5 p. m.— Kate Smith: Orchestra. WJZ (NBC network) 6 p. m. — Dixie Spirtual Singers. WEAF (NBC network) 8 p. m. D. A. Rolfe Orchestra. WEAF (NBC network) 9:15 p.m. —Gene Austin: Orchestra. WABC (CBS network) 9:45 p.m. Radio Roundup; Orchestra, Organ. Friday’s Best Radio Features (Copyright 1931 by United Press) Central standard time throughout W’EAF (NBC network 4:4s—Little Jack Little. WJZ (NBC network) 5:30 —Phil Cook. WABC (CBS network) 6:ls—Barbershop Quartet. WEAF (NBC network) 8:30 — Theater of the Air. WABC (CBS network) 10coOrchestra. : —o Saturday's 5 Best Radio Features Copyright 1931 by UP. AH C.S.T. WEAF (NBC network) 4 p. m.— Black and Gold Room Orchestra. WEAF (NBC network) 5:30 p.m. —Ted Lewis and Clowns. WABC (CBS network) 6:30 p.m. —Male Chorus. WABC (CBS network) 8 p. m.— Show Boat. WJZ (NBC network) 9:30 p. m. —Kremlin Art tjuintet; Orchestra. o ♦ « Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ W.PJ ♦, Q. Should the crest on white stationery be stamped without color, or is gold or silver better? A. Without color is preferable. Q. If one drops a knife, or napkin, i while at the table, what should he | do? A. Let the waiter pick it up. Q. At a wedding who furnishes the ushers with their boutonnieres? A. The bridegroom. o I Household Scrapbook I | By UROBERTA j-EE (U.R) ♦ Scorched Spots To remove scorched spots wet the stain and rub soap onto it. Spread in a hot sun and cover with a paste of starch and water. Repeat process if necessary. Shirts Shoe bags and laundry bags can be made from the tails of old shirts. When these bags have served their time, they can be used for dusting cloths. Parsley Keep parsley or fresh mint in airtight mason jars and it will keep fresh for several days. o WREN NEWS The band concert Saturday evening was enjoyed by a large crowd of people. Jane and Buddy Bouers of Lorain are spending the summer with their grand mother, Mrs. J. L. Moser. Reginald Clifton a student of Columbus arrived home Friday evening to spend the vacation months with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clifton, he was accompanied by hia classmate S’erling Denning who will spend the week in the Clifton home before returning to his home in London. Ohio. Gerald Clifton of Van Wert was also a guest of his parents over Sunday. Clarence Feigley and Zella Tope visited Sunday in the Gross Tope home and attended the children’s day program in the Methodist church of Bobo Sunday evening. Mis. Lloyd Callow has returned

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home after spending a few days. with her sister Mrs. Harold Whittun of Akron Ohio. Mrs. Otto Sheets of Gladwin Michigan is visiting her mother Mrs. Poling who is bed fast. Mrs. ElizabethMcMicneal visited fast week with her sister Kate Bowen. Mr. and Mrs. Geo Dull and Mr. and Mrs. Clark Frisinger spent Thursday of last week with Rev. and Mrs. V. J. Sullivan of Custer Ohio. Mrs. Laura Stewart was a recent visitor with relatives in Marion. Mrs. Artie Jackson and Miss Mabel Sprunger ot Bobo visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence j Chronister. Clifford Oeschsle of Grand Rapids Michigan is visiting with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Oeschsle. Mr. and Mrs. George Raney and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ixmgenberg of Fort Wayne spent Sunday with Mrs. Eva Moser. Mrs. Raney and Mrs. Longenberg also called on Lu-1 la DeVinney Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Hurless of 1 Willshire spent Sunday in Wren i and attended morning services at, the U. B. Church. Mrs. Russel had as her guests the , past week the Martin Feigert child- > ren of Van Wert. The following Relatives recently | visited 1n the Frank Stand|ford | home. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Chapman ! of Fort Wayne Ind. Mr. and Mrs. P., C. Whitner of Wooster, Mrs. C. J. I Strohm and Mrs. H. M. Webb of; Oiniiie, Miss Francis Standiford ac-j companed them to Ornlle where, she will be a guest of her sister Mrs. Warren Morris. Mrs. Morris' was before her marriage Miss Lois Standiford of this place A number of friend and relatives gathered at the G. W. Tumbleson home Sunday in honor of Mr. TurnMeson'S birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Osa Carten and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wittenberger attended the funeral of a relative in Rockford Monday afternoon. , Mrs. Prestig wife of RerJ-’rank Prestig is recovering nicely from her recent operation. Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Gehens have moved to the farm of his father east of Wren. o A Guide to Others "Any man,' 1 said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “con tench the rules of proper moral conduct, but no ninn can be relied on to follow all his own teachings."—Washington Star.

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