Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1931 — Page 5

MTS FLIGHT ns INTEREST MALL NATIONS KjJ Follows Plans To wKain Further Air # Honors uHm U arf y w - Frantz, RiaNMeton. .lune IS. — (U.RI -— fco|n | l |l '‘ | T’li goes the world's follows — an axiom of x. JO ill'll! K eW"""''"" incidental to antc®l" <)f t,ie av > a tor's plan n»lSltt Japan and China. ■K, ir years have elapsed Kjßclbergh "hopped off from Field for a successful. KfSfliglit to Paris. The treim. rest that attended his flight has persist! d BuHni rs. i,, KK; : -I (■s. These have belied any | that the first trans-i Kdetitel exploit was merely the ! Kilt J hick. K W years since ho startled Kterl j he has been the object Kitl«F'"<l exploitation in every which he still is best' HHh tor his contributions to to the niTed Km* 11* 2 ” he soon embarked Eg Stu n-" ide tour, under aus Kg'S the Guggenheim FoundaKjAch aimed to build up pop- ■ kjr!-' in aviation—in a wmd. ■help -i.lv the public “air-mind eventful and safe ■ Miniated of great importance ■•■ re ii ..gement to common ml fa>v great effort, setni-diplo .i< ter, was a "good will LM'-v" and countries in the Mn legion. Although the |M(< purpose was friendly trip in fact proved the HB'-r of a far-reaching expan- ■ ■ American air-lines in the ■Kpiribbean tour started with flight from Washington |lM< '' City on December 13-14, ended with a 1.500-mile from Havana to St. Louis ■Mes about 9,000 miles, and it! in the same St. Louis" with which | HMg li had flown the Atlantic. MK> gh's next important conto the progress of aviation I ' uisnltant engineer in tin-

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aii-and-mai. service, which was in■augurated successfully. In 1929 Lindbergh piloted the inauguration of an airline down th" i Antilles to<Paramaribo, Dutch Gul-' 'JaXS, the nolttl coast of South l! In the next year Lindbergh had 1“ new thrill in store for the eoun pry a teat which he shared with his 11 wife, Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh soon to participate in his fortunes on the Far Eastern flight. The couple left Los Angeles in the morning, stopped at Wichita Kan., in the afternoon for refueling, and the same night hurtled into Roosevelt Field, N. Y„ for a new i trans-continental record. The flight of about 2,700 miles was made in 14 hours 45 minutes 20 seconds, at |an average of 180 miles per hour, ! beating the previous record of jCapt. Frank M. Hawks by 2 hours I •’J minutes and 44 seconds. ' The Lindberghs’ transcontinental .flight was made at high altitudes, from 10,000 to 15,000 feet, and for the announced purpose, “to test the theory that airplane speed and I efficiency are to be sought above Istor mareas, in rare atmospheres." | This achievement kept the Lind|berghs at the peak of national esteem, from a technical as well as .popular standpoint, it proved to 'aviation authorities that Lindbergh | was not inclined to “stand still” in jliis profession, but disposed to press onward for new successes which would be of practical value to aviation. Aviation experts now are con-, vinced that Lindbergh’s" Far Hast-1 ern flight aims at specific technical | results of which the public has not I yet been fully appraised. The flight, therefore, will command the attention of technicians as well as of the masses in many countries who find in “Lindy's exploits," a serial story of never-fading interest. o Queer Custom “At n foreign wedding I attend , ' say a correspondent, “the bride was given a pomegranate to throw on the floor. What was the significance?" It is an eas-ern svmnot. The number of seeds is held to indicate tlie size of tlie family to be established. ——————-— Birds Seels Clock in Fog During a recent heavy and pro- I hrngod fog i„ Pais | py Scotland. I nocks of birds were attracted to I the Illuminated dock dial at Sher. I wood Church, and there ttiev could | be seen seated on tire hands and : ■ clinging to the numerals for hours. I * Chances and Crowds There are more opportunities in j a great city, but you have to lick 1 more men in order to get at them. ’ —New Castle Nows.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1931.

IOWA COLONY PROSPERS UNDER RUSSIAN PLAN Communistic Idea Carried Out for Many Generations by Germans Ry Gene Gillette United Press Staff Correspondent Amana, la., —(UP) —A communistic colony similar in many was to the government of Soviet Russia has prospered here in the heart of America for generations. The colony is made up of seven units harboring upward of 1,200 persons and has existed with communism as the standard of living since the colony first was established by German immigrants. Every person in the colony is entitled to a living from the colony, under the Russian-like theory. To make subsistence possible the industrious colonists farm m6re than 2.500 acres of land, raise livestock and manufacture tires and woolen products. Spurn Modern Methods Contrary to the Russian desire for the latest in scientific achievements, the colonists here are reluctant to adopt modern inventions. It was only recently that the oxteams were replaced by tractors I and until a short time ago bobbed i hair was-under * strict taboo. Also in contrast to the Soviet system. the Amana communists are highly religious. Over each of the seven units a hoard of trustees presides and an organization of the elder men in the cominpnty, known as the great council settles matters concerning i the entire group. College Educations Included in such problems would be the question of allowing a young boy or girl to attend colleg. If properly fitted the applicant would be approved by the great council and sent to a finishing school to study the subject of his choice at the expense of the community. Only one obligation attaches itself to the education i. e., the young ! person must return to the colony I after graduation. The great council is employing ; l strict measures to prevent disinte- i I gration of the colony, but located j I as it is with anti-communistic prin- | ciple in pra< tice on every side many j of the younger generation have left the home of their forefathers. In the past decade the population I 1 has decreased more than 300.

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By HARRISON CARROLL. I Copyright. 1931. Premier Syndicate, Inc. 1 HOLLYWOOD, Ca!., June 00— January is a long while off, but Bert Wheeler says he will not re- , new his Radio Picture Contract at that time. WB ■ The com edian, who was *•' a Follies hcad- <- linerand vaudeville star be7K. fore he entered the talkies and ■Mt JK jP* teamed up with ® Robert Woolsey, expects to Eddie go back to the Cantor. stage under the auspices of George White. His vehicle will be a musical comedy. Several things enter into Wheeler’s decision. In the first place, he believes, w’ith Eddie Cantor, that every actor should constantly renew his direct contact with audiences. Then he has an idea if he stays on the screen he may wear out his welcome. The prospect of five pictures in 1932 (he says this is Radio’s proposition) fills him with misgivings. With a good deal of logic he argues you can’t make five good comedies in a year. The net for the moment at least, is the proposed vacation from pictures. As to whether he would go through with the idea in the face of a sufficiently, handsome -K-O, your guess is as good as mine. LATEST GOSSIP. The romance between Fill Dorsay and Terrence Ray is on again, or was w’hen this was written. Fifi still talks about returning to the stage or going to Pari=. Or she may accept an offer with some other company than Fox . . . Speaking of this studio, Edmund Lowe already is negotiating for a new agreement. His contract is up in the Fall. Last time, Fox had to snatch him away from Pathe at the last moment . . . The Thulbcrg beacn mansion will be completed in August. It has a nursery for the baby and a projection-room . . . Latest cinema favorite to plan a trip to Honolulu is Warner Baxter. Dorothy Mackaill already has sailed and ribbed reporters by introducing a new boy friend . . . I ' Strange things happen in Holly- ; ; wood. Bobby Vernon and Lee Moran, favorites of yesterday, are| Fact switches LEAGUE’S WORK | Geneva, — (UP) — ; The Kellogg! pact has placed the League of Nations in an embarrassing position, i As all members of (he League! have definitely agreed to aholisn l war, the League can no longer log- < I icallv take steps to prevent war. Any further measures in that direction would be a tafeit admission that despite the Kellogg pact, war i has not vet been abolished and that he signalt.re of all the League mem | hers to the pact carries no weight. ! Th" first League organization to

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fdoing bit parts in the new Wheel- l er-Woolsey comedy. This isn’t I right. Both of these players are j excellent comedians, as good today as they ever were. Look at I Slim Summerville. He came back. then the fun began. Sam Mintz tells the story of the well dressed actor who went into a Hollywood restaurant and ordered an expensive dinner. When the last course was finished he sent for the manager. “How are you?’’ he asked. “Do ' you remember the fellow who came in here about two months ago and ■ offered to leave his watch in pay- | ment for a dinner; and do you recall you had two burly waiters throw him out, instead? “Well, that fellow was a good friend of mine.” “I’m sorry, sir,” apologized the ' manager. “Sometimes those things I are unavoidable. But is there any- ! thing I can do for you?” “Yes,” sighed the actor. “I’m i afraid I’ll have to trouble you again.” STAGE SENDS ANOTHER. It develops that Jill Esmond I will come out here to play in ! “Every Girl,” instead of “Strange i Women,” for which she originally was signed by Radio Pictures. An attack of appendicitis came along to detain her in New York, just as she was due to start re- [ hearsals on the latter filpu But i it’s an ill wind that blows no- I body good, fori Betty Compson grab bt; d the j/ A W part. “Every U ~ ® Girl” is an orig- & “ inal, bj' John ML ; ! Howard Lawson, about a country KG lass who comes to the big city y ' «e| an d innocently x jßWfel 1 skirts its pitfalls 17... JaMsfelKll until her lover MmMBBMRe , can come to the | rescue ' Betty Ricardo Cor- Compson tez plays a bad boy of the skiscraper canyons. I Incidentally, Miss Esmond’s’hus- i band, Laurence Olivier, has preceded her to Hollywood to take a part in “The Sphinx Has Spoken.” i DID YOU KNOW That Fifi, Dorsay used to be a | translator for a commercial con- ; cern in Montreal before she decided : j to become an actress? • ind itself face to face with this' j situation is the commission appoint-' ! ed to draft a new international convention for strengthening the' ! means to prevent war. As the commission decided that I it cotild not logically admit, since I the advent of tlie Kellogg pact, that ! the possibility of war exists, it de--1 tided to confine its efforts to' i strengthening measures that mgibt i i be taken in the case of "threats of I i war.” The convention prepared by thei commission, therefore, merely pro-' | vides that all signatories shall a-1 gree to accept in advance whatever I measures may be recommended by i the League councl in the case of | a “threat of war.” —‘ a 8.8. Ointment for Eczema i

Card of Thanks We wish in this manner to express our sincere thanks and apipreciation to the neighbors and friends for the rmany kind acts, the ministers so rthelr consoling words those who sent floral offerings, and i those who so kindly assisted ' '

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us durnig our recent bereavement. Mrs. August Schemnan and family 0 — Sun Baths at Harvard Cambridge, Mass. — ((J.R) — Dartmouth students wear shorts on the campus, but Harvard undergraduates appear in them only on the roof of Claverly Hall, a dormitory. ■ ■

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■ I Clad in shorts, many Harvard boys are enjoying sun baths atop tho building this season. o "Violent” !• the Word Onions are said to throw off violet rays Maybe, hut not violet odors. —Boston Transcript.