Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 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 & Huh. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter Subscription Rates Single copiee j .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 Oue 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 Represcntati 3CREERER, INC. S 5 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 115 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana League of Home Dailies

Die democratic editors apologized because they couldn't have the President address them but promised to do so in two years. If the weather keeps up as it has the past week we won't need to shoot off any fire crackers to know we are at the season of Independence day. The republican wets are boosting Morrow for viee-President but tha L_ wil ' hardly work for two reasons. One is that Morrow will probably prefer his place in the senate and the other is that the drys will fight it until the cows, come home. Either Andrew Mellon or Bill Rogers is wrong. The former is strong for the moratorium and the latter thinks its a lot of huey. UstttHly we are str ong for Bill and titink his judgment is A-1 but in this* case. if it means as much as wejjtre told, we sure hope he is wrong. —i • . BfTsbane warns investors to be : careful about playing the market on ' the expectation that the rise of last ' week is permanent. Thats good S advice any time but not because.he 1 says so for we remember that for 1 years he used the slogan. "Don't 1 sell Amerii a short" —and these who * have the past two years are the 1 only stock gamblers who made any ' money. ' — _ 'Announcement is made that a 1 large order has been received in I the meter department of the Gen- 6 eral Electric plant at Fort Wayne, < sufficient to run the branch at < capacity for four months. Thats 1 fine news and every one hopes it > is the f irerunner of better bus- I iness. It will certainly be great ' when the mills are operating full c time again and any thing that a points that way is. good news for 1 those employed and every one else. • ■ t , The democratic editors have t closed a three-day session and re- i turned home with a lot of business f for the laundries. They had a good , time, settled a lot of questions, j political. eC ijoniic and otherwise t and the enthusiasm was of the - genuine kind that chows they expect to win an elect", n in Indiana next year. There were plenty of candidates for the various places

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to he filled on the ticket and talk about others, so that next year promises to be an exciting one along election lines. Several complaints have been re- • ceived bv city officials from part , ents who have been taking their ‘ children to Legion Park during the r afternoon and evenings because of , the obscene language and rough j actions of a crowd of boys and > young men. The names have been ) turned in and if the boys insist on > making tilings uncomfortable for I decent people, arrests will he made. I The park is not a loafing place for is for those who desire to enjoy it in the right manner.

‘‘lf there was ever a time when the newspapers could perform a real service for the United States, it is today — furthermore this applies to all groups of people, bankers, manufacturers, merchants amt wage earners. You need only to tell the people the simple truth. Statistics now indicate that business lias seen it worst, even though the recovery will be slow. Irrespective of what happens to the stock market in the next year, I am willing to stake my reputation, based on 30 years experience (11 that business has seen its worst; 12) that, although the change will be slow it will be in the right direction; and (3) that within a reasonable time this country will again enter a period of marked prosperity. In short, statistics today point lo another period of prosperity, the same as they three years ago point:d to the present period of depression—as you go back home tell your merchants that flow is the time to idvertise." — From an address to newspaper men by Roger Babson. The Indiana Taxpayers' Associaion is endeavoring to acquaint the axpayers with their rights and irivileges in the matter of levying axes, now that the time for makng the annual budgets is approachng. The taxpayers are protected text year to the extent that budgets, under a new state law are not o exceed those of this year, but tceause of an almost certain loss n the assessed valuation the levies ! ire likely to be higher. The Taxayers' Association is urging the I teople to study both the assessed | aluation and the tax rates, assertng that "to say that the tax rate or a cerain government unit has ieen reduced does not mean necesarily that the taxes have been reluced. In fact there are numerous uses where the cut in the rate has >en aecompanid by an actual inncrease in the amount of taxes ■aid, due to increased valuations n property taxes." In Henry ounty there will be a loss in ssessed valuation of approximatey $2,0u0.000. This means that the evies will be increased to provide he same amount of revenue as aised this year. It is therefore mperative that a close watch be ;ept on the budgets in order to .revent paying higher taxes next j car thdn this as is the purpose of he new state law. — Newcastle "imes-Courier. X

O — • Old Cars Destroyed When pullman cars become unfit for further service, rathe: than run any “hance of their being utilized I in any way whatsoever for trans portation purposes, as a safety measure the cars are destroyed, in other words, when the cars reach tlie point of retirement, they are dismantled of all parts that have any salvage value and tlie remain der of the cars burned nr other wise destroyed. o Hothouse for Every Pk nt To shelter them from chill ano peed their development every plant on some English truck farms is be mg provided with a'hothouse of its own. The hothouses take the form of forcing Jars of solid glass < ,r pyramid shaped metal frame* into which panes of glass are set ine Ja’>er t.pe Is the most popu lar because ,he panes can be re •’ ll(,p d if Rln.ltered. Each type pro ides tlie necessary ventilation through a hole In the top. Q. . Horseshoe Superstition Silversmiths, goldsmiths, cop persmiths and blacksmiths have al wms been held in a sort of mysterious renown. Their work of weld Ing and shaping had a good deal of , mystery in it which ministered to superstition. Some relics of this superstition made much of smiths, and their work, especially of their horseshoes in ’ater times.

Political Pot Eagerly Watched by 3 Democrats * * * * * * Triumverate of Party, Roosevelt, Smith, Raskob, Control Destiny; Which Is Strongest Only Time Will Reveal S Bi > ' 4 JU C , %. / \ fl k B T Jii Governor ” MT Alfred Fra m k li nj . g aOiPhE Smith Roosevelt F % m ——- ■/ r I eJoHMaJ RaSKOB Like the three sturdy legs v«hich uphold the kettle usually pictured as a political pot, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith and John J. Raskob stand as the three pillars supporting the structure of the Democratic Party, Which one of this triumvirate can exert the greatest strength on his ptrty will determine the flavor of the porridge which the Democrats are brewing as the piece de resistance at the 1932 national convention. Governor Roosevelt's supporters feel apprehensive lest former Governor Smith's silence on the question of the nomination indicates his own ambition to seek it. Raskob, as Democratic national chairman, is credited with holding the key to the entire situai'on. It is felt he may force Smith to work for and accept the nomination a second time to support Raskob's wet views. And the political pot keeps merrily simmering on.

Washington. June 29 —'Tis said' a watched pot never boils, but the ancient adage has a modern contradiction. If pots can be transferred from j their culinary associations to the j world of politics, there is one par-1 ticular piece of pottery which is | being anxiously scrutinized and yet ■ there's no doubt about it being; to break forth into a lusty boil any , moment. But ignoring musty adages for 1931 facts, among them the one that; the national political conventions i of the Democratic and Republican parties are only a comparatively, short distance away, one cannot escape how eagerly, nay, apprehensively, three leaders of the Demo-! cratic faith are watching the Simmerings on the old pot of politics.; They might even be likened to the familiar trio of stubby, yet j strong legs upon which great kettles .usually pictured as political pots .stand. The burning question is | which of the Democratic triumverate composed of Gov. Franklin I).! Roosevelt. Alfred E. Smith and John J. Raskob is the strongest I pillar underneath the party struc-. ture. Whoever is victor will Ite able to flavor the porridge being brewed, by the Jeffersonians to his own! taste. Mr. Roosevelt, as the only one I of the three actually holding an| elective office, that es Governor of' New York, lias the advantage which i such an office always gives. Mr.' Raskob, however, as Democratic nu tibial chairman, holds a strategic! position within the party which cannot be overestimated, and Al SnUtli,

TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY | From the Daily Democrat File |j Jure 29 —Decatur firemen go to Winchester to attend annual convention of Volunteer Firemen. Mrs. W. W. P. McMillen died suddenly last evening. Don Burk will deliver a sermon at Edgerton. Ind., this evening. Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Teeple is christened Helen Elizabeth. » Miller Brothers 101 wild west show will exhibit here August 3rd. Attorney L. C. De Voss shaves his 1 beard and few recognize him. Mrs. E. S. Moses and daughter will sail from New York next Tuesday for Rotterdam. Holland. Samuel Doak returns from a visit at Piqua. Ohio. John Didot is moving his jewelry stock to Geneva. Foundation is in for the new Waring Glove factory. o Panama’s Peculiarity Panama offers an “east Is Vest” parallel. Because of a giant bend in the narrow isthmus, where It is severed by the Panama canal, the sun rises in the Pacific ocean and sinks in'the Atlantic. Ships in the canal travel from west Io east to pass from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1931.

t standard-bearer of 1928, and broad- ■ castefi of considerable personal magnetism, is Till exceptionally I popular and powerful. While Governor Roosevelt ap- ; pears to be indifferent as to what former Governor Smith proposes to : do about 1932. Al's continued sil- , ence on the fateful subject is said ' :o be disturbing the Empire State ■ executive. Some are wont to say | that in he absence of any word to I the contrary.'Governor Roosevelt, who thrice presented Mr. Smith's | name to national conventions, must proceed on the assumption that Mr. ' Smith wants the Democratic- Prcsii dential nomination for himself and i nobody else. With Roosevelt and Smith treading the hot sands of uucertainity, Mr. Raskob is credited with holdI ing the ley to the entile situation. Rooseveltitites are arguing that Mr. ; Smith is under obligation to Mr. i Raskob and therefore if the national chairman wants him to become ; 'he companion of his wet theories 'it is incumbent upon Mr. Smith to seek the nomination. Mr. Roosevelt’s supporters are j convinced that none but the 1928 ; standard-bearers can meet the dripping wet views of Mr. Raskob and I they add to their worry by professing to foresee that Mr. Raskob is 1 so anxious to put over his wet plank j that he will go to any lengths to I nail them down on the Decocratic party platform. As the political pot continues to simmer along, maybe some of the troubles besetting the leading trio of the Democratic party will be [boiled out and disappear into thin air, even as does steam.

• — Lessons In English ■ < __— Words often misused: Do not ’| write. "1 have your favor of (date).” | Write. “I have your letter". Often mispronounced: Aviatrix. • I renounce a-vi-atriks, both a’s as in day, both isas in “it," accent third syllable. Often misspelled: Pore (to gaze i intently.) Pore (a minute opening, as in the ski::.) Pour (to discharge.) Synonyms: Testimony, affirma- , tion. confirmation, declaration, proof, evidence. Word Study: “Use a word three j’inies and it is yours.' Let us in,l crease our vocabulary by master ' ing one word each day. Today’s ■I ■ 1° Slut, as the appetite . I suffeit. “The most delightful pleasures i loy without variety.”— pubt ■ Hus Syrus. o— Longest English Word What is the longest word In the English language? Some say "hob orifieahiJltudlnity” — perhaps be cause Shakespeare used It. Others antidlsestubJislimentarlanism.” Rut Dr. Frank H. Vlzeteliy, well b*ftwn lexicographer—and he ought to know—gives the answer as: bypersymmetriocantiparallelepiped’callsationalographlcally." a word of ' flO letters, that is used, but only I rarely, tn mathematics.—Kansas I City Star. o G«t th# Habit—Traore at Home.

0 . o lockjaw weeks 0 0 Six hints lor a safe and sane July 4th ano given to the people of Indiana in a Bulletin issued today by the Indiana State Medical Association. These six hints are directed against tetanus (lockjaw 1 Ihe deadly infection which develops so often from wounds received from fireworks and firearms in Independence Day celebrations. Indiana State Board of Health figures show that eight persons died of tetanus during July in Indiana last year, more than in any other month. This» can be attributed to July 4th fireworks. Here are the hints for tetanus prevention: 1 See that every wound, particularly a punctured or lacerated Wound, receives prompt and thorough treatment. 2. Clean Ste wounds thoroughly so that all foreign matter should bo removed. if guh wadding or other foreign material has been driven into the wound don't try lo cleanse the wound yourself but call a physician. 3. Consult your physician immediately so that tetanus antitoxin may be administered. 4. Look upon gunshot wounds and those produced by blank cartridges with suspicion. Never omit prophylactic or preventive treatment with antitoxin following such wounds. 5. If you or one of your children should receive an injury from tireworks or blank cartridges, every precaution should lie taken to prevent lockjaw. Remember that anti-tetanic serum is a limited curative agent after symptoms of the disease develop but it is almost positive as a preventive agent if used promptly. 6. Such wounds should be eared for at once however trivial and insignificant they may appear to Lie. The safe method is the modern method. July 1 to July 16, as observed in past years, might with propriety go down in health history as Lockjaw Weeks" since between these dates cases of tetanus from wounds received in Fourth of July celebrations usually developed. From 1903 to 1909, throughout the United States, 901 persons died from tetanus following wounds due to Fourth of July accidents. Eighty percent of the deaths from tatanus during these years follow cd wounds inflicted by blank cartridges as gun wads are especially prolific of these tetanus organisms. The movement f<y a safe and sane holiday started in 1903 and was carried on for fourteen years by that great body of wise and patriotic Americans, the physicians of th- American Medical Association. Since 1916 we have had fairly sate and sane Fourth of July fes tivities and the members of the medical profession, in common with other good citizens, implore you to help maintain this status.

“Intpiration* in Church The daughter of a Havana cigni maker became 111, and her fathe: wefit to church to burn a candle He prayed so long that l.e went to sleep, and wl/<>n he awoke the candle had burned Itself out. | The shape of Its remains provided him tilth an Inspiration. “That •« the ideal shape of a cigar,” he said and going to the factory got some special leaves and first fashioned a cigar now famous. > —o Shr.eVs Companion The largest man-eating sharks sometimes attain a length of :fti to 40 feet. It is not true tlmt the fe male shark is Idind. The pilot-fish a member of the mackerel fiimlh and only about 12 Inches long, rtc companies ships nnd also sharks guiding the sharks to their food It swims dose In front of the shark but prohahly does tills to feed on fragments scifttered by the shark ami also to secure protection front its enemies. —o Subjects' Tribute to King Among the Gwarles end certain other tribes of Nigeria, who do not shake hands In any way whatever. It Is customary for a village klne or a chief to have a pile of ashej placed outside his door for the con venlence of his cullers, who. when they arrive, kneel before the entrance and proceed to throw ashes 3n their head and shoulders. In this condition, “clothed in sackcloth snd ashes," the visitor enters the king’s presence. • —' —o — Cold-Blooded Monarch It wns a cold, rainy day when the body of the Pompadour, mistress of l/mls XV nf France, was tnkei from Versailles to Paris sot burial Louis did not u< company the cortege. He stood Ht n palace window ns the procession started and without any expression of re gret or sorrow, said to nn attendant. “The marquise will have a very disagreeable day tor her jou--ney." — Changing Color of Gold ’i'lie color of gold can be changed by alloying It with various other metals. The old method was to alloy it with about five times as much silver, hut as such articles readily tarnished, a new process was introduced which does away with tlie use of s'lver. Certain base metals are adr. ’d to give ths white appearance, tte amount of gold and of alloy being the sams I as In the case of oj-Unary gold of various ?»-*ats.

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~ 4 ■ Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE ♦ (U.R) ♦ Working Height The proper working height for a kitchen table can be found by holding the upper part of the arm close to the body. Then bend the arm at the elbow. The correct height is the distance from the floor to the elbow minus two inches. Sandwich Filling When banana is used otfl*sand wiches, slice the fruit. Place on the bread and add a little lemon juice and a few raisins. SoVt Chamois Skin Do not rjnse the chamois skin after washing in soap and water, and it wil Iremain soft and pliable. o Industrial Museum* The American Association of M.r scums says that the Deutsches mu seum In Munich Is the largest Industrial museum In the world, and the second museum In this class is pmbahly the Science museum In London. There are many Industrial museums In Europe, hnt fewIn this country, Our largest Is the Museum of Science and Industry. Chicago, although we have a large commercial museum nt Philafiel phla. *

His Education I , take \ 6*l caf:eof v % w ’ now ■ - -VX Ja V)l k boy is counting on you to give him an equal chance with the other fellows. Have you considered a I rust fund for this purpose? By starting early and depositing a few dollars each pay day, you can guarantee your children a business or college education. Call-in some day and ask for particulars. Old Adams County Bank “The Frienlly Hank”

Modern Etiquette L By ROBERTA LEE 4 (U PJ < Q. When dining with a man-, does a woman give her order direct to the waiter? A. No; she gives it to her escort. Q. What article should a man never insist on carrying When walking with a woman? A. Her parasol. Q. What age must a young girl' be to have "Miss" before her name! on her cards? A. Sixteen. o — — Viewing Mi»-'ght Sun The midnight sun of Alaska ma;, i best be seen from the extreme northern part. In the vicinity o' Point Burrow, but since this Is a. most Inaccessible even In nildsum iner, visitors to Alaska usually see ■ this phenomenon from the region about Nome. In lhe Seward penin sula. The best time is mlds.im mer, sltx e it is at this Hine that the days are longest and the sun re mains higher In the sky o Man'* Standby Doomed Revolving doors for homes artnow suggested. Here goes down trodden man's last mode of self ex pression. You can't slam a revolv ; Ing door. — Arkansas Gazette.

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