Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1931 — Page 3

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nfrio* styles IjO '" ! ' - ' lU ' R) Lacquered ladles is the conOMM ~f hairdress•:..ii. Taris. With ■Mg , ~nvi« tions. An-1 Ij designed an elaborate, •veiling. What he has in-1 causing much talk. He] oral hair and mounts it] a very fine silk jersey , I He dresses it, first, j lacquers it, and it can be ] jrai times without being] •r again. Little twists I head, and a rim or two] I and two forward curls ! j face. de wig that has underjonversion to modernity | r of his evening expres,legant hair arrangement. ’ ive. the color of a first n spring, is the shade of; starts with. Simplicity i e front, to enhance the' ciditv of feature, but the ] arranged in a series of | ous curls, all going in ] direction. At the nape ] ck four sections of hair ' appearance of being. irougli spools, but the | • also of hair. A trans-. lirnfsh over the finished rt produces the effect of , English walnut. "*■. I s third bizarre offering ’ r evening wear employs curls that are jet-black, i es the hair smoothly' • forehead from temple and further back on the a thicker and longer, listing it two or three 1 he manner of an Empire ] e ends of the forehead' 1 the heavier twist turn ng frontwards. ■»W ! '*■ little pothooks tneir minds and ’ 'he '!,■< k for DAUGHTER party M HK' a ’ . 'it M- rcer avenue, daughter. Patsy, the her seventh birthI anjyrsary. Guests at the asIr incMß- I playmates of the hon-| ,M gW The MB'. ■••ok place on the porch i ‘ the-Arald home, where boasts of »•■!'• garden flowers formtaejji ation Hames were '•’Til, Al Patsy received a numr of JBity birthday gifts. and favors each of the guests. were Donna and Catherine Baxter. lnn V Jaqtteline Kelly, Catherr Ag W" ! - ' ' Lou 11,1(1 Marie y \ bam . Mary KathGarard. ' ' guests and serving ' Dorothy Little. Marie and Melba Kraft. inoßguests ITH Onner party evening r party of prettv liuiioring Sister f'at- ’ " and Catechist teaching at ' enjoying here. re laid for Mr. and \lberding and family. Mdler ami daughter ’ and the honored a«t Ke. '' the " 11,1,1 s,intiay ' ai,k---l«B !1 '""' ial 1 '■* l I- in

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I CLUB CALENDAR — Thursday Zion LAitheran Ladies Aid Society schoolhouse 1 p. in. Baptist Women’s Missionary So- : ciety, Mrs. Clarence Hilyard, 2:30 . ' p. tn. . I Christian Ladies Aid Society, Mrs. William Engle 2:3v p m. Tri Kappa Summer Dance, Deca- ! fur Country Club, 9 p. m. M E. Ladies Aid Society, church . ’ parlors, 2 p. m. Friday Monroe M. E. Missionary Society Ice Cream Social, parsonage lawn, 17:30 p. in. (CST) ENTERTAINS PLAYMATES WITH BIRTHDAY PARTY Little Miss Phyllis Jean McFarI land, daughter of Mr. and Mrs - ! Gregg McFarland entertained a , I group of her playmates, Wednesday ' afternoon, with an out of door party i |the occasion being her sixth birth-] i day anniversary. .' Games were played on the lawn] of the McFarland home on Monroe' ■ street, after which refreshments f I ! were .served. Candy suckers were I given the children as favors. ■ ! ROOT TOWNSHIP CLUB HOLDS MEETING The Root township 4H Girls Club : met at the home of Mrs. Dale Moses ' Wednesday afternoon. After the business meeting and work period, refreshments were served by MrsMoses. assisted by Mrs. Sherman , i Kunkel. , ' Those present were the Misses .'Helen and Ardis Britzenhofe. Edna , i Beane, Phyllis Hoagland. Elizabeth' , Vera, and Avonel Biehold, Margue- ! rite Kitson, Gwendolyn Parrish.] I ' Mary Jane, Harriet, and Sanna I Kunkel, Alice Jane Archbold. Alma ] June Wynn, Betty Flisinger. MarII garet Moses and Eleanor Johnson. ORCHESTRA TO PLAY AT ICE CREAM SOCIAL j The Monroe orchestra will fur- ; nish music at the. Ice Cream so< ial 1I to be given by the ladies of the Missionary Society of the Monroe] Methodist Episcopal church, Fri- ] day evening. The affair will be I . given on the parsonage lawn, and , . iwil begin at seven-thirty o'clock' .I (Cent.al Standard time). Home! I made ice cream and home made! , I cake will be offered for sale. Every- i . ] one is invited to attend. . The annual reunion of the Rich- . aids family will be held Sunday, September 6. at Sun Set Park, rain ! or shine. ( I The Pleasant Mills M. E. Ladies Aid society will hold an ice cream . and watermellon social on the . school house lawn, tomorrow, Fri- . day evening and the public is’ cor- , dially invited. MRS ROBERT STRICKLER SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY Mrs. Robe.t Strickler was plea-' santly surprised at her home on I South Tenth street, Wednesday evening, when several of her relatives and friends at rived at her . home with well filled baskets, and . assisted her in celebrating her • birthday anniversary Covers were laid at the dining table for Mr. and Mrs. Wred Hantmond, Mr. and Mrs. Fri-d Stauffer , Mr. and Mis. Francis Howell and son Billy. Miss Gladys Whitright, ! Boh Hammond, Paul Strickler, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strickler all . of ’his city and Miss Helen Shirk of I Fort Wayne Mis. Strickler who was Miss Ruth Hammond before her recent marriage, received a number of pretty ! birthday gifts. Following the supper . the evening was spent in a social ! manner. — . HONORS SON , WITH DINNER PARTY Mrs. L. B. Smith entertained with a dinner party at her home at Berne, Wednesday evening honoring the second birthday of her son, John Leslie, The dining table was centered with a birthday cake on wh'ch two blue candles burned. A chicken dinner was served to the following guests: Mrs. Clara Anderson. S. W. Hale of this city; Mr and Mrs. Joseph Anderson of Geneva,

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and Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Smith and 1 children. The honored guest received many pretty birthday gifts BOARD PLANS TO STUDY CASE I CGN T| N UaD FRUM PAGE ONE) right. Chasey said after reading a communication which Judge Smith sent in defense of his action. "I am writing him a letter thanking him for his communication.’’ CHINESE OPEN MORAL SOCIETY . ! Nanking, —(HP)—Two buildings • now have been completed here by the Chinese National Officers’ Moral Endeavor Association, frankly modeled upon the Young Men’s Christian Asssociation .except that it has no religious connections. A third building, a dormitory with accomodations for 250 men, under ■ construction, and will be oftned in October. The main building, just completed, is three stories high, of I Chinese architecture adapted to I modern construction, with offices, la library and reading room, a cafeteria and a billiard room. The < afi teria is believed be .. tlie first in China which serves only : Chinese foot), and is one of 'he , first of any kind. It can serve as I many as'lft.OOO persons simultaneously. • I Colonel F. C. Huang, direetpr-gen- , I era! of the association, is a graduate of Vanderbilt' and Columbia Uni'-■t.-ities and took a course in the V. M. C. A. secretarial scheol in Cleveland, where he obtained many ideas used in organizing the assoi ciation The physical director S. F. ] ('hang, also is a returned student i from the United States. o i Cook Pound (Juilty i Vernon, July 23 —(UP) —Lawrence Cook, charged with slaying 1 his wife, was convicted by a circuit court jury heie today on a first degree murder count, and was seni tented by Judge Frank A. Garner to serve the remainder ot his life in . state pt ison. The jury deliberated but 40 minutes. Cook showed no emotion when the verdict was read. Mrs. Cook’s body was found in I the wreckage of their auto Thanks- . giving day, 1929. Cook was found , I dazed by the side .of the road. ,'The state Introduced testimony to . | show that Mrs. Cook was murdered I ] and her bofty placed in the wreck- : 1 a «e- . I 0 Mrs. Anna Laman Is Rebekah Lodge Official Mrs. Anna I. Laman of Battle Creek, Michigan and a former resi- ’ dent of Decatur, became the noble 1 grand of Friendship Rebekah lodge, tone, in Battle Creek, at the installai tion services which were held Friday evening in the I. O. O. F. 1 lodge 29 The former organization is the first group of Rebekahs organized. About 300 Rebekahs and Odd Fellows and friends attended the public installation of officers of the two organizations, and decorations included garden flowers. i Following the installation, cere- ] monies a program of speeches was given. Gifts were presented various office: s of the lodges, and aI mong Mrs. Laman's gifts were an a.ni bouquet from her daughters Naomi and Neva Laman, and other baskets and bouquets of flowers from friends. o i Camera Rival On West Coast i l Seattle, July 24.— (U.R) —Primo : Camera, giant pugilist, who bowls over his opponents with jabs on i top of the head, may meet his • equal in size w and weight if the plans of Biddy Bishop, athletic club ' manager here, turn out as expectl ed. Bishop has under his wing one Garth Van Campen, of Seattle. The 20-year-old youth is six feet, seven inches tall, weighs 237 pounds, has a chest measuring 46 inches, waist ’ 33, biceps 16% and. wears a size • 14% shoe. , Van Campen knows little about i boxing, but he's learning fast, and i Jack Dempsey has asked Bishop • for the first chance to use th» ! young giant. He is not the only large member 1 of his family. His father is six , feet four, weighing 228 pounds, and his mother five feet, ten, weighing 178 pounds. -He has a sister six feet tall, weighing 240 pounds, and a six-foot, 190-pound brother. ] o . Cornstalk 65 Feet Tall Walnut Ridge, Ark. — (U.R) — A stalk of corn 65 feet tall is growing here. It is growing through the steeple of the court house. 1 0 ; Firewood For Refuse Berlin.—(U.R) —An automatic machine here returns a small quantity of firewood when potato peelings oi other usable refuse is poured inltd it.

Michigan Cherry and Peach Crops Eliminate Depression fl i f . -y Sl' Y'Bfl JIMP I If i i I- J MB I C. ' ■ Wi ... Governor and Mrs. Wilbur M Brucker of Michigan photographed tn Chicago where they are attending the convention of the Women's Benefit Association. In an interview Goveror Brucker said that the vast ' hefry and peach crops of Michigan would eliminate all fear of depression in that state.

DRY PADLOCKS ON 55 SALOONS Hurley, Wis,, —(UP) — Federal padlocks bar entrance to 5 saloons! along six blocks of Silver street. : full length of the main thorough- 1 are. in this pay-day playground of pmberjaeks and iron miners. Depression had hit these places before the prohibition agents did heir worst. What trade is left does not have to be spread among so many saloons now. Lumbering activities were at a 1 standstill in this region last winter. Iron mines across the border in Michigan are operating on curtailed ! schedules. All these conditions re-j duced business in saloons and gambling places. Hit: ley saw its first major raid Dec. 28. 1920. when half a hundred investigators started padlock ac-l tiohs against 59 places. Judge■ Claude Z- Lose, in federal court,l later held that the search warrants] were illegal and the raids were in-' effective. Exactly six years later, nine fed-' eral prohibition agents raided 29 places, leaving padlocks as belated ' Christmas gifts. Two other raids in May and June. 928, closed some of the places for one year. The last occasion of this sort, resulting in the present wholesale! padlocking, was a surprise visit on April 1, 1931. - o - Bear Part of Air Cargo Croydon, .Eng.— (U.R) —A small I bear, an owl and 20 quails formed! part of the cargo of an air freighter that arrived here from Paris Huge Apple Pie Exhibited Birmingham, Eng.—(U.R)—An ap-' pie pie twelve feet long, 10 feet 1 high and containing four and a halt | hundredweight of apples was ex hibited here recently. o—£ Heirs Seek Share Os Buchanan Millions Fayetteville, Tenn., — (UP) — Frank B. Kelso, Lincoln County reg-1 ister, is having a busy time answer-i ing queries In regard to an $850,000. 000 estate. More than 300 Lincoln County people claim to be direct descendants of William Buchanan, a cousin of President James Buchanan, and believe themselves entitled to a share in the Buchanan estate. The property, consisting of real estate in New York, Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, Kentucky nd Tennessee, has been leased for 99 years and reverts back to the owners dhls year. In addition /<> local queries, Kelso has had requests for aid in tracing “family trees ’’ from scores of peo-

ple in such scattered places as Houston, Tex ; Montgomery and Birmingham, Ala.: Louisville Ky., and the states of California, New York Indiana, Oregon, Washington, Ari kansas and Florida. —o Famous Irish Inn Sold Ballymahon, Ire.—(U.R)—An inn. The Three Jolly Pigeons,” refer- ! red to in Goldsmith’s "Deserted Village, was sold at auction here for $3,500. p Cops' Blotter Typewritten Boston. (U.R) — The records on Bostons police “blotter*' no longer are written with pen and ink. Typei writers and loose-leaf journals j have been put into use in police stations throughout the city o Cat Wins Bout With Snake White Pigeon.—(U.R)—A cat and ■ a blue racer battled to the finish at Stcne lake, near here, recently with the feline victorious. When the | snake would 'strike, the cat would dodge and then return a cuff. The j snake was killed after 15 minutes. INSANE MAN MURDERS FOUR FROM PAGE ONE) Mrs. Yakelo, who was walking along the street. The ammunition exhausted. De- j mofenti seized a knife and dashed to the B.nan home where he stabbed Mrs. Benana nd her daughter. He ran shouting to the next house, | where Mrs. Ciscilian and her son lived, adding them to his victims i before he was captured. The condition of the injured was serious, but they are expected to recover. -•— o How One Woman Lost Poonds of Fat l ost Her Prominent Hips— Double Chin — Sluggishness Gained Physical Vigor— A Shapely Figure If vou're fat — first remove the cause! Take one half teaspoonful of KRUSCHF.N SALTS in a glass of hot water every morning — in 3 weeks get on the scales and note how many pounds of fat have vanished.. Notice also that you have gained in energy—your skin is clearer—yon feel younger in body—KRUS-j CHEN will give any fat person a j joyous surprise. Get an 85c bottle of KRUSCHEN ' SALTS from Cutshall's Cut Rate Drug Co., or any leading druggist! anywhere in America (lasts 4| weeks). If this first bottle doesn't l convince you this is the easiest, I safest and surest way to lose fat —your money gladly returned. '

-yTown Talk

Mrs. W. A. Martin and daughter Batbara Sue returned to their home in San Diego, California after a several month’s visit with the Henry Mayer family Daniel Schafer returned Wednesday from South Bend where he spent several days, receiving treatment at the South Bend Hospital. The Misses Mabel Staley and Ruth Engle, and Mrs. Mildred Goldner motored to Fort Wayne Wednesday evening. Kermith Baumgartner and Ivan Spt linger of Berne were business ' visitors here today. Word received from Miss Eloise Lewton, who is enjoying a tour of Europe this summer, stated that she had visited at Monta Carlo and had swum in the Mediterranean Sea and was leaving for a tour of Italy. Norbert Holthouse is in Cincinnati. Ohio looking after the interests of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. Mis. John Floyd of Monroe was] a visifcr here this morning. Mrs. Carrie Ehinger is spending a few days in Fort Wayne visiting her daughter. Miss Jeanette Ehinger. The big sale at the Lankenau! store opened with a rush this morn ] ing and all day long the store was , tilled with buyers anxious to take ] advantage of the special prices Ralph Amerine and son, Junior of Anderson, visited here yesterday and attended to business. Mr. and Mrs. William Chronister and son Bob of Fort Wayne visited in this city Wednesday. Miss Katheryn Fritzinger is spending the week in Fort Wayne] -mJ Michigan. Mrs. John Zimmerman of Fort Maye visited with friends in this city Wednesday. Forrest Zimmerman of Fort | Wayne visited with friends in this] ity Wednesday evening The Misses Bernadine Shraluka, Dolores Elzey and Robert Shraluka will accompany Charles Brock to Lake Webster tonight, where he will spend the remainder of the week. Sterling Reber of Decatur is visit ] in g with his grandfather, S. F. Krill i and his uncle of Waynedale. —o For Sturdier Breakfast* Few women ever overestimate I the Importance of breakfast.— i Woman's Home Companion.

Modernize Your Kitchen Tremendous Sale Ivory Enameled Ware PRICKS CUT TO LESS TH AN HALF - any of the following at . . . 19c 9 inch Baking Dishes alueS up tO p/ 2 pint Dippers 11 inch Baking Dishes 13 inch Baking Dishes j/ Large 5 quart Pudding Pans - any of the following at . . . 39c 14 quart Dish Pans Vnhma t an 10 quart Preserve Pans ’ Jrl-vU g quart Covered Stew Pans 4 Ke«| t es C ° Vered Preßerve 12 cup Seamed Coffee Pots 6 quart Covered Preserve —6 cup Seamless Coffee Pots Kettles V / g c(J p Seamless Percolators 8 quart Open Preserve Kettles V f / 10 quart Open Preserve Kettles 4 quart Sauce Pans any of the following at .... 69c a An j n Values up to $1.50 _ , 8 quart Covered Pre- _____ •’ quart Tea kettles serve Kettles .a . n ... / • I quart Tea Kettles 10 quart Covered Pre- f \ serve Kettles I I . ft h 12 cup Seamless 12 quart Water Pails y- —Collee Pots 6 quart Water Pitch- \ 18 cup Seamless ers 1 M Co (Tee Pots !0 quart Covered \ J 2 and U/ 2 quart DouCombinets b , e ALSO—A Small Lot of Slightly Damaged Pieces, each 10c COME EARLY WHILE S ELECTION IS COMPLETE Schafer Hardware Company WE SAVE YOU MONEY.

HOSPITAL NOTES _ .. • Tonsillectomy operations were] performed at the Adams County | Memo, ial Hospital this morning on William Miller, Decatur, Route 5, and Patsy Schmitt, 322 Nortli Fourth street. Mrs. Ernest Egley, 3201 South Harrison street, Fort Wayne submitted to a major operation this morning at the Adams County Memorial Hospital. ] Mrs. Roy Masohbrink, 1104 West Madison street, underwent a minor operation at the local hosiptal this morning. o AKKIVALS Mr. and Mrs. Earl Reber of Decatur are the parents of a girl baby born Thursday evening July 16. LINDBERGHS TO START TOUR (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) and subject to changes the Lindberghs may make en route, will call ,for stops at Ottawa. Ont.. , Moose Factory, Baker's Lake via | Churchill, Aklavik where the Mac ] j Kenzie river finds an outlet, Point I Barrow and Nome. From Nome th =ir route includes t Karaginsk and Petropavlosk via Bering Sea down the Kamchatka' peninsula coast, thence to Nemuro ■ on the North Japan coast and from I

THE ADAMS THEATRE Delightfully COOL and COMFORTABLE TONIGHT, FRIDAY, SATURDAY—ISc-35c BIG DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM! Wm. Haines Bebe Daniels in in “JUST A GIGOLO” “The Maltese Falcon”. A HAINES comedy mixed with a with RICARDO CORTEZ, poignant drama of the modern A Thrill-Packed Action Story of age! , Baffling Mystery and Intrigue! Sun. Mon. Tues. “THE PUBLIC ENEMY” with Jauies ( agney and JEAN HARLOW —the p l.a tinu in blonde I hril ing Thousands Daily!

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there to Tokio. "We have no set plans yet for. China, and we have no for arrival in Japan, nor are weL ] certain when we'll start ] Lindbergh said. The plane is equipped with two radio sets, transmitters and recelv-' i ers for both Col. and Mrs. Lind 1 |bergh; several cameras, and com- ■ plete camping accessories, it wi(T ■ be loaded with emergency rations] including water enough to last. ] them two months. COURT HOUSE .... r Real Estate Transfers Dorothy Walters Leigh et al, part of in lot 536, Decatur, to Decatur Savings and Loan for SI.OO ./• - Coats of Tan Win Prizes Memphis.— (U.R) — Prizes were, awarded here recently to the chib dren who had the "best coats of tan." The award was part rs a playground festival staged.

THE CORT TONIGHT Round by Round of the Schmeling-Stribling Fight. Last round in slow motion. —ALSO—“THE I'ERI’ECT ALIBI" Great Mystery Drama. 15c-35c Friday and Saturday — "THFI' I LIGHTNING EXPRESS" Railroad j drama. Sunday, Monuay, Tuesday “WHITE SHOULDERS" I ■BDBanKnBHMHR