Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller. Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President 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 Representative SCHEERER, Inc. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies A Chicago store announces a gain of $650,000 in business the first seven months of the year. If they can do it so can you. Go after it. Advertise. We can't imagine Mr. Coolidge running for president on a beer platform but we have been surprised so many times the past couple of years that we won t get excited much about any thing. Keep your mind clear and try to be happy. We know its hard to do these days but its the only sensible thing no difference what happens. Our old friend, Herman Confer, treasurer-elect of Lake county, pick'd up a wise crack the other day and sent it on to us. He said he heard one fellow ask another how he found business and the other replied: “by going after it and advertising.” Not so bad, eh? Gus * Winkler, a member of Burke's gang of bandits, hijackers and killers got mixed up in an automobile wreck near St. Joseph, Michigan, and woke up in a hospital to find himself seriously hurt lud under arrest. Thats the way It goes. Every state in the union now has a gas tax ranging from two cents to seven, and in some places there are county and city gas taxes, making it a little expensive to joy ride. Florida has the high rate and Indiana is about half way with four I cents. The Schafer Hardware Company i.- holding an auction sale today and it looks from Cae crowd like a great success. Remember the old days of the horse and buggy when these sales used to attract hundreds of buyers and the big part of it pertained to buggies, harness, robes and whips? And those were good old days too. It looks just now as though our scientists should spend more time inventing means with which to fight bugs, rats and gra. shoppers or proud man may not eventually be the boss. Instead of spending a life-time trying to find a gas that will kill humans they ought to seek something that will prevent grasshoppers from eating up the crops of a county in a single day. Its really a serious proposition.

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An over production of grasshoppers, horse flies and Insects of about every kind this year along with the good crops and thats something to think about. Its a little late to start swatting the flies and mosquitoes but its not too late to keep t at it. They are nuisances and besides being destructive, they carry ! diseases.' Help fight them. 1 1 Chicago movie shows have closI I ed down indefinitely in their war i against the operators union and l more than five thousand men will be out of work. Os course the shutdown comes at a time when business is slack and when the owners will not suffer any groat loss. Tie re ought to be a middle of the road point which would prove just right for both sides and they ought to find it. Henry Doherty, head of Cities Service, whose conflict with the Kansas City Star has attracted much attention recently, evidently believes in fighting fire with fire. He has purchased the Kansas City Journal-Post and will give the Star back an answer for every charge he asserts. It will probably cost a pretty penny but Doherty evidently has reached that stage where he doesn't care about that even if times are a little tight. Buy an Adams county farm. Real estate men tell us there is quite a movement that way. You can still buy at about what the land is worth with the improvements thrown in for good measure but remember it won't last long that way. One man said this morning that one of these days the depression clouds will pass over and we will all be wondering why we slept through it without making investments. While the boys are planning for the big street fair and agricultural show it would be well if they would take into consideration that ample room for the fire trucks to get through at all times should be arranged. Last year the alley ways were somewhat blocked at several places and there should be plenty of room for all the concessions without doing that. One man last year reported three slight fires in his tent it is claimed and with the dry season this year every precaution should be taken to avoid any delay in fire apparatus reachI ing any point they might find necessary. Another terribie accident and three lives lost as a result of the meeting of a train and an automobile. It is the first fatal accident of the kind ever reported at that crossing and again signifies the constant necessity for the greatest possible care. While the view to the north is somewhat shut off by a residence for the north bound motorist the railroad is plainly • visible and ordinary care it would ■ seem should make it at least an > iverage crossing for safety. What ! i ever the facts and the cause the - accident is deeply regretted and as ; always, caused a gloom in this t vicinity. The only good that can > possibly come is that we all again i renew our personal pledge to stop, > look and listen.

ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS I Below are the answers to the test questions printed on page two ; 2 1. A constituent republic of the federation of Soviet republics. 2. "Intelligence Quotient." I 3. African explorer and journalist 4. "Yellow dog contracts." ! 5. Jenny Lind. ' 6 Augusta, Maine. 1 7. In the South Atlantic Ocean. 8. "The Son of the Sheik." 9. Palestine. 10. $20.671834. Correction: In the Test Questions printed in this space August 4, an error occurred in the seventh question, which should have been “Who assassinated Marat?" instead of the way if was printed. "Who assassinated Robespierre?” The answer was “Charlotte CordayOur Washing- ' ton Buieau. which prepares these I Test Questions and Answers, reI grets the occurrence of this error I and asks us to print this correction.

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street. I TWENTY YEARS i Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sellemeyerl AGO TODAY give enjoyable six o’clock dinner | I From the Daily Democrat File ]lto a number of friends. * C. J. Voglewede and family are Aug. 8— Mrs. ■>. I tank Mann dies enjoying a vacation at the J. H. at Muncie. Voglewede farm south of town. Victor Ulman of east of Decatur c . D Teeple and family leave is ill with typhoid fever. (or Rome Ci , y for vacation. H. E. Butler of Root townslfip o kills a rattle snake in his yard, it was two feet long and had eight E My cider mill will rhn rattles. every Tuesday and Thursday be- „. .' .... ... . . . ... ginning Tuesday, August 11, until Sixteen little Irlcnds assist Miss ~ ~ .. ' , . . , , , . further notice. G. Chronister, Bobo. Lee Anna Vance celebrate her birtn- ’ _ „ day. o 1876tx County commissioners order plans for bridge near the Frisinger farm ! Don’t overlook these baron the Willshire road. trains. We are closintr out Mrs. John Spuller wins missing |>„ rc h Swings and Refrigeratword contest. . ors a { sacrifice price. Buy Commissioners appropriate $15.-| now . Yager Brothers Furni--000 for new bridge on East Monroe tore Store. 186-3 t

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By HARRISON CARROLL. Copyright. 193], PirnHer Syndicate, inc. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., —- ' ' — One of Hollywood’s safest economic assets is its dumb actors —dofps, cats and birds w»ho act in pictures and incidentally provide the luxuries of life to many families. According to Rex Bailey, casting director at Radio, there are some 150 persons whose sole means of income are the animals and birds they place in pictures. These are exclusive of the pet exchanges, but the odd animals owned by these individuals are also registered there. Like extra players, they ean«*»e found at the entrances of the studios, where they put their pets through routines in the hopes that some executive will notice them and provide work. In visiting the various lots one has to sidestep kinkajous, honey bears, badgers, and any number .of common domestic animals, all performing. One pet man makes SSO a day renting a trained goose, and another $35 for an educated cat. A good police dog, with a menacing microphonii- bark, earns as high as , S2OO a day for its owner. And one national inst tution is said to .have been founded on a single lion, w-hich put terror into silent films some ten years ago Bailey contends that these owners are more temperamental than actors, and that they are among the most persistent callers at his office. One, particularly persistent, declares the ca ling director, 1 is the owner of a profane parrot who swears in five languages. (Boy, page Will Hays.) On the set mnny nil but run the company. Recently a catowner was sent on his way when he demanded feedings of milk and liver for his animal But with it all animal owners do a thriving business, which will ’ probably last as long as food is a necessary item to 150 families. LATEST GOSSIP. Lionel Barrymore still has the return half of the ticket he purchased when he came to Holly-

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wood. He was signed in New York and given a 21-day guarantee on a picture. Since that time he has been working Hea di 1 y, and now the return stub is over five years old. , . . Lily Damita and Scenarist Willie Goldbeck are being seen going places. This may or may not be a romance.

It’s awfully difficult to keep track as Lily. . . . Bidding Hollywood

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1931.

Tadieu for six weeks, Warren Hymer is leaving for Maine for a j visit with his parents. . . . Mar- i jorie King, who played Western leads at Universal some time ago j and lately was signed from the New York stage by M.-G.-M., is f working in “Susan Lennox” with Greta Garbo. It’s her first role i under the new contract. .. . Over , long distance telephone Al Boasberg reports the tides are so high at Malibu they are taking things out of his ice box. .. . Sylvia Sid- 1 ney has discarded the crutches for a cane. Her ankle was injured ia a recent automobile accident. . . . - ■ Always the gallant gentleman, , Ivan Lebedeff requested that Betty Compson and Geneviex’e ' Tobin receive billing over him in the picture “Strange Women.” 1 Maybe their contracts entitled them to first billing, but Ivan suggested it first. SITUATION DESPERATE. Sign on the Marquee of a neighborhood theatre reads: “ 'Three girls lost,’ with Lew Cody.” MORE ABOUT LILY. The many times postponed “Sons o’ Guns" is going to be produced in the Fall.

«»•■ay Lily Damita.

This picture will bring Lily Damita, who was featured in the stage plly, back to the United Artists lot. She has been loaned to other studios for the past several months. Although it is n d t definite, eve r ything points to Al Jolson returning to play the role Lily Damita

that the late Jack Donahue portrayed on the stage. Jolson’s contract calls for two pictures for United Artists. ANOTHER ABOUT SCOTCHMEN Ralph Spence, who seems to know all about the Scotch, says that they never “set up” anything but a howl. THE ULTIMATE. Here is the ideal job of all. Murray Spivak is to be sent around the country with a portable microphone and amplifier gathering odd noises to add to the sound collection in the radio library. His title is “Noise Scout," and his duties will take him into all those spots i that are advertised in vacation ' folders while he records waterfalls, trout streams, etc. t DID YOU KNOW. ■ That Mary Vickford made h"r : stage debut in a play written by I i Wallace Reid’s father, Hal Reid?

♦- The People’s Voice Thia column for the use of our readers who wish to make suggestions for the general good or discuss questions of interest. flease sign your name to I show authenticity. It will not be used if you prefer that it not be. I« ♦ TRADE AT HOME I’ve been wondering just what the Decatur business men mean? Time and time again you hear their cry of trade at home, trade at home, help your home town and help yourself. Why don't the business men trade at home? If the farmer or housewife has -something to sell and asks our own Husiness men to buy they are four out of five times refused. A farmer in this locality not long ago took some of his potatoes to a merchant in his home toWn and asked if he wanted to buy some and stated his price. The man, told him he could buy them; cheaper from another state. It ■ was only a few cents difference in the prices. Well, we can go to larger cities and get w-hat we need for a few | cents less, too. So think it over Mr. Business' Man. If you cannot trade at home ; be a sport and don't kick if we I don't trade at home. An Uncertain Home Shopper. o r REUNION” I CALENDAR Sunday August 9 Annual Kitson reunion, Hiers Park Huntington. 'Fifteenth annual Hutker reunion, Lakeside Park, Fort Wayne. Annual Hower family reunion. Sun Set Park, rain or shine. Twenty-first Dailey reunion, Lehman Grove. Berne. Annual Snyder reunion. Legion Memorial Park. The twelfth annual Davison reun-| Washington Park, Bluffton Park. Bluffton. Sixth annual Hitchcock reunion. Cora D Miller home near Watt. Durbin reunion, Legion Memorial! ParkSunday, August 9 — Tumbleson reunion. Legion Memorial Park. Rillig & Reohm Family reunion, Sun Set Park. Annual Reunion of Beinz Family,! Sun Set Park. Saturday August 15 Annual Steiner reunion, Lehman Park at Berne. Sunday, August 16 Crist Reunion, Big Ijake. Sixteenth annual Limenstoll re•; union, Limenstoll farm south of' Peterson. Stauffer Reunion, College grounds l I at Bluffton, Ohio. Pleasant Mills Alumni Picnic. Elzey Reunion, Legion Memorial Park, Decatur. Springer-Brandyberry reunion, Le-i gion Memorial Park, Decatur. Seventh annual Brentlinger re- 1 union, James Mankey grove ’ miles north of Curryville. Butler Reunion, Sun Set Park. I McGill Family reunion, Sun Set' Park. Sml‘h Reunion, Sun Set Park. Sunday, August 23 Annual reunion of the Kemmer I family Sun Set Park, Decatur, rain 1 or shine. Annual reunion of Hakes Family, I Sun Set Park, Decatur. Sunday September 6 Urich family reunion, Sun Set ■ Park, rain or shine. Richards family runion, Sun Set Park, rain or shine. Schnepp and Manley reunion. Sun Set Park, Decatdr. Sept. 7—Labor Day t-enhart Reunion. Sun Set Park, j Reunion of Millinger Family, Sun Set Park. o —■ Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE •— —— (U.PJ * Mending Tablecloths The very best method for darning tableclothes is to save the pieces that are cut oft when hemming, pull out the threads, wrap them on a spool, and save these threads for the purpose. Piquante Mayonnaise Dressing To make piquante mayonnaise dressing, two tablespoons each of finely chopped olives and pickles. Gravy Gravy will not become lumpy if a pinch of salt Is added to the flour used for thickening, before mixing it with water. o Lessons In English Words often misused not say “He is up against a condition, etc." Say "He is confronting a condition.” Often mispronounced. Distrait. Pronounce des-tra, e as in “create” aa s in “tray,” accent last syllable. Often misspelled: Corps (a body of men.) Distinguish from core. Synonyms: Inquisitive, prying, meddling, meddlesome. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering

lone word each day. Todays word Urban; of or pertaining to a city or town. “Today sixty-nine Americans live in cities and towns to every fifty-three ih the rural districts. We are an urban nation — Colliers. o ! Modern Etiquette By I ROBERTA LEE « (U.PJ Q. in what way does a person always show good breeding or a total lack of it? A. In the manner of receiving an invitation. ( Q. When preparing for an ocean ! voyage or lake trip, how much i should be set aside to cover all tips. A. Ten per ebnt of the passage cost. Q. Where does the host sit at the dinner table? A. At the head of the table, always. 0 REPPERT AUCTION SCHOOL Col. Rdy Hiatt of Portland. Ind., instructed the class in dairy cattle j work. Col. H. W. Sigrist of Fort Wayne delivered an address on methods and manners of conducting an auc-1 ' tion house. For the first time In the history 'of the school three members of one j family are attending the school at I the same time. They are Mr. Michael Duffy and his two sons. Emmet and Arthur. A new arrival at the school today was Herrin Brown, Shelbyville, Indiana. Col. E. Gartin who left for hfs home to conduct an auction sale Thursday, returned to Decatur yesterday morning. Col. Fred Reppert conducted a sale at Liberty Center, Indiana, Friday. o— — Woman Concierge 70 Years Paris.— (U.R) — The oldest concierge here is Mme. Julie Gautier, and she has been at her post 70 years. Her mother was concierge in the same building before her. and | when Mme. Gautier was courted, ishe told her fiance that if he wanted to marry her, he would have to live there, because she refused to leave. He died 22 years ago, but his widow is still at htr job. —o , Independent Paintef Pope Innocent X sent his eham berlaln to Valesquez to pay for the ■ portrait of the pope. The artist re i fused to accept the money. The king (Philip IV). he explained, al wnya paid Valesquez with his own : hand. It Is snld that the pope hu ! mored him

■” — To our friends and depositors T' HE two banks of Decatur deeply < appreciate the patronaage of the citizens of this community. A great majority of our accounts have contributed to the success and prosperity of these institutions and made of them the sound banks for better service. Some accounts however with small balances do not pay the bookkeeping charges entailed in their care as shown by a survey recently made in both banks. We have therefore determined that beginning with August Ist. 1931 on all accounts of an average daily balance of less than $25.00, a small minimum service charge of twenty-five cents per month will be made .with an additional charge of five cents for each check in excess of five checks in anv calendar month. » W e will, of course, be glad to continue to take care of saving accounts in anv amounts without charge. / We ask your continued cooperation that these banks may continue to give you the very best service at aii times in each department. FIRST STATE BANK. - c. A. DUGAN, Pres. OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK JOHN W. TYNDALL, Pres. . * I _______

SOLDIER SAVES PAY TO BUILD MODEL AIRSHIP — Granting of Patent Brings Cavalryman Tentative Offers For Dirigible El Paso, Tex.. —(UP)—The savings that he collected from his salary of from s2l to $45 a month to buy tools and materials for the con-! struction of a new dirigible airship! model may give a return of thou-', sands of dollars to George Deuring 25. Fort Bliss soldier. Deuring, a horseshoer of Troop E. Seventh Calvalry, has been granted a patent on his dirigible. Soon after the patent was granted he received tentative offers by interested parties. The story of how Deuring saved his money from his meager army i salary is one of self-denial and a| determination to achieve success. | Hammering away at bis forge fori which work he received as low as I i s2l a month and never more than' ! $45. Deuring laid aside his pay ex- j cept just enough to provide person-1 al necessities. With this money he purchased tools and materials for his model I which he conceived six years ago when a German school boy. He I came to the United States from j Germany only four years ago. The invention embodies a pair of | ranked parallel with each« other, elongated cylindrical bodies, arranged parallel with each other, each body being adapted to receive a lighter than air gas. Arranged between these cylindrical containers

THE ADAMS THEATRE Delightfully COOL and COMFORTABLE SUNDAY-MONDAY-TUESDAY -15 c RAMON NOVARRO in “SON OF INDIA” With Conrad Nagel, Madge Evans. Marjorie Rambeau. Hamon Novarro brings you now the Ijreath of real romance, colorful, thrilling love-story! ADDED—Comedy and Cartoon. LAST TIME TONIGHT—DoubIe Feature BiII—"FORBIDDEN i TURE" with Mitzi Green, Edna May Oliver, Louise Fazenda, Searl. From SINCLAIR LEWIS' great comedy "LET'S PLAf —and—"TARNISHED LADY" with Tallulah Bankhead and Clm

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j — THE COR] Sunday, Mondav, Ti Matinee Sunday, 2 p. m .. Evening, 7 p.m.-lfc “THE FINGER I’OI A dramatic newspaper st deals with the perils of p world, featuring RICHARD BARTHEII ADDED—Good Comedy, and News. TONIGHT— Ken Maynard IWO GUN MAN, a thriller. Also Cartoon and 10c • 35c