Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J'lt. 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 ’ Ono 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 Let’s get Jack the Peeper and « take away his knife. Lindy planning a vacation: “ We'll make Nome today and to- — morrow we’ll jump to Siberia. U. S. Treasury receipts dropped * $361,000,000 for the fiscal year and * we wonder how a loss like that would look on our own business chart. The court has held that baseball ’ pool tickets are not gambling de- ’ vices or lotteries and those who ■ have purchased them will agree • that it’s a poor gambler’s chance they take. The railroads of the country are • valued at more than 26 billion dolkt»». while earnings totaled more ■ than five billions last year, proof that everything hasn't gone wrong and that there still is a lot of VcESlth in the country. Cuba must be advertising for winter tourist season, getting < on .front page with the so-called fijjlps between rebel and governniefit forces. Just so they get things settled in time for the races. Work is progressing on the 'new* Post Office building and it looks like the place will be ready for occupancy about the middle of November. It's a tine building and will be of great convenience to post office employees and the public. Winnipeg papers report the discovery of a rich gold pot near Sioux Lookout and armed guards have been stationed around the place. A few strikes like that and there might be a 1931 gold rush, but don’t hur-y because all the forty-niners didn’t get rich or find the pot of gold. Officials of local taxing units are working on their budgets and every effort is being made to prune general expenses, make reasonable improvements ano reduce the levies for next year. Ii Is practically assured that the tax rates throughout the county will be lower next year and .hat’s a start in the right direction. A plea has been made to cotton growers in the south by the federal farm board to reduce the acreage by plowing under every third row of cotton in the field. The board hopes to reduce production so that the price of cotton will adjust itself, but as we understand conditions relative to cotton growing down in Dixie it will , be some job to get tenants to agree to any such plan. The twelve o'clock whistle scar- ; ed a trio of young bandits at Penn57* — Where there is a will there is away to serve well. AVe have both. W. H. Zwick & Son FUNERAL DIRECTORS Mrs. Zwick. Lady Attendant Funeral Home Ambulance Service 5H N. Second Tel. 303 and 61

ville yesterday when they were in the act of robbing the bank there. The would-be bandits thought the bank’s alarm was turned in and ran from the place. Crime doesn't pay, as these young men will learn and it seems that if they don't get caught the first time they will before many moons. The law finally got Jack (Legs) Diamond, notorious New York gang leader, beer runner and killer. He was found guilty of violating the prohibition law and was sentenced to serve four years in Atlanta penitentiary and pay a SII,OOO fine. It looks like the days of Capone and Diamond are at an end and the public will not kick in the least. If his friends are able to get sufficient signers asking for D. C. Stephenson’s release from prison, we believe anyone could start out with a petition asking that they hang the sheriff or some other public official. Why anyone, outside cf his own clique, would want to sign the petition is more than we can understand, for we believe the "old man" of Indiana is just where he belongs and should stay. Howard Wisehaupt, Decatur boy, was greeted by an immense crowd in Denver last week where he spoke in the city auditorium in the interest of "stop thinking and talking depression.’’ He was advertised as an internationally-famed business analyst and among other things said, "The time has come for American businessmen to dig in with hands and feet and climb — and the man who climbs fastest will get to the top first.’’ One of the worst, crimes committed in this country took place the other night near Willis, Michigan, when a fiend murdered two young couples, assaulted the young women and then set fire to their automobile. Authorities are combing the country for the criminals and in Michigan the worst penalty the court can give them if they are caught is life in the state prison. Tlivre’s one place where most would agree that the electric chair would come in handy. Col. Frank Knox is back in Chicago newspaper business, this time as publisher of the great Daily News. For years he was associated with Hearst as publisher of the Chicago American. He and Theodore Ellis of Massachusetts purchased the controlling Interest in the News from the Strong estate. The News is one of the greatest papers in the country, carrying the largest volume of advertising of any paper in Chicago and has a reputation important enough tor the best to live up to. Wells county has an assessed valuation of $31,456,480, which is $470,090 less than the 1930 totals. Tart of the decrease came in the lower valuations placed on railroads and utilities by the state board and the general lower price on personal property. The city of Bluffton is credited with $5,082,110 ol assessed property. The new assessments in Adams county and the city of Decatur are greater than in the neighboring county, the net in this county being a little more than $32,000,000, while in Decatur the valuation is more than $6,000,000, so you might say we have Bluffton beat. o f • ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS Below are the answers to the test questions printed on page two ♦—— 4 1. The Articles of Confederation. 2. Alaska. 3. To carry, to bring 4. The President of the United States. 5. “A tap" is a term in prison. 6. A famous British Admiral 7. North Carolina. Georgia, Virginia, Alabama and Texas. 8. The object hit by the players. 9. U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania. 10. Harlem.

Household Scrapbook * By ROBERTA LEE ♦—- — (U.R) ♦ Stains To remove tobaccq Stains from the copper or brass ash trays, apply a little denatured alcohol wits a soft brush. Soap Jelly An excellent soap jelly will be the result of dissolving an equal amount of soap shavings in boiling water, then adding a teaspoonful of borax to each pint. Bacon Fat Always save the bacon fat. It can be used in scalloping potatoes, in baking beans, and in many other ways. 0 * TWENTY YEARS 1 AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File * ———— *j August 13, 1911 was Sunday. * . ♦I i Modern Etiquette By | | ROBERTA LEE * (U.R) -♦ ' Q. Is it good taste to use Mr., I Mrs., or Miss in introducing mem-1 bers of one’s family. A. It shows better taste not to do so if one can possibly avoid it. Q If a mouthful of food is too hot, may it be taken from the mouth? A. No; quickly take a drink of cold water. Q. What is lhe meaning of “case i au lait”? A. Coffee with ho’ milk. HOSPITAL NOTES Andres Pence. Bryant, underwent a mapor operation at the Adams County Memoiial Hospital this morning. o Card of Thanks We wish in this manner to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to all our friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted Us during our recent bereavement. Mrs. Addie Gass and family * Lessons In English | Words often misused: Do not say, “I shall go where you wish me to go Say. “whereever you wish me to go.’’ Often mispronounced: Auspices. Pronounce os-pis-ez. o as in “or,” i as in "it”, e as in "bet,” accent I first syllable.

THE ADAMS THEATRE Delightfully COOL and COMFORTABLE Tonight, Friday and Saturday at 15c-35c DOUBLE FEATURE BILL! WINNIE LIGHTNER I WM. POWELL in I in “THE LIFE OF THE “LADIES MAN” PARTY” i(h hav Fran( . il , A wild baby who made oM * arole Lombard! men act childish! Faster story bv Rupert Hughes, and tunnier than “GOLD DIGGERS OF BROADWAY” I didn’t expect THAT! Any- 1 - thing CAN happen in a story bun. Mon. Tues. Wed. ns filled with dvnimife >s FOUR SMASHING DAYS mJ ’ " h,. Marie Dressier and Pollv oim . is, —- but. even its Moran in "POLITICS” with S C 'r ( ‘‘ Ct * On doesn 1 Rosco Ates (The stuttering ’ ' " comedian.) I WHAT DOES HAPPEN!

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1931.

I Often misspelled: Pricing; not I priceing. I Synonyms: Business, profession,!! occupation, employment, Irade, il craft. I Word study: “Use a word three I times and it is yours." Let us in- I crease our vocabulary by mastering I one word each day, Today’s word: I Indelicate; offensive to good man- I ners or to purity of mind; rude “It I often is indelicate to praise a per- I son in the presence of others.” I ALLEGED BANK BANDIT CAUGHT (CONTINUED ITiOK PAGE ONE! I I sounded. Their/ companions had I already fled in the auto. All three I throught the whistle was a burglar II alarm. I Walker and Garwood were taken I to the Jay County Jail in Portland, II where they refused to divulge the I identity of their companion. I WATER WALL TAKES LIVES | (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I |to wade to safety, but McFarland ll I became exhausted in the struggle jl i and died as his rescuers got him to J I Mojave. The rescuers barely missed il I death when the Laßose bridge was I swept away a moment after they I crossed it. I A mother, father and their child I were reported to have perished I When their cabin on Oak Creek, near il l Woodford, was swept away by the J 1 cloudburst. I More than 500 feet of the San I Joaquin valley main line of the . I Southern Pacific railroad wai wash- I ed away. I At Monolith. 2*4 miles from here, I the torent inundated the railroad I tracks to a depth of eight feet. Five I feet of water poured through the I Monolith cement plant. I Hamt—-Trade a '-nm* I ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ I — THE CORT — —Last Time Tonight— I "TRUTH ABOUT YOUTH" I • i A sensational drama of modern [I youth, daringly told and quite | J convincing... I Added-“ Hello Napoleon” comedy. I Cartoon—loc-35c—News I Friday & .Saturday—Buck Jones in I "CLEARING THE RANGE.’’ I Sun., Mon., Tues. — Richard Dix I and Jackie Cooper in "YOUNG II DONOVAN’S KID."

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