Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by ' ' THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. 11. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse. Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single copies $ .02 One week, t>y 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 mdiana Leagife of Home Dailies Reducing expenditures is the surest way to reduce taxes. Mingled with optimism we should , all have a little of hop-to-it-ism. I The federal prohibition agents I are making it pretty tough on the i boys in Fort Wayne. Fine weather for the last few weeks of the summer period and an | example of what we would like to i have for Indian summer. Did you ever’stop to notice the, • number of tourists going through i on Sunday? State road 27 carries a continual line of traffic to and . from the lakep and many of the : motorists stop here. A counterfeiting plant was seized . in Fort Wayne over the week-end * and one man arrested. Must be changing from bootlegging to count- “• erfeiting since the prohibition -• agents started another clean up. “ Speaking of employment it is " estimated that more than five million persons are employed in var- 1 " ious capacities in government jobs,! *• state, county and local units. One — thing sure there never will be un-1 employment in that line of work. I — We wonder if the Michigan auth-! - orftTes read the criticisms of the , Wickersham committee on the “third degree practice,” when it ” came to getting a confession from * that big negro and his two companion murderers? „ Employes of the General Electric I „ plant started back to work this j “ morning after enjoying a two weeks ‘ ~ vacation. For the present the 350 - employes will be employed on the I regular three-day a week schedule I with prospects bright for a pick up j ~ later. _ • Governor Bib Murray started! ’ something when he took control of ' •» th° Oklahoma oil wells. The gov- 1 «• -ernor of Texas has decided to do : » the same thing and if the governor of California falls in line, there will ... be something doing in the oil indus- « try. It will be seen if decreased j production lias any effect on the price of the commodity. One of the most consistent and - hard working committees is the George Washington Bicentennial - commission in Washington, sending out material for the two hundredth * anniversary of the birth of the first President. Every community is ” aslied to put on a program or a " eelabrfltion next year, beginning ~ wltji February 22, 1932, and already - several cities have started to plan * a fitting observance. Ml i.. r ~ The political complexion of the House in the next Congress may be a fifty-fifty split between the two e/* — We have set our funeral standards high, but at no higher cost. W. H. Zwick & Son FUNERAL DIRECTORS .Mrs. Zwick, Lady Attendant “ Funeral Home Ambulance Service 514 N. Second Tel. 303 and 61 IMB ii ■ '*’*

major parties, Paul J. Kvale, farm-er-laborlte of Minnesota holding the balance of power. If a Democrat is elected to succeed the late Nich- . olas Longworth in the Cincinnati district, each party will have 217 members, giving the gentleman ■ from Minnesota the controlling vote. Longworth was elected by a small ’ I majority last November and probJ ’ ably no man in his party is as popui j lar as the former speaker of the ’ house. A special election will be i : held in the district next November 1 1 and regardless if a republican is I elected, Kvale will be given some . consideration when it comes to i voting on party questions. Citizens of Hammond and East Chicago will mandate the common councils at those two places to fix a date on which the voters can cast their preference on the proposed question of consolidating the two cities. The consolidation is promoted by a desire to reduce city 1 taxes and right now the question ' might be voted on favorably. It is i claimed that consolidated cities will ’ give the new city a net assessable ‘valuation of more than two hundred | million dollars and a population of ' 140,000. As an economic question ■the proponents of the movement are I probably on the right track, but viewing it as a political one, lead I ers in both cities may prevent sufi ticient sentiment to bring about the I creating of the second largest city I in Indiana. When the salary of the President of the United States was fixed at ■ $25,000 per year by Congress in 11789, it was the largest salary paid Ito any man in the new country. ( I Since that time it has been increased to $75,000 per year, with extra ' allowance for traveling expenses and household running expenses and is small compared to some sal- 1 aries and incomes of baseball heroes, prize fighters, movie stars and executives of great corporations. The late President Wilson and former President Coolidge were I able to put aside several thousand | dollars out of their salary, while I President Hoover with an indepen--1 dent income probably does not care I if he has money left at the end of 1 the year. The pay of the President I is not too much, in view of the demands made upon him and his office and we may live to see Congress raise the executive's salaryin future years. o * REUNION H CALENDAR Sunday, August 23 Annual reunion of the Kemmer family Sun Set Park, Decatur, rain I or shine. Annual reunion of Hakes Family, ; Sun Set Park, Decatur. Stevens reunion, Memorial Park I Fort Wayne. Wednesday August 26 Nineteenth annual Weldy-Beery . reunion, Mercelina Park, Celina, I Ohio. Sunday September 6 Porter family reunion, O. L. Brentlinger home, southeast of Decatur. Brown family reunion, Sun Set Park, rain or shine. 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, Decatur. Sept. 7—Labor Day Lenhart Reunion, Sun Set Park. Reunion of Millinger Family, Sun Set Park, Lessons In English * ♦- —— -♦ Words oiten misused: Do not say "1 know a party who will go with you." Say "I know a person.” ' Often mispronounced: Circuit. Pronounce ser-kit, i as in “it,” not ser-kut. Often misspelled: Prophet (one who foretells events.) Distinguish , from profit (gain.) , SSynonyms: Fully, completely, entirel, amply, sufficiently. Word Study: “Use a word .three | times and it Is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: Reciprocal; mutually interchangable. "His kindness resulted in reciprocal favors." foolish Ilt-Hamcr 111-humor, wrote Goethe, Is nothing more than un Inward feeling of , our own want of merit, a dissatisfaction with ourselves which Is always united with an envy that fool- ,: Ish vanity excites.

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♦ e I Household Scrapbook I By j ROBERTA LEE ♦ tU.PJ w White Hands The pure juice of a cucumber is a good Whitener so rthe hands. Apply on the hands before retiring, rubbing on a little cold cream at the same time. Coins To decipher inscriptions and dates on coins, heat them and grad- i ually the inscriptions will, unless entirely effaced, make their appearance. Frying Potatoes Sprinkle a small quantity of flour on the potatoes before frying them, it will give them a delicious flavor ami make them a rich golden bown. - * AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File ] • August 17—Judge J. T. Merryman and Mrs. L. G. Ellingham are on the program at the State Charity Conference to be held at Indianapolis October 28th to 31st. John W. Andrews elected lieuten-

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By HARRISON CARROLL. • Copyright, 1931, Premier Syndicate. Inc. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Aug. 00.— King’s English will be spoken in Ruth Chatterton’s new talkie, “Once a Lady.” t Ih addition JjMSgiwlfo to th* star, who is noted for her - olt,-.ato.| dicW tion, the pieQJH* turp w '“ Have vW Geoffrey Kerr an( j t j n a |] 1 lib- ’"J. Ivor NoWwA 'cllf. The loan c: •'' nv( 'do now is being negogggiij, ’vSSjfc tinted with MSBih tro ‘ - -'I aye r, where the actor-play--1 wright is under l vor contract. Novello. If the deal goes through, it will be Novello’s first Hollywood appearance as an actor. Since arriving on the Coast, he has been working on the adaptation of his comedy, “The Truth Game," in which he and Billie Burke costarred last season on Broadway. “Once a Lady,” formerly called “Notoriety,” is being adapted by Zoe Akins. It is a dramatic story about the wrecking of a woman’s life by her husband’s indifference. Guthrie McClintic, whose name carries respect both in stage and screen circles, will direct. THE IDEAL CASE. They were discussing directors in the Paramount Restaurant. “I like my director to be in love with his wife,” observed Lilyan Tashman. “Then he quits early and goes home.” “Yea,”, mused Gene Pallette, “but it’s even better if it’s somebody else’s wife." LATEST GOSSIP? Mrs. Knute Rockne has left Hollywood. Before her departure she received Universal’s check for the amount Rockne was to have drawn for his work on “The Spirit of Notre Dame.” She also gets a cut on the profits of the picture. . . . Harry Barris, one of the Paul Whiteman rhythm boys, has turned actor for this film. . . . Claudia Dell’s name no longer appears on the contract-player list at R-K-0. She will return to New York. .... Colleen Moore slipped out of town for a month’s visit to Broadway. •

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i ant colonel of 160th regiment at Huntington reunion. Burglar steals Charley Elzey's trousers containing a dime and a gol watch. Its now Grandpa and Gramma Teddy Roosevelt, a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. High school teachers named; E. E. Rice, superintendent and Rose E. Dunathan, Clara B. Williams. D. A. Baumgartner. Nora Del Smith .1. C. Tritch, Martin F. Worthman iand Miss Bess Schrock Cal Kinkle and Charles Magley are attending the Warren fair. The Floyd Smith family moving to Fort Wayne. — HOSPITAL NOTES Miss Mary Jane Fugate, West Adams street, underwent a tonsillectomy operation at the Adams County Memorial Hospital this morning. Mrs. John Boss, 511% West High street, Elkhart, underwent an operation for the removal of her tonsils this morning, at the local hospital. o BARGAINS — Bargains tn living room, dining room suite, mattresses and rugs. St'-ckey and Co. Monroe, our Phone number is 44

■ ’. . . Laurence Olivier is slated for stardom at R-K-0 after his appearance as Pola Negri’s leading man. . . . Grant Withers is scanning the steamer lists. He will make personal appearances in Europe. . . . The photographers have been allowed to make pictures of Joan Bennett in the hospital. It’s a sign of recovery. FILM KIDS PRECOCIOUS. Child stars in motion pictures outstrip normal youngsters in the class room, according to Rachel Smith, in charge of the school on the Paramount lot. Jackie Searl, says Miss Smith, is one of the smartest boys she has ever seen. At the age of 10, she deciares, he could enter the eighth grade in public school. Mitzi Green, who is 11, could do the same. These two youngsters already are starting algebra and elementary physics. During the school year, they study i three hours a day and have one hour of supervised recreation. They are given very little mcmor- ‘ izing to do, as the lines in their parts are considered sufficient exercise in this respect. HIS VACATION ENDS. This month Harry Bannister will have fewer flying hours to his credit. After allowing him to remain idle for many months, R ■ K - O ■ Pat he HaHL”?* has given the actor the seeond masculine lead in “Suicide O Fleet.” Bannister flew down to San Diego to jSI join Bill Boyd, Wgi Ginger Rogers and the rest of tiv JH U n d oubtedly H the film job will IjMaWI interfere with that plan of Harry Bannister and Banniatar. 1 Ann Harding to take an airplane vacation trip. They were talking of flying ta : Cuba. “Suicide Fleet" is the best picture the actor has made since “The Girl of the Golden West.” Before . that he played opposite his wife in “Paris Bound." DID YOU KNOW That Belle Bennett learned ta , . act in her father’s tent show?

« 4' ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS . Below are the answers to the test questions printed on page two I * __ • ; 1. Planets. ! Canada. I 3. Robert Maynard Hutchins, Uni- ! versity of Chicago. ; 4. Sturgeon roe. ■ 5. April 6. 1917 6. Quadrupeds. | 7. Countess. [ 8. New York City. 9. Virginia. 10. Texas and Oklahoma. o ' Modem Etiquette 1 By ROBERTA LEE -J ' ♦ (U.K) 4 Q. What foods are included among the “finger foods”? A. Olives, radishes, celery, corn on the cob, cookies, and bonbons are all eaten with the fingers. Q, If a hostess is still busy receiving guests, must one tell her goodbye when leaving? A. No, it is not obligatory under those circumstances. Q. Is it proper for women to apply cosmetics in public? A. Never; it is not done by wellbred women. o ♦ ♦ Reppert School News ♦ 4 “Forward Ever-Backward Never” was adopted as the class motto upon the suggestion of Fred Wright of Aurora, Nebraska. Col. S. C. Sprunger of Apple Creek, Ohio, arrived Saturday. He will be here two days instructing the students in” community sales work. Col. Roy Hiatt of Portland. Ind., held a cattle judging contest Saturday morning. J. D. Laird of Rockwell City. lowa, scored the nearest to Col. Hiatt’s mark. o . j ■ “Gunny Sacking” Gunny is derived from the Hindi nnd Sanskrit word "gonl,” meaning a sack. The term originally designated the strong, coarse snek doth manufactured chiefly in Ben gal. India, from jute. It Is used for clothing for the poor, but prln cipally for bagging and wrapping

i I J THIS PAPER HAS SOME I ? INTERESTING NEWS I I ABOUT OLD FRIENDS OF YOURS I S WHENEVER you find an item about some one you I used to know, or see the picture of a once-familiar I place, there’s an extra thrill in the news of the day. I 4 Fading memories grow bright... in a flash you be- I gin to “remember when—” I Actually every newspaper you read is full of good I « news about friends of yours . . . friends that come I into your home every day to help get the work done I I. . . friends you take with you when you go out ... I friends that make life easier, brighter, richer. I These friends are the foods, the clothes, the furnishings—the roany comforts you meet in the advertisements. You know them well . . , know how they look and what they can do. Naturally you like to read all the news about them, for even old friends are constantly changing, growing more interesting, offering new ideas. Advertisements bring you fresh and reliable news of things you could hardly do without. Form the good habit of reading them thoroughly every day Watch them for news of your friends—old and new.’ I Decatur Daily Democrat

AIR RACE OFFICIALS EXPECT SHATTERED RECORDS AT MEET Cleveland Setting Stage for Annual Competition Starting August 29; Many Aces to Attend Cleveland, Aug. 11 < UR; Speed, essentially a part of even- airplane Hight with a goal, will be exemplified at the National Air Races here, Aug. 29 to Sept. 7. It is considered a certainty by E. \\. “Pop Cleveland, race chairman, that almost all existing world records for land airplane speed will be broken. Planes with considerably more speed than at any time in the history of aviation are at the disposal ol pilots this year, Cltweland said, allowing, of course, that even speedier planes will be in use in future years.

Speed Significant i But significance is attached to ‘ the air race program this year in! that airplane speed has attained more prominence than in any year before. This has been evident in the tremendous number of non-stop cross-country flights, inter-zone and inter-country trips, trans-oceanic hops, and particularly the round-the-world venture of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, who circled the globe in the remarkable time of 8 days 15 hours and 51 minutes. The long list of who are expeoted to enter the races is headed by Lieutenant Al Williams formerly of the Navy, and Flight Commander L. R. Atcherly, who raced his plane at 332.49 miles an hour as a member of the victorious British Schneider Cup team of 1929. The British Air Ministry officially has approved Atcherly’s detachment from Royal Air Force | duties to attend. The American speed record for overland planes' is 266 miles an hour, set by Lieut. | Williams. Other European pilots who have been extended invitations to participate in the races are Marcel Doret of France, Pietro Colombo of Italy and Fritz Lohse of Germany. American air aces expected to enter are Captain Frank M Hawks. Major James H. Doolittle. ‘ both formerly of the Army Air! Corps; Harry Williams, millionaire Louisiana sportsman and pilot and i a veritable army of others. Practically all those seeking in | dividual honors will enter the ’ Charles E. Thompson free-for-all trophy race, the most important: speed even of the program. It is a 100-mile race over a 10-mile closed, course. Straightaway speed dash-

es over a certified one-inlle course ■ will be held to establish official j National Air Race records. There are 11 of those special events. One speed dash will be made in each direction to overcome wind variance and the net speed will be an average of the speed in both directions. 150-Foot Altitude Entrants will fly at an altitude of 150 feet, going in a straight line of l°vel flight one-half mile before crossing the starting line to acbeing "clocked”. The races will be held close to the ground to prevent pilots from diving over the finish line, resulting in disqualification. Fifteen events will be open to women pilots and 25 to men. Women fliers will compete on the same basis as men. Among those expected are Amelia Earhart. Gladys O’Donnell. Eleanor Smith. I Mae Haizlip, Blanche Noyes, I Ijouise Thaden, Dorothy Hester, Florence Lowe, “Poncho” Barnes, 1 Ruth Nichols, if she has recovered from injuries she received in a crash on the first leg of her pro-

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