Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1931 — Page 6

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LEAGUE RACES NEARING END New York, Aug. 17. —(U.R>—With the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals continuing to set the winning pace for major league baseball teams and their rivals unable to win consist! ntly the 1931 major league races are as good as over. Every team in both the American and Ntrt+onal league still has a mathematical chance for honors but not even the second place teams in the two leagues are within striking distance of the leaders ami unless either the Athletics or Cardinals (collapse entirely the world ser-i ins will be played in St. Louis and Philadelphia. •The Cardinals, who lead the National league by 9% games, played the best ball in the majors during the week beginning Monday, Aug. 10 and ending Sunday, Aug. 16, with five victories and one defeat. Philadelphia, which has a 11-game i advantage in the American league . took second honors with four vic-1 tories and one defeat. The next best record in the Am- I erican league was made by Wash- ■ Ington, Boston and Chicago who I won four and lost three games each. Philadelphia’s Phillies took second honors in the National league with four victories and two defeats, with Chicago and New York next with four victories and three defeats each. Neither of the leaders won offensive honors for the week, but Philadelphia had the best defensive record In the American league, holding its rivals to 17 runs in 5 game.".. Th? New York Yankees topped the American league in runs scored with 49 but had the poorest defensive record with their opponent making 51 runs. Chicago led the National league

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offensively with 41 runs and the ( New York Giants were best on defensive, allowing only 19 runs in 7 games. Word Has Many Meanings The Chinese word for blessing or I good luck is pronounced “fu.” and ! the Chinese character expressing It is a favorite one with the Chinese | people t >r embroider I ng on linen ! or having rdaced on the walls o* their houses. It should he bornt ! hi mind that the word “fu” means 1 blessing only when written in this ' way. t here are dozens of chant o i lers having this same pronuncia ' Hon. ail written differently, and has i Ing utterly niffereip meanings.— Washington Star Gambling Trick Milton C. Work says that the “Mississippi heart hand" Is a j hand supposed to have been used I by gamblers on the Mississippi I steamers and is apparently a very > strong hand, but In reality is Inn: , ly beaten by the adversaries. It i is the type of hand that people who I take chances on playing cards with : steamer nr train pick-ups "may ex i pect to Onve rm In on them. ——— o More People, Speedier Money The more densely populated n i locality the more rapid will be the | vein.-By "f circulation, beeninse i there will he readier access to pen , pie from whom money Is received I i or to whom it Is pnid. A lady who i has a city house and a country house states that In the country , she keeps her money in her purse , for weeks whereas in tne city sb» ! l Jeeps i< but a few days. | 0 Duck’, Flying Formation Ducks do not often fly In V-forma-tlon. Some have supposed that I this formation makes it easier for ' a group of ten to twelve ducks tc ! follow a leader, which Is usually! t an old gander. A small group ot ducks frequently fly In a straight i line or a slanting line. Enonnous ! docks of flying ducks do cot fly is , formation. — o Supplica.ion Broadly, precatory words are • words of prayer, supplication and I beseeching, in law. such phrases ; as "It is my wish and desire," “en i treat.” "heartily beseech." when ! contained in a will In which no ex I press trust is created, nevertheless | will be construed by the courts as ! implying an '.itent to create a trust. I — — Birthplace of Hurri* .net The weather bureau says that ; the details of how hurricanes, ctropical cyclones, are started are not definitely known It is known, j I however, that they start In the re- ! Cion of the “doldrums." or calms I over the tropical seas, some 8 to 15 degrees or thereabouts from tlie j equator. Many of our hurricanes | originate In the general region o’ , the <’>ipe Verde ‘stands oLarge Bird, Disappearing The biological survey says that the number of small birds In the j United States Is increasing, while ' the number of large birds is de creasing. Large birds lave been bunied more than small ones, and they suffer more when woods and forests are cleared. o effect of Bee Sting* The public health service says ! ' that if a person were stung by bees I until the swelling added one-third I to his normal size there would be ■ no increase in weight except In the amount of formic acid injected Iby the bee Rtin-;* This would be so little that it should be disre 1 garded. ‘ ■ ■ - ■ ——— // /* % Beautiful Shoulders soft, velvety to the touch and with an alluring, fascinating appearance that will not streak, spot, rub off or show the effects of perspiration. Dance or indulge in sports fully confident your complexion will retain all of its original beauty. GOURAUD’S ORIENTAL CREAtf 1 * , Whit,. FImK and S K h<l Shadw

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Toledo Banks Close — I* Toledo. 0., August 17 —(UP) — 1 Four major Toledo banks and their I 34 branches, with combined recourI ces of more than $100,000,000 and 150,000 accounts, were closed today by orders of the state banking de- . partment and directois. The institutions were the Ohio j Savings bank and trust company, ! | The Commerce Guardian Trust and I i Saving bank, the Commercial sav-! ! Ings bank ami rust company and j I the American Bank. Other banks re- j | mained open and announce dthey • were prepared to withstand heaw | I withdrawals. 0 New York’, Infancy An article published In me Chris | tian Animate says: “At the be I ginning of the Nineteenth cental? • the ’commercial metropolis of the I United States’ occupied only lie , lower end of Manhuttan Islam; what Is now ’up town’ being still made up of spacious farms amt j country estates, including the little 1 village of Harlem. The actual 1 measurements of the city proper are given as three miles in length i (from the Battery to Fourteenth street), one and a half miles In width and eight miles in circumfer ■ ence." | o 1 r. Shr.r'c’s Companion The largest num eat:ng sharks J sometimes attain a length of ;>u to ; 4<i feet. >lt is not true that .he fe male shark Is Wind. The pilot-fish I a member of the mackerel famih | and only about 12 Inches long, ae i companies skips and also sharks. ■ guiding the sharks to their food , It swims close in front ot the shark , but probably does this to feed on ! fragments scattered by the shark | and also to secure protection from j its enemies. o Fragrant Saoafra, It was the Indians who first dis I covered the stimulating qualities I of the fragrant bark and roots ot ' sassafras ami passed them on to the early French and Spanish set tiers Legend tells us that the s.is J safras odor was wafted to the nos I trfls of Columbus on his first voy i age and convinced him that land , I was near. Thoreau wrote of the i 1 plant : ’"I lie green leaves bruised I have the fragrance of lemons am! j l.OOt) spinor ” o Horseshoe Superstition Silversmiths, goldsmiths, cop pei'smitlis and blacksmiths haye al witys been held in a sort of inyste- ; rlous renown. Their work of weld Ing and shaping had a good deal ot ; mystery in It which ministered to i superstition. Some relies of this superstition made much of smiths and their work, especially of their ; horseshoes ‘n inter times • o Official Prerogatives The Vice President of the Unlteo Btat.es is not a member of rlie sen 1 ate and does not have the privilege of taking part ’u the debate on the floor. He cannot vote to break a I tie. The president pro tempore of : the senate, who presides over that body In the absence of the Vici | President. Is a senator and may rake part in the de’ . The speak , I er of the house of representatives I is a member of that body, and ha* I all the privileges of a member or. I the floor. o Textile Working Tn the manufacture of certain fine textile products it Is necessary i to impregnate fibers with starch and other chemicaJ agencies to pre serve them while they are being woven or knitted Into finished articles. Textile mills employ several types of mol l to generate enzymes that digest these “sizing" materials. leaving the finished product fresh, new and impervious to the harsh ministrations of laundering » a' hinery. o Biaver Meat Palatable The body meat of the heaver has J gamey flavor, but If properlv I eared fur and cooked. Is excellent, and was generally preferred by trappers to any other game, even u the early days, when buffalo, elk and deer were abundant. The tail is futty tissue, very rich and pal atahle, and considered a great del Icacy. What Literature N«e-« The Anmrlcan people would be a whole lot healthier and happier If publishers would he induced to go In for book control. — Collier's Weekly. o— Celery Production A remarkable result of scientific cultivation a* hleved years ago Is celery To obtain Hilts, experiments were carried out with a British weed, growing In marshy places and near the sea. By this work the world has been enriched with those | nutty-flavored stalks so much 1* j demand Trade and Pr, feuion A trade differs from a profeultu ; In that you do your practicing before you begin to charge for It—- • Capper's Weekly

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, AUGUST 17. 1931.

Record Justice for Torch Slayers | 1 kt > ..Jr MR?, » '-Alli i —Mi awi

IS -I Justice set an enviable record in Ann Arbor, -f Mich., when, six hours after three men had confessed the atrocious crime of attacking and killing four high school students before, burning their bodies i"n a “lovers' lane” near Ypsilanti, Mich., sentence was passed and the trio had been started to prison to serve life terms. Left to right above are Frank Oliver. Fred Smith and Nathan Black-

■ — ...... . , Wav of a Horse ith a Man I aS® w«®ah, j. A Broken shoulder blades must be expected as part of the day’s work when horses of uncertain footing are raced in steeplechases if this graphic spill is any indication. Jockey Quattlebaum is the luck'ess gent who just a second before sailed over Sardaneza's head to disaster at Saratoga. N. Y It almost looks as if the horse was trying to emulate an ostrich and bury its head, possibly for shame, in the ground.

SEVENTH REUNION OF BRENTLINGER FAMILY The seventh annual Brentlinger reunion was held at the James Mankey home, north of Curryville, Sunday, with an attendance of sev-enty-five. A basket dinner was served at the noon hour, following which the election of officers was held, and a program took place, consisting of songs by Marjorie Drum of Decatur: Chester Booher nf Fountain City; Lloyd and Nettie Jean Miller! ot near Decatur, and Marion Brent-. linger of Markle. Games of horse shoe and croquet | furnished entertainment during the • social time. The oldest member present was El Barger, and the youngest was Billy Callow. ANNUAL REUNION I HELD AT PARK The eighteenth annual Bloem-ker-Lindeman reunion was held at the Legion Memorial Park in Decatur. Sunday. August 16. Ono hundred relatives and friends were in attendance. At the noon hour a | sumptuous basket dinner was served. Following the dinner, a business session was held, which was in the charge of the president, Rudolph Kolter, and a program, in charge of Mrs. E. J. Worthman. took place. Readings, guitar music, and short addresses constituted the program. During the afternoon refreshments . ot ice cieam and cake, and cigars re served. The next reunion will th held at the Legion Memorial Park at Decatur on the third Sunday in August. 1932. The officers for the ensuing year will be; President, Rudolph Kolter; vice-president, Julius Lindemann; secretary E. F. Jaberg; treasurer, Fred Kolter. GAULT REUNION HELD SUNDAY The annual reunion of the chilidren, grandchildren and great i grandchildren of Mrs Mary Gault | was held at the Frank Aurand ifarm, south of this city, Sunday. A ' pot-luck dinner was served and ice I cream and cake was served late in i the afternoon. I Those present were William Gault ot Wabash; Mrs. S. Q. Allen and ■ daughter Statina Mae and son Jim-

r stone, the three self-confessed slayers of the y uthful couples, as they fearfully awaited sentence in Ann Arbor court. They got the maximum penalty, there being no capital punishment in Michigan. Lower photo shows incensed throngs milling about the courthouse at Ann Arbor. The slayers were saved from lynching by the mob only’ throu-h the efforts of National Guardsmen and extra guards.

|my of Gary; Mr. and Mrs. Homer I I Brubaker of Marion: Mrs. Ruth I Hoverman and son Vernon J., of I Van Wert, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brake and son Jimmy, Mr. and ! Mrs? Kenneth Bergeman and daughter leu Ann, Miss Kathryn Aurand of Fort Wayne; Mary Gault, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harker and son Edward. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stults and son Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Elzey, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aurand and son Allert of this city. LOCAL* PEOPLE ATTEND NELSON REUNION Tlie annual reunion of the Nelson families was held at tin* Dan Nelson home at Crooked Lake. Sunday with more than eighty ! members of the family present. A 1 basket dinner at the noon hour and an afternoon program were fea- | tures of the day. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Roop and daughters Arline and Joyce, Mrs. Gaylie Hoagland and daughters Ikircas and Phyllis and Mrs. HatI tie Nelson of this city attended the reunion. ENTERTAIN AT DINNER Mi. and Mrs. Eugene Runyon had as their dinner guests, Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Briggs and son Bob of Gary; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer and Suzanna of Fort Wayne. 9 Q—; Submarine Is Ready Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Aug. 17. — (U.R> —The submarine Nautilus. | commanded by Sir Hubert Wilkins, | explorer, was ready to depart to- . day on its perilous dash toward the North Pole. Wilkins, who said he hopefl to make part of the perilous journey under the Polar ice, said all was in good shape. I o Crafty Woodpecker The red-liended woodpecker Is u forehanded bird, the nutiioritles nt Sequoia National park. California, say. The birds bore holes in tlie park road guide posts and wedge acorns Into the holes. The wood- . peckers don't eat tlie acorns. Inn they appear later and eat the worms Hint develop In 4he acorns. Relative VVeaith , Wealth after nil is a relative thing, since he that lath little, and wants less, is richer than he that hath much and wonts 1 more,—Colton.

| Theatre Is Held Up Indianapolis, Aug. 17. — (U.R> — Three young bandits held up offi- : cials of the Circle theater here after watching the regular evening I performance last night. They es-‘ ; caped with approximately $1,200. 1 The trio waited for William Rob-’ inson, treasurer, and Mrs. Grace I Hilton, cashier, to bring the money v from the box office to the safe. 1 They forced Robinson to open the safe, and took a ring valued at $350 from Mrs. Hilton. Eight hun-; dred dollars in small change was I , ignored by the men. 0 independent Paintel Pope Innocent X sent his elinm ! herlain to Vnleaquez to pay for the portrait of the pope. The artist re fused to accept the money The king (Philip IV). lie explained, al ■ , ways pnid Vnlesquez with his I hand. It is said Unit the pope bn . mored him o J LOST —pair limless glasses. Gold | nose piece. Return to this office I Reward. 194-2txl

- ... ... . . M Happiness Ahead I ■ ■ I ■ ■ —■— — , ■ I I omEme '•* S as is 1 ' I ”7*' S' *_> Use our Sav- I ings Department. I j THERE'S the solution to all our “cross-word' puzzles, Helen. You remember how crabby I used to be. It sure takes away a fellows worries to see his bank accouunt growing. I can think better, feel better, and work better since I read that bank Ad and started a Savings account. It’s a sure remedy for getting out of a rut.” i i GET A BANK ROOK AND GET AHEAD Old Adams County Bank

IfrTownjaDc ji A special meeting of the Decatur ’ < school board will be held this even-., ing and details to the opening of It I school will be discussed. < Elijah Mann, aged Decatur man is critically ill at his home on Tenth < s’reet. Mr. Mann has suffered two! I strokes ot paralysis and his condition is very serious. Mr. and Mis. Fay Roberston of La Porte, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rob- ' ertson of South Bend; and Mr. and i: Mis. J. 1. G.ossuickle of Fort i A'ayne we e Sunday visitors at thi I. W. H. Foughty home. < Mr. and M.s. A. J. Beavers and i family of this city, and Mr and Mrs- , Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Lose and ■ daughter Miss Mary Ann and M.ss |; .Maty Miller visited Sunday after-1. noon at Villa Nova •, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brodbeck, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Miller, Mrs. Harry 1 Mille Mr. and Mrs. Chris Lehman. ■ 'and James Gattshall spent Sunday! ! it Lake Webster, at the W. L. Big-1 ham cottage. [ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Murray and i sons Bill. Pat, and Fred, of Fort 1 Wayne and Robert and Dick Sowers lof War ui. Ohio, visited in this 1 c:tv Sunday evening. I Mrs. Ma garet V. Rickard of I I South Fifth street, had as her i I guests, Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hugins and daughter were en : route to their home after spending ! a few days at St Marv. Ohio, with Mr. Higgins father. El. H'ggins i Mr. and Mrs, A. R. Ashbaucher! and son Bobby and Mrs. IJllie . Burroughs spent Sunday in Jack-’ : son. Michigan, visiting with rel-1 ’ atives. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Krites of WaI pakoneta, Ohio, were guests of Mr. I I and Mrs. O. L. Brentlinger SaturI day night. Mr and Mrs. All ert Feigert and son Eugene of Van Wert Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Geissler of Glew more. Ohio. Mrs. Tillie Callow of. 1 Wren. Ohio spent Sunday visiting ■ I. A. Smith of South First street. I Mr. Smith has been critically ill j and still confined to his bed. His j condition is slightly improved to- , day. Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Bantell; and daughters Alice and Marcile have returned to their home in I Fort Wayne after spending a few davs visiting Mrs. Bantell's pur-

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ents, Mr. and Mrs. j v Miss Josephine Ar,|,| ln ', (1 city, who will be a junior a University this fad l las as an assistant to :h,. ory system tor th.- tap W’ F Jullior Advisors indues i,‘ from the sophou,,, . uli . »» -• t lasses. Mr. and Mrs. c. c P:| , ■ ' r fll Hiintiniton. Sun.l.., 'KB iv mi ami M.s. J. J, ~ Mr. am. Mrs, \\ ln pj--hi Bob M|ll of Ml- O. Runyon. Mr. and \i .. son visited , :ii<m.ls in Fori and with Mr. and \|.. w , y Salimai I ied horn.- by Mix \| ilri . ; , r( I Hoffman ol Fort wh() M spend her summ. , REPORT MADE BY TREASuB" 1 CONTINUED FKu.M pagr ■ginia thre c pi , r New York stuto lI , JI ,^K ( ,] third of the , a total of s6l t m;.. ia and Illinois wer, \ A - : !-■ and sll a . \ kota was :it tic , A| ,|. Ii cost th.- go\. j every SIOO of f. , x . ed. The ot . . ... vious year was $1 1 $•. Will File Charges Fort Wayne. ; planned against i special prohibit , M. Cook. Fort \t.■■ deputy sheriff Cook said ...... Hettle struck him laid last Fririai tended that In . . r kicked both lnni . "..•:' . ing officer. Hettle was wit!. \\ ilson, Indiana!.. - -v '..aM slain here recently liuotlegger.