Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec'y & Rus. 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 mall. 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

Keep the fair clean boys. Thats the promise to the people and they are expecting it. And thats the fair and decent thing to do. The big fair is on 'and the crowds are here and on the way. It will be a big happy week if you let yourself go and enjoy it. Take in every thing, greet your friends, visit the exhibits and laugh. It will do you good. There is something about a midway that we never tire of and like most folks we relish the noise and the color and the music, we like to watch the crowds as they mull up and down and study the faces of the folks who also like the occasions. We have heard rumors that two or three different crowds are planning to take over and reopen the Decatur beet sugar plant and we are hoping that something definite will develop. Perhaps a little effort on the part of a local committee would help work this out and we hope to have some information of interest soon. We are living in a land of plentjf so there ought to be no actual suffering through the winter and there won’t be if attention is given to the gathering of the surplus now and the earing for it. United Charities will keep the goods after the fruits and vegetables have been canned by Ladies' Aid Societies and will see that it is properly distributed next winter. Every community needs a booster committee these days — that is a crowd of earnest men who are assisting in getting tilings going. We must start the wheels of progress or we can’t pull out of the muddle we and every community is in. There are a number of things that can be done and that we believe will be helpful and we ought to be able to man the guns tor action. Our congratulations are extended to Cal E. Peterson, well known local business man, who is in Detroit to take the thirty-third degree in Masonry, an honor which comes to but few men and is awarded only because of unusual service to the order. Mr. Peterson has earned his laurels and his brothers here are delighted with the great honor that

BARGAIN EXCURSIONS to ST. LOUIS OfT Round Tnp Friday and Saturday TOLEDO I QQ Round VAv./O Trip Every Sunday LOW WEEK END FARES Leave Saturdays. Return Manday following date of sale, bite Bluffton $2.40 Frankfort SI.BO Kokomo sl.lO Marion Correspondingly low rates to many other points. For full information consult ticket agent. NICKEL PLATE RAILROAD

has come to him. He is the second from here ever to have received the degree, the other being Judge David E. Smith now of Fort Wayne. Plans are going right along for dairy day and the business men are entering into the spirit of the occasion with a vim that means they will help make it a success. The Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., deserve support in their efforts for its a real institution, always trying to do something for the community. In this day when most folks are singing the blues, they are out trying to improve conditions and we all appreciate that. Dairy Day will be a real affair, so plan for it. We would like to add a hundred or two subscribers to our list and will appreciate it if you will urge your neighbor to take the home paper. We try our best to cover all the news of interest and to present it to you in a clear manner. During the past week we have given you the news concerning the taxes, the Wabash river drain cause, general court items of unusual interest, the fair and many other items which every citizen of the county should be Interested in. Help us add a hundred names to the list. For hundreds tomorrow will be the big day of the fair for thats the date for the gathering of the old settlers of the county, an event that brings more pleasure to them than any thing else in the world. They delight in telling of the old days when it meant something to be a neighbor, when there was genuine love one for the other and when each community lived much within itself, of the little old red I school house and its problems, of | the settlements in the forests, of the march of progress the past three score years. It will be a great day. A thirty-three cent reduction in the Decatur tax rate is something and it didn't just happen. It came about because of the efforts of those in charge of making the budgets, who are entitled to much credit. There is a great difference between $3.25 and $3.58, the rate this year and it took a lot of cutting and saving to do this. We are prone to find fault with our officials and to call every one in power a grafter but it should be difficult to make any one believe this year that there has not been a genuine effort. Next year there will be a reduction in valuations, providing a new problem but when it comes it will be met with the same courage and common sense as were those of this year. *- ♦ | Lessons In English | ♦ -♦ Words often misused: Do not say ’This is not to be compared to that’’ Say, “compared with that." Often mispronounced: Guerrilla. Pronounce ge-ril-a, e as in "get," i as in “ill," a unstressed, accent second syllable. Often misspelled: Sovereign. Observe the vowels. Synonyms: Trust inoun). confidence, assurance, reliance, faith. 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: Inveigle; to lead astray; entice; insnare. "He was inveigled by false promises.”

Household Scrapbook i By ROBERTA LEE • (U.R) ♦ Laundering Towels If the every day towels are folded after rinsing in the first water, and before running through the wringer, then dried, they will be smooth enough without ironing. When Baking Cake Where a number of kitchen utensils are required, such as during cake baking, keep the dishpan in the sink, tilled with hot water, and as each utensil is used, place it in the hot water. Washing of these articles will be greatly simplified. Salt Economy When freezing ice cream, the salt can be saved, dried, and used again. o NOTICE: —I am operating a cider mill at Wren. Ohio. Run every day through apple season. Your patronage will be appreciated. C. E. Chro- ' nister. 217-3tx

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' TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY F"im the Daily Democrat File ♦ ♦ Sept. 15 —Albert A. Kenworthy is moving to Kokomo. President Taft decided to retain | Dr. Wiley of Indiana as pure food I administrator over the attacks Os! his enemies. Or. N. W. Tracey gives lecture! “Ten nights in a bar room,” at the opera house. Robert Blackburn secures pensions for Mrs. Mary C. Archbold and Mrs. Maria Yant. Verne Weaver re-enlists for another three years in the army. Aviator James J. Ward, making a New York to San Francisco trip for the Hearst $50,000 prize is following 1 the Erie railroad and is scheduled ■ to pass over Decatur in few days, i W. A. Kuebler is buying goods in I Chicago. A new boiler is being installed at the court house. 7.813 automobile licenses have been issued in Indiana during-the

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By HARRISON CARROLL. ♦ Coryriftit. IMI Premier Syndicate. Inc. HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 00.—Illness has kept Marie Dressier out of makeup for three months, but

she goes on staunchly planning for the future. When the doctors give their permission, the veteran star will resume her studio work in “Emma." After that, she and Wallace Beery will be reunited in a German story called “Ferike as Gues L” Needless to say, no such title

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nu sucn will find its way to the electric | lights. Marie has been to the studio several times since her illness, but her improvement is not as rapid as was expected. She has learned one thing, however — that her friends are legion. Flowers overflow every room in her house, and one of the problems of her physician has been to keep her from having too much company. Care of the star is in the hands of a nurse and of the colored couple who have been with her for years. Claire Du Brey, an intimate friend, also stays at the house part of the time. It will be another month before ■ there can be any thought of pic-1 ture work. HEIGHT OF SQUEAMISHNESS. The world's most fastidious man, suggests Mark Sandrich, is the deaf mute who washes his hands every time he tells a shady story. LATEST GOSSIP. Roberts Gale, RKO red-head, didn't take up her option on Eric Linden. The new favorite is an aviation major who recently made a non-stop flight to Panama . . . Found an auto-racing fan: Janies Dunn, who hai a season ticket to the Ascot Speedway Clark Gable and his wife also glimpsed there. Lupe Velez, another speed-minded eelebrity . . Roscoe Ates visits the Sawtelle Soldiers’ Home several times a week to entertain the disabled veterans He doesn't tell everybody, either. I just happened , onto the fact . . Tom Mix and Noah Beery are the only citizens of these parts who wear ten-gallon hats with any costume, even tuxedos ... A prominent MGM official assures me that Jimmy Du-

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I past four months, breaking all preI vious records. o ♦ ♦ ' I ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS Below are the answers to the test questions printed on page two r ♦ « 1. One. 2. No. 3. Charles Dickens. 4. The church flag, during religious services only. 5. France. 6. Carter Glass. 7. Huey P. Long, of Louisiana. 8. A geyser in Yellowstone Na- ' tional Park. 9. John Philip Sousa. I 10. Mary Ball. NOTICE: Beginning Sept. 14. we | will make Cider every Tuesday, ■ Wednesday, Thursday ami Friday. » 215t3x P. KIRSCH.

frant can’t escape being a star within a year . . . Joe E. Brown's daughter, Mary Elizabeth, will have a first birthday party today . . . Someone asked Buster Keaton what he did before he became an actor. “Why, I W’as born,” replied Buster, who was carried on i the stage in his mother’s arms. CLOSE TO TRUTH. You've all heard the slogan: “If it’s a Paramount Picture, it’s th« best show in town.” Nowadays, Mervyn Leroy would change this to read: “If it’s a good picture, it’s the best show in town.” AFTER DARK IN HOLLYWOOD. Summer wanes, but Hollywood still likes to dance under the stars. ,The once sacred Embassy roof is newly opened with Harry Rosen|thall’s orchestra, and with the vivid Lina Basquette as featured 1 dancer. Maybe you’ll feel better to know that Jean Harlow and petite Sidney Foxe were the only film stars who ventured to tango before the opening night crowd. And, comforting news to the girls whose hair is at that awkward length, not a single bob tossed defiance to fashion's new decree. Here's a note of hope, as well, to tuxedo-hating males. Gene (Beau) Markey wore a business suit Who was that girl in green he was dancing with? More questions—how does Roscoe Arbuckle rate such a pretty girl as Addie McPhail? When does Woody van Dyke sleep? And why does morning come so soon after a night i like this? CLASSIC MAY BE REVIVED. Paramount has under discussion a talkie version of “Treas,ure Island," with Junior Durkin as Jim Hawkins. In case the plan goes through, this will be the third

screen appearance of the Stevenson adventure classic. Fox made the picture in 19 18, i and Paramount did another silent version in 1920 At that time Shirley Mason played l the boy’s role ! and Charles Ogle w-as John Silver.

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DiD YOU KNOW. That, at the age of 5. Marilyn Miller danced in an act with her father, mother and two elder sissters? She was billed as “Miss Sugar-Plum.”

MUSEUM GETS MASTODON CANYON. Tex.—(U.R) The fossil of a giant mastodon that once roamed the western plains perhaps 25,000 years ago, paleontologists estimate, and which was discovered in a gravel pit near Amarillo recently, has been placed in the museum rooms of the PanhandlePlains Historical Society at the West Texas State Teachers College here. This fossil was added to the already large collection of the society, which will be placed in the isew museum building on the college campus in Canyon. Work on the building is expected to begin this fall. The recent session of the legislature voted $25,000 for the museum, to be matched with $25,000 of private funds, for the construction of a $50,000 building. Almost $20,000 of the outside funds have been pledged and a portion of the amount collected. When completed, this will be the first state museum to be erected ii( Texas. It will house the large collection of relics, records, historical information. Indian collections, mounted animals and bones of prehistoric animals. Much of the collection concerns historical data of the early life of pioneers on the plains of Texas. Donato the society are being relieved from all sections of the state and some from out of state.

Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ (U.R) ♦ Q. Between what hours should , morning calls be made in the country? A. Between 10 and 1 o’clock. Q. Should formal or informal in- 1 vitatioiis be issued for a christen- 1 iug? 1 A. Either may be used. Q. If a guest is on a diet, under ' the orders of his physician, may he notify his hostess of the fact? 1 A. Yes, it is the sensible thing to do. o MONROE NEWS Mu and Mrs. E. K. Thompson and daughter Frances of Bucyrus, Ohio visited Mr. Thompson s sister Mrs. I. R. Taynes who is ill at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hendricks on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Haggard and son Myron. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Noff singer and daughter Mrs. Rena Hendricks and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McKean motored to New Weston Oho on Sunday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Anspaugh. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. -Farror and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Beals of Portland motored to Cincinnati Ohio on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Crist Stauffer and Mrs. Sophia Stauffer of Fort Wayne called on Rev. and Mrs. Vernon Riley on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Hattie Andrews of Decatur) spent the week-end with Mr. and I Mrs Raynumd Crist and family. Mrs. Charles Damlin of Decatur called on Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hocker on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wagoner entertained for lunch on Sunday evening Mr. and .Mrs. E. M. Webb and daughter Margaret of Berne and Rev. and Mrs. Robert Rash and son Charles of Huntington. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Crist Mr. and Mrs. John Floyd and Alonzo Crist of Minneapolis, Minnesota motered to Fort Wayne on Sunday afternoon and called on relatives Mr. and Mrs. Forest Andrews spent the week-end at Wnchester the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Crist. Mrs. Sylvan Rupert and Miss Francile Oliver spent Saturday afternoon in Fort Wayne. Mr. Alonzo Crist of Minneapolis Minesota is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. John Floyd. Mr. and Mrs. Hansel Foley and son Odell of Connersville Indiana spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coppess. Miss Creo Crist returned to Fort Wayne on Sunday after spending the week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Crsit. Miss Aleta Hahnert of Fort Wayne spent the week-end with her l parents Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hairnet t. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baughn of Decatur called on Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sheets and family on Sunday afternoon. ■ - —"O — Cowboys’ Roping Stunts Punishable By Fines San Angelo, Tex.. Sept. 15.—(U.R) Every time a Texas cowboy ropes t> calf or a goat at a rodeo, he is subject to a fine of from SIOO to SSOO. A long forgotten law was discovered by Gene Mathis, district attorney, as he was looking over the i penal code to determine the legali ity of boxing. ‘FOR PARKING—Space for parking ! at the Community Sale Barn. L W. Murphy. 218-stx

Queen of Los Angeles Fete mahkA.-... ■ ■P* <B .. viv ■■ .1 - Officially selected at Queen of the Fiesta de Los Angeles, Mrs. Elizabeth Gross (above) will rule the colorful celebration commemorating the 160th birthday of the city of Los Angeles. Mrs. Gross certainly looks every inch a queen with her crown and all the trimmin’. Even in these unpopular days for Kings, one wouldn't mind acting the part with Queen Eliaabeth.

min \4ueen i Manchurians Study Mass Education Plan >r Peiping, Sept. 15. — (U.R) — Forty ' Manchurians have been sent to I s the "model county” of Tinghsien. : v in Hopei province, to study the r methods of Dr. James (Jimmy) Yen in mass education so that they can [ organize a similar movement at home. j The late Chang Tso-lin was one > of the first Chinese leaders to sup-

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