Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1931 — Page 5

;»$T FIRES ■LLION ACRES iv e ""‘■l E<timatc<i At $65,- ' eminent ’ (U.R)—F" r ‘ —I „itcd States last ,‘.,i ■Kth.it: ’hat of the states I . combined I UM,,, reports. | protection I’.venesS. for. . land burn ~j. M^H pr ,.,o . protection. pr , n m S ~S|H tj ; |. .a H,,,. i mor.' K^^K ac> . iif, growth and I i ' allies. It is | gMJ urn .d i'll! ■>l restock itself t with tree growth. , of National t i ■ . , • i H- ... and ttßr l»n<i.- l-’s' . v, al ' about 3,acres added to the I ■ . protection. I S J ’■Month's Highlights Start of the Month for:, 11 'bit its Name i, • 1 -11 ’ month from "into" eight. I; .h. and Festivals.'« bay. October 12. October 31. |^M».. Blossom or Tour Fa:: ’ Onlays That < White Alexander Bancroft Blake W Cable T. Coleridge if. Hayes Hunt Jackson Keats Lawrence Lind Penn Roosevelt , S-ott Schley ■Simuol F. smith. ■ fWmathan Trumbell

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THE CORT TONIGHT and TOMORROW thp*i " c< * ncs^a . v an <l Thursday night is Guest night at this r *' ■ a * we mean that with a Guest ticket—obtain2 n a ' a nu . m ber of local stores—and one paid admission, Ea h^ 118 "'V b e admitted to this theatre on these nights. ' ' ,i r * t’eket also entitles the holder to share in the of a beautiful Radio which will be given awav at this ,hea <re at a later date. Feature Program Tonight “QUICK MILLIONS” A snappy, sparkling feature, with SPENCER TRACY and SALLY EILERS Also—Good Comedy and News. 10c -35 c anf l Saturday--Hoot Gibson in “The Wild Horse." ‘_ un<la y. Monday and Tuesday—“TRANSATLANTIC"

Virgil Noah Webster Christopher Wren Some of the Great Events That Happened in October Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus John Brown's Raid. Burgoyne’s surrender at Sarato. ga. The Yorktown surrender. Nelson's great victory at Trafalgar. Battle of Agincourt The “Charge of the Light Brigade" . Look these up at the Public Library or in your home. DEATH RECALLS MURDER OF SON St. louis. Mo.. Oct. 7.— (U.R) Burial here of Mrs. Minnie Silverman recalls one of the strangest unsolved murder mysteries ever to occur here—that of her 11-year-old son. Jacob. Her death in Ix>s Angeles was believed partly due to the seven years of worry and grief, from the time Jacob disappeared, in 1914, until his body was identified, in 1921. The boy left his parents' store on Sept. 6, 1914. He was last seen at the railroad station two blocks away, where he told a friend. “Tell my mother I am going to Valley Park with a man to get pigeons, and he is going to give me a dollar to help him." Ten days later a body was found in a nearby lake. The hands were strapped behind the back. When authorities said it was that of a : man of 30. five feet seven inches |in height, Mrs. Silverman decided Jacob was still alive. I For seven years she sought the ■boy, advertising in personal col[umns of papers throughout the country, without success. Then in 1921 she made further inquiries about the body found in the lake, had it exhumed, and found | the corpse of Jacob—identified by ■ a dentist who •had worked on the 1 boy's teeth. Authorities had made ] a mistake about the approximate I age of the victim, and five inches error in the height. — o ROBENOLD GETS CITY CONTRACT (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONEI were changed considerable from th«w first plans. This is the third time that the city has received bids on the job. A year azo the bids totaled SIO,OOO. plans at that time calling for extensive improvements and changes on the first first and second floors of the btiilding. Other hids received by the council were. Yost Bros. $2,886; W. E. Moon. $1,720. The offices of the clerk and treasurer will be moved to the first floor as soon as the building is remodeled. o State Pen Officials Refuse Captured Convict Galveston, Tex., — (UP) — I’he Texas State Penitentiary at Hunts ville has refused to send for one I of its escaped convicts. "He's not worth coming after." prison officials told police here when informed that R. L. Mayes. 28 had been arrested. "Turn him loose.” Mayes had less than two months j of a two year burglary sentence to serve when he escaped in 1929. I

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p ßy H* R R»SON CARROLL. f. 1931. Premtar Syndicate Ino , HOLLYWOOD, Oct 00 Backaot football has made its appear* ance again at the United Artists’ Studio. Almost every morning now I Douglas Fairbanks and a mixed crowd of actors and ex-gridiron , stars choose

sides and in- ! dulge in rough- ] and-t u m b 1 e I sc ri m m ages. I They h a v e I timers, lines- I men, a referee I and all the trap- | pings, even to I t.h e squeezed I lemons during I time-outs. This sport I started last! year, and! proved very popular among the young blood of the film col-

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ony. V esterday two teams, of seven men each, were captained by Johnny Mack Brown and Chuck Lewis, both ex - All - Americans. George O'Brien led the inteference for Johnny, while Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., was of Lewis’ team. Johnny Weismuller, swimming star, played in the line. He wore kid gloves to protect his hands. Herman Brix, well-known shotputter, was reteree and Doug, Sr., temporarily out of the game because of a cold, was head linesman. According to Doug, the sea- ■ son will last until they all get ; hurt, or until somebody is lucky enough to get a job. HE UPS TO THEM. If you can believe Jimmy (Schnozzle) Durante, his brother is the only person in New York making money out of the stock I market He sells ticker-tape. LATEST GOSSIP. Perhaps he is kidding, but Charles Ruggles is telling it about that he will hire a bv- and take brother Wesley’s whole wedding party to Agua Caliente after the ceremony... The Marquis Henri de la Falise is laid up wrth flu.. . Ja k Johnson, former heavyweight

HIGHWAY WORK INCREASED JOBS 150 PER CENT Report Made On Emergency Projects By States And U. S. Washington, —(UP) — Emergency work on state and federal highway projects increased employment in such work by more than 150 per cent in seven months, according to Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture. Discussing the $80,000,080 advance fund made available last December by Congress, MacDonald said that within five months the fund, together with $160,000,000 regular federal aid and state funds had been put to woik on new projects The states also continued construction and maintenance programs from state funds. July 1, according to MacDonald, the total active federal aid program including emergency and state funds amounted to about $447,500,000. “Statting with a total of 148,600 employed on the state anil federal highway programs jn January." he said "there was a rapid increase as weather conditions permitted, in May the total passed 300,000,. for July it was 386,659, and the August preliminary figure was 384,000." MacDonald pointed out, however, that these figures did not represent the sum total of labor stimulation growing out of the emergency work The road dollar, he said "spreads back through stone quarries, sand and gravel plants, cement factories, petroleum fields and refineries, mines, engages rail and water transportation facilities and keeps the wheels of equipment and accessory factories turning." o BILLY THE KID'S FRIEND DEAD Roswell, N. M„ Oct. 7— (U.R)— Another of the old West's picturesque characters has passed on. Frank B. Coe, friend of Billy the Kid, famous New "Mexico outlaw, died here at 80. The pioneer saw the history of New Mexico in the making, and helped to make it. He fought in the famous Lincoln County war at the side of Billy the Kid. Billy the Kid lived with Coe during the winter of 1877-78. During the Lincoln County war Coe aligned himself with the MeSween faction. He saw his first real fighting at Blazer's sawmill when Buckshot Bill Roberts fought

•champ of the world, will open a night club here shortly... In'answer to request: Nancy Carroll is no relation to Sue Carol... That story of mine about the secrets guarded by Hollywood dentists brought a flock of letters tipping me off to certain stars. Sorry, but it wouldn’t be fair to use names. . .Got an advance view of Frederic March’s makeup for Mr. Hyde, and it is horrifying. March bolted through the Paramount lunch room and ate in the kitchen .. . William K. Howard is writing the'dialogue of "Surrender” on the set, as he did for "Transatlantic" ...Hedda Hopper, unhappy woman, yearns to be a columnist... ; She has written samples and will i submit them shortly to syndicates. HE WALKED INTO SOMETHING There’s money to be made in paste jewels. Seven years ago Willy Peterson and his wife, both from Denmark, walked from New York to Hollywood. He got a job making artificial jewelry to be used in the films. Now he has a thriving business and lives in a 11-room Norman-French house. MAE’S COMEBACK. It is definitely assured now that Mae Marsh's comeback will not flicker out with one picture.

After many, t r i b u I ations (none due to Mae), “Over the Hill” has been completed, and Fox has assigned the former Griffith star to play one of the five princ i p a 1 s in “Devi l's Lottery.” This is the Na 1b r o Bartley novel. Sally Eilers and Charles

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Farrell are to be the young lavert of the film, while Greta Nisson and William Pawley, who played the brother in “Bad Girl,’’ also are in the cast. Hamilton McFadden directs. DID YOU KNOW That Evalyn Knapp is a Kansas City girl?

it out with 13 McSween men. Coe attempted to act as peacemaker. Roberts laughed at Coe's suggestion that he surrender. Roberts died with his body riddled with bullets. , w During the gun battle Coe s cousin lost his trigger finger. Several of the McSween men were wounded more seriously. Later a posse was sent to rund- ; . up Billy the Kid and a number of I McSween men. Coe surendered. | He was taken to Lincoln and i participated in a battle there, Coe ! got into the battle when his guard : tossed him a gun, and told him to I "take care of yourself." 1 Bank Closings Probed > i | Gary, Ind., Oct. 7.—(U.R)—A spec- | ial inquiry into the closing of 21 ■ Lake county banks was assured to- ] - day by the city council, which vot- ' I ed to employ a public accountant J to assist Prosecutor Robert G. Es- : - till in a study of conditions attend I ing each failure. i o Names Four Greatest I, j Bloomington. Ind., Oct. 7.—(U.R) , —The four greatest men in the world, in the order of their importance, are Gandhi, Mussolini, ( Stalin and Owen D. Young, in The I belief of Prof. T. S. Luck, of the Economics Department of Indiana University. Prof. Luck compared Gandhi to . George Washington. "He stands t head and shoulders above everyone 'else; he deserves to be called one lof the greatest men of all time,” i Prof. Luck said. I J Two Women Injured '! Warsaw. Ind.. Oct. 7.—(U.R)—Net- ' ■'tie Epstein and Irma Loeser. both 'j of Fort Wayne, were injured ser- | * I iottsly here today when the auto j ’[they occupied skidded and crash- | ed into a tree during a heSvy rain J I storm. The storm was of cloudburst j proportions. Some streets were i inundated to a depth of two feet, and residents In low lying sections I reported basements flooded. I Reading Seeks Loan Paris, Oct. 7.—(U.R)—Lord Read- j jing. British foreign secretary, is j . seeking a stabilization loiyi during j ; his conferences with French states- i .[men, it was disclosed on reliable . authority today. The British want the loan to f| stabilize the pound at a favoraide 1 rate as soon as possible. The i 1 French favor stabilization because ] r. it will end the present uncertainty ;in the world money markets and j . eliminate the threat of a flood of cheap British exports, but they r want the United States to par- . ticipate in the loan t o 1 Free Spring Chicken tot night at Sun Set dance.

SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR OF DISCRIMINATION Three Cases Brought By Aliens From Texas On Appeal Washington, (UP) — The right of Congress to pass legislation maintaining the supremacy of the cow will be gone into by the Sup reme Court if that body grants two petitions for review that have been filed. For many years there have been tax statutes to protect cows from the competition of olemareerine. Generally these laws forced manufacture of goods resembling butter to pay a ten cent tax. Almost as fast as Congress has passed amendments manufacturers have developed olemargerines, or similar produc ts not doming under the definition of the tax law. Interpretation of the law is asked in the two cases before the court. Internal Revenue Collector Peter H. Miller of the Florida district asks a review of an unsuccessfuiMargerine Company of Florida. The tax action against the Standard Nut company manufactures nut products from cocoanut oil. peanut oil salt, water and coloring matter. It contends that it does not come under the tax statute since it does not contain an yanimal product and is not sold under the semblance of butter. The lower court held that during the two yeais preceding las’ July, when the law was changed the product could not be taxed. While a tax of only $6,000 is involved the question is'more serious than that, the company contends. It has made three cents a pound profit on its product, it says and to pay ten cents per pound tax and then later to sue to recover it would be impossible. The sec ond case grows out of the recent changes in the law when it was extenoded to c over all yellow ; oleomargarines whether the color; was artificial or not. Previously only artificial color caused the tax. ' The discovery of a naturally yellow oleomargerine caused an apparent loophole. The Ed. S. Vail But terine Com I

— — i?ni air .uai ,2n»ianiai=nsin,:>nsnanH “Step A Little Closer, Folks!” OU see him in the center of a craning crowd. His counter is an upturned box. With nervous gestures, and one eye on the cop at the corner, he dispenses his wares. Perhaps ... on an impulse ... you buy. Next week, when you return to get your money back—as he so confidently promised—you find your sidewalk salesman has moved to fresher fields. Unlike the street-sharper, an advertised product must have permanence. To become successful, it must gain the confidence of thousands of people. To remain successful, that confidence must never once be abused. # • You will find many familiar names among the advertisements in this newspaper. Their messages carry no extravagant claims. They tell you the truth about the products which they feature. They are as dependable as an old friend. — • Advertisements are guides to safe purchases. Minutes given to reading them are well spent. Decatur Daily Democrat

pany claims that since the original law did not cover naturally yellow oleomargarine as well as artificial the tax has been discriminatory. It asks a refund of $192,611 paid in four years. I Chinese Alphabet Latinized by Students Vladivostok, —(UP)—Successful experiments with the iatinization of tile Chinese alphabet are claimed here. Soviet and Chinese scholars, working in the Far East under directions from the Academy of Science, have reduced the thousands of Chinese written characters to 28 Latin letters. On the basis of the new alphabet a group of illiterate Chinese workers were taught to read in six weeks it is reported. To teach them the ancient Chinese writing would have bden impossible. SPEEDY MUSIC HIS REVENGE New Haven. Conn., Oct. 7.—(U.R) —This is a story of revenge. It so happens that Anthony R. Teta is a printer and band master. Recently the police raided his printing plant and discovered 4,000.600 lottery tickets. Teta paid a $1,200 fine. Shortly after his conviction, he was asked to lead his 102 d Infantry band in music for the police drill team, which was to exhibit its marching prowess before the chief and police commissioners. Teta volunteered gladly. A little investigation informed him the police were accustomed to drilj at 90 beats per minute. The official observers and proud families of the drill team waited expectantly. Teta raised his baton. The drill captain gave an order. Teta's hand swung into a spirited march at 148 heats to the minute. Tile policemen galloped out and whirled dizzily through formations. On raced the music. The: policemen swung plaintive side I j glances toward the bandmaster, but Teta only smiled and swung . his baton. The drill ended. The policemen wilted. Teta had his revenge. —o Get the Hann—Trade at Homa

DESERT BANDIT WON CUSTOMERS AS LAUNDRYMAN Bedouin Terror Found Hiding In Alexandria After Escape London, —(UP)—The chief of a robber band of Bedouins, a celebrated horseman, prison breaker and laundryman. These are among the qualifications possessed by Sadek Abbas Hussien. Hussein has been called the "Terror of the Desert," and for some time his name has been feared by all travelers through the desert between Syria and Palestine. He was captured while he and his band were about to descend on a small caravan. He was sentenced to 20 years penal servitude in a Syrian prison, but, while serving his sentence, escaped. Passing through Syria and Palestine, he reached Alexandria. Here he decided to.make some sort of reparation for his evil past and to spend his remaining days in peace. So he started business as a laundryman, and his amiability and good workmanship soon won him many customers. But the law was on tnts trail. The Syrian authorities having failed in their efforts to trace hirj appealed to the Egyptian and Palestine police to be on the lookout. This action had the desired result, for he was soon Identified and rearrested. He is now in Hadra prison at Alexandria, awaiting removal to Beyrouth, where he will begin again his original sentence of 20 years. o University to Hold Mine Classes In Mine Towns Morgantown, W. Va„ Oct. 7.— (U.R) —The mining extension department of West Virginia University will hold classes in mining subjects at eight towns in the state. An instructor of the naining department will locate permanently at each of the towns ■ — Logan, Meckley, Mt. Hope, Welch, Madison. Morgantown, Bramwell and Fairmont. Some of the discussions will take

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place at coal properties. Mine gases, safety lamps, ventilation, timbering, explosives, haulage, ! methods of mining, electricity, drainage and pumping, coal geol 1 ogy, mining arithmetic, safety organization and mine foremanship will be studied. This will be the 18th year for the classes. O ITS. I St. Louis Checks Up On Summer’s Heat St. Louis, Oct. 7.— (U.R) — The i Chamber of Commerce, anxious to - check up on hot weather ttgtires of • tlie weather bureau here, has found ; that it is as hot on top of the tallest downtown buildings, as in the streets below, and that out-lying sections of the city suffer as much i from heat. It was also found that at Lambert, St. Louis, aviation field the ; temperatures reached tbfc same high peak as at the weather bureau in downtown St. Louis. The Chamber proclaims St. Louis, however, “as cool as California.” —o — Speed of Radio Radio transmission sends sound through the air with the same speed as light—namely, 186.324 miles per second.

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