Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 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 & 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 mall .35 Three months, by mail „ 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mall 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 SCHERRER, Inc. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 115 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: Within the home where Thomas Jefferson lived at Monticello, a room yesterday was dedicated to • ■ the ideal of a free press in the • Unite<| States. Robert R. McCormick, a Chicago publisher, cited . the importance of the First amendment to the Constitution, pledging the right of untramnieled public dmewssion. Claude G. Bowers, a New York editorial writer and author, retraced the struggle American periodicals have had to maintaift the privilege. James M. Beck, a member of congress from Pennsylvania and distinguished analyst ot historical development, emphasized the value of unfettered newspapers to a country that wishes to prewcrve effective democracy. W- exercises recognized fittingly ;m inestimable service for organized liberty. It is to this early defender of tlie cause of an open _.Jorimi for the consideration of all affecting the general welfare that, more than any other person, we owe this cherished tradition. •‘Congress,’’ says the Constitution, “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the tree exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or of the right of tlie people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Jefferson, in putting such words into the basic document of tile nation, summarized the sound instlct and practical experience of the population of the handful of states that had linked themselves into an aspiring Union. Circumstance and time have giv- — enjjp the statements the luster of —- imperishable logic. The mandate — agtve st the suppression or curbing of tlie printed page does not exclude it from legal responsibility for libelous and slanderous utterances. There is a guaranty that the chief channels of information and opinion available to the population shall remain uncensored by the- whim of government. In no • other manner could a progressive, 2 effective interchange of ideals, • political, economic and social, be - assured. —Indianapolis News. • Hallowe’en approaches and Mayor 2 Krick has told the police not to „ interfere with any genuine sport ' that the young folks may indulge in but not to permit vandalism. In 2 the* old days we didn't think we • baiT properly observed the occas- - ion .unless we had pushed over a dozen buildings, carried gates and — rtoVe wood away, taken the wagon - - u h 5” 1 roof or done something else that would cause loss and annoyance, but those days havh gone and we have all come » to know that we can have a much

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better time and without injuring anyone in any manner. France reduced the value of her dollar to twenty cents and has prospered, gathering in about onethird of the world supply of gold. This nation kept her dollar worth a hundred cents and stored up half the total supply of gold in the world. Now there you have it. Looks as though if the value of the money base has any thing to do with it that the unfortunate nation is the one that stayed in between high and low. Three years ago Mr. Hoover carried the state of Kentucky by more titan 80,000 majority. They are having an election down there November third to elect a governor and the issue is pretty much the Hoover administration. Bet the 80,000 will be far short when the votes are counted this year and while we don't know much about the local issues which always enter into such elections, we will be surprised if the majority doesn't flop over to the democratic side. Farming ought to be simple these days. Ah one has to do to be an expert it sedms is to listen in on the radio for they are constantly telling the farmers just what to do and how and when and why. Os course they haven't figured out any method where it can be done with ease but any one who needs advice can get heaps of it these days over the air. The Victory Fund now being raised by the democrats over the country is the proper manner for paying political expenses. The money thus donated comes from the people and not from those interests which want something specific in return. We should all be glad to give what we feel we can afford for this cause. A Kansas judge has held that the grape concentrates which are having quite a play just now are I in violation of the prohibition laws and now they have sent for Mabel Wilebrandt, once assistant attorney general of the United States and now the attorney for grape juice companies of California. In other words the old girl is willing to work for any one who pays her. Won't it be great if we can get the sugar factory going for next year? The answer is yes from all those who know what it means. Looks as though there is a splendid chance if we cooperate in securing acreage. When the meeting is called to plan this, be sure to be there. Second street is opened most of the way and you are asked to cooperate by not parking, burning leaves or rubbish and not hauling excessive loads. In other words, please be careful. o ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS I i Below are the answers to the j test questions printed on page two 1. Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. 2. About 28 days, 12 hours and 44 minutes. 3. Helen of Troy. 4. An unknown quantity. 5. A Dane. 6. Maize. 7. South Carolina. 8. One hundred dollars. It. July 1. 2 and 3, 1836. 10 John Coolidge, son of former President Coolidge. o ♦ 0 I Household Scrapbook I By ROBERTA LEE ♦ (U.PJ ♦ Csre of Electric Irons Alter the electric iron has been used,, cover it carefully to protect it from dampness. Disconnect the cord at all times when the iron is not being used. Frying Oysters Add a small quantity of baking powder to the flour In which oysters are ■.oiled before frying. The oysters will be puffy and very delicious. Gasoline Flames I To smother the tlames of a gasj oline fire throw flour onto the flames.

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TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY F-nm the Daily Democrat File ► • October 23. 1911. — Beet acreage committee hope to conclude task of securing balance of 5,000 acres this week. Erie adds two new trains to their schedule. Aviator C. P. Rodgers reaches San Antonia. Texas. Indiana Red Men will erect a $300,000 building at Indianapolis. Miss Laura Bleeke and Mr. Martin Kruckenberg married at Emanuel church yesterday. Yoeman lodge gives masquerade social. Indiana Board & Filler Company, capital $250,000, with principal offices in Decatur, incorporated. The company takes over plants at Vin-

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By HARRISON CARROLL. Copyright. 1931. Premier Syndicate. Inc. HOLLYWOOD., Calif., October 00.—The lady says she loves him. Claudette Colbert, out here to forget pictures and be a wife for two weeks, ridicules reports

that she and Norman Foster are on the outs. “So far we’ve just laughed the rumors off,” she says. "After all, I couldn’t get out in the middle of Times Square and shout, ‘I love m y hu-band!’ It's all been so silly. Divorce, these days, is just like washing your hands. If we wanted

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one we simply would go out and get one. ( “It happens that 1 have been making pictures in New York and Norman has been out here. But this won’t last forever. I have two more to do in the East and then I’m coming to Hollywood to stay. In the meanwhile, I oep; well posted on Norman. Gossips always are ready with the fling; that he’s been out with this one' and that one. “The proof of the pudding ought I to be that I have come 3,000 miles just to see him for two weeks. ‘ But what burns me up,” says Claudette, “is that if, in 15 or 50 years, we ever did have a disagreement, somebody would be sure to say: ‘Well, I predicted that back in 1931.’” And so another rumor is blasted. But then predictions are bad everywhere this year. TRUTH IN ADVERTISING. Today's brass medal goes to the manager of the Brooklyn theatre whose marquee recently carried two lines in electric lights. The first: "If it’s a Paramount picture, it’s the best show in town.” And beneath: “The Magnificent Lie.” THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS That story about the sob-sister which William Le Baron was considering for Irene Dunne has been given to Mary Astor instead. It will be re-titled, too, because some other company had a previous claim on “Hullabaloo ” John Halliday, who I thought gave a swell performance in “Consolation Marriage,” will be another in the cast. THE MAGIC WAND. Tourists coming into California last week might well have blinked and pinched themselves when the train pulled into the Santa Fe station in San Bernardino. Paramount has waved its magic wand and converted the station,

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. cennes, Yorktown and Decatur. Announcement of marriage of Miss Lucile Hale to Mr. Edward I Wilson of Nappanee, on Thanksi i giving day. made at delightful party at the Hale home. ! O t Modern Etiquette -H By ROBERTA LEE . ♦ (U.R) "• I Q. What is the signification of i the letters P. P. C. when printed on visiting cards? A. “To take leave,” taken from the French pour prende conge. I Q What is the first fork used at ! a formal linner? A. The oyster fork. Q. What is the chief requisite . anywhere of good appearance? ■ 1 A. Neatness is the very first re- - quisite.

♦the main tracks and the streets adjoining into the Peking, China, terminal. While thousands of people watched from behind the roped-off areas, Josef von Sternberg shot scenes for Marlene Dietrich’s new picture, “Shanghai I Express.” 'LATEST GOSSIP. Amusing but touched with pathos is the latest story about | Jackie Cooper. When Jackie was two and one-half years old. you I know, his father, the vaude'. ill.an, 'John Cooper, died. Th'«e days, whenever Jackie gets a nrust. on an actor, he wants his nxe' tr to marry him. Richard Dix he , thought would be an ideal father. I Poor little rich boy . . . Paul Cavi anaugh is back in Hollywood after visiting his home on the !-!<■ of Wight. He’ll play opposite Violet Heming over at Fox . . . Hollywood is congratulating Joan Benn'tt on a novel idea. She's to give a crutch-burning party celebrating her recovery . . . Another new one was the going-to-bed party Jack Warner gave to Leon Schlessinger. The maker of “looney tunes” has been ordered by his physician to spend a month in bed to rest his heart . . . Mary Astor and her new husband, Dr. Franklin Thorpe, spend a half hour in the gym every morning . . . Joel McCrea has signed over his salary f >r a month to pay for his new automobile. Among other things, the spectators saw the German star alight from a luxurious motor and elbow

her way through a crowd of Manchug, Tartars, Mongolian Lamas, American, British, French and German saiiors and half-clad coolies. They also saw Clive Brook in British offi- , cer’s uniform | boarding a f train, w h i c h consisted of a mountain type locomotive, armored, cam-

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ouflaged cars and gaudily painted coaches for passengers of differont classes. Regulation American railway equipment had been transformed into the Orient’s crack train. Another shot was Anns May Wong stepping from a bright red palaquin, carried by coolies, and waitiiy; for a herd of camels to pass before she proceeded to the train. It was one of the year’s most colorful sets. DID YOU KNOW That George Arliss first came to America with Mrs. Pat Campbell's troupe, 25 years ago?

« < The People’s Voice This column for the use of our readers who wish to make suggestions for the general good , or discuss questions of interest. "'lease sign your name to show authenticity. It will not be used if you prefer that it | not be. i. — . The Arnold-Luckey Family Rev. Leonard W. A. Luckey, Ph. D. D. of New York City has completed a book entitled “Our Family Ties," which is the geonology of the Drusilla Arnold-Luckey family, beautifully bound and interestingly illustrated. We have received a copy and find it of ]>articular interest because though dating back centuries to the time of King Alfred the Great, 849, it comes down to the present time with much about the family history in Adams county. The book contains pictures of the court house, the corner stone, members ot the families and others, verses by Rev. Luckey and many matters of interest, splendidly presented. Presenting the volumn. Rev. Luckey writes as follows : Dear Friend Heller: It gives me real pleasure to present you with a copy of the family edition ot "Our Family Ties." which has been eight or more years in the making, and which we are nowsending to you under a separate cover. The Library edition having met with such a welcome and generous reception in the chief libraries having genealogical departments, and across the ocean in England, Wales. G rance and Germany, where our progenitors flourished in an early day. I am more than pleased in sending the advanced copies of the Family Edition into good old Adams county, where our dear parents once lived and flourished in its making, and where I believe they will be recorded a lovely, gracious welcome by you and all my friends and relatives for what my father and mother were in themselves and truly did for the place. You will observe, upon examination of the book, that the history extends from King Alfred, the Great, to the very last child of the family, born in Detroit, Michigan, unto Dr. Lowell Cline Smith and wife, Marell 16, 1931. This surely embraces some history, and naturally contains much of my thought, and handiwork of necessity with pen and brush, as is shown in the drawing of the family trees (pages 87, 88) and in sketching and monument (page 75) so as to show the full inscription thereon.

It will also be noticed in the removing of lines on the face of courthouse (page 53) which were occasioned by the telegraph wires, and in the reproduction ot the cornerstone (page 54) and the retouching and framing by hand, many of the pictures so as to make them come up clear and more pleasing to the eye and give them a dignity commensurate with the work as a whole. The Typo-tree (page 87) Is an original conception and the first and only-on of its kind in existence. I truly marvel, that at the age ot seventy-four (Oct. 6. 1931), 1 was able to do such work with my own hands! Well, all I can say, il is not of me. could not have been done had I not have been %ept alive and in perfect trim physically and menially by our dear heavenly Father, and that Good Spirit and impelling force, leading me on in gracious remembrance of my own dear father and mother. I covet no praise. The history is Mothers. I shall ever remain a child, humble, insignificant and dumb in her presence. She was all the world to me. Oh. I know full well, all mothers are dear and good, or at least be, but dear friend, my mother. Drusilla Arnold-Luckey was divinely so, and in writing her history I have found that words and lines are inadequate to express our feel|ings or do justice in giving her tribute. In my weakness as her child I. have done what I could, and my wish and prayer now is that you' and all my Decatur and Adams 1 county friends and immediate rel-1 atives may experience somewhat of the joy in reading the history that I have had in the writing and pub- , lishment of it. Take the book as if from the | hand of an old friend who saw you in your Infancy, gave you lessons in penmanship when you were a |child, admired your father before ivon anri have lived to see your adjustments and advancement in the editorial business; and may you 1 find it to be all it is meant to be I |or indeed should be. , Believe me, your old and present - —

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friend, Leonard W. A. Luckey, 43 West 84th Street, New York, New York, October 15, 1931. , o >— ; ♦ I Lessons In English | <—.— ♦ Words often misused: Do not say "He was very decent about it,” to imply lenient or generous. Often mispronounced: Alert. Pronounce a-lurt, a unstressed, ti as in "hurt.," and accent last syllable,, not the first. Often misspelled: Fictitious; tious, not cious. Synonyms: shrewd, sagacious, keen,, astute, perspicacious. 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: Veracity; that which is true "In making that statement his veracity is doubted." DETROIT MAN BUILDS ENGINE Detroit, Oct. L-. — (U.R) — John Benson, a mechanic, has built in his spare time what is believed to be the smallest one-cylinder, four cycle gasoline engine in the world. The tiny engine, which exclusive of the dry cell batteries which furnish electricity for the ignition, weights but three and a half pounds and duplicates rhe principles of larger gasoline power plants. The piston, fitted to within one-half of one-thousandth of an inch, has a stroke of one inch. The engine is equipped with a carburetor pump, counter-balanced crankshaft, air cooling and overhead valves, Benson believes it develops about one-twentieth of a horsepower when running at top speed. A thimbleful of gasoline will run the engine five minutes. Alarm Clock Saves 3 Lives Saginaw, Mich.—(U.R) —Unfailing services of an alarm clock saved the lives of three Saginaw men recently. The three. Arthur M. Kickey. his brother Sherman, and Robert R. Baird, were awakened by the alarm and found their cottages on Indian River afire. All tied in pajamas.

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“SIGHT UNSEEN" AUCTIONS DRAW i THRILL BUYERS r ’ Chicago, (U.R>— Persons with a flare for mild adventure and spec- ( illation maj’ gratify it at once of j Chicago's weekly auctions of unclaimed trunks and other baggage Here may be had everything, thrills,, suspense, discovery and. often as not, shock. For the auc- ; ' tions are conducted "sight unseen," ' , and the buyer never knows until he has purchased his article if he has ! bought a trunkful of self- rebating ( rat traps, or a half gross of Sec- | mid Empire bustles. That old Roman phrase, "caveat emptor"— let the buyer beware is an apt one for the speculators at the auctions of one express company here. The habitue,, or eon firmed auction sale fan. for the I • thing has a fascination like back < gammon, or six clay bike racing ■ becomes siiuulerly expel t in de termining contents of crate or ' trunk before he bids. 1 I The same spirit which leads to ! j I search for buried treasure brings r| biddeis again and again to the sales I . ’ All dream of some day buying an ! - iron strapped trunk filled with i gold and silver. . According to one well authenti f.cated legend current among the ■ -j auction goers an old clothes merr I chant found SIOO,OOO in stocks and >■ bonds buried at the bottom of a de j 1 cropit old trunk filled with cast • | oft clothing and rags. The consign. i who had refused to pay express! i: charges on the trunk realized his ! -1 t rror and sued the old clothes deal I, er for the value ot the securities. 1. A supreme Court I tiling finally de - 9 j elded that the speculator could kee . ep the fortune. HOLLYWOOD FILM SHOP By Ronald Wagoner --1 I nit d Press Staff Correspondent 1 I Hollywood, Cal., —(UP)—Para y I mount executives rushed around s | tearing hair during a scene in Ruth . i ! Chatterton's "Once a Lady.” and ■ all because it took an hour to lo-

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