Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1931 — Page 2

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS, BUSINESS CARDS, AND NOTICES ♦ FOR SALE FOR SALE—2 day old calf. Call phone 389 29531 FOR &AI..E —2 O. I. C. gilts, due to farrow soon. S.jp. Henschen, mile west of Kirkland high school. Craigville phone. 294-3 t FOR "SALE — Duroc male hog. 3yeanold; good breeder. Call 864B. Curtis L. Miller. 294-3 t FOR .SALE —Glome grown soup beans, $2 a bushel. George Brown, second house south of the Dent School house. Phone 871-0. 294- tx FOR SALE White Rotary el ctti< sewing machine, cabinet style, practically new, A-l condition. Sacrifice price. Erie Groce, y, phone 965 295FOR SALE — Mince meat for Christmas. Call 1202 or 1256. ’ 2Jst3x CLEARANCE SALE—I have arranged my hats in two lots. 1 lot to go at SI.OO each, and 1 at 50c each. Mrs. Maud A. Merriman, 222 S. 4th st. 295U1 FOR SALE One of the best located service stations in Decatur Priced to sell. J. A. Harvey Realty Co., sbnroe. Ind. 295-2tx FOR SALE —1928 Whippet cojich; j 1927 'Chevrolet t n truck; 1926 sedan; 1924 Ford sedan and a pickup Ford truck. Frank Wrecking Cp.. W. Monroe street. 295-6tx FOR .SALE Buzz wood, thorough ly seasoned. Maple and Oak. 4 inches and up diameter, suitable j for fireplace or furnace, $2.75. j Undelt 4 inches for cook and small ■ stoves, $2.50 per cord. Haul two ; cord ..at a load. Telephone orders to Aijfams County Lumber Com-; pany<or E. D Colter, 994. 296t6 ■ * o WANTED AANTED — Quilts to quilt or to 1 piet*fe. Three quilts for sale. Mrs. Mary"isarkley. Phone No. 6261. ;;; 294-6txi WANTED —Experienced girl wants I general housework. Write box i “L. G:" care Democrat. 294-4tx — WANTED —Experienced girl wants ! general housewo.k to do. or will I car? tor childiftn. Address’ Demo-1 crat »Kic», care of Box No. 41 295-8 t ' MALE HELP WANTED — Ambitious. reliable man wanted imme-• diately to handle Watkins Products ; in Decatur, Customers established. I Excellent opportunity, steady em- ; plojment, rapid advancement for right man. Write today J. R. Wat- I kins Company. 242-264 E. Naght n j St., ; Columbus. Ohio. 296-ltx WANTED SALESMAN WITH CAR To take o ders and deliver home I necessities cn old established toutes in Decatur. Bluffton and Fort Wayne, Steady worker can start i arninp $35 weekly and increase rapidly. Hustlers on similar routes do s6’,ubo annual business. Some established 30 years. Reply immediately giving age. occupation, references. Rawl.eigh Industries. Dept. IN-A-20-T Freeport, 111. 296-ltx . — o MISCELLANEOUS Ft Hl EXCHANGE Near General Electric. 7 room house with gas, electricity, and garage. Nicely paper d. $3,000. Will take Michigan properly. Write Box 20 % Daily Democrat. ■294-3tx GRACE CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, 1301 West Washington street. Ft. Wayne, Ind. Convalescent and observation cases, invalids, mental patients. Write tor details. 12-14-lsx FOR RENT FOR RENT 2 light li ns. io epiug moms in modern home. BU3 N. Second St. Phone 840 or 925. 295-3tx LOST AND FOUND LOST Pocket book c ntaining five dollar bill, 3 ones, some siiver and piece of heavy gold chain. Was lost Saturday morning and is be lieyed to have been mislaid at National 5 and 10 c.nt stirs. Finder please ietffrn to this o flee and re ceive rev,a; a. A. M. Fisher. 2t5-3tx « o “Garden City" In ISt;*.. t'ldeage began an exten give pHrk development unit soon sfteranrd- Its i.om are;, ..( parka comprised 1.8*7 acres I’he city then aeqmnai the nickname <>t “Garden City" and (hal name IS still eml>lHZ'>ne<l on the municipal coat of arms o Degeneration M»‘n of I.IXHI.IKMI years agn had thicker skulls than men r.f today, the siaie | ne.v need erl them in those d.,ys whet, a poll tlrhin “hurled ids dett.' the thins was granite end weighed 15 pounds Otfl*Y"lltf<'Hl detis like -uir skulls have sadly degenerated. — I >etro|t News.

MARKETREPORTS DAILY REPORT OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN MARKETS BERNE MARKET Corrected Dec. 16 ; No commission and no yardage. • I Hogs. 100-140 pounds $3.50 140-160 pounds $3.70 I | 160-225 pounds $3.85 ~ 225-275 pounds $3.60 275-350 pounds $3.50 ■| Roughs |3.00. ’ l Stags $1.75. '; Vealers $7.00 ' i Spring Lambs $4.75 i i FORT WAYNE LIVESTOCK — Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 16.—(U.R) — Livestock: Hog market, 10 cents lower. Hogs, 100-140 pounds $3.95 140-160 pounds 4.05 160-200 pounds 4.15 200-250 pounds 4.05 250-300 pounds 3.95 300-350 pounds 3.85 * Roughs, $3.25; Stags. $2.00. : j Calves—s7.so. I Lambs—ss.oo. EAST BUFFALO LIVESTOCK — East Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 16. —IU.R) j —Livestock: Hogs: on sale, 2.500: fairly aci live, mostly to shippers, 10c-15c under Tuesday's average; sorted, 160-220 lbs., $4.65-94.70; 140-160 lbs., , $4.35-$4.55; 240-280 lbs., slow at I $1.25-$ 1.40; pigs. $4 $4.25. Cattle: Receipts, 200; mostly l cows, about steady; cutter grades, I $1.25-92.50. Calves: Receipts, 350: vealers I •steady: weak; good to choice, SB-1 i $8.30; common and medium, $5.00-1 is6.*o. - Sheep; Receipts, L 100; lambs', iactive, /teady; good to choice, 96-! $6.25; medium kinds and cutter grades around 100 lbs., $5.50; throw outs, $5 down. — CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Dec. Mar. May July W heat .54 % .56 .58% ,57 ’Corn .37 .40% .41% .43% Oats .24% .26% .25% LOCAL GRAIN MARKET Corrected Dec. 16 ' No. 2 N w Wheat 48c i i 30 lbs White Oats 21c | ' 28 lbs. White Oats 19c i I Barley 35c I ■ Rye 35c I I 35c ‘ New J*n. 4 Yellow Corn 45c j 1 New No. 4. White Corn . 35c! LOCAL GROCERS EGG MARKET Eggs, dozen 18c | COURT HOUSE i Real Estate Transfers U.S.A, land in Washington town- ' ■ : ship to Henry Sheorholt, no con- j I sid -. ation. o Spreading Joy He who is filled with nnppir.pss. i • though seemingly absorbed, enanales pleasure <»n wlu»ever crosses his way. Up rannoi contain it all. bill j produces much for his neigldw»rs Thorp is no other such for | diffusing joy as the heart that itself enjoys — palmer YAGER BROTHERS Funeral Directors Ambulance Service, day or night ! Lady Attendant Phone 105-44 \ I Funeral Home. 110 So. First St. S. E. Black A-J'E.TAL DIRbufOR ; Mrs. Black, Ijidy Attendant Calls answered promptly day or night. . ’ ,r fk o jnc 500 Home phone <2, Ambulance Service ' | N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Examined, Glasses Fitted hours ; B'3o to 11:30-12:30 .to 5:0 Saturdays, 8:00 p. in. Telephone 135 .. I-or BETTER IIE AI.TH See! DR. IL FROHNAPFEL Licensed 1 I /’1 • Chiropractor anti Nntiir:ip;i!li Radionli- diagnosis and treatment Phone 314- 104 So. 3rd St. Office Hours: 10-12, 1-5 6-8 10 yearn in Decatur. LOBENSTEIN & DOAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS i Calls Himw.-red promptly day or bight Ambulance Service. Office Phone 90. RepJdetlce phoue. Decatur 1041 Reji4eij«-a Phone. Monroe 81 LADY ATTENDANT I

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Test Your Knowledge Can you answer seven of these ' test questions? Turn to Page | Four for the answers. ♦ ♦ 1. Whs gave the older: “You may fire when r?ady. Gridley!" 2. What do the initials R.O.T.C. stand for? . 3. Who was the father of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom ? 4. What did the decisive battle of the Revolutionary War occur? 5. What famous address begins with the words, "Four score and seven years ago— 9” 6. who wasjsec.etary of the Treasury in George Washington s first administration? 7. in what state is th? city of Reno? 8. Who wrote “The Crisis?” 9. What London paper is colloquially known as “The Pink ’Un?' It). Who wrote “Moby Dick?” -— 0 Thermometer for Blind A thermometer the degrees marked with raised figures and in scribed In Braille characters has been Invented for the use of blind persons. o —— The Thunderstorm During an electric storm recently. late at night our little four-year old daughter awoke and came into my room,and whet; snuggling down s.iid "1 don't like to hear the clouds talking to each other like that — they get angry "- t’hir-azo Tribune. 3 —: _ SHEHIFI' SVI.E In Ihr tflnniM l ireuit ( wurl <H Indiana. < kiin? Xiiiiilkt I IDt<* Peoples Savings Bank of Evansville, Indiana, Vs. Joseph W. Koebel, —Koebel, Wife of Joseph W. Koebel whose given name is Unknown. The Straus Brothers Company. Straus National Bank and Trust C-unpany of iThicago. Illinois. Straus National Bank and Trust Company. Trustee, Straus TruM Company, Straus Trust Company, Trustee, FTli M.Straus truste, Samuel J.T. Straus. Trustee, Emma Straus. Trustee, Herman Baum, Trustee, Eli M. Straus, Samuel J. T. Straus, Emma Straus, Herman Baum Bv virtue an order of sale to me directed and delivered from the Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court in the ab >ve entitled cause, I have levied upon and will expose for sale by public auction, at the Court House Boor tast entrance first floor in sai l County between the hours of 10 ocl u k A. M. and 4 o’clock P. M. on Saturday the 26th day of December A. I>. 1931, the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years < f the following described real Estate situated in Adams County. State of Indiana. TO-WIT. The Southeast quarter of section one <1) and the s >uthwest quarter of th*' northeast quarter of section one (1) all in Township twenty-six (26). range fourteen (14) east; And on failure to realize therefrom the full amount of the judgment, interest Thereon and c*osts I will at the same tl ' e and in the nanner aforesaid offer for sale the fee simple of the described premises, taken as the property of J >seph W. Koebel -K-'eliel, Wife of Joseph W. Ko I el, whose given name is unknown. The Straus. Brothers Company, Straus National Bauk and Trust Companj’ of Chu ago. Illinois, Straus National P»ank and Trust Company, Straus ’Trust Company Straus Trust Company Trustee, Eli M. Straus. Trustee,, • Samm l J. T. Straus, Trustee, Emma Straus, rustee, H rnian Baum, Truste., I*l M. Straus, Samuel J. T. Emma Strain, Herman Bau n at the Suit if Peoples having Bank f Evansville. Indiana, Said Sab* will m made without any relief whatever from valuation or Appraisement Laws. Burl Johnson Sheriff Adams Colintv, Indiana. Walker ami Walker and O J. Lutz. Attorneys Dec. 2-9-16 % ppiiintirrnl «.f \dmi iiiml rat<»r \<». UNTO N tire is hbrehy given. That the undersigned has been appointed Administrator of the estate of George B. •Cline, late of Adams County, dei eased. The estate is probably solI vent. 1 >e<. S. 1931. J»*s.*-e C. Sutton Atty Martha 1), Smith, Administratrix . . . pr s>

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1931.

I As Gandhi’s Hopes Were Crushed i H hhmpt^T — i 1 'iii—im-,-Li -..

This exclusive picture, made during the last ses- . sion of the India Round Table Conference at London, Eng., shows Ramsay MacDonald addressing the meeting, in a last attempt to smooth out the diffi- : culties that snarled the negotiations. India's; strong man. Mahatma Gandhi, indicated by arrow, left the

HOOVER TO HEAR INDIANS' PLEA ■ Seminole Okla.. —(UP) —A dsle-j Ration of Seminole) Indians, headed -by Chili Fish, who refused an appointment by President Hoover as ' chief of the tribe far a day, have ■ gone to Washington to present claims of the Seminole Nation to l Oklahoma congressmen. The committee has asked the Ok- ■■ lahoma delegation to secure pas- : sage of a bill in cMg.es when it i l convene next month, naming an 'impartial referee who-will be em- 1 I powered to investigate claims of ■ the Seminole tribe. ; This referee will decide if the Indians have a case that will warJ rant presentation to the United ■ I States cou.t o’ claims. !i The Seminoles contend the z .;v-i j eminent owes the tribe $500,000 ; t with five per cent interest since i 18?8 by virtue of a land treaty. The Seminoles also were prepared to ask the government to ieopen the M.kusukey academy near here, which was closed a year ago. The , | boarding school, the Semißoles con ■ | tend, should either be opened on ,; tribal funds, or from special approJp.iation from the Indian bureau. 1 1 Q TWO CONTRACTS ARE VERIFIED , CONTINUKD FROM PAGE ONE) 1 over the fire hose, strung across| t i the tracks on June 7. 1931, was j , filed and approved. The matter of making a settle-1 •I ment with the Carey Roofing com - ;! patty for the ventilators in the city light and power plant building was left in the hands of the electric light committee. A resolution appropriating slsOl - from the general fund to the police fund was adopted. Rills were allowed and the sesa sion adjourned. ■ . <A_. 200*Hour Trip j It would require only 2>o hour;; Ito reach the moon, according to the inventor, who explained there ■ 1 was no limit to the speed attainI able in space. Landing the ship on the moon would be accomplished by use of a recoil apparatus aad a landing gear. “The biggest problem will be in building a evlinder which will withstand extreme temperatures and » pressures/' Woodford explained. ■ o— Report Shows Soviet Plan Drive on Fish Canning Washington (UP) Not wheat. I not vodka, uot lumber, but fish, wi 1 ! bold at least the temporary lime- . light in Russia, as the Soviet gov- _ ernment launches a program of ex-

< ■ conference after the session, declaring that his Ion” journey from his homeland had been in vain as 1 nothing had been accomplished. The Indian leader threatened to renew his campaign of civil disobedience that has so, much embarrassed the British government of India.

! panision of the fish canning Indust y. According to Russian advices, • transmitted to the Commerce Department this program calls for the | construction and operation of the ; 159 new factories. 36 asho.e anil 2J! I afloat durin? the next two years.’ Th? j.oposcd total output of (these factories working with double shifts is to amount to 327,<*00,000 one-pound cans. In the year 1933' the total production of $2,400,000,000 cne-pound cans of preserves is ! to include 600,000,000 cans of 'fish, 1 SURVEY REPORTS VERY BUSY YEAR Washington, —(UP)— Applies- j tion this year of congressional ap-1 prapriation for undamental scien-’ tlfic research has caused to be aug-l mente 1 human knowledge of the ■ earth and ail that is in it, states the j United Slates Geological Survey.! in its annual report. Am.ing the studies now being ua-1 dertaken by the Survey with SIOO. 000 appropriate by Congress are;! the geological and geography of Death Valley, Cal., glacial geology of the Northern Rocky Mountain district; spectographic study of minerals f r the detection of rare elements, and th? microstructure of clays. The fact that such an allotment has been made, however, it H slated, dies not mean that such work has not been und o taken before. i Returns from the inv< dinent, bei sides being in the nature o. infer ; mative va’ues, give promise of | yieldin,' actual monetary returns. Detrailed studies of sedimentary r cks and of the structures devei op d in them by learth movements . Save yields invaluable information i abcut the ideation of oil, gas and | coal deposits. Sums made available to the Geological Surgey by Cougiess tota’ed ■ .2 3,9,090 . f which $170,000 remain led i i xpended at the end of the I year. Peculiar Poiion The bisect poison rotenone, which is luirmless to bunion (icings was discovered when scientists heard I that natives of the used plants containing poison to help I I them In cntching fish : | o P»im Tree* in the North 11 Palm trees, which now grow only , In warm regions, were a feature of the landscape In most parts of North America In enrllet times I Combine* Many Sound* , A report from Berlin tell* the >1 world that a new quintuple iitstruI ment has been Invented which com • bines the grand piano, radio, tuir II tnotllum. sjdnet mid ptionoogrnpt) • ~ with a loud speaker. (»h. for a lodge In the wildernet s.—New London ■j I’d.'.

MEXICAN PAPER HAS BIRTHDAY j Mexjci City. —(UP)—■ Incomme*- ' mutation of the 21st anniversary of the revolution, -El National, news- , paper of th National Revolutionary Party, published a special edition j oT 204 and ten sections. I The edition t eated of the social' economic and political activities of j leach of th? states and territories | ( of the Republic, and the Federal ■ District, giving the history of the , ; tremendous advance and progress’ ! under The I evolutionary regime. The anniversary number was pro- ‘ i fusely illustrated, n t only by ! | photographs o.’ leading political fig- | ■ ureS of modern Mexico, but also by I I photographs of public wo ks, : schools, buildings, roads and other . tangible results of this era of pro- ; gress. j j One of the feature was an article •< by President O tix Rubio describ-1 ing the memorable events of Oct. | I 1(>, 1913. It was on this date that 1 . he and a group of other deputies i j loyal to the original precepts of tfee ‘ Revolution wen? (caturbd in the i Chamber of Deputies and imprisoni ed by o.ders of Victorians Huerta. 't, —. — o tree Churches May* Become Talkies II __—_ • ;j London, —(UP)—The possibility' ■ I of a nnnibe’ of free churches being I sold and converted into “talkie’' i cinemas, was mentioned by the Rev. ’ J. A. Patten, of Dulwich, in an add- ’ res a. He saiil that with the continued doclin i ) c i irch attendance-K r;e hr, would be affected i because unlike the established (', churches, which w mid hecomeV I plac ;< of pilgrimage because of their historical fnteiest, tjie free • chur hes could hot rely on en.lowI (Wits, but depended on individual i support from its members. : 0 Early River Navigation The first t.ip up the Ohio river by steamboat was made In May. 1815. by the Enterprise, nf 75 tons. She traveled from New Orleans to Louisville |n that year, the trip tak Ing 25 days. The steamer Washing ton tmide the same tyip In 181(1 and Inaugurated steamboat navigation in the Mlsslssfjipf vnlley’ :——o : Sound'* Long Journey Sound travels nt the rale <>f i. 126 feei per second It Is about 13'J.ltdO,. tMM> feet around the world. It would therefore take .12 hours for sound to tmvol around tha wnrld * ■ Uncle Eben “Fohgive yuh enemies as fur as ; ynh kin.** said Uncle Ehen. “But ) ; dat mean dat you Is expect- > ’ ed to lay ynhse'f wide open tn mo’ i trouble at delr han’s.”—\vasWn;:toD Star. J

ENGINEEBS URGE FARM TRUST ; i Geneva, —(UP)—A trust <f the ' I t lsht leading agricultural states of j the world, fixing their own prie rs fJi agricultural products, would isolv? the present world-'wide eco- 1 ii.amic c.isls. This is the basis of a project that ‘ has ju it been subMitted to the League o' Nations by the Association of Civil Engineers of Budapest. 1 In brief, the jitoj.'ci is as follows: ' First—The w rid contains 1.859,-; 990,000 inhabitants, of whom 850,- 1 00Q.090 gain th ii living Irotn agri-', culture, 700,000,009 t om industry, and the remaining 300,000,000 indirectly from agriculture and inanu- '' facture. Second —At the present time agri- ‘ culture vi. brings in no re-' turns. Third —As a consequence, the 1 agriculturist cannot purchaseunan- ' ufactured products. Fou th—ln turn, those employed , in manufacture and industry cannot buy agricultural products. Fifth The only solution, thereore, is to put agriculture on a paying basis and immediately the farmer will h? able to purchase manufactured a: tide:',, exportation and importation will resume their normal status, and prosperity will return. o BARGAINS — Bargains in Living Room. Dining Room Suites. Mat- , tresses and Rugs. Stuckey and Co. Monroe, our Phone number is 44. ts •

“Community Auction Sale • DECATUR, INDIANA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19,1931 AT 10 A. M. 25—HEAD OF HORSES—2S AU broke horses, a lew iiitdch tennis, good colors: "d( 1300 Io ItdlO firs. None of them branded. Mtiy bestfl stile burn anv time after Wednesday. Every horse''ill i bitched anti tried to suit buyer. ! 20 Milk Cows; 10 Feeding Rattle; Hogs; Sheep; Poultry,! i Several bushels of Soy Beans. Dfcatur Community Sale Boy Johnson, Herman Strahr.i, aucls. IWIIM II M &ET. riJtUS.kTLuJERaiJZrWSJ’# USTSrfI •—r? — - Automobile - Servici Wrecking Service Automobile Painting and Body \ Eibhy-Owens-Ford Shatter-proof Plate Glass Motor Overhauling and Brake Ser'itf ,Fisk Tires and Tubes ALL WORK GUARANTY T n Saylors Motor C»

Pennsylvania Stages! On Careless Motori llarrisburg, Pa., — hjpll state will "go the limit" in J ing scho 1 children from ,'jZ motorists, Captain Wflsat cl superintendent of the s !a - e J way I’at.ol. announced today.; Th? Patrol, he stated, tg, tfnne its campaign agsiauti who fail to show down to is 1 an bear thr ugh scho i , whether school is in session J W eather Embarrasses VV ilcomers of SantaC Berd. Ore..-(I'Ll-. c-r may be fin.- fir LntadiJ it proved emha assing u y welconters here. The city baud tit:ti:d oat ;o regalia to welcome Santa atii fete. Weather was so coil ihei froze in the saxaphonu atf| keys on the big tuba wouldn'tm Get the Haon-i-Trade at Seldom —is a funeral problem -grtd we have not solved ’or sen far or near. W. 11. Zwick &Jo( FUNERAL PIREt TOK] Mrs. Zwick. luuly Attend him ral Home Ambnlnm-eSsl 514 N. Second Tel. 303 aid