Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 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 & Hus. 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 mail 35 Three months, by mail 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 13.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER. Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, Nfcw York Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Come on folks, lets put the Good Fellows fund over the top. Chicago is still broke and city employes will have to depend on Santa Claus entirely for any Christmas they may receive. The Christmas season is near and its time for every one to be as happy as they can. Be cheerful, generous and keep tile old smile going. Just a week from today is Christmas and thats the happiest occasion of the year. Get ready for it, join in the festivities, be one of the ; voungsters again, it will be good 1 for what ails yon and your pleasure ' will add to that of the others. Remember that every one in this radius will benefit and largely if the sugar plant is operated next year and permit nothing to stop us from doing all we can towards that end. This should be our biggest effort the next month and its worth ten times all we can give it. -urn ii ——■ i i . President Hoover is worried and has a right to be. He is no longer the ideal or even the great en gineer as he was three years ago. His bt**:deiis are many and heavy and instead of improving under any suggestions they seem to get worse.. Facing the present congress ft is any*thiug but a tonic. Its a serious period for the administration and tlfe G. O. P. ThefiJ’rince of Wales may not be [ much, of a horseman but he's no I fool and his recent remark on business .pounds like he might make a good Km erican booster. He said: ' "Earlj: to bed and early to rise, bu* j you 'Sill all go bust if you don't adverifee.” That’s true whether you bflpeve it or not or kid yourself that advertising is overhead you can gS along with out. Every one in this community is hoping and praying for the speedy and ftmnplete recovery of Rev. Harry H. Ferntheil, popular pastor 01 the’Presbyterian church who is j a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital where he underwent a major operation. A; a pastor. as commander of the American Legion, as a citizen and neighbor, Rev. F-erntheil has proven himself worthy. We need him and his fine qualities and great ability to do things anti do them well. At this time when it is up to every individual and every city to help themselves all they can we doubt the wisdom of permitting outside i gencics which conflict with local concerns to come in to this radius witli their wares and without aiding in any way to maintain this community. These solicitors take the money away and thats not Ashbaucher’s MAJESTIC FURNACES \3BESTOS SHINGLE ROOFING. SPOUTING LIGHTNING RODS Phone 765 or 739

a good thing any time, much less now. We notice . each day big trucks and special csrs delivering bread, meat, fruits, groceries and other goods which are prepared and can be secured right here at. home, better and cheaper. Let’s t get together and fight for each other. That's wise and best for ! every one. They may say it can't [ be done but try selling your goods i some where else and see how far 1 you get. There is away and we I i should find it. _ Persons who have evaded the payment of taxes will find it difficult to operate their automobiles m 1932. Before they can obtain, license plates they will be asked to show a receipt for their poll tax. If they can not produce the receipt they will be unable to operate their cars. Thousands upon thousands ot persons between the age of 21 and 50 have never paitf a cent of taxes for the support of the government whose benefits they enjoy. They participate in the election of public officials and receive the benefits of various governmental services, yet they have been unwilling to pay their share of the cost. The new statute pertaining to the issuing of automobile licenses will compel them to produce a receipt showing that they have paid their poll tax. The law will put thousands of dollars into the public treasury, a tax payment that in most cases will come from persons who financially are able to I pay it.—Richmond Palidum. _____ Most people will feel like saying [good-bye to 1931 w-ithout regret. It is a parting guest gladly speeded. Everybody is saying that the end of the year is a time for “forgett-1 ing the things that are behind."[ But even while turning a hopeful ' face to the future, as we all should Io today and tomorrow, we cannot be unmindful of what the recent past has taught us. Certainly the country has not been so dull a scholar as not to have learned many things in the "dear scho'ol" of Fundamental truths I in economics and some elementary j principles in politics have l>een :aught with such force, with such , vivid illustration from hard facts, that they cannot be ignored in the future unless we Americans are guilty of the folly of breaking a leg twice over the same stone. No ; appraisal of the year closing now I lean be adequate without taking I these things into the account. Ini j reality they contribute to a [strengthening of confidence as we [face 1932. In the twelvemonth before ns we surely shall be cautious about falling again into what we now see to have been the insensate and gigantic blunders of the past. This certainty is among the guarantees of better times to come. Always in our past a deeply disappointing year has been followed by one bright with promise. There is warrant, therefore, for hearing in the bells which ring out the old year a rising note which seems to say, with the poet: "We bid you hope.’’ o ♦ ♦ j Household Scrapbook j I | -by- | ROBERTA LEE ♦ 4 Ironing A wire-covered asbestos mat can | i be used for an ironing stand. It will clean the iron, and prevent scorching the iron cover. With Fish With baked fish, se.ved mashed or sweet potatoes, cooked in southern style. Plain boiled potatq.a ,-h )uld be served only when they are new. T arnish To prevent th? tarnishing of flat silver, keep a piece of gum camphor , : in the drawei. , (j—- --( Swedish City SCO Years Old Vestervik, Sweden.— (U.R) —Five 1 hundred years have passed since Vestervik, in the province of Smaland. received its charter from Erik of Pomerania, the ruler of the [united kingdoms of Sweden, Nor- | way and Denmark. To celebrate the founding, the city has invited residents over seven to a coffee party. The guests mly keep their cups and saucers, engraved with the city’s coat of arm.-; and the date of the anniversary, as souvenirs. I Dance, Sunday, Sunset.

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♦ ♦ | Answers To Test Questions — Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two. ♦ ♦ 1. Henrik Ibsen. 2. The bull's eye. 3. Russia. 4. American novelist. 5. On the northern coast of South : America. 6. Eugene O’Niell. _ 7. Montana. 8. For Elizabeth tthe "Virgin Queen" ot England. 9. Czechoslovakia. Yugoslavia i and Rumania. 10. Lief Ericsson. — o—- * TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY i From the Daily Democrat File ♦ ♦ Dec. 18—Father Wilkens is ser-1 iuusly ill with apoplexy. R. O. and Chest r Johnson sell j 343 Gary lots to Kendallville crowd for $50,000. Fred LaDelle family leave for Fargjo. S. D. to open vaudeville tour. Population of Adams county is i 21440. Berne is 1,316. Geneva 1.140 j and Decatur 4.471. Roy Mumma is superintendent of the Unite ! Brethren Sunday school as result of the election. David Rosebaum fined SSO for selling goods at Monroe without a license. New .urnace is being installed at

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By HARRISON CARROLL. 4Copyright. 1931. Premier Syndicate, Inc. HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 00.—That secret service story, starring Constance Bennett, will have to wait.

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David Selznick wants her to appear first ini , “Free to Live,” I another film dealing with our modern morals. The p i c t ure will go into production s h ortly after the first of the year, so Connie and the Marquis will have little time I for a honey-

moon. Another person to lose his vaca- ] tion will be John Howard Lawson, I who has been recalled from New . I York to prepare the story. Law-i son has been the author of several E.-K.-O. originals, among them , ‘‘Pent House,"’ in which Hope Willi*ms was to have made her debut. I hear the secret service film is j due to be produced later. Major Herbert O. Yardley, the international code expert, remains on the lot to finish the story. LET’S NOT EVEN THINK OF IT. This country’s surplus of wheat I is bad enough, says Eddie Welch, i but things could be worse. It ! might be spinach. LATEST GOSSIP. Neil Miller, .Dorothy Mackaill’s new husband, is leaving for New York to sing on the radio. Unfortunately, Dorothy can’t go with h'm, for she has to finish her W’arners contract. Actually, it won’t be at Warner's. Harry Cohn has bought it up and will use Dorothy for a lead in Ursula Parrott’s “Love Affair.” Once this picture is finished Dorothy intends to freelance. Her first act, though, will be to go to New York to see Neil... The freaks have finished their picture at M.-G.-AL, and most of them are leaving Los Angeles. Exceptions are Violet and Daisy, the Siamese twins, who will remain I here until after Christmas . I Mervyn Leroy arrived from New

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[ the U. B. church. Decatur Horse Sale Company is i distributing beautiful calendars. Thirteen killed and many injured | in wreck on Chcago, St. Paul and [ Milwaukee railroad at Odessa, Minn. ißilly Gay loses two fingers in a feed cutter. Cl ni Mr-Lain of Washington, D. I C. visiting here. I —— Lessons In English Words often misused: Do not say i "I was so far from the sp aker’s , platform that I could not hear any.” , Omit any. or ay, “cuuld not hear i what was said." i Often mispronounced: Amour. i Pronounce a-moor, a as in "ask," I oo as in "moon,” accent last syllable. Often misspelled: Anaesthetic, or anesthetic. Synonyms: Display (verbi, snow-. ! parade, flaunt. | Wurd study: “Use a word three [times and it is yours." L t us inI crease our vocabulary by masteri ing one word each day. Today's word: Execratoiy; o’ the nature of curses. “The mob filled the air with execratory cries.” Hawk Kills Homing Pigeon i Oconto, Wis. —(IJ.R) —-Oconto rest[dents witnessed recently a thrill i ing aerial battie over the downtown .streets. A large chicken hawk sud- 1 denly swooped down from the sky 1 and pounced upon a homing pigeon [as it was passing over the city. The pigeon was decapitated and its body i fell to the ground. On the birds leg was stamped "AU 31 D 1586.”

BYork. He’ll d'rect George Sidney in “Mendel, Inc.”.. .Sidney Fox just had her twenty-first birthday.. .Junior Laemmle is home sick again.. . One of my scouts reports that Hank Mann was in the U. S. C. rooting section at the football game Saturday. He had i his coat off, wore a freshman cap and was doing card tricks. GETTING FAMILIAR. How many stars' nicknames do you know? Joan Blonde!! is “Buddy” to her family. Jim Cagney calls his wife [ “Bills” Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. is [ “Skippy” and “Dodo” to Joan Crawford. Dolores Costello culls John Barrymore “Winkie.” Barbara Stanwyck is “Red’’ to her husband, Frank Fay. V/innie Lightner is “Weenie” to her friends. Doug Fairbanks calls Mary Pickford “Hipper.” She calls him “Hopper.” Loretta Young is I “Loly” to her sister. Mrs. Brown . calls Joe E. Brown “Jody.” — IN THE NEWS. You thought you’d seen th" last of him, but “The Lone Wolf” stalks again. Louis Joseph Vance

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[ has brought him back in . “First Cabin” [ and, as hereto- ; [ fore announced, • Th os. Melghan ’ will get the part. ■ Last time, it was Bert Lytell, wasn’t it? At any rate. ’ I have learned a lot of new, ' names in this 1 Fox cast. Will--7 iam Bake w ell r will play the 1 Lone Wolf’s son, who lias to be

3 rescued from trouble by his fa- - i mous father. Charlotte Greenwood ’ | has a mother role and Barbara 1 , Weeks is her daughter. The de- ’ ; tective of the piece will be Jim 1 Kirkwood. t Hamilton McFadden directs. r. , DID YOU KNOW—n That Wallace Ford it an orphan and does not know who his parents v ■ were?

♦ . ——- «j Modern Etiquette ROBERTA lee sSTraalr N Q. Is it permissible for the add- flggjflß' '• jtgggi* ’.4 A. Il is ail ri. lit for busiip ss co ■ ' 1 fr-- : ' 1 . : i ipond pee, but not for so. i.il atalionery. I a, iy rules ot b 1 I via: for se. vants? A. A w.di trained servant speaks in a low tan . walks ,F- silently a.i 1 ? 11 -i a.'i:l makes little noise i' :■ ' when at work. j ■ usii.Jly lollon i a dinner party ■’ » • h-. d.in. in; or cards A ’• x >. JS lx - - e i <u £ * CONGRESS TODAY * M " O _ (U . Pj ♦ £ t House »• 'A SS ' < - I - C d'.i. .- bill . - ’ I' I e ign d- ,i. a, a: iur... 11 "j&ggjySL. I "l.ir. a:-.| < i :. iu . iiuninr!_ ■' < .:i-;i uctioit corporation bill pro ' K" ■ d by President Hoover. I Numerous other committees hold [ o g.mization meetings. j T Xv • Senate SfO I Y’P'MTTI ”' z ’ Finatiee committee begins inquiry A X->-.1 A A into intel national loans. Si, Ai Hanking and currency commiti r~> ' takes up $500.l>(»(l.OV0 reconstruction U Ol* • • c .rp nation bill. A Hoosier Congressmen ( Receive Many Honors vxlll lOLIIICIO " 'Washington, D. C., Dev. 1 —The 1 old cry “The south is in the saddle xx-uirx’ i • z-v • , ~, . , in the democratic party and it is "HEN planting your Christmas Dinner or Christmas Ice of no use to elect a northern demo- <• hristmas Parties, do not forget how easv Cr ' Ft crat to congress because northern j( j s serve * ea ' ures democrats do not get any recog- include - nition in congress when the demo- [ crats are in control has lost all ot r its force and Effectiveness. 'wdMwr vs MCkIX Brink Ice Cream in the This time-honored slogan of re-; tollowing combinations, publican orators was exploded into A fIA Christmas Bell Center tine bits when the committee as- A €3IS) It vjp WM tfjlp Brick; Christmas Tree signments in the new democratic- Center Brick; Christcontrolled House of Represent- ... , . mas Pudding Brick: « ..fives were The southern democratic leaders year io ha' e man> ( hristmas features any chop Suey Brick, whose claims to preferment are ORC of which will prove most appetizing Cranberry Ice and backed by long seniority which the and delightful. Sherbe - northern democratic members do not possess were very considerate k’.rl,. r Individual Santa Clau; and generous in the distribution of 1 1 0r^ tr Early—either from Individual committee plums and gave north- JOlir dealer Or phone of) or 51. Christmas Bells ern democrats altogether the best •e Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc best committee assignments that: ■wX ■ ■WX WV Bl IV ever fell to their lot in any admin- B 1 istration. Os the 110 representatives from northern, western and ——— —— — ■■■ ■ ————————— ■■ '.’.airmen of committees Os *47 [ Sg? pg' l ";' § luad.-r an.l wesl. i n state gw '* ’ /fl f iiav. received 20. There are 155 fK* 'v 1 ■ ihisii e committee assignments in g? iSr 'Sh f tile House, of which the northern, ly' vRj & \ .A.-- . $ western and border states, with a Kul F M [ n / f representation of 110, received 75. PStt 1 @ 1 H Pt /X The democratic party of Indiana ,SF F ~ A ■' <3 y // ‘‘ I !>;• a l ight to feel proud of the ' '''-7 I .-.plendid assignments given to In- M " diana democratic congressmen. In & the new congress Indiana is repre- Sf T1 . ~ , , ~ , . . ...... ' ented on the Ways and Means W How comfortable, farsighted and convenient it is to £ ommittee, which frames all tariff [& bui’d up a fund each week throughout the year to take g and tax legislation by R4>resent-: sw care cf your gift expenditures for next Christmas. ative Harry c. Canfield; on the ; fra Put in what you can afford each week. Then next Rules committee, which is the com » t hr! ’r'P.s vott 11 know just how much vou can spend, mittee that shapes the legislative: w ‘ A program, by Representative Arthur | V ■ H. Greenwood; on the powerful i & , ■ Appropriation committee, which ’ I ■ • ■ apt | appropriates the billions required W g HMI g-M f* L l lUH ? Ludlow’. M lli I W I 1 W Wttt V S The new Indiana democratic mem-1 S wX hers also fare exceptionally well.! 3> 9 Two of them land on exclusive V — _ ■ now tormina ? merce and Representative Samuel g? “ AVX (j > V S » S-■ B. Pettingill’on Military Affaiis. In'. ® all, five of the nine Indiana demo- 1 V A cratic members receive exclusive 1 M 2 assignments—Canfield, Greenwood, I**l 3 I. Gillen and Pettengill. The S* t R I I 41 KT Uf»rl « other Indiana democratic represent- V j atives have been recognized with kw j i i fl excellent assignments and by reas-[gE Hundreds ’ ", [[. rU Hun(ire&S on committees the Indiana demo- W Q-g Joining. S < FC ESVillg. ■ cratic members are now in a post- V * x — fl tiin to render splendid service to & , 7N?\S'\(PA*D/ g ,ln: state. The complete list of Inliana democratic committee ap- ■ I II ■ pointments in the new congre- , w g— fl follows: Canfield. Ways and Means- KM * A Green wood. Rules; Ludlow. Appro- K M priations; Boehne, Rivers and H .r- 2? . g bors, Accounts. Civil Service, Mines A * \H / * k " x M s^. aave any Amount you Wisnj Grounds, Pensions, Roads, Imml- S gration, Territories; Gillen, Inter- y W state and Foreign Commerce; Lar <« ■» rabee, Invalid Pensions, Census, In- wL | I | II | fl sular Affairs. Education. Coinage, grt / V-/ L\_Z l.p<_v Vz vX ?( Weights and Measures; Griswold, Ss r • World War Veterans, Flood Con- sf 5 trol,-Labor, War Claims, Expendi- W fl i ture in the Executive Departments; St Join today! It's the easy and practical way to save. ■ Pettengill, Military Affairs. Many of your friends have already joined a Club at A „ w 77 “ „ ~ T this bank and we cordially invite you to do likewise. 3 Ozarks Yield 2 Potato Crops V fl Bethany, Mo. (U.K) —Potato grow- ft fl ers in the Ozarks mountain disst S rinOT OTATF DAkilf [potatoes in August, but threw back ft ps P %. H k'A P fee tf® ■* WV, fl [the small ones, which would not sell, ft | |g > R nJ/ H S ft 3 « I B fl because of prevailing low prices.'ft ■ ■■ d MB i iThe little “spuds” sprouted, and Sy I now there’s a second crop coming ft DECATUR, INDIANA : up. Some of the potatoes are as large as a man’s fist.