Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 19 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 & 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 mart 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 $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER, Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Bus regulation is up in congress and the time is not far off when these carriers will have as many rules and orders to obey as have the railroads of today. A boy down in Cincinnati swallowed a cartridge, now he is safe from a spanking which might set it off and cause injuries to the bystanders. If you don't know what to send as a Christmas present you might give a years subscription to the Daily Democrat, always welcome to those away from home. These frosty mornings may remind you of October but its less than two weeks to New Years Day and 1932. It takes a stiffer backbone to make firm resolutions but they are more important this year than ever. The Good Fellows fund is over tlie S2OO mark and we believe can yet be brought up to the average total. Twice that amount is necessary to do the job right on Christmas Day. The Good Fellows fund is growing and will we feel sure eventually reauh the desired goal for after all we feel sure our people will not be satisfied with any thing but a Merry Christmas for the poor boys and girls. Don’t overlook the fact that before you go after those pretty newgreen license plates tar 1932 you must arm yourself with a poll tax receipt and if they want to they can make you pay as far back as you owe. Certainly tough on the fellow who has been getting by without paying that extra tax. That contract bridge tournament in New York is creating interest because its new enough to be novel to millions who have been trying to learn the game and as far as that is of news value but about four fifths of the bunk being sent out sounds like free advertising tor the experts who are contesting. It would be a wise and popular thing if the city would prevent the peddling of goods from out of the city, particularly those which compete with local manufacturers and dealers. Other cities do it and we should have the same protection they have.

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It begins to look as though Congressman McFadden, republican from Pennsylvania is opposed to the moratorium and he may have some support. A lot of folks feel that if the government has any favors to extend they might with wisdom distribute them in this country. Three men who robbed a bank at Mt. Summit yesterday were captured and the men taken to the Muncie jail. They were lucky that they were brought in whole instead of in pieces and bandits ought to understand the public is tired of their work and may shoot and compromise afterwards. A new law which goes into effect the first of the year will regulate the size and weight of trucks on the state highways, a law which is a little late in arriving but which if enforced, will save millions of dollars. Overloaded trucks have the past few years almost made it impossible to maintain the highways of Indiana. The new law will be enforced by the state police and the highway employes and if they do their part, they can save the state a large sum of money the coming years. This is the traditional time for business estimates for the new year. But the prophets are wary now. They have seen too many prophecies fail in these last two years. One of the country’s least discredited business analysts, Col. Leonard P. Ayres, while refusing to make any definite predictions for 1932, makes this significant and picturesque statement of the situation: He likens business to a game of poker. The business man. he says, disgusted with the cards he has been drawing and discard-1 ing. is ready to say to Fate, "Deal I me five cards.” Business is done with the past. It is ready to face the future and make the best of whatever hand it draws. It is much to have arrived at this state of mind. Now, with the new deal, we may get somewhere. -- — o ♦- ♦ Household Scrapbook —by— ROBERTA LEE ♦ ♦ Pies To save time when making pies, mix 4 cups of pastry flour to 1 cup of lard and a pinch of salt. Double this quantity and keep in the ice box until ready to us -. When pie is to be made, mix a little water with cups of the mixture and the dough is ready. Kid Gloves Use pure alcohol ,n preference to gasoline for cleaning white kid gloves. It will dry quickly and there will be no unpleasant odor o.' gasoline. The Milk Bottle After opening the milk bottle the papet cap should be substituted by a glass stopper. Lessons In English Words often misused: Do not say "I disr-member.” Say. “I do not remember" or. "I forget.’ Often mispronounced: Apparatus. Pronounce third a as in "day,’ and accent after third a. Often misspelled Zephyr. Observe the phyr. Synonyms: Confusion, discomfitve, enibar.assment, abashment, bewilderment. 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: Proffer (noun); an offet. "He made a prof.er of his sei vices.” . I Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the i Test Questions printed on Page Two. 1. A thousand millions. 2. Kate Douglas Wiggin. 3. India. 4. 1126 feet per second. 5. Salt water. 6. Golf. 7. Troy measure. 8. Nile River. Egypt. 9. Woman sufferage. 10. He had no middle name. o Carrot Looks Like Beet Loveland. Colo.—(U.R)—A carrot, which, except for color, looked more like a sugar beet, was exhibited here by Mrs. J. A. Dotts. The carI rot was 16 inches long, weighed two and a half pounds. It would make five mea'ls for the average family. 4

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TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File Dec. 19 —-Daiuhter born to Mr. I and Mrs. Milton Hower. ■Charles Estell, N. H. Wagoner I and Thomas S. Dowling elected road supervisors of Washington township. Real estate transfers-Charles H. 1 Wot deft ot al to D. N. Erwin, part lot 41), Decatur. $4,600. Miss Faye Smith goes to Richmond to give a number of readings: First car of sugar beet seed arrives and is stored al Decatur Produce Company building. John Bigelcw, famous author ami diplomat dies in New York City. Sixteen firms are preparing to bid on the sugar factory buildings here. Tai iff commission recommend re-

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By HARRISON CARROLL. ♦ Copjrrttht. 1831. Premier Syndicate. Ine. I HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Dec. 00.— | Romance has looked up in Hollywood in 1931. According to my count, there

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were 27 film weddings during the year, while only 16 marital barks hit the rocks. It also should i be worthy of note that one couple, the James Gleasons, celebrated their twenty-fifth an- L rGversary. Some of the most glamorous

ttars in filmdoir are now embarked , on that notoriously trying first I year. For instance, Constance Ben- j nett and the Marquis Henry de la Falaise; Gloria Swanson and Michael Farmer; Winifred Coe and Richard Dix; June Collyer and / Stuart Erwin; Carole Lombard , end William Powell; Dorothy Mackaill and Neil Miller; Virginia Valli and Charles Farrell; Helen Twelvetrees and Frank Woody (they were married twice, March . 21 in Reno and April 21 in Santa i Cruz); Clara Bow and Rex BeB;| Kay Francis and Kenneth Mac- : Kenna; Mary Astor and Dr. Franklin Thorpe; Lola Lane and Lewi' Ayres; Nancy Carroll and Bolton Mallory; and Mrs. Rea Langham and Clark Gable. Other film marriages of the year were; Janet Gattis and John McCormick (since divorced); Marjorie Moss and Edmund Goulding; Nan Sutherland and Walter Hus-1 ton; Virginia Shelley and Frank I Albertson; Beatrice Powers and' James Kirkwood; Eleanor Merry and Tom Moore; June McCloy and Schuyley Schenck; Marjorie Rambeau and Francis Gudger; Mary Nolan and Wallace Macrery; Dorothy Appleby and Morgan Galloway; Rita Roy and Ben Herschfield; Arline Judge and Wesley Ruggles and Haze! Woolf I and Lewis Stone. On the other side of the ledger are the cooled-off romances of Helene Costello and Lowell Sherman; Estelle Taylor and Jack Dempsey; Janet Gattis and John McCormick; Frances Matron and George Hill; Grace and Lawrence Tibbett; Ann and Don Alvarado; Dorothy Lee and Jimmie Fidler; Irene Rich and David Blankenhorn; Loretta Young and Grant Withers; Ginger Rogers and Jack Pepperlna Claire and Jack Gil- I bert; Jean Kent and Robert | Armstrong; Edna Murohy andj Mervyn Leroy; Edna May Oliver I and D. W. Pratty (separated sev- | eral years but divorce filed this i year); Frances Beranger and Don Cook and the Cliff Edwardses. I

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vision of tariff and President Taft includes the report in his message to congress. Clover Lea.' officials here to object to the older for watchmen at I 11th and 13th street crossings. Iret-a Beavers is leading in the doll voting contest. ♦ ♦ Modern Etiquette -byROBERTA LEE ♦ : ♦ Q. Must one reply when receiving an invitation to a bail or dance? A. Yes, at the earliest possible date. Q. May a woman's second marriage be as elaboiate as her first? A. No; the plans vary according to the age of ti»<3 bride. Q. May a guest take a second helping at dinner if it is offered? A. Yes. 4) Get the Harm—Trace at Heme

REACHED. Times are so tough, says Harry Brand, that a friend of his is going to Death Valley on his vacation. LATEST GOSSIP. Virginia Bruce (Ziegfeld took her East and M. G. M. hired her back) and Robert Young are that way ■ Danny Danker is going with Drucilla Dunn . Maureen O’Su .i---van says she’s between romance.! . . . Warner Brothers are seeking doubles for Mayor Jimmie Walker and Grover Whalen ...Phillips Holmes is on his way to New Y’ork by boat. He continues on to England. ..A fiery-haired Los Angeles girl got a screen test because she had a fight with her husband in a restaurant. Director Marcel de Sano happened to be in the next booth and was so impressed by her fervor that he asked her to come out to M. G. M. and try out for the role in “The Red-Headed Woman’’ . . . One-eyed Connolly showed up the other day with his thumb bandaged. Someone asked him what was the matter. "Hitchhiker’s thumb/” he explained, gesturing expressively, HE CAN DISH IT OUT BUT HE CAN’T TAKE IT. Despite the face he is the chairman of the British Lion Film Company and has had several of his stones produced, Edgar Wallace confesses he has never seen one of his pictures. “My first story to reach the screen was ‘The Man Who Bought London,’” says Wallace. “It had ten murders. 1 sat through the first three and then walked out. I have never been back to see another of my pictures.” Even when he directed his story, “The Squealer,” he never saw anything but the rushes, the author declares. Wallace will be out here at RKO until the latter part of February. He returns to London at that time to stage his new play, “The Green Pack.” Next Fall, lie’ll return to Hollywood. IS THIS BRAGGING? Walter Huston was telling a friend of an accident when he fell

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thirty feet from a scaffojd on ej the set. ' “Did ail your t; sins flashg through y o u r | mind?” cracked K the friend. B "Good heavens ■ no!” exclaimed (j i Huston. “I fell E ! only 30 feet.” I DID YOU H KNOW. That Gene- "

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Mr. and Mrs. John Schug visited in Fort Wayne Friday. Mrs. C. E. Bell and Mrs. William Bell motored to Fort Wayne Friday'. C. L. Walters, local attornel, will speak to the members of Class No. 7 of the. Mi thndist church at Portland. Sunday morning, according to Ed P. Bishop, secretary of the class. Rev. M. W. Sunderman ami daughter Esther visited in Fort Wayne Friday afternoon. The Misses Co olene Townsend, Janice Barber, Miriam Haley, Mary Cowen, Leia Palmer, Mildred Acker and Russel Acker were among the Decatur fans who attended the basketball game at North Side, Fort Wayne, Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Keller and son Hale of Fort Wayne will arrive this evening for a visit at the J. S. Peterson home for several days. The family will all go to Indianapolis Thursday to enjoy Christmas at the J. D. Peterson home. Mr. and M.s. Dick Heller. Mrs. J. H. Heller and granddaughter Miss Maitha E. Macy, attended the basketball game at Fort Wayne last evening. Mrs. Grace Alwein motored to \ an Wert last evening accompanied by Mr. Dick Townsend, to meet Miss Alice Alwein who returned :r >m Deleware, Ohio for the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. George Squier motored to Bluffton Friday night and were accompanied home by their daughter Miss Violet Squier of the Ball State Teachers College, and Miss Glennys Elzey of Indiana University. who will spend the Christmas holidays here. Among the stud >nts from Indiana University. Bloomington who will spend Christmas here are Jam s Burk, John DeVoss, the Misses Helen Haubold, Josephine Archbold, and Kathryn Kauffman. IHarry Hebble who attends school at the Bail State Teachers College at Muncie, will spent Christmas vacation here.

The Misses Her.etta Elzey and[i Mildred Worthmail visited in Blufi- i ton Friday night. , Miss Arline Hecker of the Hall 1 State Teach is College at Muncie . arrived home Friday night to spend the holidays here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Becker. Jam s Kocher, who is attending Rose Pollyteeh at Teire Haute will arrive in this city tonight to spend the Christmas holiday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kocher. Harry Dailey has returned from Indiana University, Bloomington, for the Christmas vacation in the city. Bernard Wemhoff of the Urtiverslty of Detroit,, arrived home Frilay niiht to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wemhoff. "Hockey" Mylott, who is a Stulent at the University of Detroit,!' will spend the Christmas vacation I in this city. The Misses Marcella and Ger-! aldine Hower of Indianapolis will, arrive in Decatur tonight to visit' over Christmas and the New Year', with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. | M. E. Hower. The Misses Helen Shroll and Leona Zwick motored to Indianapolis today where they will attend a dinner and dance in the Indiana ballroom tonight. Harold Zwick. a student at the Indiana Cnive.sity Medical School at Indianapolis will arrive in this j city Sunday to visit over Christmas. J >e Krick of East Lansfng. Mich., will arrive home Saturday night for ; the Christmas holiday vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Flank Krick. Albert Harlow and daughter i Aleta were business visitors in ! Bluffton Friday evening. Mrs. W. P. Lose and daughter I Miss Mary Ann. Rose Mary. Mark j and John Schuiger, and Naomi and j John Faurote motored to Delphos. | J., Friday niiht where they wit-1 nessed the D.-catur Catholic and I Delphos basketball game. Rev. H. H. Ferntheil, who underwent a major emergency opera- 1 tion Thursday morning, is reported to be holding his own this afternoon. His condition has been serious since the opt-ration. Miss Vivian Thomas, a student, at F.anklin college i> spending the Christmas holiday vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Thomas. o_ * CONGRESS TODAY ♦ (U.PJ ♦ House: Considers bill to increase capitalization of Federal Land Banks by $100,000,000. Senate: Considers one-year moratorium bill. Banking and currency committee considers reconstruction finance corporation bill. Finance committee continues foreign banking investigation. c o Mexicans Plan Polo Team El Paso, Tex.--(U.R) —Gen. Anae- ! leto Guerrero, new commander of the Juarez garrison, plans to or- 1 ganize a polo team among officers 'of his command. The general owns ' 1 15 polo ponies, besides his official ! ' mounts.

OBITUARY Mrs. Emily Moore, 76, wife of M. | J. Moore, died at 4:20 o’clock Friday morning, December 11, at her home on the .Goshen-Mishawaka road, one mile south of the city limits. Seveial years ago Mrs. Moore suffered a stroke x>f paralysis from which she never recovered. She was the daughter of Edwin and Louisa Howard and was born i in Fairfield county, O.; on February 22, 1855. Her marriage to Mr. • Moore took place 58 years ago. She moved to Elkhart from Bronson, ; Michigan four years ago. In addition to her husband she is survived by the following children; the Rev. William H. Moore of Wakarusa, presiding elder of the Indiana district of the Mennonite church; the Rev. I. P. Moore of Elkhart. former pastor of the Nazarene church here; Mrs. F. T. Baker, 1133 Middlebury street, Elkhart; I the Rev. Simon Moore, pastor of I the Antioch Mennonite church near | Decatur, Indiana: the Rev. J. 1. Moore of the Nazarene church at Troy. Ohio; Mis. Beit Chambers of Brook. Ind., the Rev. Clarence P. Moore of the Nazarene church at Lockland, Ohio; Howard Moore of Bluffton, Ind., and Carl Moore of ■ Royal Center, Ind. There also are 53 grandchildren; 13 great-grand-! children; a sister, Mis. Rachel O’- * Hare o. Ohio, and three brotheis, I William and Joshua Howard of Col-1 umbus, Ohio, and Simon Howard of! Camden. Ark., A daughter. Mrs. Nora Moyer, preceded her in death five years ago and two sons died in infancy. The funeral will be h > 1 Monday l afternoon, meeting at 1:30 p. m. at the Rev. 1. P. Moore home, which adjoins the parental home, and at 2 p. m. at the Beulah Mennonite church in Elkhart. The Rev. Warren Manges of Nappane ■ will officiate and burial will be in the Prairie Street cemetery. o. Colorado Breeding Fish Durango, Colo. — (U.R) —ln an attempt to increase stream breeding , of trout, the state game and fish department has placed hundreds of maletrout in brooks in southwest- ’ |ern Colorado. Most of the breeding and early growing of fish are carried on in state fish hatcheries.

THE CORT SUNDAY AND MONDAY Matinee Sunday 2:30 —10c-35c Evening 15c-40c ‘INDISCRETE" A highly interesting story, featuring Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyons. Also—"lN CONFERENCE" comedy Cartoon, News TONIGHT—Hoot Gibson in "THE HARD HOMBRE" a Western thriller. Also-Good Comedy. 10-35 c

It Won’t Be Missed r ~ i 7* J- Ow* ■ESSwt I ■FT <<■»*** dß&£-*** bB St (hr-lm.l-THE dime, quarter or dol'ar you put away in one of our Christmas Savings Funds will not be missed—but will amount to a tidy sum next Christmas. Now is the time to start a fund for next Christinas. There are 15 classes to suit your convenience. You can save from $12.50 io $500.00 in one of the different classes, so start and make a payment. You’ll be glad you’ve ssved. Old Adams County Bank General Banking Serv : ce

LENZ,JACOBY ] FALL BEHIND ■ t New York, Dec. 19.— (U.R) —Ely Culbertson and Theodore A. Leight- . ner put the crusher on Sidney . Lanz and Oswald Jacoby last night, building up their lead in the great contract b’idge imbroglio to 7.915 points. Culbertson and Lightner proved j lead than Lenz ever piled up during early stages of the contest, now ready to enter the 64th rubber. , The scenes will be shifted Wed- ( nesday when the contest goes in- , to the new Waldorf-Astoria hotel, whe' e everybody — reporters, tele- . grapners, photographers, scorers, kibitzers and plain down-at-the-heel , experts —will be guests of Lenz. , The next session will be Monday i night. They will play Tuesday night at the Chatham, go into the Waldorf on the following day, and a session Saturday afternoon will complete the week's play. i. Culbertson and Lightne rproved i again last night as they proved in !< the previous session, that they}] work together in contract bridge ] with great precision. Almost everyone is agreed that (

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