Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1932 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Ex< iihig Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind . Post Office na Second Class Matter. I H. Heller Pres and Hen. Mgr. A R Holthoiis* S< c'y Ar Hus. Mgr. Dick 1). Heller Vice President Subscription Rates: Single copies $ .02 One week, by carrier .10 One y< ar, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail "5 Three months, by mail 1 00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year. by mail 3.00 Cae 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. Repr< tentative SCHEERER, Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York ( barter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. The longest days in the year are at hand which of course means the shortest nights. If we are able to judge a good many fields ot wheat will have to b< cut before the Fourth and the other crops arc keeping pace. The country never looked better. To Judg. McNutt Os Martinsville yesterday came a thrill that fewfathers receive when he was given the proud privilege of nominating I.is popular son for Governor of; Indiana and needless to say he did it well.

It was an old fashioned state eon- 1 ventlhn, Marion county furnishing i a sure enough fist fight. In the old. days no Democratic state convention without a few knock downs! when the Indianapolis vote was called. Amelia Earhart Putnam is mod->-tly re« .tin. tl>- pratof the people of America because of her recent accomplishment in flying the Atlantic, first woman to perform that feat Sin has ben duly di corated by President Hoover and i.- now n dy to stage most any kind of a tour she may plan. The organizations fighting for- - taxes arc busy these days. They havt attended the political conventions and will take a big part in the special session of the legislature. While some of their I i teas are perhaps impossible just I now, they .ire on a drive for ulti-1 mate reductions that will ease up the burdens of taxes. More power to them. Senator Borah declares he will not -upport President Hoover on I the Chicago platform, his greatest objection being to the plank on the 1

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prohibition question. Donhtle«« many others feel the same way, but It is not likely the Democratic resolutions will please them better and just what will happen can only be I guessed at. It may mean a third party of some strength or a decld- • i dly smaller vote in the general t election in November. ; Smith and Raakob have joined 1 ; hands to stop Roosevelt but If they I I ■J get that job accomplished it is 1 probable the armistice would be Ji called off for we can't Imagine 1 those giants agreeing on a number lot issues. Whatever else happens the Democratic national convention should not develop into a repetition ■ I the New York fracas of 1924. fuat is if the followers of Jefferson hope to win. as we feel certain they do at this time. Plans are now being made to I'quidate the Old Adams County Hank and we believe that every Litizeu should join in efforts to do phis in the way which is best for every one. Those who owe the bank should arrange to take care jof the indebtedness as soon as possible and those who have deposits there should be as reasonP’ble and patient as circumstances I will permit. If that is the spirit <he recovery will be more complete md satisfactory for every one concerned. Jack Sharkey was given the de- ' ision ovei Mix Schtneling for the

j world fisticuff title in New York last evening. There is some dis- ' pute as to the fairness of the de- : i mon and much gossip w hich you understand makes another match quite necessary The fight game like many other lines has been considerably effected by the depression, though some 70.000 paid sevctal dollars each to watch the box ing match last night. To arouse the fans to a point where the customers will f orget hard times, something unusual must be pulled. Perhaps that’s what this controversy happened for. It's a lot more fun te win a world championship with a million dollar gate we imagine. The Democratic state convention | is a matter of history and those !who attended are sizing it up. Most ■ e these agree that it was the most . j harmonious and enthusiastic in j I many years, perhaps in the history! |cf the party. After two days of , strenuous effort in which every I taction was represented ami durling which time it looked as though u parly would he torn in two. the <!> legates met yesterday with an earnest desire to compromise every d .-agreement and present a solid rent for the campaign. The greet■ing given Paul V. McNutt, the | nominee for governor was inspirng as was that for Fred Van Nuys, candidate for I'nited States senator ;nd the other winners down the line. The platform was adopted without a dissenting vote and contained much that should bring re lief to the people of Indiana if carried out. Tim keynote speech of Dr. Clarence Manion was a masterpiece of oratory and brought the delegates to their feet many times. T-e tabernacle rang with cheer after cheer as the big meeting proceeded and there was an air of vic-( tcry that cannot be denied. The national convention will open in Chicago Tuesday morning and many from thus state plan to attend that history making session. I The fight will soon be on and the people are deeply interested. Answers To Test Questions Below are the Answers to the Test Questions Printed on Page Two. ♦ ♦ 1. Oregon. 2. Nineteen. 3 Montreal, C mada. 4. General Lord Cornwallis. 5 The Tariff Act of 1930. 6. One whose hobby is collecting postage stamps. 7. Carmen. 8. A Roman ipoet. 9. Now one ot the constituent republics of the Soviet Union. 10. Harder. Q i Get the Habit — Trade at Home

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Preparedness For Peace By F. TRUBEE DAVtSON Assistant Secretary of War

The United States maintains its military establishments not as aggressive aeencies for war hut designed to maintain peace and to preserve our institutions. After all, we must not forget that 'he Army had a good deal to do with winning our independence and has been called on several times in our history to preserve our integrity. Our policy of National Defenses is in accordance with the American traditions of adequate preparI edness and for defensive purposes i only and obWiously must be adi justed from time to time to meet world conditions as we find them. This government is taking the leadership in th ■ movement to reduce armaments throughout the world. Until that leadeiship lx is been accepted and followed we cannot neglect preparedness. To do so would be to invite disaster. Even as police forces are maintained to deal with individuals who violate the law so we must maintain an adequate Army and Navy as long as there is a chance that outlaw nations will attempt to violate the peace. ' n his Speech on Armistice Day. 1929. President Hoover expressed the Administration's attitude on the subject of preparedness in the following words: ‘ Until such time as nations < an build the agencies of pacific settlement on stronger foundations; until f»ar. the most dangerous of all national emotions, has been

PETERSON NEWS Mrs. Vernon Arnold and son of I New Mexico spent Sunday with i Mr and Mrs. George Bright. Mr and Mrs Frank Spade spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Zimmerman. Paul Ernst cf Craigville is spend itl’ a few weeks with M s. James Ernst. Mr. and Mr-. Martin Fruchte and ! daughter of Magley call on Mr. and Mrs H A. Breinei; Monday evening Miss Velma Spade spent Monday with Mr and Mrs. Otto Dilling and family in P.eble. M's. Jess Byerly and son and Miss Helen Beery called on Mrs. Wm. Bryan Monday evening. Miss Katherine Ernst of Huntington .epent the week-end with Mrs. James Emat. Mrs. Malble Marshel of Muncie ■Vent the week-end with her ; arents Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Weldy. M ■. and Mrs, Ralph Straub spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Straub. Mr. and Mr.-. Theodore Heller and son Bobby called on Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spade Monday evening. Mrs. Wm. Johnson and daugh*ter Doris called on Mr. and M- 4>. Dale Johnson Monday evening. Miss Velma Sipjde s,pent Sunday :at Blue Lake. ' Mrs. R. M. Houck and daughter

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t proved groundless by long proof of international honesty, until the ■ ( power of world public opinion as < a lestraint of aggression has had • many years of test, there will not • have hem established that confii dence which warrants the aband- ; onment of preparedness for de-, i sense among nations. To do so mar invite war. i I “I am for adequate preparedness ’i as a guaranty that no foreign soldier shall ever step upon the soil I ■i of our country, xxxx No Ameri-I ! l can will arise today and say that' - we wish one gun or one armed; ' man beyond that necessary for thei defense of our people. To do so* ‘ would create distrust in other, nations, and also would be an in-' ' vitafion to war. Proper defense requires military strength relative' • to that of other nations.” >. Adequate preparedness in terms, ,of men and money is more eco- -. nominal and certainly more rnerci- >. ful than a modern war. Modern war is expensive. The World War I cost millions of dollars a day. not ■ to mention the inestimable cost ot t human life and happiness. Every! dollar spent, every precaution! taken toward preparedness in time I of peace, not only insures national i security against war but is also >| the only effective means of bringing any war that might he inflicti ed upon us to a swift and success- -' ful conclusion. fj Tomorrow H. W. Chase. Presii 1 dent. University of Illinois.

I Jean called on Mr. and Mrs. George Bright Monday evening. Mr. Nyles Andrews and Frank Hiker cf Elkhart spent Sunday with Mr. and M s. W B. Weldy. Mr. and Mrs. John Bright of Decatur spent Sunday with Mr. and j Mrs. George Bright. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Dilling and family of Preble called on Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spade Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs Burton August of Fort Wayne is stayin.: wit i Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bill. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Straub and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Al |St:aub spent Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Straub. BiTI Bryan left Monday morning , for North Manchester where he i will epend another week in school. Miss Phyllis Dilling of Preble, and Miss Helen Kelly cf Decatur ■ spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. | Frank Rpade. ♦ ♦ Household Scrapbook —By—ROBERTA LEE A Bed Table i A small bed table is useful for 1 the si. k child who must remain in bed. An attractive table can be made from a strong wooden box about a yard long by removing the ■ sides leaving the ends attached and

’painting it rhe child’s favorite I I color. Acid Fruita When sweetenin' acid fruits, . -uch as gooseberries, use one-half | teaspoonful of soda to a quart of . fruit, and sti before sweetening. | Less sugir will lie required. Soap Flakes Fewer flakes will be required, and the result will be better suds if one wiU beat the soap flakes into a foam with the egg beater. o * ItELMON CALENDAR Monday. July 4 Hatz reunion. Sunset Park south-1 I east of Decatur. Sinday, July 31 i Borne reunion, Sunset Park, rain or shine. | Annual Cowin reunion, Sunset Park, southeast of Decatur i Myers reunion, rain or shine, Sunday August 7 Grimm reunion, Sunset Pa'k I southeast of Decatur. Annual Dettinger reunion, rain ior shine, Sunset Park. | Schafer reunion, Sun-et Park, southeast of Decatur rain or shine. Sunday, Augcst 14. Rellig and Reohm fimily reunion, I Sunset Pa k, southeast of Decatur. Hower reunion, Sunset Park. The annual reunion of the Bienz family, Sunset Park. Decatur. Sunday August 21 Butler family reunion. Sunset Park, rain or shine. Ainnual reunion of the Smith family, Sunset Park, Decatur. Kemmer family "eunion, Sunset Pirk, southeast of Decatur. Annual Hakes reunion, Sunset Park. Decatur. Sunday August 28 lAnnual Brown reunion, Sunset Park, Decatur. Urick reunion. Sunset park. Decatur. Labor Day, September 5 Lenhart annual reunion. Sunset Park, southeast of Decatur. Reunion of Millinger family. Sunset Park Decatur. — o TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY — From the Daily Democrat File ♦ ♦ Jun" 22 -Old Home Week fund is growing. Mrs. John Rex returns from a visit with her brother. G. W. Rupright of Kansas. C. C. Ernst, F. M. Schirmeyer and J. H. Heller leave for Baltimore to attend National Democratic convention. Adams County Sunday School >1 picnli to be bold at Berne .Inly 4. Mrs. Verena Miller and grandI daughter. Beulah Nichols, are i spending Sunday in Huntington ! with the Leo Miller family. S. C. Cramer succeeds Martin Worth man as agent for the Hoosier Casualty Co. France Confer leaves for Colorado. Bruce Patterson is visiting in Warsaw.

* MAGbEY NEWS * |A surprise Birthday dinner was given In honn. of Mrs. Adolph Smith at the Smith home Sunday Juno 19. Those ,present were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Heimlich and daughter Anna. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wood and family. Mr. and Mr- .1. J. Holmrich ami family of .Magley; Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of Bluffton; M>. and Mrs. Charles Myers of Craigvllle; Mr. and Mrs Leroy Gable and family of Preble; and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Smith and ftmily. Mr. and Mi's. Paul Heiberlch and family of Fort Wayne entertained for dinner Sunday Misses Edna and Ida Borne. M 1 and Mrs. Edward Jaberg anti daughter Donna Ruth. Mr and Mrs. Walter Reppert and family Mr. ami Mrs. Miltut, Seheiry and family. Mr. and Mrs. Allmi t Beineki anu daughter Phyllis June and son Jackie and Mr-. Arilla Burki.art motored to Marion Sunday and spent the dly with .Mr. ami Mrs. O. A. Blossom. Miss Phyllis June Beineke was surprised Saturday after luxyn on 7th Bi thday by sixteen of het little

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SYNOPSIS Lola Carewe, night club habitue, receives a death threat. New Year’s Eve. Previously her dog and parrot were mysteriously killed. District Attorney Merle K. Dougherty suspects lada of being the ‘'brains" of the jewel thief ring that has baffled the police. Although her husband, Gaylord Gifford, died practically penniless, Lola lives in luxury. Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt places a guard in Lola's penthouse apartment. warning her that she must not be alone in a room at any time. Mrs. Carewe, Lola's mother; Chung the butler. Eunice the maid, and Vincent Rowland, an attorney, are present. In the living room, the Commissioner finds a bag belonging to Christine Quires. Ixda’s guest. It evidently had been used that night, yet Lola informs Colt that Christine is at the Lion’s Paw. a roadhouse, where Lola was to have joined her. Colt is surprised to find Mrs. Carewe's room in strange.contrast to the surrounding wealth. Lola’s own boudoir is a gandy contradiction of the living room’s elegance. Ix»la refuses to reveal the identity of the 1 young man whose photograph adorns her dresser. Against orders, she enters the guest room alone A scream follows. Rushing in. Colt finds her on the floor, unconscious. Dr Hugh Baldwin, a friend, diagnoses the case as a heart attack. Lola dies; Colt calls it murder. Unnoticed. he takes something from the doctor's hag. Police Lieutenant Fallon reports that no one but the doctor entered the house. The elevator boy claims that Christine returned home about 12:15 a. tn., before Lola and the police arrived, yet no other trace can be found of Miss Quires. CHAPTER ELEVEN «» TW <R. COLT,” snarled Rowland, Iwl "I am bored—l want to go *home. My presence here is of no comfort to Mrs. Carewe. And certainly I can he of no conceivable assistance to the police.” Colt smiled frankly, and to my surprise he responded: “1 agree, Mr. Rowland. Y’ou are entirely free to go.” Vineent Rowland thrust forward his head in a turtle-like movement of incredulity. “You mean you will not try to detain me here?” “Exactly.” Relief flooded the aged attorney’s face. With a mincing air, he walked up to the Commissioner and neld out his hand. “My dear Mr. Colt,” he said, “it is indeed a pleasure to know that our administration has put a gentleman in Headquarters. I shall hold myself in readiness to be called it any time that you may need me. \nd by the way—Mrs. Carewe isked me to say to you that she will ve here directly.” "Thanks, Rowland—there's just i question or two before you go—- , | nind?” “Not in the least.” "Did Lola ever tell you anyone night try to kill her?” The old man shook his head. “No. Only what you yourself neard tonight. Fact is, Lola was ;ust the other way, poor chick. Hot-headed, you know—threatenng to kill other people.” “Seriously, Mr. Rowland?” “Oh. I suppose not. Perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned it. But she did say to me, two or three weeks ago. that the people who were bothering her soon wouldn’t bother her any longer. I don’t know who she meant — trouble is. her prophecy came true in away she didn’t expect, poor darling.” “Don’t you have any idea whom she had quarreled with?” urged Colt, as the old man began to edge through the door. “Lola quarreled with everybody. Especially that actor Everett and her friend Christine. Just temperament, I suppose—poor infant! Once t she told me some people were trying to intimidate her. I don’t re-

,1 girl trlenda. Th< < hlldren ■ ' I | coutostH. game* and story telling , i;. iret ii'i.rii' of h ■ tit>- in id cream and cake were served. Phyllis June was tire recrtplent of many Pretty gifts. The guests were the Misses Ague.'' mid Mary Loul.-e Kolter. Nadine Barger. Delores, Virginia and Miry Jane Warden, Bar bara Jeun Andrews. Ituih and Grace Greiher, Adella and Mary Beineke. Ve.a Jane Scherry, Ma y ; Louise Gs <ml, Helen andßetty Longoharger. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Fruchte and family. Mr. ind Mrs. Ehner Beineke and family nnd Mr. and Mr- Simon Beinelie Motou-d te , Fort Wayne and spent the da> with Henry Kolma.ten and family. Miss Ma te b nerry entertained Mis-e s Marie ami Helen Hildt bran I Sunday aftermi m. dike Bloemker of Preble visited his brother Fied Bloetnker Friday evening. M . and Mrs. Edward Jalierg efs tertained F iday evening at supper Mr ainl Mrs. Daniel Jaberg id Plymouth. Wisconsin, Mrs. (’aniline .laberg. M and Mrs. Gisna. Ger--1 tier and son Loren. Mr. and Mr-. Edwa 1 d Kolter an.l sou Robert entertained f-r dinner

» -a < jKwMML. Vj r jE' ijniUß vi*W - V » -I*ll V1 J1 “But how can I help?” whispered the old woman, forcing a irurp handkerchief against her lips.

member the names. But she seemed l to feel secure. Lola had her own , ways of managing, I suppose—a very attractive and clever woman. Anything else, now, Mr. Colt?” I expected Colt to insist on pursuing this promising, if elusive, lead. But he seemed to shrug it off as not of great consequence—one of his deadliest tricks of deception. “Nothing,” he replied, “except that 1 might need you later tonight. Mind?” “I’ll come whenever I’m needed!” Rowland assured us all earnestly. Chung now followed the old man back into the living-room. Now he came forward with the Rowland stick, hat, and muffler. Rowland bowed to Colt with a courtly air and left the room. At once Colt closed the door, exiled Chung to the kitchen, turned to Fallon, and gave brisk orders: “Put a tail on that old man night and day—six men working in three eight-hour shifts. Get Rowland up and put him to bed. until further orders. Stick to him.” “Got you. chief,” and Fallon was gone,—after one of the most famous and picturesque of all New Y’ork's millionaires. Colt’s interest swung back like a weighted pendulum to the new complication of Christine Quires. If, as Lowell Courtleigh, the elevator boy. declared, Christine had ridden up with him at 12:15 o’clock, where had she spent the intervening hours? And where was she now ? With a puzzled frown, Thatcher [Colt crossed to the mantelpiece ;.nd again lifted the purse of seed pearls. “Lola told us this belonged to Christine,” he murmured aloud. “I wonder ” ■: He began poking through the j contents of the bag—the expected I tools of beautifying and a small I brass key which, as Colt now I proved, fitted the front door. The 1 Commissioner’s quiet consternation 1 was growing. “Did no one see her come in?” pursued Colt, murmuring aloud his 1 perplexity. “They were all here— Lola’s mother, the butler, and the maid. When we arrived, one of the 1 first questions Lola asked her maid < was whether Christine had returned.” 11 "And Eunice, the maid, declared | ’ she had not returned,” remembered ' ! Dougherty, his eloquent blue eyes s rolling suspiciously. “It doesn’t * look right to me, Thatcher." '• Before the Commissioner could reply, Mrs. Carewe entered the liv- s ing-room, in answer to Colt’s summons. The tall, straight old woman [

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1 was very pale '• courageous. It s„- B amine her. But n ■ 1 " choose between i ' B suits. Even I' to'sent from the r--om M Colt offered Mt ■ Meanwhile, 1 la: ralß note paper and a B ready to take ste< hie noM of questions and a B “Couldn’t you «.<■• " -”B mother flung su<. 1 -B her husky, emb:". ■ Colt came dire” " _'B point of the preset -B inquiry. B “Mrs. Carewe,” ! ' know when Chr : -' turned home tonic 1 B She shook her ' ly. B “No,” she answer' M “Did you hear a " ,p “No one." B “But you real:;: 1 r ?t B must have come in B “She couldn't I." B noisy sort of perwhen she wasjn i ran around the p'.-i ’ B what difference it - B “I think I ought B point very clear t B rewe. We believe 3 was murdered.” “You do?” she a 3 dead voice. S “Hence we may 1 re. B questions that seen. ' I am counting on ye B “But how can 1 hoi: A the old woman, fore B handkerchief agains’ B “Simply by keepin-' telling us everything B know.” „ B “I can do both. Mr. <■ ■'••• answered with dipnit; B “Who is your da B yer?” B “Arthur Garfield G B Wall Street.” B “He has charge of B portant paper"?” B “Yes —and he has pl ” f “Has he the key t< posit boxes?” B “Yes. he has!” “Now. Mrs. Carewe, kl anything about the dea * ' dog and parrot?” . “I know they died--.- ■ l! believe they were pm- B Lola was superstn. B always believing P” B against her and wanting ' •• harm. She was that wa; M| little girl." B Colt nodded thought! ■ 8 ' ■ searched for a cigarette B (To Be Continued T"" 1 ;' ~ Copyright 193 I. by Covi Distributed b? King Features gH