Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1932 — Page 7

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SITE'S LAKES HIE DRYING OP Neb. (U.R>—Lakes in the ,^K' ? eii of Nebraska—one mb.,ne topographical feath- midwest—are drying K ; st ,on disappear. Ki x., bills, field representastate game, forestat ion ,j^H r xs .. mmission, made a sin t he sandhills where lakes' the barren county in ! e. and found many bodies of water dried others nearly gone. iHtWPi! Hagen’s. Chain, SunDlnimiek lakes—once w< . sportsmen and ram-h---the northern part of the |Kare dry. Red Deer, Marsh ink--, have little water. of the water level in i*n Nebraska and Wyoming. tK mns.-nt lowering of tinin the sandhills, is be-i ■ partly responsible. Pump Mlou. too. has reduced the of seepage water. < :.aides W. Bryan, wh visited this area and inthe lakes, outlined a plan H he believes will save some lake*. Creek, one of the many streams that cut K-

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ISgRsS to a group Os lakes the water level now is ] ow I ‘her sandhills not only are „ Ki.-.’KH' ; he midwest’s great cattle grow "8 area. Millions of head of m hen Tan aZ a d °" hi,,,i,)ea »»1 then fattened in feed-lots for mar K ~ ---o -- CHRISTMAS EVE * —By— A HARRY W. THOMPSON Aa we sit tonight, bFFFFm fires* bright And dream of tomorrows joy May we give a thought, to the troubled lot, Os some poor little girl, or boy. It we know of one, who will greet the dawn I Os tomorrow, with sadness and fear; jits Within our power, this very hour, To till his wee heart with good cheer. 'The saddest plight, that can greet the sight— A sight that’s both mocking and shocking; j Is to see little eyes, full of sad surprise, I When they ’wake to an empty| stocking So let’s leave tonight, our fire-1 sides, bright And prove we’re the "salt of the I earth”; Let’s seek out the door, of one of God’s poor, And make merry, at least one, 1 cold hearth. | ( i Death Puzzles Authorities h Boulder Dam. Nev. — (U.R) —The! case of a man falling in Nevada I and dying in Arizona, being in- i stantly killed, puzzled authorities < here the other day. The man, a Hoover Dam workman, was work- < ing on the Nevada side of the Colo- ' rado river and fell several hundred f feet to his death. The coroner] traveled 90 miles to reach the body. If It was ruled that death was cans- < ed by striking a boulder on the Nevada side, giving a Nevada cor- 1 oner’s-jury jurisdiction. t

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PREBLE NEWS * | Mr. Edward Limmenstoll of Detroit spent the week-end visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lim.menstall and (other relatives. | Oscar Huffman is spending the I week visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edward Limmenstoll at Detroit. j Mr. Clinton Zimmerman and son Harold called on Mrs. Edgar Zimmerman and daughter Onalee Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Straub and daughter Harriett spent Tuesday ; visiting Mr. Milton Hoffman and family. j Mr. Clyde Elzey of Fort Wayne j spent the week-end visiting his pari ents Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Elzey. Mrs. J. C. Grandstaff, Misses Irene. Lorine, and Erma Kirchner and Darrell ShaT'kley attended the

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, December 23, 1932.

Istunt night of Northern township Home Economics Clubs at Decatur High School Thursday night. Mrs. June Shaekley and son Darrell spent Friday evening visiting Mr. and Mrs. Shaekley and Ilene j Davis. I Velma and Esther Ehlerding spent Sunday visiting Louise and ■ Margaret Bultemeier. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Koenman and j daughter Anita called on Mr. and i Mrs. Henry Ehlerding Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. iGus Yake spent Sunday evening visiting Mr. and Mrs. Orville Heller and family, j Mr. Irvin Goldner of Dawson Springs Kentucky is spending a vacation visiting his wfe Mrs. Irvin (Goldner and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Goldner. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Fuhrman and son Thurman and Miss Mary'

Steele were callers in Decatur Monday. o — Rebel Battle-cry Raised < i Fort Worth, Tex., —(UP) —The rebel hattle-cray of Confederate soldiers in the Civil War was raised by veterans at a banquet given here by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It was their answer to 1 Mrs. B. F. Baird, Philadelphia, who declared at a convention at Memphis, Tenn., there were not enough veterans left to record the cry for j future generations. | o Student Rides Mule 100 Miles Austin, Tex.—(U.R)—Jorge Luzardo, student of architecture at the University of Texas, rode 100 miles on muleback when he left his home beyond Bogota, Columbia, to come to college this year.

GUARD GET FAMED NAME Allentown, Pa.— (U.R) — The historic designation of “The First Defenders” will be perpetuated by the 213th Anti Aircraft Regiment, local unit of the Pennsylvania National Guard. The War Department has approved the designation of the regiment |as ’ The First Defenders” and has I assigned the historic battle standards of the original group to the anti-aircraft company. , The name of “First Defenders” ; was given the group of Pennsyl- | vanla National Guardsmen from i Pottsville, Allentown and Reading, who were the first to reach Washington, D. C., in 1861 in response to President Abraham Lincoln’s i call for 75,000 volunteers to save the Union. The historical section of the War Department has empowered the regiment and its units to attach the following battle streamers to I its regimental flag: Mexican War: Vera Cruz, C'erro Gordo, and Pueblo. 1847. Civil War: Manassas, Antietam,} I Fredericksburg. Chanchellorvllle, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold I Harbor, Petersburg. Shenandoah, i 11862. I Spanish-American War: Porto Rico, 1898. World War: Champagne, Marne. I Aisne-Marne. Oise-Marne, St. Miihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne, and Lorraine. In addition, special credits have been given individual companies of tlie regiment. —— o— Vet Keeps House— Earns Own Living Garden City, Kan. —(U.R) —L. Toper, 103-year-oid veteran of five wars, .keeps house for himself here and earns a living selling souvenir pictures. He was born in Russia and fought jin the Russian army during the | Crimean War 78 years ago and four I other conflicts. He came to the United States with his wife in 1882. She is now dead. He smokes many Cigarettes every day and is as active as most men half his age. He has carried a cane, however, and limped a bit

since he was struck by an automobile two years ago. His friends and neighbors make | a gala day of his birthday every ; May 29, presenting him fruit, cakes, candy and cigarettes in generous quantities. 500,000 Fish Are Planted Elko, Nev. (U.R) Fishing should he good in this section of Nevada next spring as half a million fish were planted in the trout streams in recent months. _,j Headaches Lead to Arrest Fra Rfort-utn-Main, Germany —I (UP)—Ever since Heinrich K. local postman, received o skull injury, in the war, he has had nervewraeking headaches. Sentenced by a cri- j inllial court Io a year in Jal! for the

'lp' GREETINGS That this Christmas will be a season of many new pleasures and 1933 bright and happy is the wish we heartily extend to all our patrons and friends—old and new—a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Happy New Year H. L KERN, GARAGE

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• theft of 20 Marks from a registered jletter, he revealed that he had /spent the entire sum on headache r powders, seeking relief from para , that he feared would drive him i mad. o— Injuries Valued at sl2 000 Billings, Mont.—(UP)— Injuries 1 sustained when she fell in a local i] business building, “Ignorant of the i smooth, slick and slippery co’adl--1 tions of the floor,” wore valued at ! $12.000 by Dora McDaniels in a suit filed against ’he building owners und age its. She fell as she stepped ..from the elevator, lAug. 2, fracturing an arm, dislocating her right shoulder, and receiving other hurts, according to her complaint. .. —_____. 0 Get the HabH—Trade at Horn*