Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1933 — Page 3

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■ Paris styles ■ _ iVI ., What the well- ■ hil j <!:.i'.l «w.r formed an ■ I he Dupotiy Mag- ■ i; f the exquisite !.■:< W< re exhibited ...... ~1,1 mannequin ■ 1!h r p., self-reli.mee ami ■. ' er debutante sis- [ ■ foior. are chosen for K, n .| ii as lißht ( jersey, printed ■jor'ea:Fur ’he daytime ■ j;,.i;;,l over the knee -y fro. ks they must be ■ pure i .ilies above it. Her important as her I ■’. -jn,| should be matched I ■,. i mrnally shoes. ■OS SURPRISE ■ anman on birthday of the (’. M. B. and , ■riuthi.in . lasses of the Kind . Har, Sai.■ Si liool entertain- I K .. pa:-' honoring Rev. (’. ; Kni'ii or his birthday a ni-1 ■ Th.. was held al the . Ks Mr. and Mrs. L. August. ( ■ class members met at the , ■ home and when Rev. latn■rmed \ welcomed aim ■ ■i,,. o,n_. Happy Birlhdiy.” ■s jitv.s n'‘'d With a number! ■iw.-r (tmtosi wis held ir, 1 ■ th* 1 honored guest was the ( ■ and Catharine King was the | ■ in the game called cat. iA ' ■is luncheon was served. A i ■in .day cake baked by Mrs. ■ was decorated in pink, ■and white. Hing of ■ature section ■Literature section of the Wo■'lub held a ih partment.il pro■neeting Monday night at the Hen Your Daughter Hies to Womanhood ■ Her Lydia E. Pinkham's I Vegetable Compound ■t ftrls in their teens need a ■ and regulator. Give your ■ter Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound for the next Emths. Teach her iiuw i« her health at this critical Uten she is a happy, healthy id mother she will thank

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three-Year Mystery Re-Opened p Coroner Repudiates Verdict * * * * * * ■lurder and Suicide” Findings of Inquest Jury in I Wilson-Roberts Tragedy a “Lie,” Says ex-Coroner, I Who Charges Political Whitewashing. May I Be Linked to Bradway Brown Slaying.

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of n di»clo»ure» of Benjamin F. Farner, former CoroBwlrngton County, N. J., that political influence practically forced 0 return a verdict of “murder and suicide” in the deaths of Ruth Or '» Wilson and Horace Roberts, Jr, three years ago, the celecase I. .gain in t he national spotlight, and this time it is linked claying of Bradway Brown, society man, who was murdered in ■Cine at Palmyra, N. J., in January. Farner’s revelations followed 't upon the heels of an announcement by Horace Roberts, Sr., that .j s n .* Ver r,rt un,i ' avenged his “murdered" son. Young Rob- ” Mist Wilson were found shot to death in the girl s home at "•own, N J., in 1929. Roberts and Bradway Brown had been suitors hand, and it was known she favored Brown. According to ex[arner, "somebody had something to hide," for he was ordered '!> his hands off and his mouth shut. His jury was hand-picked Political influence was brought to bear to write off the double tragedy ®’ Ur der and suicide,” prompted by unrequited love. When the case F* rn «r asserts, he will name names. The theory that the ’“•Roberts tragedy was linked to the slaying of Bradwav Brown has 5 mu ch consideration in many quarters, but until Farner made hi» •onal disclosures no serious effort was made to find tha link that connected the ending of the three young live*.

CLUB CALENDAR Miss Mary Macy Phones 1000—1001 T uesaay High School Girl Scouts, Central building. 4 p. m. lAdams County Choral Society, (postponed one week. Pythian Needle Club, K. of P l Hume. 2:30 p m. Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club Mrs. Walter Deitsch, 2 p. m. Rebekah lodge, 1. O. O. F. Hall. 7:30 p. m. Rebekah Lodge, 1. O. (>. F. Hal.l ;7 p. m. Carpe Diem Club. Mrs. Joe Elzey 17:30 p. m. Root Township Home Economics I club, Moc.mouth community buildling. 6 p m | Kirkland Ladies Club, Kirkland I nigh school, afternoon. Wednesday Mt. Pleasant Bible class. Mr. and Mrs. (' tail cey Sheets, 7:30 p. m. Zion Reformed Girls choir pracitice. church, 7 p. m. Ladies Aid, Salem Church. Mis. (Scott, 1:30 p. m. Zion Reformed Phoebe Bible I class, Mrs. Walter Deitsch. 7:30 ♦p. m. Ladies Shakespeare Club, Mrs ‘Elizabeth Morrison, 2:3n p. m. Historical Chib, Mrs. John Shaffer. 2:30 p. m. Thursday Evangelical W. M. S.. chureh parI lot s, 2 p. m. prompt. I Church of God Ladies Aid Society Mis. Walter Belli iger 2:30 p. m. Christian Missionary Society, Mrs. Sol latrd 7 p. m. Presbyterian Women's Missionary society, Mrs. Charles Dugan, 2:30 p. m. Monday Mrs. Carel Coles’ kindergarten opening. C. E. Hocker home, 8:30. .a. m. home of Mrs. C. D. Teeple. During the evening the subpect of “Literaature Developed Through the | World's Fair in Education, Science, i Etc.” was discussed. Those having charge of the proi grant were the Mesdames C. D. Teeple. Ralph Yager, and Ruby Durkin a d Miss Laura Stanley. Reifreshments were served at the close <>t the prugiam by the committee la charge. The Missionary Society of the 'Christian Church will meet with

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, FEBRU \RY 28, 1933

Mrs. Sol Lord. Thursday night at i seven o’clock. j ’dECATUR PEOPLE I 'ATTEND BIRTHDAY DINNER The seventy-second birthday an- I niversary of W O. Bigham of llunr-| ington was celebrated at the home I of Mr arid Mrs Vincent Abrams I |in Huntington Sunday. The < elebra- I Ition was in the form of a dinner j served at the noon hour. The dining table was centered with i huge two tiered birthday | cake decorated in pink and green 1 land arranged with seventy two candles. The cake was baked by Mrs. , James Gottschall of this city. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gottschalk Mr and Mrs. I James Gittsehall, Mr. and Mrs. > Charles Beiaeke. Eileen and liar |lan Jackson all of Decatur. Mr. and , iMrs. Charles Beineke, Eileen and Harlan Jackson all of Decatut ; Mr. Ijand Mrs. Miles Raker of Fort Wayne, and Helen Barkley of Mailt roeville, W. O. Bigham and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Abrams and children s Lyle and Joyce lAn.t of Huntington. ART DEPARTMENT d HAS INTERESTING STUDY Mrs. Raymond Keller opened her home to the members of the Art () Department of the Woman’s Club. Tuesday night. Interesting pipers . on "Linens a> d Silver” were read by Mrs. Adrian Wemhoff and Mrs. Kel- . ler, the leaders. Previous to the program, a bttsic ness session was held. The nomin iq ating committee comprising Miss Matilda Sellemeyer, Mrs. Lois Black . and Miss Velma Walters reported that in appreciation of the fine work of the of fleets during the last year I these officers be retained for next year. Mrs. Homer Lower is chairitn. n of the department, Mrs. L. A. I Cowens, secretary; and Mrs. R. A. 'Stucky, treasurer. ’ The Art department wis especial- '■ ly appreciative of the art exhibit of ' great masters sponsored recently by the art classes of the Decatur '■ public schools. '• Plans for the Woman's Club meeting next Monday night were discussed. The art department will 1 have charge of the program. 11 Mrs. Wemhoff read an interesting paper on linens, tracing the making " of the material from the culture of ” | flax to the finished product. Mrs. r | Keller's paper was on “Silver” including the first use of the various ' utensils and the making of them. I Following the program Mrs. Kel- ( jler .and Mrs. Wemhoff, assisted by ' i Mrs. Homer Lower served dainty I refreshments. \ I Guests other than the regular departinent members at the meeting werp Mrs. Bob 'oolb us Fort VZavns and Mrs. Elmer Stults of Huntington. e 11 . ENTERTAINS BRIDGE CLUB Mrs. Noah Fry was hostess to the 'members of the Monday Night (Bridge Club at her home Monday i night. Five games of bridge wero

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By HARRISON CARROLL. CoeyrtfLt. 1933, King Features Syndicate. Inc. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., — Before long, you’ll be seeing the screen’s newest romantic team.

Dorothy Jordan and Joel McCrea. Their first picture may be “ Little Clown Lost,” a Barry Benefield novel which Wilbur Daniel Steele calls “the finest sentimental romance I have ever read.” Mr. Steele, one of the outstanding short story writers in the world, is now out here fur

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R K-O. He’s adapting the novel for [ the screen. Os course, you’ve heard that Dor- ! othy Jordan is going around with Merian C. Cooper, the new produc tion boss at R-K-O. With him to see that she gets good roles, Dorothy will have a chance to make Clarksville, Tenn., proud of her. And the opportunity will not be long in coming. Radio has bought another story for this team, "Rafter Romance." So far, it’s a toss-up which picture will be produced first. Dozens of stories are told of the Marx brothers conferences. Latest is about the writer who was subI mitting dialogue for their approval. He read a six line speech. They ' asked him who it was for. “Zeppo,” he replied. “Cut it down to ‘Wei, er’,” snapped Groucho. HOLLYWOOD PARADE. One who’ll mourn Mrs. Antonio Moreno greatly is Eleanor Holm, swimming and screen star, who was her protegee. Eleanor left here Tuesday night on the Warner Brother*’ “Forty-second Street” special train. They told her of the fatal automobile accident just before she went on a Denver stage. Lola Lane isn’t waiting to spend her $35,000 divorce settlement before returning to pictures. She’s up now for ». part in Fox’s “Husbands Cost Money.” Sharon Lynne is another making tests for this picture.

i played and Mrs. Walter Deitsch and t iMrs. Dave Rice received the high | 1 score prizes. ' < A luncheon was served following't i the g, inies. The club will meet in I I two weeks with Mrs. Harry Helm. 1 — The Mt. Pleasant Bible class will 1 'meet with Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey 1 I Sheets Wednesday evening at seven ' -thirty o'clock. 1 The l-adies Aid Society of the ‘ Church of God will meet Thursday ‘ afternoon at two-thirty o'clock with Mrs. Walter Bollinger. The Women's Missionary Society of the Evangelical Chureh will meet i in the church parlors Thursday j afternoon promptly at two o'clock. jMrs. Harry Coffelt is the chairman I 'of the program and social hour. At 1 ithe meeting plains will be completed . |for the ntowardship reading contest to be held during March. Leaflets (will be distributed. Every tnembei I is urged to attend the meeting. i ‘ The girls choir of the Zion Reformed Church will meet for practice Wednesday night at seven (o'clock in the church. Each girl is " (asked to bring a pencil. All girls ini' jterested in the choir are invited to • attend the rehearsal. < : PAPER ON “HAWAII" (READ AT CLUB MEETING i Tie Research Club met at the - home of Mrs. Henry Heller Mo. day - afternoon. Mrs. L. A. Graham, who 4 : was the leader for the afternoon, < read an excellent paper on "Hawaii” I "Haw Hi". C I Mrs. Graham slated Hawaii's en- ■ ! trance into the Union in 189 s was l unspectacular, unaccompanied by the drum beats of vanguishing j larmies or the tears of the v.m■quished. Strategically, the islands are of f the utmost value to the United ‘ States as a outpost for the defense r of the west coast ad of the Panama Canal. Mrs. Graham also told . of the different industries, customs and of the different classes of neoI pie in Hawai. There will be no meeting of the ; club on Monday, March 6. ■» " —■■■■■ f The Women’s Home a:’d Foreign . Missionary Society of the Presby- ■ terian church will meet Thursday j i afternoon at two-thirty o’clock with . Mrs. C. A. Dugan. Mrs. Cal Kunkel ■'.and Mrs. John Houk will be the • (assisting hostesses. The subject for / (the afternoon study will be "Japan.” I A good program is bei rg arranged, i .1 : DECATUR WOMEN ATTEND BRIDGE PARTY Mrs. Charles Keller of Piqua street in Fort Wayne entertained with au afternoon bridge party, Saturday afternoon for several of her Decatur and Fort Wayne friends. > | The entertaining rooms were dect (orated with spring flowers of orchid ■ (and yellow and tallies of the preo vailing color note were distributed

. . . The Estelle Taylor-John Warburton romance is going full tilt _ again. The two were dancing at the e Cotton Club the other night. . . . , Lee Tracy and Isabel Jewel were at this late-spot, too. . . . And Boot* . Mallory with James Dunn. Remember Margaret Mann, who t played the mother in “Four Sons" e and who never got another break 1 after that? Well, John Ford has her playing another mother role in i “Pilgrimage.” Oddly enough, both I of these stories are by I. A R. Wyf lie. . . . Turns out Richard Dix isn’t e going to sell his hideaway ranch t after all. He's moved his furniture . into his Beverly Hills home and is e doing the ranch-house over. ... On the other hand, Bill Boyd will sell both his Beverly Hills house and the beach cottage to move onto hi* < new ranch near Malibu. 1 Poor Marian Nixon. She wants to - keep her adopted baby, but the < chances are they won’t let her. Dir vorce in family, you know. Anyr way, she hasn’t lost the baby yet. And she’s hoping. . . . It’s guud to

hear that Colleen Moore will make a picture after three years. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is loaning her to Fox for the lead in “Power and the Glory.” Colleen says it’s • role as dramatic as “So Bi g.” She’s all enthusiasm. I n t e resting, that New York taxi-driver who watches the paners and meets

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pers ana meets all the stars. His name is Philip Lewis and he used to work in the transportation department of several eastern studios. Since the armistice, however, he has piloted a taxi. Many of the stars know him by name. It was he who taxied Mary Pickford to various functions on her recent New York trip. Also took her to the Rex when she sailed. And Mary already has paid him in advance to see that Katie Dorsey, her adopted aunt, frets to the Broadway opening of “Secrets” on March 8. DID YOU KNOW— That Adolphe Menjou has his shoes and even his ties specially made for him? I

to the guests. | Four games of bridge were played and Mrs. Ralph y ager received ‘the high score prize and Mis. I*.mi !i Edwards was awarded the consol-; ation ptize. i| tAfter th<- games, the guests were (< invited to the dining room where ( the large table was laid with a(1 lace cover and centered with a bou-( quet of orchid and yellow spring | flowers. Mrs. Keller assisted by her | mother. Mrs. John Peterson, served [ a delicious two course luncheon ! I' Guests from Decatur were ,he (

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'.Mosdames Junies Elborsun, Pnul r l-ldwards and Ralph Yager and the 1 (Misses Matilda Sellemeyer and Dor- • otiiy Durkin. p PLAY REVIEWED AT DEPARTMENT MEETING ( ( The meeting of the Dramatic De- , Ipartment of thi- Woman’s Club was 'held .Monday night at the home of (Mrs. Flank Down.,. Miss Eva A' ker ■ I was the assisting hostess. j A short business session was held i (after which Miss Isabel Hower re- 1 (viewed the January issue of the h

magazine. The Stage, and Mrs. Herb Kern reviewed the February issue. The play "Mourning Becomes Electra" by Eugene O'Neill was reviewed by Mrs. Raymond Kohne in an interesting manmer. The next meeting of the department will be held March 27. —. — 0 — Mrs. Martin Ltughlin and son Martin and daughter Mary of Fort |Wayne spent Sunday with Mr. and (Mrs. Adam Buettel. Brother William Schalk of Carthagene was also (a guest in the Buettel home, Sun-

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<1 ty. Mrs. Charles Lose wis rolled to Celina, Ohio, Monday night on account of the serious illness of her brother.

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