Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1933 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR. DEMOCRAT CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. 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 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 $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER, Inc. £ls Lexington Avenue, New Y’ork 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Relief will be here when there is no need for relief. The weather man gave us a fine day for Mother’s Day and that is something to be thankful for. The fellow who succeeds this year will keep bis business in mind and lend a steady hand in seeing it through. Things are getting better because news seems to be getting back to normal. No record breaking happenings in Washington and banks are doing business as usual. Saturday night saw another large crowd in Decatur. The streets were packed, the stores were busy ' and shopper and merchant alike realized that this is one of the best trading centers in the state. Services at al! the churches were well attended Sunday and tributes were paid to mother by the ministers. It was apparent that everyone wanted to observe the day dedicated to her and the noble ideals for which motherhood stands. Employment increased at the General Electric and Decatur Casting company plants last week. Longer schedules were observed and every indication given that business was rounding the corner to steady. production. The Decatur high school baccalaureate services were held at the Methodist church last evening, Rev. C. R. Lamnan of the Christian church, delivering the sermon. His subject was, “Giving Away Mountains." It was an inspiring discourse. appreciated greatly by the 17 graduates and the several hundred friends attending. What Decatur needs is wider stieels. Saturday night with traffic at its heaviest, it was almost impossible to travel down Second street. Autos were parked on both sides and in a few places, double parking caused confusion and to s;me extent was dangerous. At least the old town looked bus/ and as long as no accidents happen the present system might continue to be satisfactory. Former Governor Alfred Smith has turned down all offers to be the candidate for mayor of NewYork City. A man like Smith is needed to straighten out the financial mess in America’s greatest city and if he were the candidate ittle or no opposition would be given him in the November elecI PHONE 140 FOR ICE We can deliver either the CLEAR or RAW WATER ICE Deliveries Every Day. PURE ICE CO. Lawrence Green.

tion. His private business affairs prevent him from entering the race. City councilmen assure us that investigation of the proposed central heating system is being made, but that improvements and changes at the power plant have to be made first. We don’t want to become impatient in a matter like this, for its quite an undertaking, entailing a large expenditure of money and the best of expert advice. If the plan is feasible, it probably will be worked out and then Decatur can boast of an advantage offered by few cities in the state. Farmers are not worried about the wet weather. They say there is plenty of time to plant corn and sow beet seed and point out that it is better to have the rain now than later. A wet spell following the planting and sowing of seeds does more damage than late planting, farmers state. Cut worms and the like infest corn during wet weather and if a few weeks of sunshine follows the present unpleasant brand, there will be plenty of time to get out the crops this year. Farmers are hopeful this year and in view of rising prices look for better things this fall. Although the day brought expressions of the finest sentiment and an appreciation of motherhood. Sunday was not a holiday for mother. She got up a half hour earlier than anyone else, saw that the children's clothing was laid out. dad's socks and shirts were placed within hand’s reach, got breakfast for the gang, hurried to church, did the housework, prepared dinner, washed the dishes and then probably was too tired to do anything except rest. Anyway it was a great day and the mother enjoyed it. being the happiest when doing something for those whom she loves and expecting only affection and love in return. That's what makes: thf-iu wonderful. Q—- ♦ • Answers To Test Questions Below are the Answers to the Test Questions Printed on Page Two. ♦_ • 1. Water clock. 2. Thomas Hughes. 3. Major General. 4. Radcliffe. 5. Joe Cronin. 6. "Tommy Atkins." 7. Table. 8. One of the Nine Muses. 9. New York. 10. Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 1. An interoceanic canal across Central America. 2. South America. ■3. Charles Dickens. 4. The art of speaking and writing effectively. 5. New Hampshire..,nd Massachusetts. 6. Moses Cleveland. 7. Lidia. 8. Alabama. 9 Lucille Le Sueur. 10. Shakespeare. o ♦ ♦ Household Scrapbook —By— ROBERTA LEE * —_— e Salted Peanuts Peanuts can be salted in the shell it they are boiled in salt liquid and allowed to dry. Washing the Hair If a half cup of vinegar is put in the rinsing water w’hon washing the hair, it will soften it and give it a pretty sheen. Grease Stains on Leather Oil and grease stains can be re moved from leather by dabbing the spots with spirits of sal ammoniac. Allow this to remain on for a short time, then wash with clean water. Repeat process if necessary, 'but be careful not to injure the colof of I the leather. If is well to experiment on an unseen portion first. 0 —— Blind Sparrow Is Pet Meridian, Miss. — (UP)—A white sparrow, which flew onto the porch of the J. D. Watkins home here, a d submitted to captivity, has croused considerable interest throughout the neighborhood. Mrs. Watkins bis the bird in a cage. Idahoans Used Less Gas Boise. Idaho -(UP)—ldaho citizens used much less gasoliu? during the first quarter of the year than was the case for the corresperiod of 1932. first quari ter gisoline tax receipts totaled $121255—a decline of $20,000.

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* TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File O. L. Vance, Irvin Brandyberry and Fred Fruchte return from Winamac. where they hired C. E. Spalding as Superintendent of the Decatur schools. A 13 pound boy bom to Mr. and Mrs. John Alberding has been named Herman Charles. Nine were killed and twenty injured when tornado strikes Seward, Nebr 2.446 books were borrowed from the Decatur Public Library during the past month. Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter lets contract to Mann and Christen of Decatur for the erection of $17,000 summer home on Lake. Mesdam s C.W. Yager, S. E. Hite

Brooklyn Bridge Near Half-Century Mark ***♦ **** Building of World’s Most Famous Span Recalled as Fiftieth Birthday Approaches. President Arthur Honored Opening Ceremony. Is E .. ... M "WMfiiiffliliilFt'« niiii ■T iR w-- ,-rtr y Ab <-■< Z S **• . - uir-y .» A' . ~Xy Bg j-w- JSC ■> — IK Shortly after. Brooklyn feßioGu Opcr.-ioT ItC? r~ —i Cgl Washington 1 ~ JK i JR*’'* ES*bl : B? V -<tr. - ' ■<nS^P y -' <4oc.. 1 I rKSP 1 •■.. r • mrwr . ji.il -tv J?.i rvi&f Brooklyn Bridge as it 1? Brooklyn Bridge, the world's molt famous span —with the possible exception of London Bridge—is shortly to celebrate its 50th anniversary, and so fickle is human memory that only a few old-timers recall tha world-wide interest it aroused when completed and opened as one of the wonders of the world. For years before the great span crossed New Yark's East River, engineers had dreamed of such a miracle. But it took a simple incident Io start the solidification of these dreams into actuality. John A. Roebling, an engineer himself, delayed beyond patience on a ferryboat during a fog, published a letter pointing out the need for a bridge between Brooklyn and New York and setting forth the feasibility of constructing one. The seed took root, the Sta4< Senate passed a bill authorizing the bridge and Roebling was appointed chief engineer. He began preliminary survey work in 1867, but died two years later. However, he had perfected his plans, which were faithfully carried to completion by his son, Colonel Washington A. Roebling. Actual work on the bridge was begun in 1872. It took elever years to build, and the total cost amounted to approximately $24,000,000. The formal opening of the span took place amid great rejoicing on the midnight of May 24, 1883. President Arthur traveled from Washington for the event, bringing in his train a brilliant galaxy of foreign diplomats. There was much speechmaking and a display of fireworks. Col. Roebling was the lion of the hour and his home the iner.c* of hero-worshippers. During the first 24 hours'the bridge was open, 250,000 persous walked across it, paying one nenny each for the privilege Up to tha administration of Mayor Gaynor of New York, tolls for vehicular traffic were maintained on the bridge. They yielded ■ sum es $23,224,000 until their abolishment, almost paying the huge posj of construction.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, MAY 15,1933.

Hand Ed France go to Fort Wayne | to call on their sister, Mrs. S. E. Shamp. Mrs. D. I. Weikel is in Fort Wayne calling 0:1 her sister, Mrs. ' Wilson Miller. Mrs. Earl Coverdale entertains . I the Thimble Club. . Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Reed go to ■ Rome City to open their summer cottage. Mrs. E. B. Macy and diughter, Mrs. C. W. Ho.iker spend the day visiting in Monroe. o Museum Got Book Shelves i Austin. Tex.—vU.R)-Shelves, made ; from timber in the Amelia Barr 'home here, have been placed in the i jnew municipal library and will f hold a collection of the works of l the celebrated American author, whose death occurred in the east i recently. —

COURTHOUSE New Case M. Kirsch, liquidating agent fori the Peoples Loan and Trust ComI pany vs John W. Meibers, suit for ■ immediate possession of real! estate and damages of S4OO, C. L.| Walters, attorney. Marriage License Noah J. Schrock, laborer of Berne, and Martha Agnes Habegger of Berne. Amos S. Inniger, laborer of Adams County and Selma W. Habegger of Berne. George M. Johnson, die sinker of Detroit, Mich., and Ruby E. Cook, Detroit, Mich. Lowell Shaw, wehier of Penberville, Ohio, and Viola Galbraith of Wayne, Ohio. Anton Boyce, clerk, Detroit,

Mich., and Dorothy Goodson, Detroit. Ermund Matchette, state highway department employe. Lima, Ohio, and Sue Schaadt. Lima. O. Henry Earl Board, laborer. Fort Wayne, and Pankie Marie Smith-Howard, Dextraville, Ky, o IMr. and Mrs. Leigh Bowen and Mr. and Mrs. Sim Burk visited in Van Wert Sunday.

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Gospel Temple Rev. P. W. Barker. This week-end was a real time of victory in the Lord. Three souls ’ were saved and larger crowds than any weekend up to now. The next service is Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock. A lesson on divine healing each evening. Tuesday evening Rev. McCounehoy will

bring the message night. Rev. Shadey ' Qt will preach. Thursday Zeigler and the young * the Temple in Fort w a , present with g ood BARGAINS — Ba-gain ' Room, Dining Rootu g " tresses and Rugs. Stue k “, '< Mouroe, our phone numbed