Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1933 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published MRA THE Every Evo DECATUR nlng Except Jb DEMOCRAT Sunday by CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller ...Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Secy & 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 I'ix 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. 115 Lexington Avenue. Now York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies.

TELL THE TRUTH Every citizen of Indiana, regardless of political attachment, has a right to demand of the Indiana Republican state committee that it distinguish between disbursements and expenses when issuing a statement concerning the financial transactions of the state government. If there Is just reason to tell the people that the state administration is extravagant, let the chips fqll where they may, but to deliberately deceive the people I on as grave a matter as this is an insult to their intelligence. According to a Republican committee bulletin there was an increase of $671,721 in the costs of the same services for July this year'as compared to last year. This was arrived at by citing the 'disbursements in July of the two years and then subtracting the j highway expense, all of which was a subtle trick. What the Republican committee knowingly refused to do was to explain that not all disbursements are expenses by any means. Disbursements fall in the class of distribution and refunds of gasoline funds and school revenue. Certainly these are not expenses to the people, rather they are benefits for the people and in July of this year the people of Indiana received just $2,134,268 more from these disbursements than they did in July last year. When we consider actual expenses of state government we must turn to the items that are expenses. By that we mean the items that cost the taxpayers for which they return governmental services in return. If the Republican committee had not attempted to deceive the public it would have shown that the general fund, the highway department, gasoline fund, auto license fund and all other expenses of state government in July this year were $2,855,436. whereas last year the expense of those same funds in July was $5,121,059.96. In other words, the expense. actual expense, of state government in July this year was $2,265,623.07 less than it was in July a year ago. If the state administration is wrong in any of its activities, it deserves constructive criticism But such criticism should have honesty as a basis. This state will never progress as long as any organization, political or otherwise, employs deception and artifice under the guise of constructive criticism to gain selfish ends. The great interest In the improvement of the Wabash rivbr and the construction of Limberlost

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Lake near Geneva was shown at the meeting Wednesday evening, when more than five thousand people gathered for the memorial program for the late famous author, Geue Stratton-Porter, whose stories and books of reference made the Limberlost and the Loblolly famous all over the country. If the government will include the improvement in their program of public work, needless to say there will he nothing lacking in local support. Tom Rhoads of Geneva presided at the meeting and splendid talks were made by French Quinn of this city, Judge Moran of Portland and Attorney Elmore Sturgis of Bluffton. Mrs. Will Widows, vice-chair-man of the Democratic central committee of Adams county, has been duly appointed as postmistress at Geneva, succeeding the late Earl Shepherd. She was endorsed by the members of the com-

mittee who recognlzzed the fact that she has been an earnest and effective worker for her party. She > is qualified and will assuredly serve the Geneva patrons efficiently and courteously. i Senator Huey Long ought to 1 have accepted the offer from a ' Brooklyn side show to appear as a freak at SI,OOO a night. A lot of folks would probably pay a dime to see the “kingfish" cut up and if it slowed up they could drop that engineer who punched him on the nose the other evening, into the cage. How will whiskey and other hard liquors be dispensed? That's a question that ought to be thought about by every good citizen and one that will worry the administration and politicians in general. Now | that repeal of the eighteenth amendment seems assured, there should be a desire by everyone that every safeguard i>ossible be placed around this traffic. Mrs. Eleanor Jarman, “the tiger girl" of Chicago, has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to 199 years in prison. She is certainly going to be well tamed when she gets out unless she meets up with a friendly pardon board. Her sweethart, also convicted, must go to the electric chair. A white line down the center of black top roads will assure safety for the drivers who use the roads at night and may prevent many accidents. It's so simple that we wonder why it isn't done, especially by the State Highway Commission. Those who drive their cars with the cut-outs open can render a service to everyone and save the offfficers much trouble if they will see that this does not happen. If they don't, it will be the forced duty of police officers to see that they do. Under the Constitution of the United States we are promised “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" and the present adadministration proposes to furnish it. We have been drifting decidedly away from it the past decade or two. Henry Ford as might be expected, is trying to assume a peculiar and different position as regards the NRA program. It's a good thing that the other big business men did not look at the N#w Deal as he apparently does. Decatur and Adams county was well represented at the NRA cele- ' | bration in Fort Wayne yesterday I afternoon. Enthusiasm was great . and everyone seemed to be a hum . died per cent for program. o 65,000 Torw of Dead Eels Oregon City, Ore. —(UP) —Sixty five thousand tons of dead eels were removed from the Williamett£ i River below Williamette Falls here this year. August Rakel, head eel remover, estimated. The eels are unable to go over the fish latter and beat their lives put against the rocks.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1933.

Berne Boy To Make Glider Flight Today ■▼Mt? I W 4 /'A ■ ■tfiSg j 4 ’*'h ■ - Edward Rice of Berne, son of Harve Rice of this city, retired city mail carrier, will make his trial | flight in the glider he designed and built himself. The youth started work on the glider about 15 months ago. It is designed along the hues of a German glider, it has a wing spread of 32 feet and a wing surface of 132 square feet. ,

2,500 Jobless May Be Employed Glacier National Park. Mont.— (U.R) -Employment may be given 2,500 men in Glacier National Park under the Roosevelt refor-1 estation program. Superintendent 1

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CHAPTEB FORTY Poletzki’s horror was too active to be concealed within hi s own brain. Cavanaugh, watching him, felt it exude. It was more than fear —it was terror. A horror of the noose —a psychic revulsion that clawed like a loathsome animal. “It’s an interesting thing to see them hang a man,” said Cavanaugh coldly. “They take that hemp rope and draw it around his neck first. They draw it ten times tighter than I choked you. If cuts into the skin. You can’t breatft—you struggle for breath, you strangle ” Poletzki slumped against the wall. His knees were helpless and he began slowly to collapse and slide to the floor. Cavanaugh sprang forward and pulled him up. “Pull yourself together man!” he said roughly. “You’re not on the gallows yet. I’m just explaining to you how it’s going to feel.” This, Cavanaugh decided, was the most brutal task he had ever faced. Poor devil! Y’et the man was a double-murderer. Now, if ever, was the chance to ring the confession from his bloodless lips. Despite his natural kindliness, Cavanaugh steeled himself for the gruesome task. "Let me get my hands on your throat again—I’ll show you ” Poletzki gathered his strength and tried to dart aside, but he was hopelessly cornered. In a dry voice — arid as the rustle of autumn leaves—he sounded a wordless cry of despair. “There’s only one way you can escape it!” Cavanaugh said curtly. “If you want to be a stubborn fool they’ll hang you by the neck till you’re dead. It’s a dog’s death—the worst on earth. I’m offering you the chance to escape. Come! Why don’t you take your chance like a man? Tell the truth. You took a shot at me and the bullet accidentally hit Annette Santos. It’s your only chance to escape that tight rope around your neck!” Poletzki looTced at Cavanaugh, the fear of death already beginning to glaze his dull eyes. With an effort he conquered the weakness and cramp in his legs, and managed to stand away from the wall. Nevertheless, he was tottering and on the verge of collapsing to the floor. “How the devil do I know,” he said in a creaking voice, “that you'll stick by me?” t Cavanaugh took one deep breath before answering. He stood there straight and erect, the conquerer in a battle of mind against mind—a war in which not only his own happiness but that of Lent Luneska was the prize of victory. “You can trust me, Poletzki,” he said with iron coldness, “because it’s either that—or the rope. No matter what happens, I’m turning you over to the police. If you don’t trust me, you’re a cinch to hang. I’m giving you my word — you’ll have the best lawyer that money can buy. I’m giving you my word—and it’s up to you to decide whether it’s good or not.” In the shattered eyes of the beaten thug there began to gleam a feeble, flickering light of hope. “I can’t stand it,” he said, his tone wobbling. “That rope business —you can’t breath when it gets you. If you’ll stick by me—if you’ll save me from it—l’ll do any darn thing you want ” Poletzki reeled toward the divan and crumpled, his face hid in the

I E. T. Scoyen has estimated. “We can work wonders in the I park next season if given an ample number of men.” Scoyen said. Several hundred acres of forest land in the park were burned over by fire in 1926 and 1929. This > | land would be cleaned of debris j 1 and replanted if Scoyen obtains 1

gag i wWI tw? < 1 7 WF “Get up and get out of here!” Leni was standing on the floor, her face flushed and her hair dishevelled.

hollow of his hands. * • * Leni’s embarrassment as she struggled in Gerstenfield’s arms was terrible. She was not afraid; but she was ashamed of the situation. The unclouded sanity of her normal self despised and pitied Gerstenfield in the same instant. With an excess of energy she fought loose from his violence. The strength in her taut, elastic body was surprising, yet it gave her a sense of degradation to be forced into this kind of a struggle. “You idiot!” she cried in a bitter voice. “You crazy idiot—get out!” The palm of her hand was under his chin and she pushed with till her might. She was not alarmed—she had but to scream to bring servants. Gerstenfield’s thin body , lacked the vigor to combat her aroused determination. The sense of his own weakness swept through him. He began to tremble. What strength he had evaporated. His ■ head was swimming in wide circles. “Get up and get out of here!” Leni was standing on the floor, i her face flushed and her hair dishevelled. To his own surprise, Geri stenfield found he was sitting on i the side of the bed. i The whole world, but a moment I before, had seemed in flames; now i a deadly coldness began to freeze in every nerve. He knew where he 1 wa»—knew that he w»« sitting con. i temptibly on the side of a woman’s

necessary aid and supplies. Plans for development of the park have been made for the coining six years, and the government unemployment relief project would merely speed this program, the superintendent explained. o Get the Habit — Trade at Home

bed—that he w’as an object of hei scorn and his own as well. “Sorry,” said Gerstenfield in a low, hoarse voice. “I’ve not been well lately ” No vestige remained of his former tone of harsh command. Internally the man had less light and heat than a burned-out bulb. Leni’s anger was drowned in contempt. “Whether you’re sorry or not doesn’t matter,” she said curtly. “Get out of my house—and never come near me as long as you live.” He lifted his leaden body to his feet. Gerstenfield was a menace no longer. Never again would he rule anyone with fear. The studio dictator of old was dead as surely as though he were already in his grave. Without a word, he moved out of the room and out of Leni’s life with slow and sagging steps. As Leni closed the door of her room she had the feeling that this was final—that she had closed it forever against everything connected with motion pictures. The house felt strangely deserted. Soon there would be strange tenants occupying it. A muscle in her shoulder ached from the struggle with Gerstenfield. Hollywood—considering everything-— had been good to her. She was lucky that she was escaping with nothing worse than a strained shoulder physically. (To Be Conti Copyright. 1932, by Robeit Terry Shannon Distributed b> King leatures Syndicate, lac

_ * Answers To Test Questions Below a.* the Anxwerx to the Test Queitlon® Printed on Pa«e Two. ♦ —* - 1. Charles Reade. 2. Amerious Vespuciua, the navigator. 3. The slowest of all the tempi. 4. Bulls —operators who seek to advance prices; Bears— operator'! who seek to bring prices down. 5. Joseph E. Robinson of Arkansas. 6. Chicago, Illinois. 7. “I forbid.” 8. From the town in France from which it comes. 9. The Larynx. 10. Eufclish novelist. o * TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY From the Dally Democrat File ♦ ♦ Miss Mura Sweeney returns to Chicago after visit with the C. S. i Niblick family. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linn visit in I Bluffton with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nelson. Norbert Holthouse and Leon Crawford spend day in Fort Wayne. I Miss Margaret Gerard is spend- ’ ing two weeks in Toledo with her ■ aunt. Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Mills and i daughter, Victoria, return from 1 twelve day's visit at Bladensburg j Ohio. Licensed to wed: Adolph Whitright and 'Ethel Raver. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hunsicker and 1 daughter, Vera, and Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Hunsicker return from a motor trip to Tiffin and other Ohio cities. Mrs. J. H. Bremerkamp is hostess , to the afternoon club. MIR Laevell is appointed to succeed Ray Z, Teeple as rural route carrier. School opens under Superinten-1 dent Spaulding. P ♦ — - — 4 I Household Scrapbook - ByROBERTA LEE ♦ 4 Better Garters Instead of sewing the ends of gar-1 ters together, cut the elastic about 1 two inches shorter than ordinarily sew a piece of ribbon to each end. and tie the bow when putting on. As the elastic stretches, the ribbon will take up the required amount. Dyeing Before tinting colored materials, strain the dye and the goods will color evenly. Jelly Glasses Smooth rimmed jelly glasses will make nice drinking glasses for the children, thus saving the better ones. 4 — — I Many Reunions Scheduled For Summer Months .< Saturday, September 2 Mumrna reunion, Franke Park, Fort Wayne. Sunday September 3 Buckmaster reunion, Wayne Park, Napoleon, Ohio. Brown family reunion, C. t). Brown residence, two miles east of Decatur. Brown family reunion, C. O. | Brown residence 2 miles east of I Decatur. Thirteenth annual Tindall family reunion, fairgrounds at Van Wert Ohio. Kelley reunion, Lare’s Grove, southeast of Convoy, Ohio. Ehinger Reunion, Sunset Park, east of Decatur. Zink-Kuhn reunion, Sunset Park Decatur. Elliott r union, Edward Elliott residence, Argos, Ind. Second annual Ehinger reunion, Sunset Park, southeast of Decatur. Urick reunion, Sunset park, east of Decatur. Rain or shine. Hart Family reunion, home of Emanuel Hart, Monroeville. LeMars family reunion, Sunset Park, east of Decatur. Schnepp and Manley family union. Sunset Park. Labor Day September 4 Baker Reunion, Sunset Park, east of Dei-atur, rain or shine. Fifteendi annua) Staffer reunion Legion Memorial Park, De<atur. ’ Sluseer-Gause reunion J. E. Gause grove, 5 miles south and 1 mji 6 east of Willshire. Ohio Staffer reunion, Legion Memorial l ark, Decatur. Reunion, Sunset Park, Sunday, September 10 v “ DnUal Be “ reunioI >. gion Memorial Park. Ninth annual Barger-Smith reunion Frank Park. Fort Wavne Metzler Family Reunion, Sunset I Park east of Decatur. Indians Wantsto~K^^^ cv mi T‘ Um “ er ’. Ida ' ~(UP)-A committee of nine Coeur D'Alene IndWho Petitioned the “Great hite Father” in Washington, D. C. not to close the Coeur d'Alene Ind•an a ßMcy, claiming it would work hardship on Indians of North Idaho i-s cotaauUeo is headed by Chief Peten Moctelme.

Gospel Temple Rev, Barker has been speaking on the subject, "The Grace Age Is Dying.” and will finish this sub-, ject tonlglit Services tonight at j 730 Folks? we are surely re-1 reiving our last warning, more I earthquakes, cyclones, hurricanes and unheavals in the earth In 19331 than in any other year. Services Saturday night in the tent at 7:30 and on the street corner at 8:30. Also services Sunday night at 7:3(L

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