Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1934 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published jira. THE Every Kvm DECATUR dint Except jfL DEMOCRAT Sunday by ▼ CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second CUM Matter. H. He110*..... Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec y & Bus. Mgr Dick D. Heller ..Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies - I -03 One week, by carrier...——— .10 One year, by carrier 6.00 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....—• 300 Prizes quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere 13 50 one year. — Advertising Rates made " known on Application. ■National Adver. Representative ; SCHEERER, Inc. IW> Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The (pdiana League of Home Dailies. IHllinger failed to pay life in-c-mne tax. Why that son-of-agun, lie ought to bo hung. It's a little late but we have an I idea the state income tax officers! wsl sffil accept your report for, I#:::; afip your check to balance same. — With six more weeks'of winter! ahead, we might as well order three or four more tons. The idle that !&>ked«*o largo last autumn will never JBdd out, we can plainly see. •"Capitalism under microscope" swys a headline. We knew most of had disappeared but we scarcely thought it had readied the minuteness where they would have to use *-spy glass to find it. The .government has ordered a ijjjpply of SIOO,OOO bills. They must | Im- preparing for some real pros-, perity. If we can get hold of a •* <tbzen or two of those, we won't I bother any more about it. '.What has become of the jig saw MizZTo-. that kept so many from rtieir meals and business a year •cd? In this country we accept feds, work at them hard and drop! them as quickly as we take them I ’UL. - » With live from Geneva and eight from Monroe taking the examination to act as postmaster at Monlipe and Geneva, it should not be {pfficult to select some one for eaelt UJace. Those now acting, we are Informed, will bo given a slight edge in the grading. •» •m ' ' "51 " We don't care whether it •« CWA pr PWA or any other kind of “A", JJut there are a few things wo would JJke to see done. The parking lots, wonie new walks where needed, ■dragging the center of the river •nd a few other things that would ill ea n permanent improvements. S'- included in the list. •• «■ This is the season for colds and •» *o many are battling them just now ■» Abut it seems like an epidemic. 2>on’ t fool around when you get I -om . So many tilings can happen and once a cold becomes deep scat--*”I, the results are snro to he ser- *• jmts. bee your doctor and obey his jprd’.r;:. O' ■ —- - The report filed by the old Ad■am County Bank shows solvency •and there are indications that ti jmbsfantial distribution can soon Jc made to the depositors. Liqui'dating banks the past year or two jms been one of these things that just couldn't be successfully done, but its encouraging to know Unit the assets have been carefully

—<z>— 1 Modern funeral services in keening with highest ideals always. W. H. Zwick & Son Funeral Directors Mrs. Zwick, Lady Attendant Xuneral Home Ambulance Service 514 N. 2nd st Phones 303 and 61

guarded and that in due time, the claims Will be met at least some where near one hundred per cent. They have bounced the new dollar around so much the last few days that we are inclined to believe Al Smith was right when he called it ‘'rubber." Os course as far as most of us are concerned It doesn't make any difference, but we hope they get it settled soon, so those who arc afflicted and affected by dollars, will know where they arc at. There will soon he real activities and plenty of It at the Decatur Homstcad site. The blue prints have gone In and the survey will be approved at Washington. Then will come the letting and by early spring there will be building in the south addition that will excel any thing we have seen here in a long time. It requires a certain amount of routine approval or red tape to got these undertakings under way. but there will soon be action. President Roosevelt insists that 1 his idea on his public aid plan was i for the purpose of recovery and not I for politics or for smooth individ- | uals to take (advantage of. lie will I not tolerate that and he is right. , t'WA and PWA work should be j ' done by those actually in need of l i work and not by those otherwise I , engaged who feel they can do bet- ■ ter by quitting their job to take one on a public project. The public will support the President in this as they have in his other proposals. Without petition from the citizenry and solely because the mayor and the council recognize that when ever possible the rates should be reduced, a lower electric light ami power late will now become effective in this city and territory. The Decatur Light and Power Company has a fine record of renderI ing excellent service at the lowest ■ cost commensurate with good busj iness judgment. The plant has I been built iip and the new rates t. i irt ’ . will jdtfce'this eity in the low frame lof Hoosier cities so far as rates ■ are concerned. We are sure the action will please the people. —o Household Scrapbook —BY—- * ROBERTA LEE * The Clothes Closet If the clothes closet is equipped with a light that lias a long pull eord. one has to grope for the cord quite often after dark. This can be avoided by placing a sereweye in the edge of the door casing and running the cord through the ring. The Bridge Party Before entertaining the bridge club again, purchase four of the | novel sandwich cutters in the shape* of a diamond, a heart, a | spavle. and a club. These eutters can bo used when making little cakes. Pressing Pleats When pressing a pleated skirt use needles to pin down the pleats They will leave no marks when they aro removed. O Answers To Test Questions . j Below are the Answers to the | Test Questions Printed on Page Two. 1. Manila. 2. Mitmceota and Wisconsin. 3. Famoitn Russian novelist. 4. Th'- name is applied to ail sorts of small fish. 5. Pon-m ylvania. ti. Tzar. 7. Mnuico. 8. New York. !». American anti-slavery orator and journalist. 10. Port an Prince. 1. The right to vote for public officials. 2. Csear Strauss. 3. Manna. 4. Not in a state: in tie territory of Alaska. 5. The Strait of Dover. ti. It is from the Chinese mean- • ing “great, prince." J 7. Vermont. 8. Milwaukee. 1 9. Napoleon Boiiapsrte. 10. Tutuila. —4 James Halberstadt of Pleasant Mills is confined to his homo with illness. o -— Home Washing Service 15 pounds. 49c ' Ask about it. > Decatur Laundry

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f TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY From the Dally Democrat File ♦ ' February s—New lock boxes are installed at the postoffice. Phil Ma-cklin is appointed engineer on Menroe road. No. 6. Robert Garard leaves for Shel- ; bina. Mo., to attend funeral of Fred ■ Smith, his brother-in-law. Daughter born to Mr. and .Mrs. I Will Winucs yesterday is named j Ruth. Dr. S. I’. Hoffman elected presi- : lent of tlio Indiana Alumni Associa-; tion ot Adams county witli C. E. Spaulding, vice-president and Miss Fanny Frislnger, secretary. Frank Hurst, agent for the Adams Express company came out today With a new and up-to-date wa- ’ gon. L Marshall Melchi is working 24 I hours a day while George Smitley. I night offh-er is ill witli rheumatism. Indiana Lighting Company leases the Eellia building for its offices. Eggs dropped three cents today and are now 22c. Virgil Krick is home from Ohio j State University for a visit. , Regular stated convocation of' Royal Arch Masons. Tuesday 7:30 p. m. Important that all members] be present. Secretary

Two New Fashion Wrinkles H? > ”"Wk' 9E& , ’W' s Sb-' ' 1 / i ■' * f ‘ I . _ 1 Mr .” f t i ■HI J ■ i | t Sa a®s m 1 Kj i» BBB.IUIIt Two of the newest innovations smiled upon by Dame Fashion. At left, he new lingerie outfit of softest Milanese chiffon of chardonize. design-d .o go with the close-fitting evening frock and to eliminate unsightly seams. At right, the latest thing in pajama ensembles, composed of slacks and crocheted double-breasted vestee.

FARM LABORER ADMITS MURDER Farm Band Admits Killing Retired Circus Performer | Cannelton. Ind., Feb. 5—(U.R> - I Ernest Wright. 32. a farm laborer, ■surrendered today and admitted, killing his employer. Miss Alice j Martin, retired circus performer,' Sheriff Anton Voges announced. Miss Martin, who performed in i this country and Europe under the name of Alice De Garno, was ; ' found in a shallow grave on her ; 150 acre farm at Derby, on the >hio river. I” She had been missing for a, ■ week and authorities said she had ; 1 been murdered. Wright, who had been sought ■ since finding of the body, gave I himself up to Gus Rumsey, a farmer at Tobinsport, about 12 j miles from the scene of the' I slaying. I Ramsey notified Sheriff Voges i ■ who brought Wright to the Perry ' county jail. Sheriff Voges said he would ' I question Alio prisoner in detail i ihis afternoon and obtain a signed I confession. The farm which Miss Martin owned is located on a high cliff about 100 feet from a road. It is ■ ] inaccessible except by footpaths.. She hs,| lived on the farm alone I '** — —- ———— I

I for 10 years after retiring from I tlie show business. More than a week ago Wright told persons in Derby that Miss Martin had been called to New I Jersey to dispose of some properI ty which she owned there. Her disappearance first was I [reported by Frank Sandage Jr., i son of a tenant on Miss Martin's farm. 'Suspicion of authorities further was aroused when Wright made several trips to Derby to dispose of eggs and chickens from the farm. Sheriff Voges and several depuI ties searched the farm and found I the grave. Miss Martin had been buried under eight inches of dirt, approximately lOfl yards from the cliff top home of the eccentric woman. Her skull had been fractured i eight times and the throat was . cut. Sheriff Voges said he hoped to obtain a motive for the slaying after talking further with the suspect. He said that Wright and Miss Martin had quarreled frequently over his failure to carry ! out her orders and that she had I ordered him off the .farm on sev- , eral occasions. Carmi Badger, 21, step brother |of Wright, also is being held in I jail here. Sheriff Voges said he j thought Badger was innocent of ■ any connection with the crime. I however. The youth stayed On ! the Martin farm last week with Wright. — o Former Convict Killed By Pofiee Indianapolis, Feo. s.—Malcolm S. Ko’witz. 22. a former inmate of the State Reformatory, was killed by police during a chase herd Saturday night. Kountz was shot as he and Clyde I Short, 20, fled through a field asI ter robbing a northside drug store. When ordered to halt by police, Short stopped and threw up his ! hands, but Kountz continued running. Bullets from the guns of police killed him instantly. Police record's showed that I Kountz had served a term at Pi nI dleton for auto banditry and robbery in 1930. Short, who gave a local address. ‘ is. being held on auto banditry <:harges. He also has served a sentence in the State Reformatory. o Seek Princeton Man For Knife Slaying Indianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 5.-4U.R)— Buddy Liggins, 21. of Princeton, was being sought by Indianapolis police today after a knife slaying | of Herschel Rowlett Jterc lust niitfht. Rowlett died in a hospital here as- ; ter a scrape during a card game at ! his borne yesterday afternoon, i Rowlett accused Liggins of cheating and in the subsequent fl'glit | Rowlett said he was slashed about i the face and neck. Police made a search for Liggins Hast night, but officers at the party expressed the belief he had returned to Princeton. Four others, in- , eluding three women, were arrsted at the party, and are being held on ■ vangrancy charges.

HEAVY FLOW OF ! CAPITAL SEEN; | it Administration ExpecU. Flow Os Private ( apital Into Business Washington. Feb. 5. — (U.R) — •' heavy flow of private Investment capital Into the country s buslne.. enterprise with the appearance of signs of monetary stability Is expected by important administration officials, the United Press was Informed today. If several billions of dollars of timid American capital can bo coaxed out of hiding In various short term securities, government officials believe that financing of the recovery movement gradually can move to private hands and thus relieve the government's financial burdens. Because of previous money fears of drastic depreciation of the dollar. the federal government has been pracfically the only credit reservoir for business. Billions of dollars have been poured into thousands of enterprises by the government to carry them over the recent trying financial period. This financing burden will be shifted back to private investors as soon as the latter can be coaxed info new long term investments. . The government now has taken a stand that banks and individual investors should begin to ‘do their part" In finaUi hig of th ■ recovery program. They have assurance of a relatively stable dollar. Railroads applying to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, are being told to seek private capital. The government, however, still is trying to aid small business by supplying RFC credit through local mortgage companies. Government ecc >«nilsls believe that Important impetus to the current moderate business upswing will be given with the gradual reopening of the long term investment market. Large corporations are said to he holding up various plant improvements and other bet ternients because they cannot liorrow money to make repairs. If the capital now can be obtained from private investors, it is expect 1 ed new activity will be injected in such important heavy industries as iron, steel and machinery. New long-term capital has been almost unobtainable recently by ; many large industries because of monetary uncertainties and heavy restrictions of the securities hili. The former has been removed to a large extent and President Roosevelt's advisers are studying possible chances In the securities bill to help break the credit jam. Side Saddle Comes Back New Orleans,—(U.Rl—For the first timo in many years. New Orleans horsewomen are using side saddles in canters on local bridle paths. Leaders in the return to the former mode of feminine riding claim that most women look better riding side saddle than astride. Fint "Saa Nawapaper" Marconi inaugurated the fi rat dally newspaper published at »«a, the Conard Deily Rtrlletiu, In 1904, on the R. M. 8. Campania.

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’ HISTORY OF GOLD AND SILVER What does P --iwent dollar moan to you' Why 59, M CWII of GO cents ' Are we on the gold standard’ Do Wp j^ 1 " I u’ jJXni tv dollar." Has the dollar ever beeu i.-v.iX 1 n‘ow Tan ' time*? At *hat figure’ Whut is a "goi.i I What effect Itave clmnges in lite gold content .>t h , ' £in J. history of the U S ? Whut has been the Xer money to gol.l In U. S. history? How many t | mwt "W, H ureas legislated on gold und silver money’ ■**» I “ These and hundreds of other questions on the hl ßtory ' lv .. r as money in the U. 8 aro MsWered In out , « new bulletin HISTORY OF GOLD AND .KII.VKIt hi"?off the press. You will want thia bulletin as a | 11( ,.,| V K i urce If vou wash to understand the present i ] President and its relationship to our gold and sliv,. r ® 1 ' X-s nasi Fill out the coupon below and send for it CLIP COUPON HERE K Deot SPGS. Washington Bureau, DECATUR Daily 13“’ New York Avenue. Washington, D. C. LI W« I want a copy of the bulletin HISTORY OF COLD AND »||ry* MONEY ami enclose herewith five cents In coin (carefully • tn cover return postage and handling costs; JNA M E STREET * No- ’) city STATK W I am a reader of the Decatur. Ind.. Daily Democrat. — ■

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Weather Wisdom for Home Gardeners W

I ! i Garden operations in the spring 'tare governed more by calendar than ' by the thermometer: and rain is ' j more a deterrent than frost in delaying things. | .Many seeds can be sown just as I soon as the ground is dry enough j i to work, once the deep frost is out , ■' of the set. Spinach, radishes, beets, L onions, carrots, lettuce are all hardy I I vegetables which pay small attention to frost. A hard freeze may ' destroy seedling plants, if a warm ■ spell coaxes them up. and is follow- : ed by a cold wave which freezes ■ the ground again. Many eager ■; gardeners willingly assume this 11 risk in order to gain the advant--1 age which early planting gives ■ when everything goes well. ''■ Those who wish to minimize the I risk may do so by Inquiring of their i local weather bureau, what was the , 'date of the latest killing frost ever ('recorded in their locality. Experi ience has shown that through most i of the United States, the last killing frost in an average spring is f. about thirty days earlier than the ,- j record late freeze, which is of , course a rare phenomenon. Figure ! oh an average spring and sow your . ( need three or four weeks ahead of . the laie freeze record, and you wilf I 'seldom nave any trouble with hardy , vegetables or flowers. There are some hardy ones which cold soil may rot. even when temperature does not injure them. t ' The wrinkled peas are the most im- . portatit in this class. If you wish j to plant peas when you put in your first hardy seeds, use the smooth ..seeded varieties, as they resist rot 1 ■ better. Plants of hardy vegetables which have been started indoors are likely to be more tender than outdoor seedlings. Cabbage, cauliflower t and head lettuce plants are commonly so started, and should not , be set outdoors until the likelihood lof severe frost lias passed. Seedl-

mgs may sonm which have !■.■ ~,| n south of your In is earlier, and w i aVi I nar lened to ligli- ■ ... i advantage of o;ii;. j plan’s is not v,, „ ’ sowing the plan’ ... indoors witlio n for sale weather (t HOSPITAI VOTES ■ Willard ><•-!-■ . is a patient al - , ... , Memorial Hospital ■■ Llewellyn lt« . IliKl- rU e|,- , K* A-danm Count.'. Saturday. A major op. r.t - of Mrs. Marv E Eleventh stre-t ■ , t tai this morning ■■ Weed, and Rom Any soil that « i ;n.g i crop of needs is serfs a »|M»<-iali»t * 'ie Botanies i garden. Finds oun . Tree |R ' Hood Riv. i O t ■ Monroe, of Hone r a cottonwood ; prised to find a diln-r i vol - , er imbedded it. The gun. full' rd . ed into one pie,. ar.d i estimated to ha\ ■ ■ about 30 years. M| K, Get the Habit — Trad: at _ — , i Dull Headaches Done— Simple Remedy DotslK Headaches ■ tion are gone aft’ -I lerika. This elean< ali t ot BOTH upper wi-r 1 Gives better sh■■ ■?. • ness. B. .1. Smith I