Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1934 — Page 7

Dollar Day Bargains For Thursday In Todays Paper

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is. SCIENTISTS EEK PLANTS TO HIT EROSION Whington. -fU.RJ-Agricnlture M . ar tment scientists are hunting w ... separates! parts of the & (or plants, which are thought L useful in checking soil erow one party is in Russia and Ur in Japan. Others., will 140 on for western and south- # United States. u i, Westover and C. R- Enlow m visit Russian Turkestan, Per- ' anJ Afghanistan, looking for l. is which would help hold In 80 H in southwestern portions , His country. Five years ago estover spent a year in Turkessnd Persia and brought back iveral strains of wilt resistant hlfa. Knowles A. Ryerson, chief of e Department's Bureau of -Plant dustry. says the Russians have a •hiy developed program of plant traduction under the direction y 1 Vavilov of the Agriculture ademy. A part of Soviet hortiUturists has been in the United | jtes since January studying the I unestic citrus industry. Two t ars ago when the Department 1 l( i two men in South America I arching tor disease - resisting jstoes to be used in breeding | )r s several Russians were there . f the same purpose. The expedition now in Japan Is , (king primarily for grasses and her forage plants. It comprises G. MacMillan, veteran plant plorer. and J- L- Stephens, De-: rtment forage crops specialist. . ley expect to explore the remote ■ tngan mountains where, because ■ extreme temperatures, it is • ped the search will yield many utts suitable for hot, dry regions ’ this country. In 1904 a Department plant exger named Mark Carlton went I Russia and returned with durum i teat seed which proved ideally | Ited to cold, dry areas of the irth Central States where it now * an important crop This wheat known as the “macaroni” va- ’ from the Orient Department | entists have brought back near-i i.vtw strains of soybeans, Ulin- 1 alone now grows more than : I.WO acres of this crop annually. ! i Officials are hopeful that vain- i ew plants may be found in i at might be figuratively re- ] red to as their own backyard.il

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Radio Looms as New Agent for Propaganda - # - l|£ug*n> 0, Sykes [ AT* j; - ' ■ * RIB m - -wk i A 1 f • 7 : Vi b/ * i /Apr JBfr ... f I x ' MMBW» - . Ijosef Stalinl " a J—< ■ ■ '’-I" Moscow's Red Square —«• \ - ... -tr

Looming greater and greater as a powerful agent for dissemination of propaganda among the nations of the world is the short wave radio, which has been used effectively by Russia, especially in broadcasting speeches of Dictator Josef Stalin and May Day celebrations in Red Square at Moscow, by Great Britain and Germany. The most recent in-

A party of 10 botanists is at .work in Washington and Oregon. Other groups will soon be sent to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahcima.'' North Carolina and Tennessee. Penrose House to Be Razed Philadelphia —(U.R) — The house from which Senator Boies Penrose once ruled Pennsylvania and national politics soon will be torn down to make way for an open-air parking lot. Penroe died in Washington on New Year's Eve, 1921.

stance of its use was the broadcast of Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Nazi minister of propaganda, after Germany’s “Bloody Saturday” The creation of the new federal communications commission, headed by Eugene O. Sykes, puts the United States into a , powerful position for the dissemination of propaganda.

Woman Jury Was Severe Jonesboro, Ark.--(U.R) —Craighead county's first all-woman jury assessed the inaximum penalty for Bill Calvert, convicted of storing I intoxicating liquor in a public place. There was little mercy displayed. Calvert reflected, as he contemplated the $750 fine on a conviction of having 40 bottles of “home-brew.’’ o Sink Stored Electricity Hinsdale, Mass.—(U.R> —For days after lightning followed a water-

tion of Independence, right, was signed, on July 4, 1776. > Inset, . right, the ink well which the signers used in affixing their names to the historic document

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday. July 10. 1931.

pipe into the home of Michael Ryan. his kitchen sink would loose a staggering shock to anyone who totched it. The sink had been enI ergized by the bolt, which caused no damage. o Swims 2 Miles Each Day t 64 Fort Worth, Tex.— (U.R) — Sixty-four-year old Ben Harris makes It a daily custom to swim two miles. Sometimes, "if he feels the urge," he stretches it to six miles. “There is nothing to it," he said. “I’ve been swimming for 55 years.”

NEBRASKA CITY TO CELEBRATE Nebraska City, Neb. —<U.R> — Nebraska City will observe its 80th anniversary in July. In July of 1864, two months after the passage by Congress of the Kansas Nebraska Hill, organ izing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, Charles W. Pierce, civil engineer, began the survey of Nebraska City. The original townsite containing 320 acres was purchased by the Nebraska City Town Company I earlier that year of Sergeant Hiram P. Downs, United States Army officer, for $2,000. in the spring of 1857 the Nebraska City Town Company had to purchase a title to the ground from the government, as only a release from Downs had been obtained. Downs had only “a squat- | ter’s right” to the land. Emigrants from the states east

T*te Sale You’ve Been Waiting for E. F. Gass July STORE WIDE CLEARANCE OF HIGH GRADE LADIES WEAR Thursday-Friday-Saturday DRESSES I COATS B&g|| We are placing our entire I Qur eß(jre Hne of Printzess yYy ,ine of Bilk dresses into 1 coats. Sizes 14 to 46. Values groups consisting of sheers. (<) g . )9 whi[e (hey |a _ ( prints - washab!e crepes ’ ajiRCK HMH chiffon, string, etc. H G ' !o, P ' One Ut oT ■TO Values to SB.OO Q7 HlB now suits |HnM GROI P 2 Broken sizes. Vai ;e to sl6. ‘ Values to $12.50 75. Whils they last. i ‘ : W ■ "■■■croup, ■ $5-00 Hfi-l itSl Values to $15.00 d»O Q7 tniiuwihmww >— ■9| for Children’s Coats -SSWIB GROUP 4 « <•<"* left. Si-s 2 to 14. WASH DRESSES tArc Vikq bathing suits We tave paced our entire line SUME $1 BAKUAIIX& Ruo b, sutt.. Values IQ including Nelly Don, into three SILK DRESSES GHII'I'ON HOSE to $5.00. Now g oups Do not fail to get here early for Have you tried our special 59c CORSETS Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 you - B i ie i n a s j|k dress d» 1 hose? Service and chiff- (? j closing out our entire line of SI IQ S1 GQ Q7 White they last on. During this sale 2 for V-L College Girl Girdles and Corsetep L.IU tpl.Vvf <l>rJ.«7 i GORDON HOSIERY (J» 1 lets. Values to $6.00 QI IQ One lot Shorts. Blouses Sweat- MILLINERY Values to $2. now *pl Now .... 1• i cers, children's dresses. £fQ p Hats in navy, black, gray, tan. S p N HATS IVUV «TTITQ $1 valuer, I><JV creen, yellow. Values to dj 1 Suitable for beach and gar- d» 1 4LI \ 3 oiece Play Suits suitable for $3.95. While they last ... »P-»- den wear . va l U e. now *’ '' Al' ILESI Ii S niking, etc. $2.00 d» 1 4(k PRINTZESS SLIPS QI WHITE FLANNEL SKIRTq Values to $7.95. QO (.j’’’ valuee Special V-» Values to $2.92 $1 While they last 9

of the Mississippi came in slowly because there were no railroads west of that stream. During the migration to California in 184952, hundreds of thousands of gold seekers crossed the Missouri River at Nebraska City. One of the first business establishments was the Nebraska City Newe, estalbllshed by Thomas Morton. This publication later was merged with the Nebraska Press founded in 1853. Animals Arrested By Cops Philadelphia.— (U.R) --Among the recent "arrests’’ made by the Philadelphia police department were a male opossum, a female mannygoat, and a fatted spotted calf. The animals, which were pets, were afl picked up in one day when their owners reported them lost. ■ - ■ o New All-Metal Plane Tested Chester, Pa.—(U.R)-A new type of all metal experimental ship of unusual design, built by the Sachem Aircraft Corporation in New Haven, Conn., is undergoing tests at the Frank Mills Seaplane base near here.

FLIERS “FIND” TINY VILLAGE (Washington ■ —(U.R) l —Wlijftn C&t sare Sabelli and George Pond | were forced down on their at-1 tempted New York-to-Rome flight, they “discovered” the little Irish 1 settlement of Moy heretofore ■ virtually unknown, according to the National Geographic Society. Engine trouble forced the fliens to land In a field near Moy, Coun-1 ty Clare village, which hugs the | southern shore of Liscannor Bay, ’ deep Atlantic coastline indentstlon about 40 miles northwest of Limerick, metropolis of the lower River Shannon. Although Moy U so tiny that it is found only on large scale maps, it lies In one of Ireland's favored vacation regions. The sea and nu- , merous small bays that Indent the coast abound in fish, while Inland, ’ large areas annually are turned j over to hunters. In addition, tour-

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ists are lured to the region by its soft green hills and plains, quiet lakes, and awe inspiring -seaside cliffs. Two miles away from Moy nestles laxhinch, famous resort which boast one of Ireland's fintst golf courses. It was from here that the aviators walked to Moy to tell the world of their forced landing. 0 - — *• 12 Big Locomotives Scrapped Battle Creek, Mich.-(U.R)—Twelve giant “Iron Steeds” of the Grand Trunk Western shops here, which were used in construction of the Panama Canal, have made their “last run.” These 12 locomotives, along with 18 others, worth $1,000,000 at one time, are to be scrapped some time within the next few weeks. 0 Mayor Is Also a Physician Waltham. Mass. — (U.R) — Waiham's mayor Is thoroughly callable of prescribing for the city’s needs. For in private life he's a physician —Dr. Frederick L. MacDonald, who has a quarter century's practice behing him.