Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1935 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published NRA THE Every Eve- DECATUR I ng Except DEMOCRAT Sunday by Cd CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as second Class Matter. J. H. Heller President 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 mall — IJ> 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. 115 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Welcome to the Moose who are attending the district meeting. And yesterday was the last day for filing your federal income tax return. It looks like It might be safe to trade the old overcoat for anything listed in the spring apparel line. Indianapolis schools were not represented in the basketball classic, but enjoyed having the crowd. Temperatures in the seventies discount fears about it dropping to zero and make all of us believe spring is here. "Next to championship, the coveted honor of individual players is the Gimbel medal awarded to the youth displaying the best mental altitude," is the way the Indianapolis Star writes of the state basketbill tourney. That prize should be worth much to the young man who wins it. The old war debt is being paid. The government lias called the First Liberty Loan bonds of 1917 and has given notice that interest on them will cease after June 15. if you have your strong box crammed witli Liberties redeem them far cash or trade the securities for other issues, the federal treasury luaid advises., The little children of the laae Zachary Smith Reynolds will receive more than 15 millions from their father's estate, the former wives of the tobacco magnate's son about a million and a quarter and the government two millions. The estate totaled more than 27 million and the split-up will give enough to all concerned to live on. A law passed by the legislature imposes greater financial responsibility on the auto driver. The law. similar to those in effect in other states, provides judgements obtained in personal injury and property dqmage cases exceeding $75. must i>e paid before the offending driver cun drive again. The driver must alto furnish proof of his financial responsibility! for future accidents b? posting a cash bond. Advocated by motor clubs and those interested in safe and sane driving, Jt is declared that the new law will do much in eliminating reckless drivers from the highways. The four member nonpartisan state liquor control board lias been named by Governor McNutt, t’sinl P. Fry, continuing as director. Others named were Russel J. Ryan, for superior court judge, former supremo court judge David Myers and Quigley of Kokomo, former mayor of that city. The board will be charged with the enforcement of the new liquor law, the granting of permits and licenses and the regulation of the entire traffic. Under the law a special ' police force will be established, the officers being plain clothes men. The

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enforcement of the law will begin as soon as printed copies of the act can be delivered to enforcement officials. The public has vote ed its desire for a regulation of the business and such will be the policy of the enforcement body. Mr. Fry declares. Sunday has a special significance tdns week, it being St. Patrick's 1 day? WHIG diost observances of fa nious people or spiritual leaders, the birthday of the honored is gen-1 erally celebrated. In the case of St. ■ Patrick the death of the pious and zealous patriarch is observed. His-1 lory is uncertain as to the natal | day of St. Patrick, while the same i references give his death as March i 17. 493, in Saul. County Down, Ireland. For nearly 15 centuries the I spirit of the great man has been ■ revered by the generations and again today the world pays homage I to his life and spiritual leadership. Spring once more! And the long, j straight, honest furrows are being 1 plowed on Indiana farms. The confusion of statesmen and the unrest j of the cities are temporary things, but the steady hand of the plowman still holds the world together. Some historian once pointed out j that even during the dark middle | ages, w hen Rome had fallen and ; there was no civilization in central' or northern Europe, the farmers . of Italy were faithfully tending their vineyards and tilling their fields. It has been so from the Ireginning of history. The herdsman and the plowman together have been ministering to mankind, and they will keep on till the end of j time. As inevitable as Spring it-1 self is the plowman who fares j forth to his field.—lndiana Farmers Guide. 0 — * Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two. .* . » 1. German composer. 2. Montpelier. 3. Azores. 4. The Apostle Paul. 1 5. A goat antelope of the high, mountains of southern Europe. 6. English statesman and or- ; ator. . 7. A title of honor bestowed, upon sultans. ~ princesses, and ' other women of high rank. 5. A Strip of territory on the, . eastern coast of Central America. 9. Horticulture. 10. Robert Burns.

Modern Trend To Spacious Dining Rooms, Period Pieces

More spacious dining rooms to j which beauty, dignity aud comfort are added by the use of attractive I woodwork, beamed or plastered • ceilings set off by handsome light-' ing fixtures, are again the vogue, according to the Federal Housing Administration. Home owners, with the aid of the Federal Housing Administra--' tion, are getting away from small. | unattractive dining rooms, transforming them into designs, colors, | types of finish and materials which i j harmonize with the architectural period of the exterior and interior of the house as well as the furni-] i ture used. Charming interiors of correct ; architectural design and of distinct i individuality are possible in every j home, because of the great variety I of building materials available at 1 exceptionally reasonable prices. Pe r iod Design? Popular Georgian period dining rooms, [ with their comparatively delicate j embellishments and medium weiglu furniture, are customarily finished' in white or ivory. These finishes! give excellent results on fine-tex-j j tured woods, such as birch, yellow ‘ poplar, red gum and the soft pines.’ These woods and finishes were gen I 1 erally used in the various types of i Colonial homes, although in American Colonial and the period just preceding it, known as Early American, white pine floors and walls, often madb of knotty wood in a natural, stained or painted finish, ■ were common. i Dining rooms of the so-called i Early English, Gothic, Tudor. Eliz- i abetiian and Jacobean periods are typically heavier in character than in the Georgian ami Colonial periods. Tile more massive appearing types represent centuries of development of typical European

FROM THE LEGISLATIVE MILL House Bill No. 163. Introduced by Representative James V. Kent, Democrat, of Hillisburg. Approved March 13. 1935, Chapter 315 of the Acts of 1935. House Bill 163 is known as the teachers salary increase bill aud ! will provide an increase of S2O per year for some school teachers bason on experience and training. The measure continues the present minimum salaries of SBOO for elementary teachers and SI,OOO for high schools during the year 1935 a.id establishes a new scale of minimum salaries starting Aug.' 1. 1936. The scale ranges from SBOO to $960 at the end of four years and from SI,OOO to SI,OBO for the same period, the increase being based on experience and training. The table below will indicate the rate of increase starting with the first year teacher with 7? hours training: Hrs. training Ist year 2ipl 3rd 4th 6th 72 SBOO SB2O SB4O $8(9) $881) 90 820 840 86'1 880 900 10$ 840 860 880 900 920 126 860 880 900 920 Iff 880 900 920 940 960 Very few teachers in the cities and larger towns will be affected by the increase for the reason they are now receiving more than the bctric minimum wage. Scattered among the teachers of the state, however. the increase will make little or no difference in the tax levy and it is estimated that the first year in which the Increase is effective will mean a total increase tlu'oughout the stalp of approximately $350,000. School budgets will not be affected until the regular budget mak- / Ing time in September 1936. » Senate Hill No. 104. introduced by (Senator Ward Biddle. Democrat lot Bloomington, makes mandatory it)»on the state 10 pay S4OO of i teachers salaries. The state during 1934 did pay S4OO of teachers sal--1 aries from the gross income tax receipts. aud an additional $3.23 per pupil trnACd op oyprage daily attendance from the excise t#xps, making I the total salaries paid by the state SSBO per teacher which relieves j'oeal tax levies by more than $9,000,000.

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architecture and commonly are con structed of plain or quartered oak in clear or antiqued wood, either > stained or finished natural. The beautiful patina so highly valued' on the paneled oak dining rooms of some of the old English manor 1 houses is due to the aging or weathering of the wood and occasional waxing and polishing. Amer’kmn chestnut, with its beautiful lace-like designs of texture and i grain sometimes is used instead i of oak. Walnut Is Formal American black walnut is popuj lar for reproducing the formal types of the Italian and French j Renaissance and other periods. Cherry is typical of early American architecture, while Southern yellow pine Ims been a favorite iti Southern colonial homes. With the development of the , west, local woods grown there, i such as Douglas fir. redwood and ’ the in edi u m and soft-textured ' pines, have played an important 4 part in the architecture of the dini ing aud other rooms of homes typi- ] cal of that region. 0 Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q. What kind of invitation should one send for a dinner dance? A. A note or an engraved card with "dancing" in the corner. Q. in a church wedding, where ;do the bridegroom and the best jman leave their hats and gloves during the ceremony? A. In the vestry. Q. Is it necessary that the service plate match the dinner service? A. No.

FEW BILLS FOR FARM INTEREST Agricultural Interests Sponsored Few Bills In Legislature By Winthrotp Lyman. (UP. Siaff Correspondent) Indianapolis Mar. 16 —(UP)—One of the most significant facts about the 1935 Indiana legislature was the scarcity of bills sponsored by agricultural interests. Legislative leaders said II was an almost Infallible indication that the fortunes of Hoosier f&rmers have been vastly improved in the last two years. Most Important of the farm legislation enacted by the general assembly this session was the administration sponsored bill which create* a state milk control board of five memb'ers. Th? utate commissioner of agriculture will be ex-officio chairman. Two members will be selected from actual milk producers and two members will be named to represent the distributors. The bill has three major purposes : 1. To provide a fair price to the producer based on actual costs of production. 2. To protect consumers against unreasonably high prices and monopolistic control. 3. To prevent destructive price cutting wars and unfair trade practices. Another of the important farm bills passed by the legislature will enable formation of non profit corporations to construct and operate rural electric lines. Thus, farmers will be able to electrify their property at reasonable costs. The legislature established public grain warehouses where farmers may store their grain on which they obtain federal loans. Another law- provides for scaling aud storage of grains on farms and enables the granting of federal loans on grain. This act was sponsored by the federal government as a uniform measure to be enacted in all other states. Strict control of livestock buyers in the state was provided in another farm bill enacted by the legislature. Ail buyers will be licensed and bonded to insure their financial responsibility. Further protection for the farmer is provided in a bill which requires the labeling of fresh fruits aud vegetables with the name and address of the grower and the grade of the product. Farlfi interests won an important victory in the legislature when they succeeded in defeating a bill which would have re-distributed the gas taxes collected by the state on a population basis. Much ot the money now diverted to rural communities would have been given to urban centers bad Hie bill passed. Dairy interests in the state lost one fight when they failed to :put through a tax on oleomargeriue. Labor lobbyists claimed it would work too 1 much of a hardship on the poor man. Disease prevention among fowl was the basis for another bill affecting farmers and poultry raisers which was passed by the legislature. It prohibits sftle of baby chicks without a certificate' zshowing thay are free from disease or have been treated with anti-chol-era serum. — o TWENTY years AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File ♦ :: ♦ .March I'6 — Kukelhan Brothers sell 78 head of Holstein caitle for $11,360 an average of $162.28. Jack O'Grady bis bis Shamrock ready for tomorrow. Miss Frances Cole goes to Indianpolis to attend the TrUKappa conMICKIE SAYS—f /r? generally £A/iEe\ ■TO pay YER B/LLATTH' NEWSPAPER WOP TUAN ASNWHERE 'ROUND TOWN, BECC/Z tT TAKE? ZjST Money- an' they Aint NO PLACE WHERE YEP MORE WELCOME J I z 5 i d [ I '■■ z ' ; 1 W W 4 ' —

“The Green “De Lawd” Retired By Sudden D CQ I “Modern Miracle Play” Becomes Institution After Tour <tf ■ 39 States; 2.O(H),(MH) Persons Have Witnessed Drama- I Harrison Dies After Stroke g « ——- ~~ —- IB SF ■*” wM Qjall ■ £ ">] Connelly)

New York—" The Green Pas-1 tures". the "modern miracle play" now in its sixth year, has become 1 an American institution. Hut hardly had the echoes of the ( fanfare which marked its fifth anniversary died away before Richard Harrison, that venerable patriarch who played, "de Lawd", was taken with a stroke and forced to relinquish tlw role he had played without interruption since the pre- ■ miere. .More than 2,000,000 persons in United States have seen the play. ■ The troupe has rolled through 391 states, playing 1,652 performances in 203 towns and cities to total receipts of more than $3,000,000. 40.000 Mile Tour Virtually the same 75 Negroes have comprised the cast during its , five years history. Their lives have . become so intertwined with the, show that a saga might be written . of the troupe. Deaths, births, and . marriages took place within the . ranks but still the show went on. 1 The enormous success of Marc , Connelly’s creation has made the play comparable to "Uncle Tom's . Cabin’’ in the annals of the Ameri- , can theater. It has played in chur--1 ■ vention. , T. M. Reid re-elected president of ( T. P. A. Post X with J. S. Peterson secretary. , Attorney H. B. Heller is suffering . I fr ui >j seyere attack of grippe. Mi s Julius Parrott, miesiouary,, I is en route home to Linn Grove t from Burma, ludbtna. Fifty movable houses to: sugar 1 beet workers are being erected at i the factory yards. Dan Doncvan goes to Fort Wayne 1 to celebrate St. Patricks day. William Richards caught between • logs at Adorns County Lumber Can- • pany yards and badly bruised. y _ o ■ > : HOUSING : QUESTION BOX ♦ , • . Q.—Will you tell me how 1 ma stop the roof of my home from leaking? The leak developed in recent stormy weather. After the snow melted and then froze and then melted again, the roof leaked as round the chimney. The roof is 1 flat and covered with tar paper, k and tarred at the seams. A.—The leak in the roof evident- _ ly lias been caused by a separation of either the tar paper or the tar „ at the joint made by the. roof and the chimney. The easiest and best way to repair this leak is by troweling on roofer's cement at the joint for a distance of about twelve inches up the chimney and twelve to sixteen inches on the roof from the chimney. This should fix the leak unless the paper is 100 far gone, in which case it would be wise to replace the tar paper or reroof the entire building. If the edges of tar paper that extended up the chimney are covered by sheet metal flashing, the roofer’s cement should be carried up behind this flashing rather than over it. !Q. How can homes erected many years ago be made more livable during extreme hot weather? A. Modern methods,of insulating the walls and roofing of homes materially aids in minimizing hotweather discomfort. Such insulation frequently makes home temperatures several degrees cooler. Floor insulation also produces noticeable results. - ; —: —; —o ; NOTICE ; I Will be out of my office from ? Sunday noon, Mgrch 17, until Tues- “ day noon,- March 19. 64-3tx Dr. F. L. Grandstalf.

ches, lodges, prisons, clubs and schools as well as on legitimate stages. The show toured more than 40.000 miles. And nqw Hie play is back in New York, starting its sixth year with promise to continue indefinitely. When the play opened on Broadway in 1930. it met with a varied 1 reception from critics. Even some of those who found it excellent predicted its early demise because they thought it too arty to survive. No Racial Animosity Their error of judgement has ■ been proved by the universal sueI cess of the show in New York and lon the road. In fact "The Green Pastures" proved a "natural.’’ It gave the spectators a chance to laugh, it thrilled them, it made them weep, and it was grand entertainment. Contrary to first fears of the producers. “The Green Pastures" aroused no racial animosity when it toured the south. Both whites and negroes turned out in force to witness the dramatic presentation of u white man’s conception ot a colored man’s idea of the Bible. I

Add Years To Life Os House By Check-Up And Kepai

Columbia. Mo. —pepreciation can be checked materially and many - years added to the useful life of a ' farm building by proper attention to roof drainage, foundations and 1 painting when the building is erected, and prompt repairs when the need becomes apparent. Proper spouting which is kept in good repair may add as much as 17.3 years to the life of a building i when it is erected and later as often as needed may add 16.13 years, according to a study of fa: m buntings in Northwest Missouri, made recently by J. C. Wooley, of the University of "Missouri. Roof Drainage Apparent Faulty roof drainage was appari ent in the greatest number of farm ’ i buildings examined in the study and was one of- the most frequent causes of failure. The resulting ' damage was evident in rotted sills, framework and sidings, and in the ’ exposed foundations where the soil had been washed away. The relative importance of the causes contributing to the failure 1 of a farm building at the different points of a failure arc as follows: Sills and connecting frames: <l> Lack of care.of roof and yard ’ | drainage. (2) Foundations too low. (3) Footings inadequate or dam--1 aged siding. { Foundations: (1) Lack of drain- ' age. (2) Erosion from roof or yard drainage. (3) Inferior design. (4) Poor quality of workmanship. Sidings and doors: (1) Lack of I care of roof drainage. (2) Failure Jof sills and framing. 13) Lack of ( j paint. H) Splice joints not watert proof. (5i injury by stock or equip- . merit. (6) inferior workmanship. Roof covering: (1) Inferior quality. (2) Poor selection. (3) Inferior . application. Roof trusses: (1) Inferior design (2) Failure of joints. , Joists and girders: (1) Overload- . lag. (2) Failure of nailed joints. J The increase in the life of spouted over uuspouted buildings was (found to be 41 per cent. The inj crease in life of buildings with b foundations eight inches high or (more over those with foundations - less than eight inches high was 43 per cent. The increase in the life of buildings paipted when built i, (but not afterwards) over uupaint- • |«d buildings was found to be 21 percent, while the life of buildings i painted as needed was increased

Recently "de Lawd’’ ceiM his 79111 birthday His quiet M and sincerity had made hia ( virtual father of his flock of ft arbitrated their little differs! and ruled a> the beloved of the troupe. "De Lawd" Honored Honors w<-re bestowed pg universities. governors and ch He received his distinctionst unassuming dignity and ronq ed such respect that was « defied by his fellow actors. His triumphant five years as star of "The Green I’astureo"t ed dramatically last mould ■ he was stricken with a <B which prevented him froa i making am liter majestic .on after that famous aunotooo from Gabriel. "Gangway for larwd God Jehovah". Harrison made a practiced ; ing a half hour for medrithk fore each performance to poll i self in the desired frame do i for his part. His triumph*' i role of "de Lawd" climaiedn I ied career which included 44* . as dining car waiter on the 9 k

43.5 per cent. Painting Mistakes in regard to paint, was found that many bulM . which had been painted sei ■ times had secured little protss . from the paint, due to the quality of siding used and to failure to cover resin spoil applying the prime coat. J Poorly designed splice joints ' siding were an evident taoie failure in the buildings studM common butt joint, it is snifci very ineffective unless it is»» , proofed in some manner. W design of roof supports also | evident in a large number of W the most frequent result being sag in tlie roof. Rate of depreciation oi bmW of the same type varies as M as 23 per cent. Rate of del* : tion for structures of ' types also varies greatly, M* • farm houses having the toMR 1 erage of 153 per cent and] » ttal hog houses having the 1W 1 average of 7.86 P C J cent. *S T AR SIGNALS By OCT A VINE *V. r f "■ ,J b' l ' l '' . the daily hvr-c- p ’Jjjtion to noted astrolog r. , et _,nl . formation of genera' “L, i|UW w I lines Informal.•• &Hll ~v Today is impractical, hut ■ is a strain of underlying. I"’ n “ 1 /' . ~u tU K ■ remember your ice ß ’ : into action later whe" tnj . tious time arrives. > OUr 11 " Ul " L I,O vo n u 2* . Concentrate on J<> u Y “ d f. . zs. 1 ; p.-.- ~ through 31. but the w rjS 23, 21. 23 and 26 d ' e lt g ' Be’ more ‘?' s tu<ir 8 . good time to tr» y ei ' gain ’ , -able trow Jl “ e . Socially favorable i through 6. 1935. wjtll |S , Wr it e letters or , era on April ' Readers deslrlnk mation ' rs 8 " 1 , ‘ 1 XTaS-eent envelop®- •