Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1935 — Page 5

RM PRICES SHOWDECUNE •line of Three Points 10 « n From February 15 To March l> Kinston. Apr. 2--A ducliM i u e,. point* in i»d‘‘ x of ,ftr “ J K reported by 'be bureau of imral economics. for th® th ended March 15. L index of farm PF* lb »" }®* r h r, compared with 111 M “'' vls and w, ‘b 84 on , 15 last year The ratio of reived to prices paid w« Uarch 15. compared with 87 February 15. and with 70 on ch 15 a year ago. Lre was a general decline In .rices timing the month, and I Xnal downturn in prices of j , ‘and poultry products. Live-I ’ prices advanced to tire highpoint since 1930. rices of truck crops, as a group, !S points during the prices of chickens and I were down 22 points: of cot'and cottonseed, down 6 points, I of grains, down 3 points. , „ of meat animals advanced , mints. he index of prices paid by farm-1 was 128 on March 15, comparwith 127 on February 15. and j , i»o on March 15 last year, j ratio of prices received to M paid by farmers, at 84. was er than in January or February, og prices to farmers averagtd 1 n per IM pounds on March 15, jared with |7.W on February and with SI.BB on March 15, fyItFREE! RIAL BOTTLE OF CEDAR FURNITURE IEAM POLISH 111 RE6ULAR 50c ZE• RETURN LARGE -UXTIJ ITTLE FOR HONEY dSTII

There are no bounds, no mileage limits, to our service. We have equipment which enables us to answer a call from anywhere, economically, promptly, and .1 USI efficiently. Anywhere! This is a phase of our service which is much appreciated by our many friends who live at a distance, and yet who still desire the type of service we render, and who wish to take advantage of our economical prices. few Stanch’s FUNERAL HOME SromptSrn hu lance Ser Dice PHONE DAYCI. NIGHT 303 TRADE-IN WEEK j NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY j WASHERS k ] BIG ALLOWANCE ' FOR YOUR OLD ] WASHER. • \S A GREAT VALUE AT < A LOW PRICE. 7 Special Terms (I*l f|A | [ JWS. I>er Week | | ' I 1 YEAR SERVICE I Come in Today. | 1 <‘e Our Line of Beautiful Kitchen Cabinets priced from S $20.00 to $25.00 Sprague Furniture Co f * j2 South Second St. Phone 199 2

1934. Hog slaughter during the month was (he smallest In more than twenty years, says the bureau. Corti prices to farmers averaged : 82. cents a bushel on March 15, | compared with 84.5 cents on February 15, and with 47.1 cents on March 15 a year ugo. There was a general weakening in feeder demand and relatively large supplies of grain wtre imported The cornhog ratio on March 15 was 9.8 compared with 8.4 on February 15. and with 8.2 on March 15 hist year. Wheat prices to farmers averaged 85.5 cents a bushel in mid-March compared with 87 9 cents In midFebruary, and with 70.9 cents in mid-March last year. Winter wheat crop prospects improved in east north central states during the month. Potato prices to farmers averaged 43.6 cents a bushel on March 15, compared 'with 45.2 cents on February 15. with 92 cents a year ago. I Old crop supplies continued ample and shipments of new potatoes from the south increased seasonally at a rapid rate. Butterfat prices to farmers averaged 31.2 cents a pound on March 15, compared with 35.9 cents on ! February 15. and with 23.5 cents a I year ago. Butter production con- ; tinued comparatively light and stocks were materially smaller than a year ago, but there were I heavy imports, during the month. o YOUTH WEEK TO CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE out the United States and the rest of the world through Rotary International. For the pant several years, th* observance has been promoted by the National Youth Week committee for the United States. Till. lis not a committee of Rotary I International or any other organlI ation. but is a complete organiza- ■ Con in itself. WILL USE FUND CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE ! Monday afternoon and the dona- | tion was unanimously accepted, i The board directed Jaw Rice, the ■ president, to write a letter to the ; company recognizing the gilt. The letter said in part: "A meeting of the board of dii I rectors of the Decatur Chamber of ! Commerce was held today and it

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1935.

Landscaping Improves Modern Home n * t 1 i i sets < - - SB 1 IB ■ ■ \ ■ -*yste X-tsjHgi■■ '■ ■'y- . -• -V ar.v. .■«?» -UW ■ wv . x.\. -v ... aX < Z—..-‘Xk .■». II" •» iWWHwMraT " <: • * ' < - - , - r . ? ■’ -i 'W-a-idlTI i iwM'i • r ■ jgg.' . j The above unretouched photographs serve two purposes. They foy-.ffiyf-jrv reveal an example of concrete slab construction and also show what marked improvement can result from carefully planned landscaping. Permanent landscaping can be financed under provisions of the .Modernization Credit Plan of the National Housing aJS.’MtU# | SO* 2? Act. The house is the work of Washington, D. C.. architect and contractors. P>uilt of concrete panels, the home has just been L 1 completed. Simplicity and beauty of texture is obtained from F ‘ J., c - ; the use of this building material. The top photograph shows the house before landscaping. By SjOjß fl‘ e artistic addition of balanced dwarf trees and shrubs and a smooth expanse of lawn, the entire home takes on new character &T. ’’ and atmosphere. At lower left is shown details of tile doerway. Scores of American homes may achieve new beautv and charm :■ —■ through a landscaping project financed under tne National Hous...J Act.

was unanimously voted to accept th»- very generous offer of the General Electric company to thus finance the landscaping and beautifying of the park area in th« homestead project. Tlo- fund will be used exclusively for the purposes set out in your letter. Ihe money may be iseiit to our treasurer, R E. Glendenning, who will hold the fund in a special depos? to be disbursed in conformity with your instructions. “May we take this opportunity to express to you the appreciation of the citizens of Decatur for this very generous action on the part of the General Electric company in making this splendid appropriation to add to Hie beauty of Hie city." The letter to Mr. Litlerer announcing the gift was: "Referring to a recent eolifereuce with you. Mr. C. Pumphrey and Mr. Janies Elberson, I

Proper Study Light Needed lor Child’s Eye Safety -t ’•t'- ~ z ' I 1 ' - ®Rrl * —sass-W W e of lighting under which heir eyes and risk their mp which has been sclentincaiiy appruvcu i»r leading and study. ,

By Jean Prentice FEW parents tolerate willful neglect of their children's home work. But how many parents take i pains to provide the best. conditions for those, same child!en. The answer is. comparatively few. Perhaps that is one reason why more than one fourth of our young people suffer from defective vision. Bad Conditions to Be Avoided It is really asking too much of a child to expect satisfactory progress in school when the seeing conditions under which he or she Studies are such as to cause eye. strain and nervous fatigue let hexee throughout the country afford nothing tetter tb.n egust tittle table lamps, exposed lamp

have pleasure in advising yon • that the General Electric company | is willing to make an appropria-, tion of $1,300 to the Decatur 1 Chamber of Comuierce with the j definite understanding that this fund will be used exclusively for i the purpose of plowing, fertilizing l and seeding three park areas in-i eluded in the government home-1 stead project at Decatur, the ob-1 ject being to develop a lawn on l these areas and thus contribute! to the beauty of this project. | I Yours very truly, Walter Goll" , The three park areas in the! project total about 17 acres. One ! is the large park of nearly hi acres in Ihe center of the project. The other parks arc smaller plots at the north and south ends, formed in the shape of triangles by intersecting streets.

bulbs, or far less light than is absolutely necessary for good vision. Shadows Make Vision Difficult The illustration al upper left typifies the abuse to which the eyes of students are subjected in the vast majority of homes. The lamp is a common type. It. fails to provide light sufficient in quantity tor reading, writing, or studying. The shade is so designed that most of the light is directed beneath it. with very little falling on the copy book, where it is most needed. Sometimes this abuse is made worse by placing the lamp at the child’s right, where it throws a heavy shadow, making vision even more difficult A lamp such as shown by the illustiatfon at upper right provide* from three to fivo times as much usufui light aa i» iivsn by an ordi-,

PREDICTS HUGE CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE • am in an attempt to smash the last >\stige of th? Republican organization built by William Hale (Big Billl Thompson and wrecked in the democratic landslide of 1932 when Anton J. Cermak got a record vote of (171,1x9T':ree republican mayoralty candidates won fewer than 200,D1N1 of the 600,000 votes cunt in the February primary. The Democrats had more than 30,00 n precinct workers in the fi Id today iu an effort to mat ■ their sweep complete. o Postmen Canvass For Meet Cleveland. U.R' Cleveland postmen are attempting to collect $35,000 door-to-door to finance their national convention to be held here Sept. 2.

nary table desk lamp. Yet it uses . only one 100-watt bulb.' Many Good Lamps Available Designed by the Illuminating i Engineering Society, and called the ; “I.E.S. Better Sight Lamp," its i light is adequate for easy vision • and eye comfort. A number of - manufacturers make It, and stores i everywhere offer it In a variety of I styles and prices. The light, given by this lamp is scientifically bal- ■ anced and diffused, and there is no . glare. Note, that it is placed to the i side opposite the writing hand, to i prevent the casting of a shadow. i Most of our knowledge, and a i good part of our success, conies to us through our eyes. By providing i our children with the proper light- , Ing tor reading’ and study, we will i bo doing much to insure their welJ tore. and . happiness m later years.

STOCK GROWEKS MEET AT PUROUE Cattle And Sheep Raisers Will Meet At Lafayette April 12 Lafayette April 2 — Cattle and sheep men from various parts of the state will unite in a Joint livestock program at Purdue University, Friday, April 12, for the first time at the onnual meeting of the ndlana Cattlo Feeders’ Association scheduled for that day. Announcement wan made today by Oscar Patrick, of Eminence, president of the ‘UMociation. James Poole, Chicago, widely known market expert who has written and broadcast news and infor•nation about the market for many years, and Scott Melks. Indianapolis. manager of the Producers’ Commission Association, will ibe the prin-'ipal speakers. Poole will discuss th? market conditions and outlook and Meiks the feeding of wes.ern lambs under the w:rk of a supervisor, which (has become widely sstablished in Indiana the last few .ears.

The program will lie held on the University farm adjoining the campus and will open at 9:30 the mornag of the 12th, with Pref. Claude larper. of the Purdue staff, discuss-

ing the feeding trials with 200 western lambs, now underway at Purdue. This test will be completed when the meeting is held. This talk will be followed by Prof. F. G. King, of Purdue, wtio will discuss the results <f the feeding trials the past | 140 days with 70 head of two year old steers from the western range country. They have been fattened in dry lot feeding, th? system fol lowed by thousands of corn-belt feeders. o— FARM ISSUE TO CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE crease of living costs. President Roosevelt has recognized the trend. Early this year he told conferees the cost of living was expected to j continue higher in the general readjustment of dollar purchasing ‘ power. i Whether the American farmers’ market is being diminished and if ■ so why is a subject of bitter argument. Republicans complain tliat; the farmer is being squeezed out | of natural markets at home and more competitive markets abroad. ‘ Former President Hoover asked the issues of living costs and of farm markets in his March 23 letter challenging new deal policies, in general. He said: “Because of food destruction and ' restraint on farm production, for-1 eign food is pouring into our ports. ] purchase of which should have | been made from our farmers. Cost, of living is steadily advancing. The agricultural adjustment ad-1 ministration disclaimer insisted j that from July 1934 to February, 1935 total imports of all competitive agricultural products mus 25 jTer cent less than the 1921-1933 average. o —— CONFESSES TO CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE drinking led to a quarrel. “Mrs. Kelly and I were in the kitchen,” the confession said. "Florence was in the parlor. Mrs. Kelly raised a chair to strike me. I have a faint recollection of choking her. “The girl started for the kitchen. Mrs. Kelly had fallen when 1 choked her. 1 grabbed the girl and choked her until she was unconscious. 1 carried her back to the parlor. I carried Mrs. Kelly to the cellar.” Mrs. Kelly s body was found hanging from a rafter. Insulated wire was noosed around her neck and fixed to the beam overhead. This was the position in which police found the body after a whining dog prompted a neighbor to investigate.

The girl’s body lay just in front ot a sofa, her clothing neatly j arranged. , There were no marks or bruises on her body and she appeared as if she had died while sleeping. j — —o —< | With Our Subscribers | • : — —— ♦ Chan. ('. Spade of roilto 4. !>< eatur signed up f r the paipcr Monday while ■ shopping in thia city. V. E. Brentling. r of -route 6, De catur was looking after iiusinosH in this city yesterday oral r newed his paper. Eloriiic Michaud renewed her paper for another year by carrier Mon-, day. Christ Madke, Sr-, of route 2. Decatur was business visitor h-sre yesterday and renewed his piper. Leland Ripley of route' 2, Monroe was a shopper in this city Monday and renewed ibis paper. Mrs. J. C. Sutt u renew.d iter paper for another year at the of lice today. o—._ —— Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

By HARRISON CARROLL Copyright, 101 S, King Feature* Syndicate, Inc. HOLLYWOOD-Just 10 years ago this month, th* Brat 42 motion picture n> ad • tts

app a a ranee In the land. It was “The Birth of a Nation”, and It opened at the Liberty theatei In New York. Stage producers scoffed at charg- ' ing $2 for a movie, but the Griffith epic ran 4 4 weeks and esta bll shed. I believe, an alltime record.

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Since then, Hollywood haa sent out more than 100 specials at upped admission prices. But none of them have equalled the run of the first Many dodges are used to crash the gates of studios but the most com- I monos late has been the old “rel- 1 alive” gag. During the last tour months, boys In the front office at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have been keeping tab. They shocked off 519 people who claimed to be aunts, uncles or cousins of celebrities working on the lot Not a one was bonafide. Almost a dozen solemn Swedes have represented themselves as cousins of Greta Garbo. The other , favorites with the gate crashers seem to be Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery and Clark Gable. Nowadays, the boys use their judgement about checking the claims. If the fake is obvious, they merely go through the motions of calling the . star. If Henry Wadsworth gets ils hands on one thief, there won’t be much left for the law to take its course on. The actor recently finished work on “Vampires of Prague” and was given permission by the studio to go to Palm Springs. He sent all the things he had worn In the picture to the cleaner, leaving instruction for them to bo delivered to the house of a friend. Then, In the midst of his holiday, he got orders to return for retakes. He got in touch with his friend and eaid he'd pick up his suit on the way to work the next morning. That very night, the friend's house was robbed. And among the missing articles was Wadsworth's suit To make it tougher, the suit was

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aa Imported tweed of Individual pattern. The studio wardrobe department and tha actor epent frantic hours trying to find a duplicate. Oddly enough, they finally located it in a suit and two pairs of pants place on Spring street Xou can take It tor what it Is worth, but Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey are talking of establishing a chain of garages and tourist's camps across the country. Wheeler already owns a Hollywood garage and Woolsey has built a tourist eamp near Palm Springs. It the boys go through with their plan, this modest start will develop into Wheeler-Woolsey motorhavens at approximately one day’s drive from each other on the transcontinental highways. Accomodations and prices would be standard. What well known star, who likes to celebrate between pictures, can thank the proprietors of a late spot for saving him from probable arrest and unpleasant publicity? The management hid the keys of his car and made him go home in a taxi. The next morning, they had the ear delivered to bis door. HOLLYWOOD TICKER-TAPE— Two o’clock curfew on liquor sales has caused gay spots here to sound a "last call for drinks" to lingering patrons. Waiters rush hi with trays loaded and tables for four may have as many as 12

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drinks lined up for future consumption. . . . Joan Crawford recently had a birthday, and Freddie Bartholomew's is due. . .. xtdrienne Ames and Bruce Cabot were hosts at a coc k t al’ party for Lady Waugh. . . . Fox is still in a state of jitters from

discovering that Henry Fonda, brought out here o play opposite Janet Gaynor In “Farmer Takes a Wife", has been learning to fly while waiting for the picture to start H» has been grounded, and emphatically. DID YOU KNOW— That Heather Angel once did a stage tour of India, Indo-China, [Ceylon, Burma ana Egypt?