Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1935 — Page 5

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s ym>PSIS HL. I. rN.d-.-.r of the K"- "v 1 - K ■ 1-.<l I einberg la"""-' , Hie pro|in . 1 of her. Bud. |„ r if'' ' ! '• ,al "' S , ... kissing her , to attend |^V r .•■..■i;..' "Lady Bird Jgfrfr ,r m N<’» York. r companv tourneying to n for its opening, and on |^K ( | )|VI . . to r<ad on Hui B.nrd. and -tar of the proi: ll< d anol her .), to New : , x .,. • ■ or 25. l etters It : ,n eagerness to and -io- feels chagrined I.e c-rt-ly a chorus of the proii is he expects. ■ » i but the star, Kj.-c ... 1;,,nu1l I" Dixie, refuses ' that evening, fair nu .i:i' or foul. Dixie to play the role. -» dawn-, with e ""d health. |j.. In r - She sends a Mns:- \<i . - ' calling her Mi' town. lb . :ic a quantity of t.dib ' - invites her- - t,.r lunch. There she ■> tal.ii '- 1 'a the tea. Her and railed to take in the show. lilt and her dream is when -he s Cr , Blinn in the But her happiness is I for a- Men fear grips she tr.n line gicen Ada . ireping potion. :b B.inn goes backand Dixie rushes to the scof his arms. uni Moe ■ t iiapi li: six v. a- ay- • ai’ied face, all j ar.d dewy, to make sure . aright. 'y y. •; don't know a yr>i ...|. one,” said Blinn If ■■ gh overhead to t

vvviiivau IV I •-.-ar. can’t help shining—like ;...;i are too blind to , ■K. vs-a- ?” jeered Moe, not in least comprehending. ‘‘Well, Bt' i Mason’ll never see her name ■ She’ll be blacklisted the of Broadway tomorrow , wife should worry about | ■t.' said Blinn promptly. And , flung her arms about his neck and burst into renewed sobs. ] ■» she hated herself! She should . known that Blinn loved her , so that nothing mattered. ( ■it didn't even matter that she ] ■■ tricked and lied to keep her , ■tr.isc to him and let him find . singing the lead in the show, , purely it wouldn’t have matter- j I if he had come back and found hn the chorus after she had told , F she was a star. She hadn’t had j ten faith in him. She writhed ( 111 shame at the thought of that. | “J? faithful, protective Blinn! j lour wife!” repeated Moein, tonishment. will be my wife tomorrow j said Blinn firmly. aybe, sa jd jj 0 e skeptically, | la doesn’t have her arrested ] murder. And you expect Ada to give up a swell , • like that to get her name in 1 k papers.” ja° U cou^n Dixie knew < "•Ada had an insatiable appe- | e for Publicity. And that would ’ Bhnn away from her. , *uon t think she’ll do that,” said i ‘.'" n quietly. ’’Suppose we go and ,

pen-iew the lady.” "I can’t;” wailed Dixie then. “Oh, l „'.? t bear any more!” r. ou P ° or fhild,” murmured 1 ,„ li' j a '°' ce 1 a t was savage I i-1 r de ’j soniehow . at the same • Tender for Dixie, she rcalind savage {or Moe . course, you can’t. Mr.— " al s-lus-name ’’ fcinberg,” snapped Moe. L„f o ' and I will g 0 and I h k h - e lady ’ aftpr Son T; Dixie - 1 don,t sc ’-“ ny hl to •h't' y i. yoU should be subjectlatir,ns»a hysterial woman’s accu-difTei-enro ■J >Ut T> t .^ at didnt make any lh» )n Blinn. The three of i» spit* of Mn ?' inn ’ S - road3tcr > and 'hove contln ”ed protests, 1., ;1 */ lw ctly to Dixie’s boarding ’’hr/'tt’i 16 d ° Wn and r *' s t- and K and w °e’n r I 7‘ '° m ~ “ nd Set In Ar.i 11(^e ,nto t * ie coun- ■„ t h. . ’V Woriy - darling. I’ve n before.'” ’ tenq ' ,eramen tal wo■’•rough R »hp" ! k She 111 an aged, 1 t-e ? S ?,^ s that chok «d her. k!W '• ; ”ss"n-V' d °»bte’ 01d dear. Wt«d her Ups. Bhnn in a <n passionate adoration

! Ji V p • MmL Jr T “I had to go back and barter with the lady.”

and gratitude. She would make it up to Blinn for this. She would spend the rest of her life making it up to him. Then she went toiling up the stairs to her little back room, and the black fears began to close down over her again. She was too inexperienced to realize that Blinn would love her ten times as much because he had to protect her so determinedly than he would if she was a self-sufficient star. All she could think of was her shame and humiliation, her terrified bungling that had brought all this about. She flung herself face downward on her narrow bed, too miserable and upset and anxious to take off her hat and coat, too terrified at the thought that Ada might have her arrested for attempted murder even to cry. She could only lay there suffering, shuddering, waiting for Blinn to come back. Then suddenly she scrambled to her feet with a start. How would she know when he did come back? It was 1 o’clock in the morning. The whole household was asleep. The landlady would be so furious if she had to get up and answer the doorbell that she would probably refuse to call Dixie anyway. So the girl went creeping down the jlark stairs to sit there on the bottom step, in an endless agony of hLirV wnitincr.

black waiting. The lagging minutes ticked themselves away on her wristwatch. One-fifteen. One-thirty. One-forty- i five. Two o’clock! Maybe Blinn wasn’t coming! i Maybe he was so disgusted at what i Ada told him that he never wanted ’ to see Dixie again. Maybe bringing : her home was just an alibi to get i her off his hands. Maybe he hadn’t 1 meant anything he said. Down went her head upon her i knees in this last, worst agony of i all. To lose Blinn now, would be ] unbearable. She had thrown her ] career to the winds for him, to keep her word to him and let him i find her singing the lead in th<* i show. Oh, surely, surely, she would- 1 n’t have to go on living without him, too! Two-fifteen. He wouldn’t come ; now. If he were a man of the theater, he might. Two-fifteen is ; only three hours after the end of , the day’s work to an actor. But I Blinn wasn’t an actor. He wouldn’t ] come back at that hour. He would I probably go on home and get in touch with her tomorrow. Could she live through a horrible i black night of waiting? Oh, surely ; he wouldn’t ask her to do that! Two-twenty. In the morning. A milk wagon rattled by. Oh, maybe he had come back while she was I upstairs, and couldn’t get an answer to his ring. That was hope, trying to lighten her black despair. . What should she do? Two-twenty-five. Dixie opened , the street door and went out into the crisp October night. The door ;

banged shut behind her. Up and i down the deserted street she peer- i ed. An occasional taxi tore by, but I 1 no long roadster with the top down. 1 Finally she gave up all hope and • burst into renewed tcais. Blinding, i burning desperate tears. She tried the door—and then she realized 1 that her key was upstairs on her i bed with her purse. Locked out in the night, without i I a cent! Oh, was there never to be an end to the awful things that ' were happening to her? Was she to ■ go on being punished at every turn I 1 for one little moment’s madness? She collapsed, a forlorn little I ’ huddled heap there on the cold i : stone steps—and there Bl inn Say- , I brook found her. , His long car tore into the street, i ; and pulled up with a screaming of . brakes. The little dark bundle there 1 I on the steps stirred. Dixie lifted , her head, not quite able to believe , ■ that he had really come. i i And then two strong arms picked ; ■ her up and a tender voice crooned comfort into her ears, and the next I , thing she knew she was in the road- , . ster, with Blinn’s two arms about I ker ' , 1 ■>„ ' “Think I wasn’t coming back. he asked her—and then, as he got . a flash of her love-lighted face all II sprinkled with tears, he chuckled i'softly, tenderly, pityingly.

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“You poor, abused child,” he said. I "Can you guess what that Baird woman did ? She took a dose of veronal and lay down for a nap at . 1 6 o’clock tonight. Anyone with any sense would know she’d sleep i through until midnight.” "Blinn! She didn’t !” cried the uncomprehending girl, lifting her face to see what Blinn’s expression was saying. “Well, that’s what Moe Feinberg thinks she did, anyway,” chuckled Blinn. “I made her put it in writing—and I’ve got it in my pocket. How’s that for handl’ng temperamental ladies?” Poor Dixie could only stare up at him, speechless in her relief, not understanding at all, only knowing that Blinn had saved her from her mad actions. Now what should she do? Should she confess to him? Did ho really think Ada had told the truth? He stared down at her face, its every emotion plainly readable in the light from the arc lamp. And then he chuckled. “Why did you do it, Dixie?” he asked. She gasped panic-stricken again. “H-how do you know?” she managed. “How could I help knowing? I saw the billboards from the car as I was barging around town today. 1 hoard what, the maid said there

1 nearu wnat tne maiu saiu tneie in the theater, and Moe ” “H-how did you get Ada to say she did it then?” gasped the girl. “I held up my wallet behind Moe's back,” chuckled Blinn, “and she didn’t pay any attention until I held up my checkbook, too. I was so late because after I got Moe out, I had to go back and barter with the lady.” “Oh, Blinn!” she sighed, eyes downcast, her face a mask of shame. “How you must despise me! I'm the dumbest chorine that ever hoofed a Broadway stage.” “That so? Well, Bud says you're a swell cook, old dear. And I'd rather have a cook than a dancer for a wife anyway.” “Oh, Blinn!” she breathed. “Can you—honestly—go on loving such a dumb idiot as I am?” “Well, I never could love a dumb idiot — and I do love you — so I’d just as lief you didn’t call my future wife such nasty names, young lady,” chuckled Blinn, and Dixie hugged him in a wild ecstasy of relief. “Hey! Cut the petting," ordered a gruff voice behind them. A burly policeman stood beside the car. “0. K., officer,” agreed Blinn. “It is time you got some beauty sleep, Dixie, or I’ll have a sleepy-eyed bride in the morning.” And then poor Dixie had to confess that she couldn’t get in without awakening the landlady with the sun streaking the sky with orange. “Fine,” said Blinn with enthusiasm. “We’ll go buggy-riding. We'll

drive out along the Sound and see the sun come up, and we’ll get breakfast some place to make up for the supper we didn’t get, and we’ll be standing outside the door of the marriage license bureau when it opens. Hows that?” “Perfect!” agreed Dixie, her big eyes adoring him. “Sound all right to you, officer?” asked Blinn cheerfully. “Sure. It’s oke with me, young feller,” agreed the bluecoat heavily. “But this is a hard, cold winter to be marryin’. I hope ye got a job.’ Somehow that wiped away the last of the fears that had been riding Dixie like old men of the sea. She laughed, and she couldn’t stop laughing. Blinn joined her, and over the roar of the motor as the car sprang into life there rolled back to the policeman a duet of delighted laughter. He stood there, his cap pushed back on his head, his hands on his hips, and stared after them. “That’s love fer ye,” he said to himself as he watched the car out of sight. “Sittin* up all night so’s they can git married first thing in the mornin’. Wait till I tell my missus that.” THE END. Copjrigkt. It-W. •» J* o ’ Litlsll Distributed by Kmf r -L 9 T ' «

LEGISLATION FOR CONSUMER _ Consumer Credit Agencies Brought Under Control of State (Editor's note: The following article by Hoy Steele, assistant in the Indiana unemployment relief office, describes circumstances which led to enactment of consumer credit legislation by the 1935'-Uj-diana general assembly. Another article tomorrow will tell how the i laws will operate.) — By Roy Steele, Assistant in the State Unemployment Relief Bureau (Written for the UP.) Indianapolis, April 15. — (U.R) — With the enactment by the seventyninth general assembly of a comprehensive program of legislation designed to bring all agencies of consumer credit, under complete supervision of the Department of Financial Institutions. Indiana Iwcamo the first state in the Union to regulate activities in this field. Fulfilling a pledge made to the people of the state by Governor Paul V. .McNutt, who termed this legislation "the Magna Charta” of the poor man who is compelled to buy on the installment plan,” passage of the five measures in the ' group is expected by their proponents to have important economic consequences by protecting the public from abuses attributed to many unregulated operators in this field of finance, and by releasing purchasing power now used for payment for credit for the purchase of commodities, thus assisting in promoting recovery. The legislation brings under the direct control and supervision of the State Department of Financial Institutions all automobile and other finance companies, commercial tanks, pawnbrokers, industrial loan ami investment companies, miscellaneous unlicensed lenders, installment sellers and similar agencies of consumer credit. Its primary purpose is to put an end to exorbitant interest rates and superimposed carrying charges by which many uncontrolled credit agencies have waxed prosperous by exploiting consumers who have no other source of credit for financing del.ferred payments on installment I purchases. A large percentage of the citizens of Indiana, who buy automobiles, electric washers, refrigerators. radios, furniture and similar articles of "consumers' goods" on the installment plan, are seen as beneficiaries of this legislation. The consumer credit acts were administration measures, and were adopted by the general assembly overwhelmingly Democratic in both branches, on the urgent recommendation of Governor McNutt. The governor personally took charge of Hie light for the legislation when a powerful national lobby, representing big industrial interests (hat were bitterly opposed to regulation, sought to block its passage on pretext that it could not stand the test of constitutionality. Previous efforts to pass such legislation in various states had been defeated on Hie ground that it was not possible to frame measures that would be constitutional. It was the consensus of opinion of disinterest attorneys who examined the Indiana measures, however, that, they would meet every constitutional test. The legislation also met organized opposition by certain groups of unlicensed leaders, who, due to the lack of any legal control or regulation, had been reaping exorbitant profits by exacting extortionate interest rates from borrowers. On the other hand, it had the support of some of the more progressive agencies in this field of finance. In urging passage of the legislation. Governor McNutt cited various abuses uncovered in a comprehensive survey of consumer credit conditions in Indiana con-

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Orchestra To Play At Banquet ng||w w 'ltj _r <.4 Twfe bW s w - UJi > li K :| ®II ff k wMtJMrar ji Jf ii HB'li ■ .iMwCil B i? ' , 'S gliXiihnlil wi IMK 'illllMhlilMlliMK9 Hl K M Bl <6 59 w Wl S’S ; Jb niißbuii r s The Hal Teeters orchestia, pictured above, will furnish music for the Adams county fish and game i f conservation league banquet at the I). <’. 11. S. auditorium. Monday. April 22, nt 7 o'clock. □ Other entertainment will be furnished by tin Imperial Quartet composed of Ernest Foreman, Clifford Mann. Russel Baumgartner and Floyd Arnold; the Wabash Valley Four; Blue Creek Township String ' Band, and the Geels Brothers String Band. Harry Templeton of Indianapolis will deliver the principal address. L, H. Dunton of Fort Wayne, who ! 1 ‘ for a numlier of years has been prominent in conservation work, will discuss the recent laws aud reguc lations pertaining to wild life. e Several reels of pcitures, showing different activities of conservation work will be_ shown I

a B ducted by the Department of Finau- ; cial Institutions at his direction. r He said: b "We found serious abuses that i included disregard of the rights of delinquent borrowers when goods P were repossessed, disallowance of f interest rebates for repayment, con- ] fused and misleading contracts, - and financing charges ranging from 1 2o to 120 per cent. Recovery was 1 being held up by these usurious • methods. A few unscrupulous lend- " ing agencies were making the field s of operation difficult for the honest credit agency." The consumer credit acts are attracting national attention, as did the reorganization program enacted two years ago, also sponsored ' by Governor McNutt, by which 108 separate state boards aud commist sions were consolidated into eight t - departments, in the interest of administrative efficiency and economy.

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FRANCE SEEKS CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE ’ basis for its work a French mem- ‘ orandum protesting the German ’ violation of the Versailles treaty, 1 and containing an implied request that penalties be specified for • future violation's, was expected i tomorrow to vote on a resolution > framed by France, Britain and ’ Italy. L was understood that this I resolution provides: 1 1 -Condemnation of treaty violation as a means of satisfying national ambitions. 1 2 An expression of regret at ' Germany's violation ol the Ver--1 sallies treaty military clauses. ' 3—Recommendation for creation -of a committee to devise measures t to punish future treaty violators, - such as economic and financial • penalties. 4 -Approbation of mutual assist-

' ance treaties to reinforce security. ■ This would put league blessing ■on militaristic defense treaties - designed to ring Germany if she I will not cooperate. 4 > Negotiations preparatory to call- '; ing of a conference; of central r European nations were to open ! | tonight with the arrival of Baron ; Egon Berger-Waldcnegg of AusFire Alarm Mystery Solved b j Boston. —<U.P.) —The mystery of 25 ! false alarms was solved when Pa- ' ■■trolman Gerald Kenough, who had ’ i lingered at tho scene of the 25th, | overheard three hoys complaining; t that the fire engines which had re- j • sponded had not made enough. (noise with their bells and sirens. i The hoys were arrested. s 0 WANTED—Goof, clean, big 1 Bags, suitable for cleaning , machinery. Wili pay 4c lb. Ik-catur Dailv Democrat

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Turner to Show 'Chute'* Use Sacramento, Cal (U.R) -Col. Roscoe Turner, noted aviator, will demonatrute tho use of a parachuto in safely lowering a stalled airplane to the ground. During an air show here May 18 and 19. Col. Turner will demonstrate the giant 'chute of over do feet in diameter. , oCanal to Open in April Welland, Ont.. —(UP) Navigution on the Welland Canal will op.-n early in April, it is expected, with j officials of ltrs canal preparing to handle tho heaviest traffic in reI cent years. o Canada Gets Extinct Buffalo Edmonton, Alta. (U.R) — A mounted set of the almost extinct wood buffalo from the North West Territories la to be given to the Canadian National Museum at Ottawa by Hairy Snyder, Chicago. o The family of the bride should occupy the seats on the left-hand side of (he center Isle at a church wedding.

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