Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1935 — Page 6

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MAJOR LEAGUE NINES SET FOR SEASON OPENER 1935 Baseball Season Opens Tuesday; Close Races Are Forecast New York. Apr. 15. -(U.R) —The long, hard pull toward October and the world series starts tomorrow 1 for 166 major league ball clubs. ; They were poised today for the takeoff into wide open pennant races with three clubs in each lea-, gue regarded as potential winners, and others capable of pressing thei leaders in the 154-game test. Most of the dubs finished preliminary firing yesterday, with only a few scattered fusillades left for to- 1 day before the heavy artillery is, dragged Into action. The feature of the opening day get-away will take place at Washington. where President Roosevelt will send the Senators and Philadelphia Athletics Into action. The fans might be watching the next American league pennant win-1 ner in the home club or even in the Athletics, although both are given outside chances. President Will Harridge of the league has picked one of the three outstanding favorites to watch — the Detroit Tigers, last year's win-

SAVE COLLECTION CHARGES ON YOUR ELECTRIC LIGHT POWER BILLS BY PAYING ON OR BEFORE April 20 The following collection charges o n a 11 accounts not paid by 20th of month following the meter reading have been authoiized:; 10% on sums up to $3 3% on sums over $3 Monroe and Madison townships. Alien county. Union. Root and Mud Pike in Adams county. Bills due on or before 20th. - iff" sasr CITY LIGHT & POWER OFFICE CITY HALL

ners, at (tome against the Chicago White Sox. The hottest choice in the circuit, the renovated Cleveland Indians, will move down to St. Louis to open against the hapless Browns, and the New York Yankees, runkI ed up close to the Indians in the | forecasta, will open here against the Boston Red SoX. the dark horses. 1 President Ford Frick of the National league will watch his first league game In hi* new official capacity as successor to John Heydler and has selected the New York (Hants and the Braves qt Boston. If the Giants don't win the pen- ; nant — according to the dope the St. Louis Cardinals will repeat, and they go down to Chicago to pry off the lid. with Dizzy Dean slated to open for the world champions. The Cubs are rated as a first I division outfit, but lacking in all around strength to figure with the Giants and Cards in particular and 1 probably the Pittsburgh Pirates beI sides. The Pirates open at Cincinnati against the Reds who have been ' relegated to the cellar in forecasts, and the National league slate will i he completed by two others only! I slightly Iretter heeled —Philadelphia ! and Brooklyn at Philadelphia, i The National league in particu-, iar will offer three big lures Babe Ruth, now a Brave; night baseball in a cot»?le of parka before the race is over, and increased popularity of Dizzy Dean. The American cannot quite match those features, but if the

I race among the Indians. Yankees. | and Tigers is as close as they say it will he, that alone will furnish ' sufficient appeal to drag in the cusItomers. o Yellow Jacket Letter Men Will Meet Tonight — Letter men of the Decatur public high .school will meet at the high .school building at 7:30 o’clock | this evening. A permanent organi- j zation will be formed unil all ex- j letter tM are urged to attend to ■ sight's meeting. LONG. TOWNSEND CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE I years nf age S2OO monthly pension ' would cost $24,000,000,000 a year I if only 10,000.00 of the 11.000.000 persons over that age drew pensions. he said. o Decatur Bowlers Banquet Tonight Memb r.s of all teams in the Decatur bowling league will attend a banquet in the dining room of the Knighte of Pythian ibc.me at 6:30 o’clock this evening Prizes will be distributed and dinner will be servd free to members only. o Organize Softball Team On Thursday The men of the Reformed church | who are interested in soft ball are I requested to meet at the church Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Plans will he made for the soft ball team to be organized 'by the church. , o Young Democrats To Hold Picnic, Dance - 1 Ed Kauffman has b.-en named I chairman of a committee which will I work out pluns for a picnic and dance to be sponsored by the Young Democratic club of Adams county. The affair will not be held for six or eight weeks when the weather will be more favomble. o_ Mount Logan. 19,539 feet in alittude is the highest peak in Canada. and the second highest peak in North America. i- ■■ EASTER CANDY We have a large supply of fine candy for your Easter greetings. Nothing nicer than a box of high class chocolates and bon-bons • Made at our Forget-Me-Not Candy Shop 333 4th st. Phone 286

SPEND MILLIONS TO BUILD ROADS I Indiana Highway Com* mission Plans Huge Building Program t, 4 Indianapolis. April 15. (U.R) „ Highway construction and improve--4 menu costing more than s7,noit,ooo (. are under way In Indiana and an ~ additional ff3.oou.iiOO will be spent ,1 before the 1935 program is comk pleted, James D. Adams, chairman of the highway commission said to-j I 'lay. Expenditure of approximately $7.000.000 additional on the elimin i I atlou of dangerous grade crossings, j also is planned if federal grants lean be obtained. The commisison has submitted J list of 160 grade crossings which I should be eliminated hv construe-; _ tlon of overhead bridges and under- ( passes, Adams said. The highway department had 156 t construction and improvement conI tracts in effect on April 10, with » work located in every section of. I tlie state. A majority of the work, yet to be placed under contract, will con-1 j sist of paving and other improve-; i ments to city streets. Twentynine projects having an estimated II cost of $2,600.0(10 definitely have • I been placed on the city street pro i i gram and a score of others will be 'added if funds are available. . Under terms of state highway laws, the state cannot spend money on streets in cities anil towns . of less than 3,500 population. Fed- . eral money is allotted to all classes of cities in which federal aid roads are located, however. Street improvements are being delayed in IS cities because municipalities have been unable to ok tain rights-of-w’ay. Adams said. 1 Federal approval of the project; has been obtained. Work already under contract will cost $5,140,000 for highway projects and $1,904,000 for bridges, grade , 'separations and culverts. ( The highway program will give | employment to several thousand | men through the spring and sum-). j mer months. • Most of the wor’/ers have been :on relief lists. They will be chosen j from the counties in which high- , way work is being done. Adams said. Federal and state regulations , guarantee payment of prevailing wages. Skilled labor must be paid 90 cents an hour; intermediate la- , I bor, 70 cents, and unskilled labor. I 50 cents. Approximately 90 per cent of the funds all. tied to highway work is 1 spent for labor, either on the actual ! project or in the manufacture of the materials, Adams said. o STRATOSPHERE CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE , “pressure” suit he wore to main- 1 tain normal air pressure and oxygen supplies at his maximum alti- t tude of 39.000 feet. , < “I’m sick as a horse." he com- ■ plained. “I don't want to answer t

Garden Improvement With the coining of Spring, the home owner has an excellent opportunity to beautify and improve the grounds about the house as indicated in the above photograph, informal flagstone or molded , concrete walks add much charm to the Spring garden. In instances I where the garden is on a slope, a permanent concrete wall, properly placed, will offset much erosion and add to the general appearance of the plot. Spring houses, permanently placed trellises, arbors, etc, are al! eligible for financing by Modernization Credit of the Federal Housing Administration.

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questions. "Sure. I want to keep on trying until I prove the stratosphere is the place to fly. but I have to dis-, emw matters with my sponsors) before another attempt can be' announced.” He planned to remain in ixifay- i ette three or four days to super- ' vise repairs on his supercharger and fitting of a new landing gear; to his plane. o MOVIE MAY AID HUNT FOR SON Cleveland —(UP)—For one brief, moment during a rrivate showing j of a movie. ‘ West P int of the Air” P. P. Harris gli.Tt h d the face of bis son. Li Ut- James F. Harris, missing since Jan. 3. when h ? die-. appeared fr m Fort Snelling. Minn , | In the movie, his son took a “bit” ■ part in a crowd of young fliers getting instruction at the army flying i school at Randolph Field. San An- , tonlo. Tex. Another of the .haractsrs who' played a mintr part portrayed ini th-> experience Lieutenant Harris had known in failing to qualify for air service. Ycur.g Harris had hoped to become an army pilot- When he was tmnsf rred to Fort Snelling to regu’nr corvic» hi 4 fufhpr hp

lar service, hu father believes be bi »ded about hie shattered hopes. Two days afater rep- rting at Fort Snelling, Lieut nant Harris left hie quartern and disappeared. More than 150,000 circulars bearing the picture of th;' 23-year-old W. st Pointer have been distributed. His father, purchasing agent for the General Electri• Company Incandesc nt lam,' division, hopes someone may r?cognizze the face of i'is son in the movieund furnish

I inf rmation thr ugh which he may be found. Harris said his son is next to the general in a group of five fliers •near a platform, receiving inslruc--1 tion in night maneuvers. o Card of Thanks In this manner we d sire to thank 1 our many friends and neighbors ; who assisted us during the illness 'and death of our wife and mother. , A’so we want to thank vur relatives 1 friends and neighbors for their i I eautiful Doral off rings. John Borne and children. o Decatur Man Loses sl3 Here Saturday Charles Morgan lost sl3 in cur j rency. somewhere in the uptown district Tlrer-- were two fives and three ne d-.,rnr bills. Mr. Morgan will appreciate it greatly if the finder returns the money to him lor to Daily Democrat office where j he can claim it. French Mayor Honors Hoosier Fort Wayne, Ind. (U.R) — Nick G. Boulos, Ft. Wayne, was awarded la medal by the mayor of ChateauThierry. France, for his service in the famous battle of Chateau Thier 1 ry. July IS, 1918. in which he was wounded.’ A scroll in French sign ed by the mayor accompanied the medal.

-rTT “EVEN THE BIRDIES ARE SINGING” 'vWj|u. the old grev mare-she’s back where she used to be.. many long years ago ... Wfl The OLD Weather Proofed Harness YES, OLD DOBBIN is “back in harness” again on the farms of America— SCHAFER’S BLACK BEAUTY HARNESS, made in Decatur, has stood the test for over 30 years and TODAY Is INDIANA > best selling harness because its INDIANA’S Greatest HARNESS VALUE. Price $27.95 to $68.00. SsSCHAFERfe HARDWARE wkz'HOME FURNISHINGS

DUST STORMS MAY CONTINUE Lincoln. N-ib- (UP)- Terrific, dust st .rms, wtiich turned duy Into] night over th-- middle west during | Min h, will he continued with j gr ater Intensity unlese midland I ugaruriuns reform theh* fttnninn i piano, mi ording to Dominick Gross. I extension argonomist at Nebraska University. GrcNS paints a gloomy picture for the agricultural region* of Nebnuska, the Dakotas. Kaunas. lowa and I Oklahoma unless methods are j changed. Organized efforts und* r long Hoile planning will be a nece«sity if midlanders are to avoid tiro clouds of awlrlUg dust, he said. Foundation for the st rms. according to the agronomist, was the removal long before last y ar's ( drought of organic matter which , had been accumulated through the' e-nlurks in the prairies. “S eding of tremendous arene j without consid ratk n of the fact that insufficient soil 'cover' wae being maintained, was the underlying cause of thesss disturbances," he ' oiid "This has left the top soil . loose and dry and easy victim for dry wt-ather and strong winds.” . Not nntit farm rs grow more r ‘cover crops—Wisest, rye, barleyata and similar grains — may the .riddle west exipect un end of the storms, he predicts. "Listing" of ' fields during the summer also may lie an effective deterrent, he said - An important factor in etorms ; this year. Gross said, was the universal cutting of corn for forage at ' K the end of the worst drought in a mid-western history last fall. The R e.ulke were cut a lose to the ground, '• leaving the fi Ids easy prey for * strong winds at the conclusion of r protracted dry periods. Town Has Large»t Tie Plant Somerville. Tex. (U.R) — ' This little city claims the largest tie creosoting plant in the world, which r 1 during its 40 years has treated i more than 3,000,000.000 board feet ' ; of timber and more than 66,000,n 000 ties. The plant, established in d 189 G, is owned by the Santa Fe n Railroad and has treated timber e almost exclusively from East Texn as and Western Louisiana. —e—

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I Old Cannon Under Walk Providence. R. 1. (U.R) Three nld cannons perhaps used in the Rm tolutlonary War were found by ssbrkm«li Ttqpuvlng a So gear-old side walk here. (’lty Engineer 8. Frank Nolan, who reported the ' discovery, believed they were hisI toricai und hud a research started, j If the cannons are of any value they will be properly marked uud | placed in Roger Williams Park i here. Halt in Meala DiamlaHs Guests Bergen, Norway (U.R) Guests at old-fashioned Norwegian wed- ) dings, often celebrated for a week. I have to receive more than a hint to semi them home. When the hos tess wishes them to leave, she stops preparing meals. Even this measure Is not effective sometimes for the guests will hind the cook until they are promised just one ’ more dinner. o Perpetual Motion Clock | Orebo, Sweden (U.R) — Orebo has an unique attraction for visitors, a clock that has run for 19 years without winding. It is run by variations in air pressure and is so I constructed t hat it would work for 12 months without au atmospheric change. Only the wearing of its parts can stop it. says its inventor.

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