Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 1 June 1935 — Page 3

PSOCI ETY.

KaT attend C AC TION MEETING ■K, „ fifty women ■Hl,', I i - m'l-ting of the SiHHV A< i ion held ■K\' , ll.ill l-'iiilav evening, HV "-I »•>' I' 1 "' t'athe ■H, . , 1- glee club under ~.-.. Mi’. L. A. |K. Si.-l r Edwardine ■■ They .sang ' Ave u by Franz Aid and i: ilitly Shining”. ■t - of < < |K , invention held in I p.il talk was given . i ; s an |HL aders responded . of study I Mis., e |K nl :' , ()nr Lady of Victory, M|L s-j . . <: Aline, MI s. Ralph j,,, . : \re. Agn-.s Wolpert e.-il.l Xes-wald. IH.- IT . Mrs. l-’nink Schmitz ■E Vidor Ulman; Our . d lined. Miss Hen Ms... a. St Marys Listen |EEi'i>r?. Mrs. ('. J. Carroll. ■■ . - losell w poem, a-t <• i in Sacred Heart” by Ryan. Mr. Tabor Ladie.s Aid Sen - Tuesday evening with Mrs. Chronister. OF K -.1 111 Club met at the ii' Millas .school Wednesday ffeslal! iiu-iiibem and the leaders I H I a-imw-s meeting Ruth < i i. Vera. DeVoe and [ re named as program projects after which were enjoyed and refreshChirk. 12 at the Pleasant Milks ■ . a business - lota Xi .sorority Tui -dat at n-v m-thirty o’clock in the cmtiTrooni. All members to be present. K William Bell wil! en’oi I,.in at her h'inie night at seven o'clock.

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| I By HARRISON CARROLL r i Copyright, 1935, I fl ‘ <■ at urea Inc. MyOLLYWOOD — Iq ease Ellen Berlin hasn’t found it out, R:e is how her intended surprise for Husband Irving Berlin was off. of her guests betrayed her her carefully concealed plans. Ben Hecht

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and Charles MacArthur 3,000 miles away in New York, were the Innocent cause o f spilling the beans. She wanted to show a picture at the party and telephoned them to ship a print of "The Scoundrel" to the coast. They agreed.

coincidence would have it, Goldwyn was planning a for the night after Ellen’s affair, and he also got the of showing “The Scoundrel”. he called Hect and Macthey suggested he get the that was on its way to the And Sam, unaware of the called Berlin at the studio to borrow it. that was how the song writer Hp able to come home and casually ■**My dear, when we get through ■M‘ that print of *The Scoundrel’, must send it right over to fwl-Uyn.” ■r’ a P Crosby’s distaste for becoming has won out over Paramount’s ■® ,lesl again. The crooner’s new ■tee-year contract with the studio a specific clause on the subject. ■ guarantees Bing that he will not ■*• stellar billing for the whole ■j™ of the agreement. ■Which, i n V lew of th© Crosby ■j ln S among the 10 biggest box■*ee names in pictures last year, is exasperating to the studio. ||Phlhgs do happen in the funniest ■*> Busby Berkeley took the Joe” company down on ■ ain street the other day to work the old Grand theater, one of Los early show houses. He ■ e<l(, d some extra atmosphere people ■*'! told an assistant director to go a cheap hotel nearby and hire ■em. ■Among the group who came strag-Br-h? in was one man who kept ■ >rln g at Berkeley. Finally, he ■jhe to the director. ■ )o you remember the stage in Kansas City who gave ■jj a spanking?” he asked. ■.Berkeley Baid he did Indeed and

CLUB CALENDAR i Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Miss Mary Macy 1 . Phones 1000 — 1001 Saturday '' M. E. Kinge Herald Society girls group. Anola Friedt. 2 p. in. I . B. Ladle* Aid chicken supper, * church .banement, 5 to 7 ip. ni. Monday Pinochle Club, Mrs. William Lister, 7:30 ,p. ni. Firemens Auxiliary, Mrs. Charles Robinold, 7:30 n. m 1 ’ Tuesday *j Pul lota XI .business meeting, ’ | ID yor's courtroom, 7:30 p. ni. Mt. Tabor Ladies Ahl Society, * Mrs. 'Clarence Chronister, 7:30 pm. J Zion Reformed W. M. S„ church iCarlo™, 2:30 p, ni. Evangelical Dutiful Daughters * class, Mrs. Ralph Gentle, 7:30 p. in. 1 Thursday Presbyterian Home and Foreign Missionary society, Mrs. James ■ Kt xtilier. Dinner-Bridge Club. Mrs. William ' f> ' ll ' 7p? m - Adams County Memorial Hospital Jack Essex, Monroe, dismissed Thursday. Mrs. Bertha Simon, Berne, dismissed Friday. Robert Hnye, Rockford, Ohio, major operation Thursday. Lucille Werking. route 1, Decatur major operation, Friday. o Navy Yard Wins Praise t Philadelphia.—(U.R>— For the second year in a row the Philadelphia . Navy Yard has been named the | winner of the 1934 Accident Prevention Competition, conducted by the Navy Department, in which 11 yards competed. The Philadelphia Yard almost tripled the score of its nearest competitor, the Portsmouth (N. H.l Navy Yard. Q Mother Receives Macon Relic McAllen. Tex.— (U.R) — A section of mahogany wood paneling from I the control car of the ill-fated Unit|ed States Navy dirigible Macon, I which fell into the Pacific ocean last February, has been received by Mrs. Jimmy Jones, of McAllen. It was sent by her son, Jimmy, a member of the rescue crew from the U. S. S. Cincinati, fast cruis21 i —

how did the stranger know about it Os course, the chap had done tlie spanking himself. His name is William Dale and he was stage man--1 ager of the Woodward theater in ’ Kansas City one night 32 years ago when Berkeley, then a brat of seven, 1 ran out from the wings to join his mother who was In the middle of a ( dramatic scene In "It I Were King”. The Impish humor ot Ernst 1 Lubitsch breaks out at the most unexpected moments. The other night, in a story conference, Director King Vidor and Author Laurence , Stallings, were relating the dramatic finish they had contrived for Stark Young’s novel ot the Civil war, "So Red the Rose". Lubitsch suddenly Interrupted: "I wonder how an audience would take It It we let the south win the warhave Grant surrender to Lee and Lincoln flee to Canada.” Vidor and Stallings looked startled, then Lubitsch twinkled and they all laughed. At that, they agreed, it would be an interesting experiment. To shoot the ending differently and try it out just on one preview. What well known star was asked to dance at the policemen's ball and. Instead ot the usual polite refusal, came right out and spoke his mind about cops In general? HOLLYWOOD TICKER-TAPE— Adrian is designing a gown tor Stuart Erwin. ... No fooling. . • • Y’see Stu Is to be female imperson-

ator for a sequence tn a new picture. . . . Cary Grant and Betty Furness were at the King's club together the other evening. ... The William Gills (she was Janet Snowden, the oil heiress) postcard from 1 I’eru to say they are enjoying a belated honey-

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is VacTon’the Warner lot after touring Europe. You'd never guess It. but ArchU *» has jusTsigned a five-year extension Brothers-First National studios. Which doesn’t surprise of course, for Perc Is a wizard at his art. did you know—- ' That Jean Harlow has tried wear- . -k.r hair nine different ways m llhf last three months but always i I returns to the original style.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1935.

Mrs. Joseph Wolpert and same 1 aul and Jo.e- ih ars ep- tiding the week-end visiting relative# In Tiffin, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. William Noll nnd daughter Marylln Jane, Mr. and Mrs. Winston Rawlelght and daughter Arlene Joan mpent Memorial Hay at Marlon, Ohio, the guest# of Rev. Carl V. Roop and fuinily, nnd also visited with Mrs. Noll's father Janies H. Roop. Janies Cole and Miss Mildred I’’irter of Miami University, Ox ford, Ohio, sp nt Decoration day with Mr. and Mru. A. ■(.'. Kohne ami family. Theodore Corey of Omaha, Nebraska. spent Thursday with his frit nd. Miss Helen Parr. LODGE LEADER (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Ritualistic memorial ceremony. Vocal selection — J. E. M. Trio. Memorial address O. (1. Fields, grand patriarch. Announcements. Benediction—Rev. W. 11. Day. o LIQUOR BOARD CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE ably a dozen or more bands will enliven the occasion with stirring martial music. Portland citizens are aiding the local volunteers in planning for tse convention and it is the intention to show the visiting firemen the best time they evTr had. Fire Chief Robenold and members of the Decatur department are planning to attend the convention. o Albino Squirrel Caught Elko. Nev. — (U.R) — An albino ground squirrel, a rarity, was captured by Elmer Barigar, Lamoille rancher. Zoologists declared the squirrel resembles other members of the species except that its body is white and the eyes are pink. o 15-Vear-Old Fire Put Out Plentywood. Mont. — (U.R) — Fire, which has been raging in the McCoy coal mine here for approximately 15 years, finally has been extinguished. The task was accomplished by a crew of 14 men, working since May of last year. Cost of the project was about $lO,000. Radio Phones Help Alaska Seldovia, Alaska —(UP)—lnstallation of u radio telephone by Adam Llpke ‘l'as given the Seldovia district communi.ation with the outside world. On first tests Lipke taked to Kuekckwin and Fairbanks. Radio phones of smaller radius will be installed at Homer and other communities.

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SUN., MON., TUES. Matinee Sunday 2 P. M. First Sunday Eve. Show, G: 3O. Wm. Powell & .Jean Harlow in “RECKLESS” with Franchot Tone. May Robson. Ted Healy, Nat Pendleton. Added ■ - “THE TIN MAN” with Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly. 10c-25c — TONIGHT — ‘•MARK OF THE VAMPIRE” with Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Jean Hersholt. Added—Ken Maynard in ‘‘MYSTERY MOUNTAIN” —and Cartoon 10c -15 c MADISON 2 - FEATURES - 2 § | Sun., Mon., Tues. EXTRA SPECIAL $ Feature No. 1 LEW AYRES and GINGER ROGERS in ‘Don’t Bet on Love’ j Feature No. 2 808 STEELE in “Land of Missing Men” j LAST TIMES TODAY j 2 - FEATURES - 2 No. 1 KEN MAYNARD in “Alias Bad Man” No. 2 j “White Heat” Filmed in the tropics. ALL FOR $ $ TEN and FIFTEEN CENTS. > 10c and 15c

HIS HAND PUMP BRINGS UP OIL Wilmington, Cal. • <U.R) He doesn't know where it comes from, but Cristobal Salcido is getting 13 barrels of oil a day from the family water pump in the back yard and selling it at $1.75 per barrel. There are several theories as to the origin, the most no able being that the oil comes from a leak In one of tlie inuny nearby pipelines from the fields. "I don't care where it comes from”, said Salcido, "just so it keepu coming"--which it probably won't. Similar backyard oil wells near famous Signal Hill dried up when refineries pledged rhe leaks. o Old Railroad Coupler Found Fremont. Neb. -U.R) —An old railroad car coupling link, which railroaders sav is a rarity today, is on exhibition here. It was found by workmen beautifying the former site of a railroad derrick yard. The coupling, thick with rust and weighing about 10 to 15 pounds, was outlawed in 1900 as too dangerous to switchmen.

Schafer’s 61st Anniversary Sale Os Furniture, Stoves and Mattresses “Silverymoon” and “Windsor” Inner Spring MATTRESSES ’ ■■■ ■ - •• u,- -:• i ■ ■ Nationally ■ STEARNS and FOSTER I MATTRESSES ■ <T 1O 7C aK> 3 >19.75 J WKK| Regularly $29.50 ■ w - - • ‘"'l ' 1-.V"'S F ornttresse-. are tes ••■1 jEMSt SV ffißKarir, ;;U i. ;.- . ami t.«.i f -■ pu<-><y mhbm."’ - I 1 •' ' 1 ■ 11 ' ' ■ - ■MEM 1 ’■ *■'■ ,i, '‘■ ( • i. » t <■.■ ••■ e.-. •!>...> ; -u. mki : <J-H O-i !>■-■.;■ ” |eev<-n'-; s " ' ■ . ■; RffipEfi '"O'" M- ■

Juit Dropped In Seattle. (U.R) As Mary and Peter McChostney Htudled In their, parents' apartment there was u sudden crush of plaster, und a* mails' legs broke through ithe cell I Ing. A janitor found Ray Tatum in tlie attic, legs fust. "I was looking for u friend,” lie explained. "()li, yeah?” said police. Short Pants St. Louin. e (U.R) A tennis player's lireulli is likely to come in nhort pants, but tli ■ prol;l< m confronting tlie park department is how short should milady's shorts be. Officials have gone "long faced" about tlie subject. Their best i answer thus fur Ims been a blush. I o —— First Woman "Postmaster" Troy, (). (U.R) Mrs. Harrlette Drury, who served as Troy's "postmaster* from 1867 to 1875, is believed to liave been the first woman in the United States to hold a federal office. Records of her service I have just been uncovered here. Residents of Belvidere, 111., had be lieved that a woman postmasteri there from 1871 to 1875 was the first woman officeholder. o | Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

COLLEGE HEAD OK'S SLANG INDI ANA POLI.S. Ind. <U.R> The use of slung was defended by Dr. W. (J. Spencer, president of Franklin t'olli'ge. in nn editress before the Indiaimpolie Miulsleru' Association. "I have no justification for the giaii rul use of slang, Imt there are some reasons for its use which come very near justifying it." ho said Among the reasons were: A short cut in tlie expression of thought; vividness and picturesqueness added by the paradox of omission and demand on imagination. and an intimacy emphasized and tlie introduction of an element of variety to tlie language enlivened liy it. Slung lias been legalized, he raid, giving as an illustration a bill paused by the New York State legislature referring to "joyriding.” Franklin College is a Baptist institution.

I | Speedsters Beware I Ludlow. Ma>r<. (UP)- Ludlow pi ders are always on tho lookout for the town's No. 1 ,|M>llcenian. He is Cliarli s White, 83, who at 111 pedale his jiillii'l' luvd-iilbber-tlred . hiicy.li' about the com.niihlty pre.serving the pea e. Subway For Cleveland? 1 Cleveland (U.R) A civic commit-, I tee wus being formed hene to launch an intensive campaign fori a $40,0110,000 downtown subway system for Cleveland. The pro-; gram will be planned as a federal! | public works project under terms | of a resolution passed by cl:.y conn-, ell. ——o Embarrasting Solicitude Evanston, .1.. (UP) —A dozen young women, members of Evan- j ston's Junior leagus, were on a tour I lof the city jail. As they filed Into | | the cell block < ne . f l ie Inm tew I | asked .symipathetloilly. "Ge 1 , girls, what were yon pinched for?” a Canary Men to Seek Aid I Tol.do. <)., — (UP) —- Terming I their business “America's forg itten 1 industry,” members of tlie National j Federation of (' nary Breeders, I | plan to ask the next session f Con-1 gre.ss to i<ii.s j the tariff on canar-

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! les high enough to make Importstl.:n of foreign bred canariea virtual Iv ImpiM'nllile. 0 Founder'* Log Cabin Burned New I’hlhnl Iphia, 0., (UP) i The three room log house built by i John Kniwely, I' under of this city, ; was destroy' d by fire there recent* 1 ly, 'i,Mist'd by an explosion of an oil 1 lamp. The cabin was built in 1803.

| CORT SUN., MON.. TUES. RALPH BELLAMY “AIR HAWKS” WILEY POST - TALI BIRELL I Plus—Cartoon ■ Comedy - News. 10c • 25c TONIGHT—Tim MeCoy I "LAW BEYOND THE RANGE” Plus—3 Stooges and Al) Color Cartoon. 10c-15c — , Watch for—- " The Hoosier School Master.”