Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 230, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1935 — Page 3

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supper S ■ 1 Ml, la st night by th” ' 1,110 I ■ 1 M % r - P .„.fa.nily. M»*. •1 If. ■!- '< “'•’ i Maltox un.l son, Mi- a»'l , , , u Lak.‘. h "" Miss <;ia.ly«| 'I-'- 11 " : ' U IUlll)!l1 "- M _ J ~, o'clock. ARRANGED Missionary meeting Mm. w "" H ' n ' B MiS_ fH.. v s<" i. ,v 1 Zi "" |t, ' for "' Mhn r<h w '" " el ‘ l ln ,hP * M. i at iwo thiity o-. lwk. 1111,1 MrS- « •’■ leaders f,,r Ma't.-ni-r. hostesses Mr >’• , ' h ' irl " s Pn,gh ' Mum.nll" K..d. .Mrs Tillman Mm'i.i M,s "• b K,rgchs Ben SUir'.y.'r «ill act as K, for t'l' program ami Mrs n ... ■ Imrist.-r Tim , al.-n.l-.r prayer read in |M, :: "t minutes, old business. ■m,.- .US Mrs. Fred Heuer. "God Save America." I i'rayer Mrs. Prugh ; of Mi.-foi' Ml*. Dallas i-nidy book. "To-. K| a Christian America" -Mrs.) Viti. "Wmihl Gm World Know"; Ben Schroyer. on Synodical meeting at K>-nt>i ky Mrs. Charles and Mis M F. Worthman. Pythian X edle Club will' \i . after temple _■ -'•■*«“ s will b ■ Mrs. Baker. M-. Grant Frye, and Clarence Dellinger. ■j' R.-a-a: .1 ' I l ' Will have its xe> ing Monday at the H !.ak". Th will be spent at the lake and a

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1 1 || By HARRISON CARROLL ■ Copyright, 1935. ■ King Features Syndicate, Inc. if Jun e Travis is ■Urrins any heart aches over the

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Jer and June i s a tyro in mat t ers irenautic. Mias Earhart is taking if in hand, and June is having the or spending many hours in the faith America’s No. 1 aviatrix. ,T‘,' S campaign of Kay Francis and er Daves to avoid photographers “ sood as a spy melodrama. The er night, when "Shipmates Fore[ * was sneak previewed at a wimwn theater, the pair hid themes m the balcony. Not taking y Chances, they didn't leave with . L , ew crowd but sat through irn n ar * jic(llre on the program, aves came down first and Wously sun . eye(l the Rituatlon He J Kate Kay the high sign and two faded away like the G-men ere after them. ‘ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” T n ilere unt ' l October 16. >• h th 6 New York premiere, ' e , inhardt plcture wa " shown ne’er nr ° f ,he press the other night, br r'i? of no reviews to take 1- nn ‘ h<> o| ’" nin S- It’s vlolat--1 a rn~>. TOrn Sawyer’s oath, taken . JJ?' ey ? r<l nf m! 'ln’Sht. however tX" r hat ,h ° filra is the to ' a t einh s." fantasy ’ An( ’ ‘hat Herr not latch MlCl<ey Rooney as Puck “3 been iinT*’ tOr> ’ if an artor ’ who hbllEtv 1 \ '"etfoned in advance f theta.? credlte<i with one dr? b t performances in the pic- ?* e and rm TBHia s y ° u '■ Oil ar, raine ’ Los Angeles: Right oekers ° f the aut offraph lertrude Mt'k“ e Pfevlews do hail Abbie" as " Ab| S a tl'’ and Ijstery ? th , * olution of the f girls I ' ast year - a group 4 12 or 13, w rote thorn they b ai'| h ’ b ! of a woman tad been in abmlred. and who fas Ab|-.;,|i"' r canfi - a ht. Her name t »h»’d i >^ he * <ida tsked Gertrude •'<‘t>t«d “V?'" - the job - She '•H and it u ti „„ kid , wJw

CLUB CALENDAR | Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Mist Mary Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Sunday Zh»n Junior Walther League call-' ml meeting following church *tervices. Monday Catholic Action unit six, Miss Helena Miller. Pinochle club, Mr. and Mrs. William LUter, 7:30 p. m. Research Club opening meeting, I.uta Cottage at Hamilton Lake. Pythian Needle Club, K. of P. Home after temple. Tuesday Zion Reformed W. M. S., church parlors, 2:30. Tri Kaippa, Miss Katheryn Engi eler, 8 p. m. Psi lota Xi, Mayor’s Court room 7:30 p. tn. Evangelical Dutiful Daughters class, Mre. Gerald Cole, Home steads, 7:30 p. m. C. L. of C. business meeting, K. of C. hall, 7:30 p. tn. Wednesday Historical Club, Mrs. Ed Ahr, 2:30 p. m. Thursday Zion Junior Walther League , Tarty at Woodburn, meet at Luthern school, 6:30 p. tn. Friday Methodist W. 11. M. S„ Mrs. T. \\. Holsapple. pot luck dinner will be served at noon. The Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. i T. W. Holsapple on Tenth afreet. Mrs. R. D. Myers will have the lea- | son. PARENT-TEACHERS HAVE OPENING MEETING The first meeting of the Parenti Teacher* association of the Riley i school wae held Friday afternoon, 'at the Rily echool building with j Mrs. Paul W. Schultz, the president, i in charge. The nJ eting opened with the ■ song. “America” and during the ’ business session Miss Electa Oliver was chonen secretary to fill the vacancy in the office. Mise Florence ; Haney wat former secretary of the organization. Mr*. Ralph Roop was

1 * ’ —' —a„ f„.di identify themselves In the preview crowds by calling her ’’Abigail”. i t Speaking of Gertrude, she's just recovered her dachshund, “Johann”, which disappeared after the star’s recent auto crash. Witnesses at the I accident told of seeing the dog try to get into the ambulance that carried the star away, but there the trail ended. The next word of “Johann” came when a San BernarII dino veterinarian was called to attend a siek horse at a ranch in the country. He noticed a very dirty dachshund on the place and questioned the Mexfran owner. The dog, he learned, had just wandered up to the ranch and made himself at home. Johann's little adventure now lias ended in the arms of his mistress. What sepia colored comedian has all Hollywood chuckling at his latest temperamental outburst inspired hy jealousy of another player of his race? HOLLYWOOD TICKER-TAPE— The Dr. Lawrence Marxers (Lenore Bushman) are expecting a second visit from the stork next month. . . . Did I say that Al Scott was monopolizing Janet Gaynor since her return? The star was dancing at the Beverly Wilshire recently with Gene Raymond. .’. . The sapphire ring ami necklace that Ethel Merman Is displaying are gifts from the star to herself. . . . Harry Richman, who certainly gets around, squired both the Duncan sisters to the Club New Yorker the other evening. . . . Interviewers kept Ramon Novarro so busy in London that he has sought quiet in Stratford-On-Avon. . . . Which had some little fame of its own before he

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moved -there. . . . The jumping horse, "Trlunfo”. which has won two prizes at the I Pomona fair. Is I jointly owned by I Louis Hayward and Wendy Barrie. . • . Etta Moten, the dusky biues singer at the Century club, Is a hit with the stay- up-laters. And Clare nee

Muse, who appeared as guest artist with her or. her opening night, won a storm of applause with his “Sleepy Time Dow’n South”. Except from some loudmouths in a corner booth. How can people be so rude to entertainers? DID YOU KNOW— That Evelyn Knapp’s first feature length film. “Sinner's Holiday” also was James Cagney's debut on the screen?

DECATUR DATLY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY. SEPTEMB ER 28, 1935.

selected delegate to the district PT-A convention to be held In Marlon, October 9. The m-i mbers und guests were invited to Miss Ruth Vizard's room where a lung table was laid In lace and silver. Baskets of flowers were arranged about the room. Miss Vizard and Miss Oliver served assist|>d by Mis* Bertha Brunner and, ; Mius Nellie Winnes. A group of moth rs «ang the PT A song. Thirty five persons were present. Guest*, ut the meeting were | the South Ward achool teaohers, the Miss- e Eva Acker, Matilda Seilemeyer, Mary Suttles and Effie Patton. The opening meeting of the Carpt Diem (Tub will be held with Mrs. Georg- Harding Tuesday night at s "ven-thirty o’clock. FAREWELL PARTY FOR GERTRUDE WEBERT Mrs. E. W. Lankenau and Mrs. Paul Hancher entertained with a handkerchief shower Thursday ) night for Miss Gertrude Webert, who is returning to her home in New Orleans after spending the past year in this city. Three small tables were arrang- ( ed for bridge and prizes were won by Mrs. Chalmer Deßolt and Miss Ethel Shady. A luncheon was served following the games. LEGION AUXILIARY ENJOYS PROGRAM MEETING Tiiie American Legion Auxiliary met Friday night in the hall for a short business meeting and musical program. Mrs. Leo Ehinger, Mrs. Defe Fry Lack and Mrs. Harry Stulu, had charge of the program. Mrs. Ehinger read the poem, ‘‘The | Lest Chord.” after which Mary Kathleen Fryback and Marjorie i Miller played a saxophone and accordian duet, accompanied by Albert Sellemeycr. Mrs. Arthur Myers sang a vocal solo, accompanied at the piano by Mns. Ralph Roop, and Noreen Fuli lenkamp gave a tap dance, with Mrs. William Gass at the piano. Mns. Ralph Roop and Mrs. Mary Stults played a piano duet. Mrs. L. A. Holhouse sang two numbers. and Mns. Case accompanied' her. The program closed with group singing. A musical contest was enjoyed' and Mrs. Ehinger and Mrs. Tillman Gehrig were the winner*. Refresh-1 ments were served by the committee comprising the Mesdames Herb K rn, T. J. Metzler. Arthur Myers. I I Ralph Roop, Frank Liniger and ; Charles Weber. MISS MARY ENGLE HONORED WITH PARTY i I Mr. and Mrs. Don Leßrun entertained at bridge Friday night at their home for Miss Mary Engle of Chicago who has spent the past week visiting here with relatives and friends. The guests included Miss Engle. Joe Krick. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Engle ; and Mr. and Mrs. Leßrun. j The Girls Missionary Guild of the ! Zion Reformed church will (hold a masquerade party at the home of Mrs. Henry Graber Tuesday night at seven-thirty o’clock. — o ROOSEVELT IN CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE an address over a national hook- ' up. The subject has not been an- < 1 nounced but it was believed that it would deal with the power Indus- ' try. Secretary of the Interior Har- 1 old L. Ickes will preside at dedication exercises at the dam and introduce Mr. Roosevelt. From Boulder Dam his itinerary calls! for a stop at Los Angeles. From ; that city he will proceed to San ! Diego for the exposition and later j board the Cruiser Houston for a ; run to Panama. o Miss Mary Engle returned to Chicago today after a week's visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Engle. | CORT SUN. MON. TUES. I .Janet Gavnor - Henrv Fonda “THE FARMER TAKES A WIFE” Jane Withers. Chas. Bickford, Slim Summerville, Andy Divine. Plus - - All Color Silly Symphony and Fox News. 10c-25c Tonight — Rex Lease “CYCLONE OF THE SADDLE” Roscoe Ails Comedy — All Fun Cartoon. Extra! Added Attraction! Extra! Chap. 1 “PHANTOM EMPIRE” Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross. ALL AT 10c-15c NOTE: —First Evening Show 6:00 — A Matinee 2 o’clock All Children 5c ♦ — ♦ I

Civil War Veterans Silas Hale "• '' ' B ■ ’i? Robert Drummond W " JU F f Z » I •' a- In William Parr David Baker South of Pleasant Mills three miles lives David Baker, aged 88, David Baker one of the four remaining Civil oJ(1 p rurnmon( ] f a rm which has been ,War Veterans in Adams county. jn (he n ,. um , nond fa|nily for al . On the farm in Blue Creek town- m(j-t 10Q yeftrg ship Mr. Baker has spent the las Drummond believes that the 31 years of his life. world “is not getting any better" During his war career he took and that the United States is in part in several battles. He also ser ious danger of becoming en|Was in a number of skirmishes. tangled in the Italian-Ethiopian disTo enter the army he lied about p U t e . .his age, telling the recruiting of- Si | as Ha)e fleer he was 18 instead of 16. He Former State Senator Silas Hale was a member of the 54th brigade, O s Geneva is one of the most active , second division and the 15th army citizens of the county despite his icorps. being 91 and one of the last four ' Following the war he worked at surviving Civil War veterans in 1 carpentry and farming until his re- Adams county. tirement. His wife died 13 years Mr. Hale entered the war at the I ago. His youngest son, Curtis, age of 16 and served three years) lives with him. The other son in the Fifty-Third Indiana Infantry, lives in Lafayette township, Allen Although he was born in Bluffton 'county. and lived in Bluffton for ills first Robert Drummond 26 years he has spent most of the Robert A. Drummond of Root rest of his life in Adams county. I township will be 94 in December, Mr. Hale served two terms as the oldest of the four surviving state senator, 12 years as a tnemCivil War veterans in Adams coun- ber of the state hospital board at ty. Richmond and several years as a Mr. Drummond entered the war member of the state epileptic! at the age of 20 as a member of board at New Castle before con-; the S9th Indiana Infantry. He eluding his career as a public serfought in three battles during the vant. • . /war, the last being up Red River William Parr in Louisiana. He was shot in the Like David Baker, William H. ankle and it was necessary to am- Parr, now 88, gave his agA as 18 putate his foot. While he was re- in order to enter the Union army cuperating he suffered an attack for which the minimum age was of smallpox. 18. He was mustered in Company After his recovery he returned E of Ohio 135. to Adams county where he has Mr. Parr fought under Grant in since been engaged in farming and Shenandoah Valley and in the bat- | cabinet making. He lives on the tie of Harpers Ferry. He served - —

Louis in Clinch With Bride

. ip* w fS ™ F \ '> > X 'V k ? jKra yr S' Mr. and Mrs. Joe Louis After knocking out Max Baer, Joe Louis and his bride, the former Marva Trotter of Chicago, went into a clinch. They were married two hour* before the fight in New York and plan to honeymoon in Europe. — ■ w -- - A.— . * • — - - ■ ■ ■ l —

In the army four years. He now lives on the farm on which he settled when he came to this county (16 years ago. It is located six miles east of Herne In Blue Creek township. Mr. Purr thinks the world is about the same “except that the people now are a little wiser ami' more devilment Is going on.” gTe?news ....from.... GENERAL ELECTRIC NEW 3 I Th* fl neral Electric company hae awarded Paul E. Reynolds, an employee of the branch here, 315 for the second beat sugg atlon made during the two week period ending August 24. C. C. Langston of Decatur took first prizes as a sheep caller at foreruiH .1 nic held for members of the Decatur and Fort Wayne planlu at Fort Wayne recently. ■Sus Miss Lucille Alberding has resigned her position at the Newberry store In this city to accept a position at the Woolworth store in Fort Wayne, where she is attending night school. Word was received here today that Fred Helm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Helm of Miami. Florida, has been pledged to Sigma Chi national fraternity at the University of Florida. Gainesville. Miss Gertrude Webert will leave today for her home in New Orleans. Louisiana after spending the past year here with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lankenau. Miss Esther Bowers of this city, Mrs. R M. Kaough of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Gladys Wilkes of K-endall-' ville have returned front St. Louis I where they spent the past week. ‘ the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James ; Kelly. They attended the Legion j convention and baseball games in St. iatuis. C. E. Bell is looking after business in New York City for the I-a Fontaine Handle company. Ed Berling, Pete Losche, Martin Smith and Joe Malley have returned from Cleveland where they attended the National Eucharistic Congress. It was one of the greatest ever witnessed. A half million attended the midnight mass in the i stadium, the Decatur men being among the crowd. I Charles Zimmerman made a trip 'to Bluffton this morning for The j (Central Sugar company. Mrs. Willis Magner, well known | Decatur woman, is confined to her 1 bed at her home on South Win 'chester street, suffering from a ; (heart ailment. Her condition is I not serious. Mrs. Bryce Thomas. Mrs. Chas.' Knapp and the Misses Helen Haubold and Catheryn Kauffman at-; tended the play “The Shining Hour" i staged by the Old Fort Players in Fort Wayne last evening. Clarence Beavers will leave Sunday for Richmond. Ind., where he

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| has taken a position with the Jay Gold and Silver Company. Mr. and Mrs, E. W. Lankenau and Mr. and Mm. Oscar Lankenau will spend Sunday in Indianapolis visiting with th>f formers’ won, Bobby. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watkins of, I Griffith were the guests of Mr. ami Mrs. Albert Shady of Preble yesterday. Mr. and Mm. James Elberson vtalt d In Fort Wayne yesterday and last evening. Mr. and Mrs. DI k Shaw. Miss Loujse Coble and Em nson Shaw 1 of Shelby. Ohio, arrived last even- 1 log in Decatur and will be tlie gw stu of Mm. Gru< e Allwein over the week-end. E. W. Lankenau returned this i m .rnlng from a two day's buslnes"i [ trip to Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. H Im of Miami | are the gu sts of Mr. and Mrs. i Avon Burk today. Mr. and Mrs. 1. Bernstein are) spending the day in Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mm. Max Moyer and fa | mily are spending tie day in Fort ■ Wayn-e in celebration of the Jewish I I New Year. o— ITALIAN CABINET CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE interests in East Africa. A little while before the cabinet adjourned a government spokesman announced that Bazoo Pompeo Alois!, chief Italian delegate to the league, was returning to Rome 1 today and that it was not known . 1 whether he would return to Geneva. Adjourns League (Copyright 1935 by United Press); Geneva, Sept. 28 —<U.R> —Support , of great and small powers in the : Italian-Ethiopian crisis has in- , augurated a new historic era in i I which the League of Nations will j L become “a new moral, political.! I and even material force.” Edouard : (Benes of Czechoslovakia., pre si-1 dent of the assembly, said in ad- i journing it today. It was but a tentative adjourn- 1 ment, for the assembly remains ; ready to meet at a day’s notice i and all the league machinery is geared to remain functioning for ) the duration of the Italian-Etiiio-1 pian crisis, pointed always to- I ward penalization of either na-1 tion that is first to attack. An additional warning to Italy ' not to attack Ethiopia was read I today in a message sent by the league council representing 13 ■ , nations, to Benito Mussolini, ask- ; j ing if he cared to make any oh- ; I servation on Ethiopia’s appeal for 1 a. league commission of observers | to stay at the front and see who i ; was responsible for any attack. Bene’s refeience to "material” I ' force was a plain, direct mention ) of the league's power to penalize an aggressor. In his address to the assembly he emphasized the importance of the British government’s an- ' i nouncement that "it desires to base its entire policy more than ever on the league covenant.”

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SLIT CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Judge Huber M. DeVoss Instruct the jury to find for the defendant on the grounds that the plaintiff had failed to prove that th< case (came within the statute of limitations. Judge DeVosr overruled al) motions. — O""— — CARD OF THANKS I We wish to thank the neighbors and friends who so kindly asslst,ed us during the illness and death of our mother, Mrs. Mary Hackman. We appreciate the acts of i kindness and messages of sympathy. The Children. MADISON Theater SUN. MON. TUES. (Matinee Sunday 2 P. M. — 10r.-2Tc 5 FIRST Sunday Evening Show 6:30 “DR. JFKYLL & MR. HYDE” with FREDRIC MARCH and MIRI AM HOPKINS -•AddedSelected Short Subjects. Tonight — KEN MAYNARD in ’WESTERN FRONTIER” — HIS LATEST PICTURE! with TARZAN, the WONDER HORSE! ; Added — BUCK JONES in “THE ROARING WEST”: Cartoon: and (STRANGER THAN FICTION. 10c -15 c Coming—Gary Cooper & Richard Arlen in “THE VIRGINIAN." SUN. MON. TUES. Matinee Sunday 2 P. M. — 10c-25c ! FIRST Sunday Evening Show 6:30 GEO. RFRNS and GRACIE ALLEN in ‘HERE COMES COOKIE” with Geo. Barbier and Bettv Furness. ADDED —’“THICKER THAN WATER”—A LAUREL 4 HARDY ; Comedy; “Tricks of Trade” with The EASY ACES; and a COLOR ! Cartoon. ; Tonight —ZASU PITTS & JIMMY GLEASON in “HOT TIP.” From ( the Story by Wm. Slavens McNutt. Added — Comedy: Travettalk, and COLOR Cartoon. 10c-15c Coming—CHlNA SEAS.