Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1936 — Page 2

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• Three important figures in the investigation into the strange death of Thelma Todd, blonde screen star, arc pictured in Los Angeles when they appeared for questioning by the grand jury—right. Pasquale Di Cicco, former husband of the dead

t~ Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q. When a man meets a woman acquaintance on the street, and turns to walk with her. should he offer to carry any parcels that she may have in her arms or hands'.’ A. It would be the courteous thing to do provided the parcels •re rather large or heavy, but somewhat silly if the woman is ■ merely carrying a book, or some equally small package Q. What does finesse mean? A. indicate skill; refinement; social art in its highest coucep- . lion. Pronouncs fi-ness. I as in it. e as in less, accent last syllable. Q. Should the bread and butter plates remain on the table through the entire meal? A. They should remain until the dessert is served. o Knife Swallcwer Bury 20 Yrs. London —(VP) — The ase of a man who made a living from swal-

T A X I TAXI Call 772 or 57 34 How Service Runyon’s Garage Licensed by Indiana Public Service Commission T A X 1 FAX! PUBLIC AUCTION 36 - AUTOMOBILES - 36 V-e will sell at Public. Auction at our sales room. 203 South First street. Decatur. Ind., on WEDNESDAY, January 8, 1936 Starting at 7:00 P. M. Our entire stock of used cars that have been taken on| new Ford cars. \ consisting of: 3—1934 FORD TUDORS in first class condition 1—1932 FORD ROADSTER, a dandy 1—1930 FORD ROADSTER. A No. 1 1— FORD ROADSTER 2— FORD PICK-UPS 2—1932 FORD COUPES, clean, Mechanical O.K. 1 —1931 FORD COUPF right every way 2—1930 FORD COUPES, first class 1—1930 FORD SEDAN, a real car 1 -1930 CHEVROLET COACH 1—1929 CHEVROLET SEDAN 1— DODGE SEDAN 2— CHEVROLET COACHES 1—1929 CHEVROLET COUPE 1— FORD COUPE 2— 1935 FORD TRUCKS, Dual wheels, 10 ply tires 2—1934 FORD TRUCKS, Dual wheels, 10 ply tires. Other cars such as Essex, Whippets, Pontiacs, etc. Inspect these cars and trucks any time before the sale at our sales room. Pick out the one you wish to buy, and attend this sale. REMEMBER they go at Public Auction, will be sold one at a time. TERMS-40% down, balance monthly; 1-3 down, bal. monthly on late model cars. Come in and talk to us before sale, will gladly arrange terms. No cars taken in trade during this sale. AL I). SCHMITT MOTOR SALES AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER Sale conducted by Roy S. Johnson, Decatur. Ipd. Cr.rl T. Bartlett. Muncie, Ind.— Auctioneers.

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actress, who flew from New York City to testify that “I have no idea how Thelma died”; left, Za. u Pitt,-, screen actress and friend of Miss Todd, com rsing with Roland West, Thelma's business partner.

, lowing metal articles for wagers is I I described in the current issue of ’ the British Medical Journal. He has , unilei aim- 12 c . erations ia a period , of 20 years for the removal of . knives, forks, nails, pea-shooters, ■ hairpins and fountain pens o .> — ♦ 1 Test Your Knowleage ' Can you answer seven of these I I I ten questions? Turn to page i Four for the answers. 't «! 1. In what year vas the second i battle of the Marne fought? 2. Who was John Lewis Alexander Paton? 3. Name tile leading English astronomical observatory. 4. What is the name of the Ara- 1 bian and North African jumping lodent mammal? 5- When is All-Souls Day? 6. Who wrote the "Fire-bird Sym- ! phony?” 7. in what ocean are the D'Entre-1 casteaux Islands? 8. Where was Mary Garden Itorn?

9. Who was the author of the phrase. "All .men are created equal?” 19. In which country is the town of Pavia? i ”T M idely Advertised Show In Fort Wayne — | "Tobacco Road" coming to the I Shrine Theatre. Fort Wayne, for . two nights Monday and Tuesday, ' January 6 and 7. with Henry Hull, the original New York star, is the . most widely discussed play in Am- : erica today. It smashed all records for popularity in New York, where it has played almost three years. j This epic American drama by Jack Kirklanu. based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell, is a study of life and love among the poor white 1 trash of the Georgia backwoods. i Henry Hull, who has long been considered one of America's fin- | est actors for more than a score of years, gives the outstanding per formance of his brillian career as , a star in “The Man Who Came Baek”, “39 East”, “The Cat and the Canary.” "Roger Bloomer,” "In Ixive with Wove," Lulu Belle,” , "Michael and Mary,” "Grand HotMini F TO TA.VI’VVEKS OF MIDITIOA VI. IPI-lIOPHI ITIOAS Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Wabash School Township and of Wabash Civil Township, Atlums •onnty. India n.i. that the trustee and advisory board of said townships at their regular meeting place in the town of Geneva, Indiana, on the 11th of January, 1936. at 1:00 o'cloeK P- M.. will hold a special meeting to • "nsider the following additional appropriations which said officers , < onsider necessary to meet the extri jrdinary emergency existing at this tinv: Il is contemplated and determined I to be appropriated and expended out lof the i»ro?»’4 (ls from the sale us bonds us said School township the sum <>f $ '■ G,9'jo.on in the construction f an elementary ami high school building in said township, and out of the proceeds from the sale of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness of said civil township the further sum of S16,0(10.00 to be used in the construction f a room in aald school building and under the same roof of said school building in which to t'-ach and instruct the students of said township in the arts of agri- ■ ‘ill Ute, domestic science or physical '•r practical mental culture, and in which t > hold school or township eiit* i tainnients or to be used for township purposes: said appropriation to I"- so used and expended in connection withand supplemental to a grant made by the I'nited States Government through the Federal Works Emergency Administration and un- ! der the supervision of the Public Works Administration, which grant [is now i-stiniated at 142,750.00. Also al sunn- tim* an appropriation will b< made for h gal printing in sum of $400.00 from township funds. Taxpayers appearing at such iinf ting shall have tin- right to be heard thereon. The additional annropriatioiis as finally made wilr be automatically referred to the State Board of Tax < ’ommissiom. rs which board will hold a hearing within fifteen <luys at the county Auditor’s i office of Adams 4-ounty. Indiana, ar at such plaxm as may be designated. At such meeting taxpayers objecting I 1o any such additional appropriation ; ma > be heard and interested taxpay- < rs may inquire of the counly auditor when find where such liearing' will b. held. .IIISSK <’. MANN, Trustee t.f Wa b.-i.'-h S ho d Township and Wabash I’ivil Township, Adams County. Iml.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, »

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el" and “Springtime for Henry". Hull s portrayal of .letter Lester in "Tobacco Road" won him the unanimous vote of the New York critics as the best performance on

"HIGH SCHOOL TRAGEDY' by MAXINE CANTY — _

CHAPTER XXX “I don’t know that I can describe her very well,” the hotel clerk was quoted as having said. “I didn't pay much attention to her. She was in her middle twenties I should say, rather short ami slim. Her hair was somewhat reddish, I think. I am sure that she wore a small black hat and a black fur coat. That is all I can recall about her.” This description might have fitted Connie. Miss Sass stated that Connie had such a hat and coat which she had seen her wear when going to San Francisco. People don't wear fur much on this side of the Bay, but it is sure comfortable on the ferry er even in the city. I’ve begged Mother for a fur coat often enough, heaven knows. So Connie (as it later turned out it was, without a doubt) must have left St. Joseph on the seven o’clock train and returned, disappointed and discouraged, on the nine-fifteen from the city. The clerk was next asked if he had ever seen this woman before. He said no. Asked when Mr. Lloyd came for his mail, he said the next night, Thursday. "Did Mr. Lloyd stay here that night?” “No, he did not.” i "Did ho go to his apartment?" "No. He read his mail and left immediately.” This turned attention back to ; Bruce. He had been in San Francisco on October 20th after all, even though he had said he was out of town when first questioned. If he had not stayed at his own apartment, where had he been? It was the next day before further information could be gleaned on this. I was getting pretty excited over things again. My disgust with the case and my weariness with all the details had passed, once Allen had told his story. Now it looked as if the Inspector were right. The end ought to be in sight most any day now. Things were happening fast with Mrs. Carrington’s talking without her lawyer; with Melvin's breaking down; with Bruce's actions coining to light in spite of his silence; with Hyni, still hold in jail, being worn down by almost daily questioning; with Mr. Perkins’ nerves crashing under the strain; and Allen’s feeling the pressure. J too expected someone to "be squeezed too much” and the truth to burst out. Mother and I were talking about ft while we got dinner Tuesday night. Dad had phoned that he was bringing Bruce home with him. Il 1 was the last time he was allowed tn do so. I put on my pale blue : chiffon that was two years old. which was as much concession as I 1 made to the occasion. 1 had not i realized until then just how indif- : ferent. I had become to Bruce. i “Julie, have you seen Inspector ’ O’Brien lately?” Mother asked. ' “Not since Saturday.” “Whom do you think he would I pick for the murder?” > “I don't know; be doesn’t say. I > think he might have Saturday, but ’■ we were interrupted. I have felt * all the time, though, that he suspected Bruce, more than anyone f else.” ” f ‘Thai nice young man! I can’t 1 believe it. All the time that he is i ■aiing at iny tabic tonight. I shall I i>c wondering if I am feeding a mur- i derer!” We both shuddered That was a f

. Broadway, two seasons ago when ■ he created this now-famous role, ■ which has been called the “Ameri- ; can Hamlet", while the play itself i has been termed the modern

lot for Mother to say. A bang on ■ the front porch told us the evening i paper had arrived. I went out to . get it, and there on the front page ■ was a story that was just too relevant to our conversation. The police had checked all the hotels in San Francisco, and they found that on October 20th, Bruce and a blonde woman, presumably Bernice Carter, had been registered in one as Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd! ♦ » » O’Brien was taking no chances with Bruce. This time he was brought to dinner by three detectives who took up positions outside the house. He was beginning to show signs of strain, to develop some "nerves.” This and the detectives and our own mental reservations about him, such as even Mother had expressed, did not make us a very jolly crowd. The dinner was not exactly a social success. Conversation finally became impossible. The dessert, which was a swell apple pie (the kind that only mothers make!), was eaten in absolute silence. Alter coffee, during which Dad brought up one or two subjects that died early deaths, we went intc the living-room. Allen had not come to dinner, hi» dislike of Bruce amounting to a mania. But he had read the paper in the front room and left it lying there, front page headlines uppermost. I think he did it purposely. Bruce picked it up, read the whole article with the most taken-back expression ("undisguised dismay” is the proper term, 1 believe). He sal down abruptly, so suddenly that I gasped for fear he would miss the chair. He read the article again, having forgotten all about us. Mother and I exchanged glances as we settled ourselves comfortably, and Dad raised an eyebrow. We waited several minutes. At last Bruce looked up. “You've all read this!” We nodded.

“Sime they’ve found out that much, it is time to talk, Mr. Martin. I think I would like to tell you the story first; you have all been so kind to me, and you ought to have known the truth long ago.” He paused for a few moment::. If he was acting, he did it superbly. He seemed completely subdued, completely honest. “I told you that I had friends at Carmel. After I had begun to wonder if Connie and I had not made a big mistake in planning marriage, I went down to visit them for a weekend. I thought it would be a quiet place to think it over. “Ywi have wondered why I ran away, why I returned, why I refused to talk. You have no doubt suspected that Bernice Carter had something to do with the reason for all these things. You were quite right. I was trying to keep her out of it, to keep her untouched by all this unpleasantness, this notoriety. After I succeeded in getting her on the boat for Honolulu, it has not mattered so much. She is out of it at least ; if she cannot escape publicity, she can escape the actual situation.” This concern for Bernice, this fierce protectiveness, may have been quite touching to some people. Mother thought it “so sweet.” As for me, I thought of Connie, just as lovely, just as sheltered, just as precious. No one had protected her from misery and an ugly death,! loin scandal and disgrace even as

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’’ The cast which supports Hull is one of the best ever to come to Fort Wayne. It is headed by Mary Servoss, favorite of the New Virk.

she lay in her grave. I thought it was too bad Bruce could not have employed some of his marvelous chivalry where she was concerned. He was going on with the otory. “Now that the papers are linking her with me, have discovered who she is, and are implying worse things than could be true of her, I might better tell who she really is and wnat connection she has with me. "You see at Carmel that weekend I met Bernice. 1 was staying with these friends at their log house in the hills. They had told me that they had another guest, a girl from Baltimore who was doing a little painting. She had studied in th* East and abroad, had not done much with what talent she had, was a dilettante even as I was.” His face glowed as he .-poke of her, oh so proudly. His voice was so soft and tender at the thought of her. Gee, I wish Dicky would get that way about me sometime! “Our meeting was so typical of the way everything between us should be. natural, inevitable, entirely right. I knew from the first moment that nothing could ever be allowed to stand between us. I was sitting before the open hre the first night I was there, waiting for limner. “We were never introduced; it was one of those things that just happen. Bernice came down the stairs and 1 stood up. She was wearing some soft, dingy thing in an old blue. It trailed on the floor and caressed her throat. Above it, her hair was a golden glow, her eyes so deep, and oh so sweet! As she smiled, it was tor me alone, and it went straight into my heart to stay.” He had forgotten'about us completely, lost in utter rapture as hr thought of this woman. There was a pause and Dad asked quietly, “J take it you were sure vour cnea»cmistake r Sinclair '' as a derided

Bruce continued to talk in a soft«xf “kuund voice, answering. Neither Connie nor anyone elsr mattered after that” We believed him. The trouble was that probably the police and everyone else would, too-would believe him so thoroughly that they would be sure he had murdered Connie to be nd of her. . . . The rest of his story as it came out later certainlv pointed that way. That night bl w»s intent on making -us see the beauty and the glory of this Eunice he loved so well. ' She was no doubt lovely, a ' BurneJones painting come to life,” h P " d He repeated that phrase „nw in a lepoiters hearing and it tagged itself onto Bernice all through the events that followeii. The photo un a ?vhat he P backed up wnat nc had to say. She w» ■ exquisite. Beside her, what ordinary gill could possibly have a chance'’ sne was not very popular with anv of us, Helen or Patsy ~r mc . A ; 1 a “The“ ld ’ Sh 'i “Rumour Plus.” Then you decided to break your engagement to Miss Sinclair’ You wanted to marry this girl?” b* 31 ’ 4o 'Harry me that rifht S l h 1 ’ VT rd ’ Which waa ‘J"'’’’ pifteiy.” d " ,y hcad ■ on ’’

* But she eventually accented your—er—attentions ?” p attention;-! More Mr ' Martin - sk e is my _ ■ -. -M'.’ VJ

lic ago and London stages. Oth- ? Xies are Flake L’Hara and Carrie Reynolds Leon Aines, foim X known .» Leon Waycoff. Malta Stoddard. Pauline Drake, HMtene lh ll Donald Barry and Howard complete the distinguished companyMARKETREPORTS DAILY report of local and foreign markets Brady's Market for Decatur, Berne, Ceaiflville, Hoagland and Willshire. Close at 12 Noon. - Corrected January 4. No commission and no yardage. Veals received Tuesday, Wednesday. Friday and Saturday. 100 to 120 lbs > s - 95 120 to 140 lbs ! '-“ 5 140 to ISO lbs 9 45 ,160 to 190 lbs ~ 9S ® 190 to 230 lbs — - 945 230 to 270 lbs -- 9 J 5 270 to 300 lbs. — 8.76 300 to 350 lbs - 955 Roughs — ' Stags . «* I Vealers 4 ®“® Ewe and wether lambs . 10.50 1 Buck lambs 9 -S® ’ Yearling lambs 5.00 FORT WAYNE LIVESTOCK Hogs steady; 150-180 lbs. 9.90; ISO-200 I hr-. 9.50; 200-220 lbs. 9.65; 220-240 lbs. 9.55; 240-260 lbs. 9.40; 260-280 lbs. 9 25; 2SO-300 lbs. 9.05; 300-350 lbs. 8.60; 140-160 lbs. 9.65; 120-140 lbs 9.35; 100-120 lbs. 9.15. Roughs 7.75. Stags 6.00. j Calves 12.00. Lambs 10.75. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET Corrected January 4. No. 1 New Wheat, 60 lbs. or better 95c I No. 2 New Wheat. 58 lbs 94c | Oats 20 to 21c Good dry No. 2 Yel. soy beans 7,c New No. 1 yellow corn, 100 lbs 53 to G3c Rye _ 45c CENTRAL SOYA MARKET Dry No. 2 Yellow Soy Beaus 78c (Delivered to factory) • • Adams County Memorial Hospital • _♦ Nick Roth. 322 First street, admitted yesterday, major operation. Vernier Kirchner, 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kirchner of Preble, admitted this morning, ma-, jor opera!ion. John Sovine, 609 Short street, dismissed today. Mr. Sovine was 1 admitted to the hospital November , Mrs. Roy Eyemton, 1227 Madison street, dismissed today. o — Honor Belongs to Womaa The pioneer daily paper put. fished In Enc-Uiui in 1702 was pub tlahed ROY S. JOHNSON AUCTIONEER Office, Room 9 Peoples Loan & Trust BldgPhones 104 and 1022 ‘ Decatur, Indiana Jan. 6 & 7— Columbus Ohio. State Agriculture Dept. Beef Cattle sale. Jan. B—Forest Older. 1 mile I north, 4 mi. <>t p a yae, Ohio. | Jan. 9—Home Blume, 9 mi. east of Fort Wayne, on No. 14. Jan. io — Decatur Riverside Stock Sale. I Jan. 13—Wm. Hecht. Celina, 0., Fairgrounds, Pure Bred Horse sale. | Jan. 15 — Henry H. Lassiter, Admx. sale, 1 mi. east of Zanesville. I Jmi- 16--Russell Meyers, 4 mile j northwest of Convoy, Ohio. | Jan. 17 — Decatur Riverside block saje. Jan. 16—Heffner estate, 60 acre larm, 1 mile west of Chattanooga. Jan 20-Showalter Heirs. 24t) acn Lum, Butler, Ind. Jan. 21-Henry ]j. j.- os p- u , UI . north of Yoder. Juu. 22- Henry Cmihl. I Ju ji.. ol Monroe road 124. ‘ ■.;'i ' ■ 'a mile 1 , <lf ■' Mile on |- {K! ,| o;. , 51 D .ujnr Rhensuie uSf 1 club Jan, 27—Homer ibjchuisuau •; ju’^ 1 rhu Jan. -8-Ktmkel * Reinhard. --7 “ o,th «f Bluffton on No 1 Jan. 29-Ora Ratliff, p.. utii(J X“ n 'i 1 ih 1 - :oi ' u ' Jan. .d- ;(lur Rjrersid( . S 11 1„ S ' "Claim Your Sale Date tarty ' Ur cv«y dXil“ 'r‘ I,Jh ‘ WMug " f -re donars fo/you'tl “ UU your auction. ‘ U Uuy of | I

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