Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1936 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Publslhed Every Evening Except Sunday by f3E DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind.. Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller President A. R Holthouse, Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single copies $ - 02 One week, by carrier -1° One year, by carrier. —— 15.00 One month, by mail .35 Three months, by mall.——... 11.00 Six months, by mall —— One year, by mail — 3.00 One vear. &i office . 3.o<i Prices quoted are within a radius ot 100 miles. Elsewhere 13.50 one year. Advertising Rater made known on Application National Adver Representative SCHEERER, Inc. 115 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Now the story is being told that Senator Minton is to be appointed a district federal judge and that he will be succeeded by Governor McNutt. Such a thing could happen of course but probably won’t. , Mrs. Lydia Ann Graham, 98. Franklin, West Virginia, is the last widow of the War of 1812. She lives alone, tends her own garden, tells many interesting tales of the old days and still gets much from life. ~ Hundreds of our subscribers have already renewed their sub-' scriptions for 1936 and we are boiling that the rush of business will continue so that by the end of the month the big job of making our list JOO per cent paid in advance, will have been completed. The nation would have more re-! spect and even perhaps a little sympathy for Hauptmann if he , would tell the story they all feel he knows, including bow and when ■ and where he got the money found in his possession. Until ho makes that clear most people will believe he is guilty and most likely alone. Three great lawyers, members of the United States supreme court believe the AAA was scud and that the relief provide*, therein should be given agriculture. Six: of the judges voted otherwise. Judgment of the people is divided 1 of course and only time will solve. ’he very important problem permanently. Senator Albert W. Barkley of' Kentucky, will be the headliner at the mid winter meeting ot the Indiana Democratic Editorial Asso-' ciation in Indianapolis the evening of February 15th. Indiana senators, Governor McNutt and oth I ers prominent in government, will be on the program. The public is of course invited. — A capacity crowd will hear Hon. Albert Stump in his talk of taxes at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce at the Ma sonic hall, Thursday evening. Those in charge of the sale of tickets report excellent results. You will enjoy the dinner and the speech and should take part in the election of officers for 1936. The same newspapers and poll tieians who arc now urging the passage of the bonus bill and other measures requiring Urge appro priatiops, will be the loudest in i heir condemnations utter the con gross has, because of this, increased the national debt. That's what makes it a tough job for Mr. Roosevelt. He win be damned if he does and doubly damned it he don’t. The national w< <-kly poll claims that only three per cent of tli«eu it central states favor the Townsend plan and yet the leaders of that radical plan of pensions claim to have some BVC,OO<> members in Indiana alone. While we haven’t

much if any faith in this supposed poll. It ought to indicate something. Guess the old fellow was right when ho advised that you not believe any thing you read and only half what you see. Leaders of the various Democratic factions seem to be gutting together in a big way these days and there will be real harmony when the campaign gets under way. Os course that doesn't please the opposition but its certainly wise judgment on the part of those who really want the Democratic party to continue in power. Under the present state administration the record is such that if properly presented, will deserve and receive the support ot the great majority of Hoosiers and that’s the way it ought to be. Out of the tossing overboard of the AAA comes a law that will be ■ even better for the farmers. The seven-point program now decided upon by the administration and i the farm leaders, sounds like a I reasonable means of meeting the obstacles now before them. We ! would not attempt to pass upon the legality of the various measures, but we do know that the I farmers have generally been more prosperous the last year or two than in a long time and that until they are working at a profit, the I depression will uol be entirely, over. > Raymond S. Springer, who was defeated bv Paul V. McNutt for I governor in 1932. has announced i that he will again be a candidate and his platform contains several ! paragraphs, cleverly designed to catch the voters. He proposes to go back to the old system of state administration, to provide a net income law, reduce gasoline taxes i and just generally give each group ■of people what they want. Os. I course a lot of this is for campaign I purposes and when some ouc tries, to put the suggestions into effect and at the same time keep the old, ; ship of state running along smooth-1 | ly, they will find it not so easy. Taxes for most people are much less now than for years aud Indiana is far ahead of most of the states in every way you care to size her up. Metropolitan newspapers and, I press associations over the nation i have been tossing orchids at Indi- i ana for its remarkable record in I j fostering governmental economy; during the lean years of the late; economic depression. In exploit-; ing various accomplishments of the Hoosier state since 1932. they have heralded universally the tact, I that while educational systems ot I I less efficient states were being ■ ! placed in jeopardy by "hard times," j Indiana's schools have been kept I ; open and Indiana school teachers paid. Os course these tacts, pert- I inent as they are, do not by any i means tell the story ot how Indiana has fared in years ot late. Too numerous have been the accomp-1 lishments of the state administration to print In detail the progress of each department. When we! stop to realize that, despite sizable i reductions in state taxes, Indiana's budget is balanced and a $7,000,000 deficit in the general fund has been ! transformed into a $7,000,000 surplus. it is easy Io understand why j great newspapers aud other states arc sending reports and agents to Indiana to sec how it is done. Economy, efficiency and broadening of the tax base have been the 1 fundamental principles of the McNutt administration from the very outset. Certainly the people ot 1 Indiana should feel deeply grate- • ful and proud that their state faces > tb*- new year with » sound fiovertt - incut, reduced taxes, and quiuipuifled educational institution;. — The i Blwmihfftou Star. Apple Prized for 57 Ye-us Albion. Wash. -tUH—Mre. Mollie Clause Sliort, has an applq Sind- [ with doves, which is W years old i; Mr.-. .Short prepared the uq.-plo, a 1 Northorn Spy variety, when she was a bride in 1878 and has kept it since 1 for sentimental reasons).

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■ Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee ♦ ♦ Fastening Buttons Uss crochet cotton to sew the buttons on the boy’s clothes and the job will seldom require repeating. Begonias When watering the house plants, remember that begonias do not require the moisture that many other plants do, and should not be watered at often. The Kitchen As the housewife spends so much of her time in the kitchen, why not make it more attractive by scattering a few washable rugs over the i linoleum? This also gives a warmer 1 appearance to the linoleum during the winter months. * twentFyears - * AGO TODAY | From the Daily Democrat File | ♦ — -♦ Jan. Il—Miss Marie Patterson is appointed deputy county treasurer. ; 140 attended the "500" party ■ given iby the Eastern Star. Farmers State Bank at Preble will open Monday. Niblick Day celebrated at the homo of Misses Mary and Amelia Niblick. Dr. Grandstaff, coroner files report showing twice as many births

as deaths in Adams county last year. Harry Knapp elected president ot Reformed Christian Eneavor society. For sale—A dandy good carriage, inquire of C. F. Steele. Mr. aud Mrs. W. P. Schrock visit in Chicago. Q — • Adams County ] Memorial Hospital Mrs. Grover Owens, route 2, Convoy, Ohio, admitted Sunday, major operation Monday. Baby Geraldine Owens, route 2, Convoy, Ohio-, admitted Sunday. v»p- am'n H. Morningstar, admitted Monday, major operation today. uu. u., nicnards, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Richards of 854 Dierkes St., admitted Monday, major operation today. Mrs. Edward Koeuig, route 2, Monroeville, major operation today. Carl L. Reidenbach, route 4, Van Wert. Ohio, minor operation today.

Your Last Chance Tonight, To See— CLARK GABLE. Jack Oakie, and Loretta Young, in “CALL of the WILD” Also—All Star Comedy. 10c-25c Wed. & Thurs. — Gens Stratton Porter’s Most Papular Novel — "FRECKLES" with Tom Brown, little Virginia Weidler, Carol Stone Fri. & Sat.—Another Big Special! “IN PERSON" with GINGER ROGERS, George Brent and great cast. Corning Sunday—That Smash H.t You've Been Waiting For ‘ BARBARY COAST’’ with Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea. - Last Time Tonight - “KING SOLOMON OF BROADWAY” with Edmund Lowe, Doi thy Page and Pinky Tomlin Also-Edgat Kennedy Comedy llloZOc Fri. 4 Sat.—BOß STEELE in "DEMON FOR TROUBLE ' Coming Sunday — An entertainment wowl EDDIE CANTOR in "KID MILLIONS."

pension plan DATH COLLECTED Senate Lobby (fathers Data On Tovinsend Plan (Copyright, 1936, by UP.) Washington, Jan. 14—-<U-R>~ _,U vestigators tor the senate lobby committee are coltecUng informtlon on the financial operations o sponsors of the Townsend P>» n old age revolving pensions, it was leafncd today. The file of data is being reseiv ed for use whenever the Townsend lobby become active at the cap • tai. The mere fact of its collection does not indicate that any of it is necessarily of unsavory character. It was learned reliably that considerable Information has been gathered, covering financing, promotion methods, and dossiers of persons prominently connected : with the movement. The senate lobby investigation was autho; ized last year. Senator Hugo L. Black, D., Ala., who con ducted the inquiries into activities of public utility holding companies, is chairman of the committee. Since adjournment of congress last August Black has bad his agents working quietly on a variety of lobbies whose projects were ex pected to figure in the present session. With the sudden revival of Townsend plan enthusiasm during, the summer and fall investigators, were instructed to collect data on | its inner workings. This has been' done aud the committee now is 1 prepared to conduct hearings on ‘ the 1200-a month pension proposal whenever such a course might be decided upon. Senators have recalled the de- j luge of Townsend plau mail which; developed last year. The move- j meut is stronger now aud a well i organized campaign of pressure; upon congress would be extremely i embarrassing to those who want I to be re elected aud who do not; want to antagonize any sizable i bloc of voter constituents. Under the wily strategy being; worked out as part of the looby i

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I mvestlffatiou. the “e eoTd begin firing away at -he Ir’wnsend plun whenever .ueh a contingency developedThe Black committee nus obtain fllei on other powerful Waahlington lobbies, iuuludmg oU. the veterans’ organization. and ,h ® American Liberty tearie. Much of this information never will be ’’“should a lobby become troublesome at the capital in regard to any particular piece of legislation, however, the committee would be In a position to begin au investigation of It immediately. CONGRESS TODAY By United Press Senate: Not in session. Munitions committee continues Morgan inquiry. Finance committee considers bond payment bonus bill. Agriculture committee hears

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tarni leaders „u AAa o um : i Meets at noon. M Considers indnn, U(1 . B1 S mop. latum .... ’ ’ TqM Judiciary ■ t csleudar bills. | ' —— . . iHHg I Alodcrn Etiun { H?w By ROBERTA K Q. When a husband am ■ . vite some frlemts fur ~ J • is it all right for thw( . ‘’"’B take their children l il. j! A- That depends ■ how well trained the It they are well l>eh a .-.. d ’B right to do so. * *B Q. !s it iproper to cut J fork? A. Yes, if the meat i, enough to do so. *'B ' O' Should the home ■ i»ear on a man's visiting s A. It ie optional. ■