Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1936 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Publslbed Every Evening Excepi Sunday by IE DECATUB DEMOCRAT CO Entered at the Decatur. Ind.. Post Office a» Secund Clue* Matter I. H. Heller President i. R. Holthouse. Sec'y it Bus Mgt Dick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates Single copies —— J -9? One week, by carrier .lb One year, by carrier. 15.91' One month, by mail -35 Three months, by mall—— $1.9" otx mouths, by mail—— 1.7 b One year, by mail— 3.lHi One veer. at office 3.0" Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application National Adver Representative SCHEERER. Inc. 115 Lexington Avenue. New York 35 East Wacker Drive. Chicago Charter Member of The Indians League of Home Daillerlndiana Democrats will tell the world what they think about the political arguments at the editorial meeting at Indianapolis the eve-, ning of February 15. If you miss! that you will be sorry. The roads are passable but treacherous. If you don’t watch your speed and keep good control you can wrap the old bus around a tree or telephone pole quicker than you say jack rabbitt. Have you renewed your subscription'.' We are making a big drive and so far it has been the; best in a decade. If you arc out you may miss the big news which is breaking now every day. A break in the weather is promised by tomorrow. The rest of the week will be big trade days. The wise merchant will invite his public to deal with him. Try the columns of the Daily Democrat. Keep pace with the news of Ad ams county by reading the Daily Democrat which also gives you the happenings of the state and nation and the world. It costs you less than a penny a day. Renew now. There is one comfort about the; cold wave and that is that it hit every section of the old V. S. A. I east of the Rockies, excepting the extreme southern point of Florida Miami is laughing at us northern ers. Al Smith doesn't u, ear a brown derby any more. He is now a member of the board of directors i of several large corporations and i trots with Mr. Morgan and others who still believe the United States i ends at the river. If you are asked to boost for the Centennial or to heln any of the committees, don't lag or hesitate, (let right into it and you will have the best time of your life. The occasion will he the biggest home coming ever staged here. If you happen to meet, the groundhog before Sunday, whisper a little advice to him and con vinee him if possible that we Hoosiers will appreciate a little softening up the next six weeks. We have had enough zero for one season. Enthusiasm is rising for the Centennial and we assure you tnat oiica the various committees get to going, every one within a radius of many miles will know- and he interested in the program to celebrate a hundred years of progress in this good city and county. The twelfth annual fanner s ban quet will be held at the Masonic hall here Monday evening, February loth with Prof. Lloyd of Purdue as the headliner Medals and cash prizes to the corn club wiuners will be distributed and lhe event will be well worth the lime of those interested in agriculture.

i Senator Jneph Robinson, Democratic leader of the senate, will answer Al Smith tonight and millions will listen In. He knows the Inside of the political story iu this nation as well as any man we know of and he can say it. You will want to hear his side of the argument. The campaign of 1936 is starting off with so much power that we will be surprised it it doesn't go lame before the middle of summer and the fall scrap may be much lighter than now seems prob-1 able. The big guns are being tired now. but when the blow is over and the power is shown, there will be a different attitude. . — Your annual gross income tax report must be in the mails Thurs day so as to reach Indianapolis by Friday. If you haven’t attended I io the job. do it right away. The penalty for delay is an extra per cent each mouth. Even though you have reported quarterly, it is ' necessary now that you make an annual report and pay for the fourth quarter. If you haven't reported during the year of course i you must do so now. The soldiers will receive their bonus and without any charge for interest on the money previously advanced. The bill was passed i over the presidents veto, who believed that the money should first be provided. While every one is i glad that the veterans are to have ; their pay now. there should be few complaints if an extra tax is neces- j ■ sary to take up the baby bonds, in ! which form payment is to be made.. The distribution of more than two I billion dollarc over the country, should make general conditions even better now for much of the I money will go for buying homes, farms, remodelling, improvements, necessities and otherwise iu the i • channels of business. o — *> —♦ Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦ 1. Deuteronomy2. Italian operatic composer. i 3. Off the oeast of Frenech Guiana, South America. 4. Sca.pa Flow. 5. Daily record. I 6. No; it is prohibited by law 7. The system of gears (Usually situated in tho rear axle) by means ' of which one driving wheel may I revolve with increased speed while | the other is checked (in turning corners, etc). 8. Philip of Macedon. 9. Light from the eun or moon di.: arsed by raindrops. , 10. Robert Southy. 1. Mountain laurel. 2. German explorer. 3. Hartford. I. Twelve hundred and eighty- ( three miles. 5. Queen Elizabeth. 6. An illusion or hallucination, in whicn objects or human beings are seen with such vividness as to appear real. 7. Edgar Rice Burroughs. 8. Abraham Lincoln 9. St. Patrick. 10. Cabana. . — ■ i — 0 ■ > — | Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee > < Good Tea For each cup of tea, use oue teaspoonful of India tea, and an extra teaspoonful for the pot. Have the water fully boiling. Scald the I pot before using. Now pour the water on the tea and let it draw for not less than five minutes. Then strain into another teapot before serving. Washing Fabric Gloves Wash tho silk or fabric gloves , with a good kind of soap flakes. Then hold the tiugers under the faucet and till with water. Hang ■ them on the line to drip, and see ( how nicely the fingers dry into their proper shapes. i Cleaning Furs If sealskin is rubbed with hot salt the dirt will be absorbed bv , the salt. o Modern Etiquette d| By ROBERTA LEE i * ' ‘ ‘ ' Q. What is the proper way to 1 eat peaches, apples, and similar ■. fruits, at the table’.’ I A. Peel the fruit with u miluli silver fruit knife, cut it into quarters, and then convey it to the

The Silent Bond ■ ■ / / • ' v .d' ■ S’ -f , VS/IMR / / I flKgh i ■ul' 1 i w Ta »■ \\ f\ —i i i.'■N, '* X ' AV ® * jsw I 1 I rF <° r S i I .JBpggfcA JJgKf'. I TwWM! 1 upl/Mi “It is this personal link between me and my people which I value more than I can say”

mouth with the fingers. Q. Should a short, stout woman wear a bat with a wide brim? A. No; tho wideness of the brim will accentuate her short stature. Q. Is a man expected to make calls of inquiry, congratulation, laud condolence? A. Yes. if he exiiects to retain his friends. o * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY | From the Daily Democrat File j January 28, 1916. —Henry Schulte and Harry Helm take over the Holthouse clothing store. F. V. Mills called to Blandcnsburg, Ohio, by the death of an elder brother, Marion Mills Lewis D. Brandeis, of Boston is nominated by President Wilson as an associate justice of the United States Supreme court. Fifty couples attend the Moose dance. Mrs. Florina Strout of Bedford, grand matron of the Eastern Star inspects the local chapter. The- Adans heading plant is moving from here to Newburn, ‘ South Carolina. Adam Weis and Phil Meihls will go there to work COURT HOUSE — Real Estate Transfers Clifton Shoemaker. Adm., to Roll and P. Sprunger, 80 acres of laud in Hartford twp. for $3,200. Dallas Brown. Sheriff, to the Fed oral Laud Bank. 120 acres of land in Wabash twp. for $6,141. Marianna Walchle et al to Ed-

lent Show Portrays American Progress i s z-zi W> ; j *.* ■■ u, < > ( « ls ., The Genera! Motors Parade of Progress, which is more than 20,000 miles this year, is pictured above on location. Giant streamlined exhibit trucks are joined together to form exhibition halls which lead into the “big top." The -world'a fair on wheels’" will portray to hundreds of communities all over the country th* great contributions made by industry to human corofort and happiness.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, ,IANTAR\ 28, 1936.

To Whom Does United States Owe Money? The Public Debt of the United Slates has reached a gross of more than thirty billions of dollars. To whom does the country owo this money? Is any of it owed to a foreign government? Did the government of the United States ever borrow from a foreign government? What is the difference. I etween the ‘‘gross” and the “net’’ Public. Debt? How much Iras eacji War increased the Public Debt? A complete history ot the Public Debt of the United States is offeri ed to-the reader" ot this newspaper by our Washington Service 1 Bureau iu bulletin form. The only charge is a nominal one of five cents for postage and handling. It you want to avail yourself of thfe I knowledge of the Public Debt, wrap up a nickel and mall with the , coupon below tor title bulletin: j CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. 372, Daily Democrat's Service Bureau, 1013 Thirteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. ; Here is a nickel Send me the bulletin HISTORY OF THE U.S. PUBLIC DEBT: J NA M E ’ STREET and No. CITY STATE I ant a reader of the Decatur Daily Democrat. Decatur, lud.

’ ward Steiner, 54 acres of land tn Monroe township for $4,303. Verna M. Nichols et al to Edgar .B. Swager et ux in-lot S4 1 in Decatur for SBOO. Marriage Licenses Miss Katherine Christen* Stuber, oludent, route 2. Geneva, to William Howard Parr, tool dresser, route 2. Berne — 0 LIST BIRTHDAY i (CONTINUEp FROM PAGE ON E> Rachel Mickley. Alta Ruth Klep1 per and Ruth Porter Tickets, for the Birthday Ball arc priced at sl. The ticket will admit to both the dance and the ; bridge party. Proceeds from the party, the third annual to be staged on the J birthday anniversary of President 1 Roosevelt, are used iu the fight

i against infantile paralysis. Seventy per cent of the proceeds will be kept in Adams county for . treatment of local sufferers from the dread disease, with the balance going to the national committee for the Warm Springs Foundation , at Warm Springs', Georgia. Similar Birthday Bahs will be held in more than S,tMX) cities and towns in the country on Thursday night, with a like distribution of the proceeds. Fort Wayne Mill Manager Is Dead Fort Wayne. Ind., Jan. 28 — (UP) —Harry E. Basil. 64, manager of the Mayflower Mills iu Foit Wayne lor many years, died last nigh-t in St. Joseph's hospital here. 11l for the ipast two weeks. Bush bad undergone an operation yesterday morning.

$250,000 FIRE Al UNION cm Eight Buildings Are Destroved By Flames Earlv Today Uuiou City, luu., Jan 29.- -(U.PJ * Fire which destroyed eight bus Iness and apartment Buildings at t. loss of approximately $250 909 was brought under control early today by firemen. .. . The blaze started at about 1 39 a. ra. in the Tibbetts plumbing shop. The cause was unknown. Firemen from Union City, winchester and Greenville, 0.. were hampered by temperature of eight. degrees below zero. More thau a score of persons living in apartments in the tire I zone were forced into the cold | clad only in their night clothes and wrapped hurriedly in coatsThey were takeku to a relief station established in the Brannon hotel or to homes of friends. Firemen also were given relief at the hotel. Heaviest losses were reported at the Union Match and Glove comI pany and the mop factory, where expensive machinery was destroyed by the blaze. Fire chief Lloyd Morgan and firemen High (Red) Woodbury of the Union City force were taken to a local hospital, suffering from exhaustion, shock and frost bite. Two physicians. Dr. Robert Reed and Dr. Raymond Voisnet, remained on duty at the hospital throughout the night, treating more than a score of fire fighters for frost bite and minor injuries. Later, as the fire progressed, all restaurants and hotels turned their rooms and kitchens over to provide food and shelters for the firemen, who sought relief from the bitter fold at frequent intervals. * * Among tin- establishments affect-

SAVINGS CONTINUE IN OUR I REAL CLOTHING SAlfl THE RESPONSE TO OUR SALE WAS FARJuhrn 'ix MEN AND BOYS WHO KNEW VALUES AA ERE REAA ARDED IN HUb >ALLM HURRY! YOU TOO-I can save money on your clothing needs as the sale continues with bargains greater than ever. Stocks are t - ■ still complete so let nothing keep you away this week. wJV* SUITS-OVERCOATS 1] INI SI ALLA FINE SELECTION OF SUITS AND M *B OVERCOATS. SEE THESE BEFORE YOU BUY. Wl/ AB LOOK! MEN! M ft I..JR One group Mens 2-Patit B B S S fg f§|. ,'IB Suits. latest styles, fine 111 J J jRHk quality, choice B ® S One group Mens BOYS SUITS Bfc IIHb OVERCOATS ( iroup x nn 111 /■ Never before a buy 2-Pant Suits gPU ,vv 181 OH like this! $9.50 $7-50 PI HJ <Hats a~1.85 JJ Mens Melton Jackets Work and Dress Caps Mens Dress Scarfs. ■ $1.50 and $5 values SI,OO and $1.50 values good selection, choir 1 | Vg PRICE ’/g PRICE */2 PMC* _ I BOV’S SNOW SUITS • I 1 b Bovs Long Pa“ u ’ I that sell regularly at $3.95 Lgjß JvN rood selection. I and $5.00, now selling at <1 ’’s and $1.59 vain I 1/ v" i / I /2 PRICE PRICK I ~~~ — ~ Melu ” d 4 sc£ I DRESS GLOVES © /pwt S’- I Mens and Boys Dress Gloves. Q*' /' / * I good QK PEHCENT ( “ selection OFF -—"I Peterson & Eveirhart Co]

L EG ALLY yS PEA K IN?] D6ATU 18 TUB PEHALT y'ToTw’ STEALING ANYTHING - AMo Ji the MABBE IN '•"'’L ft,' ® 4 1| J wrH wl / ■ ’ - I iflo al i' i i« i 18 -JM Near the ITmbuctoo river tn West Afrrca to located the tnbe Although it has very few laws, those that it does have euaitS penalties. The crime of theft-regardless of what little value the article possesses—to putushable by death, v

ed by the blaze were the plumbing shop, American Legion headquarters, Wilson shoe shop, Economy i cleaners, Band-Caupp variety store. - Hub Citv Gazette. Al Lumpkin. photographer. Hunt Flower Store. . F. J Fisher, Electrical Store. Ire | Veru. law office. Several "bucket brigades were

lorined tu .IIKIII. til. the th. nidi Tit- :i , ff Wh concentrate,! on Ui andon !."' , It was extniKuishtii H Th. town is !.« ~!• ,j „i ; diana l)hio st..t. as the in incipal Tfc Lined populat oni >- |