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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Publsihed Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind.. Fuat Oft tee «u> Second Class Matter. H. Holler President A. R. Holthouae, Sec'y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single copies $ .02 One week, by carrier —— -10 One year, by carrier.———— $5.00 One month, by mall , — .35 Three months, by mail.——— SI.OO Six months, by mail — 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, al office.— 3-00 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 Indiana League of Home Dailies. Following an afternoon of sunshine and rising temperature it is easy to imagine the beauties of spring. School children wh o enjoyed several added free days because i of the cold, now hope that by next May it wiil be too hot to run the full term. Shopping has been curtailed the post two weeks on account of the extreme cold weather and icy roads, but with a break in temperature, everybody will make up for lost. time. The coming week should I be a busy one iu Decatur. The publicity committee for the | Centennial will be headed by Hoy | Kalver. Several clever and force- i ful means of advertising the big event are being considered by the committee and as the weeks roll by the world will be acquainted with the fact that Decatur is going to celebrate its 100th birthday. High school students today received practical experiences ill salesmanship and store management. They were given the opportunity to clerk in several stores, receiving ir'commission on sales, which earnings were donated to the high school Rave-lings account. Training of this kind is good for the boys and girls aud we hope the day is successful for them aud die merchants who cooperated. We like the public spirit aud civic miudedness of the Decatur Elk’s lodge in taking steps to repaint its beautiful home and beautify the grounds for Centennial year. They want the place to be 1 >ne of the attractions for visitors and the boys arc doing a good job in seeing that plans are carried through. The present beautyt of the grounds will be enhanced, providing pleasure for those who wish to view gardens ami attractive homes. One of the oldest landmarks in Decatur and the first brick build iiig to be built here has been sold. The structure is about SO years old and when erected was no doubt the "Empire State of the town It has been associated with the mercantile life of the community through the years and it would not be to see it razed in the near future to lie replaced by a more modern structure. Iu the growth of any community the old landmarks give way to progress, regardless of the sentiments wc hold for them. it hus been definitely decided tliat a special session of the Indiana legislature will be called. The assembly wiil be asked Io pass legislation in conformity to the federal security ail, so people of lilts state will receive benefits through the unemployment aud old age. pension provisions. The session will be short and Io tile point. Luder the federal act Hoosiers could not participate in tile benefits until the present state act is

amended, although they would be required to pay their share us provided by law. BOY SCOUT BIRTHDAY Once again the eyes of the public are turned to the Uoy Scouts of America, who. are observing the Twenty-Sixth anniversary of the founding of the movement in 11*10. during which quarter century ot existence it has been actively serving American youth and future American manhood. During the past twenty-six years, approximately 7,000,000 boys and men have come under the influence of the Scout ideals and its happy, healthy outdoor program. Today the Scout birthday proper, the entire membership including sea Scouts, rural Scouts aud Troop scouts and their leaders re-dedi-cate themselves to the Scout oath and law, it will be a pledge taken a million strong, north, south, east aud west, from coast to coast. What such a youth program is doing, has been doing, for over a quarter century, in contributing to the virility, idealism and social responsibility of our national life ] both now and in the years to come. ' is beyond counting. A matt power . is being created "physically strong, i mentally awake, and morally straight." dedicated to service and loyalty to God and country, friendliness to man, beast and bird, and even to the very trees of the forest. The Boy Scouts of America may well congratulate itself, on this its Twenty-Sixth Anniversary. So may we all. That Scouting is here i among us carrying on its fine. I practical ideals, its great out-of-i door traditions, is surely a matter ! for deep gratitude for the present, i hope fui the future, j . — ♦— ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File • — —♦ Feb. B—Youmen8 —Youmen open a big in- . door fair. D. W. Beery purchases the John W. Meyer farm, 100 acres for $13,500. Library purchases i«u uew American flags. 5 x 10 feet to display in Hie lobby. Daughter born to Mr, aud Mrs. Ed Davis. Commissioners award contracts for eleven macadam roads. Mrs. Jessie Deam is enjoying several months in Alabama and Florida The young folks ate enjoying skating on the fields across the river, which are completely covered with ice. o !♦ ♦ Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed I on Pago Two ' 1. Republics Argentina. 2. The Dvina. 3. An antenna having the property of radiating or receiving radio waves in larger proportion along seme directions than others. 4. Charles Reade. 5. The Iberian Peninsula. 6. "Distinguished modern philosopher. 7. Chile. 8. Philip 11, of Spain. I*. German violin maker. 10. AcaSemk: pertains to literary, classical, or liberal studies as distinguished from technical or professional subjects. 0 Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦- « Q. It is necessary that the acknowiodgement of an invitation, when either accepting or declining, be definite, or is it all right for one to say, "I may be able to come?" A. The acknowledgement must be definite, either "yes" or "no”. Q. When eating a piece of pie, isn’t it all right to cut the pie into t he* proper sized bites before beginning to eat it? A. Never; pie, or anything else that one js eating, should be cut one piece at. a time. ; Q. What is the French phrase . for “my dear" (feminine)? A. Ma chere. Pronounce ma-shar first a as ask, second a as in care. 1 principal accent on last syllable. I -o Soviet Finances Explorers Leningrad. (U.R) Eight million • rubles have been appropriated by i the Soviet government to finance . forty-nine sdentifk- expeditions in 1336 to be under the supervision of the All-Union Arctic institute.

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DISPELLING THE FOG By Charles Michelson Director of Publicity. Democratic National Committee

There are two ways of looking at the Liberty League. First, as a device set up principally by the duPont family and tnose associated in business with it, like Mr. John J. Raskob, to have retain-. ed in government the processes I which enabled these gentlemen to i make their millions: and second/ as a racket by which the very wealthy folks of the land are induced to believe that they are doing a patriotic job in throwing obstacles in the way of an administration that has brought about a measure of return of prosperity to this country. In the many volumes that the organization has issued, aud the innumerable speeches it has cansed to be made, there is no showing. or attempted showing, that: the New Dea! against which it is crusading has inflicted the slight-' est harm on business or lias peril-; ed anybody’s fortune. Nevertheless, it continues to 1 l>aint the administration in the blackest terras as a radical, impetuous dictatorship bent on fastening the communistic system upon , this coiditry and determined to destroy all American principles. Mr. Jouett Shouse, the President 1 of the Liberty League, recently in j a Baltimore speech cited the dic-i tatorships. particularly iu Italy, i Germany, and Russia, and then I drew this ominous parallel: "Whether he wants to exercise I it or not. Franklin Roosevelt has i demanded, and Congress has sup- 1 inely an authority as great as any dictator could ask. That pow- 1 er residing in the hands of the i Executive is an hourly menace to | the liberties of the people." There is an amount in the iudi-' rated parallel, unsuspected by the people w'ho are paying for this : sort of propaganda. | For example, imagine Stalin, or j Mussolini, or Hitler having a bon- : us veto turned down by the legisi lutivc brunceh of their govern-i meats. Fancy these autocrats, who; arc pictured as tin- European tiro-' totypes of Franklin Roosevelt hav-; ing such important elements in ' their national programs as the NBA and 1 as the AAA is to the' New Deal program, set aside by j a Supreme Court, and you can get a picture of the absurdity of

such a comparison as Mr. Shouse i made. Os course, I. as a political propaganda dispenser. cw>> appreciate Mr. Shouse's situation. He is a belter propagandist than I, as is! evidenced from the circumstance: that he is paid three times as much for his services But I eon tend my job is harder than his. 1 ■ have got to be logical enough to i avoid making tnyself ridiculous in 1 my efforts to put Hie Democratic' case before the people. He, on the other hand, has only to satisfy hi« few wealthy patrons by issuing th© matter in the form that lie knows will please them most. ■ Another iuicresting reflection on ■ the work of his organization is

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the calm statement of the altruisic. nonpartisan character of its efforts. Mr. Raskob stressed this in , a recent letter wnich he issued ' from his office in the Empire ' State Building imploring 150,000 men and women to join the American Liberty League. There is in | that a little bit of a suggestion that perhaps eitti the tfuPonts arc getting weary of putting up the funds. In a recent report by Mr. Shouse he sresses the non political ciiarac- ’ ter of the organization’s crusade. ’ Incidentally, he mentions in that .report that its lawyer group, com- 1 posed largely if not entirely of , the attorneys tor Liberty League ‘ angels and their affiliates who have fought the recent New Deal 'legislation, had prepared reports 'on both the AAA and the TV A. 'but that these reports hud been * :withheld from publication because | the cases were at that lime before the Supreme Court. < As every other bit of New Deal > legislation on which this outfit's I report had been rendered was al- : 'so before the courts, the reason I .for whithholding those two does not ring with a great deal of sinjeerity. It seems more probable that 1 the reason they did not issue these ■ particular advance opinions was : that they were fearful that the j decisions when rendered might be 'against tuem. It must be admitted ' that they would have been taking I a chance with AAA. as three emi- ' neni members of the high court I dissented from the opinion which i ruled the agricultural act unconstitutional. At the time this is 'written the Supreme Court has not ruled on the TVA. I One of the pet targets of the duPont subsidiary is the administration’s "brain trust,.” It has been repeatedly pointed out by the League aud the Republican High Commaud that the presence in the ; government of college professors ■ who had attained eminence in the | fiqld of political economy was a j terrible thing. Aud yet in Mr. ; Shouse's report, modestly made public in an eleven-page pamphlet, ;is the statement that, at the sugJgcstion of Dr. E. W. Kemmerer, of i Princeton University, a group of i! .. , .;economists to act as a comnntlet

HERE’S YOUR CHANCE, GIRLS’ Once in four years comes tin good old la up Year opportunity to pop the question to the man of your choice! | Our Service Bureau at Washington lias ready tor you one of its i Leaflets with suggestions for LEAP YEAR PARTIES for February | 29. It covers suggested invitations, games, decorations, and re- , freshinents. If you are planning a Leap Ye r Party, send tin- coupon , below for your copy of LEAP YEAR PARTIES: ; CLIP COUPON HERE !>■■■»■» • | Dept. S-101. Washington Service Bureau, Daily Democrat, 1013 Thirteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Here's st nickel to cover return postage and handling costs for Hie bulletin LEAP YEAR PARTIES: N A ME STREET and No i CITY 'STATE 1 1 1 am a reader ot the Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur, lud. i

for the League has been organized in New York. Aim we also j learn that Professor Ruius S. Tucker is to be one of the chiefs, if not | the chief, economic adviser of the Republican National Committee during the coming campaign. So while the presence of a “brain trust” on the Liberty League payroll is something to brag about and an evidence of the j soundness of the duPont creed, the presence of a “brain trust" on ! the government s payroll is a scan- ■ dal and an evidence only that the i Roosevelt administration is gtiid-. ed by wild theorists of the com-. munist 'and socialist type. In this connection my memory j goes back to Mr. Shouse's virulent' scorn of President Hoover because] the latter would not listen to the t advice of a thousand economists who sought to get him to veto the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill. I just wonder what is the Liberty League view oi the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill today ? o ] Household Scrapbook I By Roberta Lee ♦ •: The Traveling Bag A shabby traveling bag can be renovated to look almost like new by the following treatment. Wash with soap and water. When dry. rul> thoroughly with ali oiled tag. Then apply two coats of liquiu shoe polish, of the desired color, followed by one coat of clear shellac. The purpose of tliis last coat is to hold the polish and give a glazed finish. Kitchen Drawers One will be repaid for the troubie and time of lining all the kitchen and pantry drawers with white oilcloth. A damp cloth is all that is necessary to keep them clean. Lip Salves ( old cream, glycerine, and lettuce cream are all good remedies for roughened ami crackeu lips. o France Plans New Legislation Ottawa. Ont. —(UP)—A new legation and home for France’s minister to Canada is to be built here by the French Government at a cost of $398,000. o Don’t miss “The Red-Head-ed Stepchild.” presented by Zion’s Senior Walther League. I). H. S. auditorium. Feb. 12 and 13.

The People’s Voice Thia colnmx tor th. um ot our readers who wish to man. »“«• gettlons forth. general good or discuss question, of lut.sesL Ploaso •*s“ y ,,ur n,une ■how authenticity. It wIH «H»J b. used it you prster that It not ba. k • hospitals in the red Reprinted by special pe* mission from The Saturday Evening Post, copyright l»3b by The Curtis Publishing Company. Most of us who have hud occa sion to spend a week or two lu a hospital, or have bad to pay the bills for relatives who have under gone surgical operations, have thought the charges burdensome, if not excessive. Few of us realise how greatly the inescapable costs of operating a hospital have mid tiplied. Science, during the pas’ century, has managed to prolong human life by several years seven or eight, some authorities tell us—but often the means for doing so are expensive. Take the single item of radium, which is employed with such success in the treatment of malignant conditions. Radium salts are among the most costly known, but our hospitals have to have them, and their investment in them may run late six figures. They have to have expensive X-ray apparatus, for treatment as well as for diagnosiss; and such progress is being made in this field that the devices in use are made obsolete by the newer models. The upkeep of operating rooms, with their prodigal use of dressings, anesthetics and other supplies in endless variety, runs into more money than the patient on the table can possibly realize. In well-managed hospitals, every proper effort is made to cut out waste aud to enforce every wise economy, but, by the same token, the chief end and aim of the hospitals is to make sick Jtcrsons well, | and considerations of nioney-sav-I iug, no matter how important or I pressing, are not permitted to ' stand between the patient and his chance of recovery Moreover, to every medical man worthy of the name of physician, the life of the poorest patient is as precious as that of the richest, and the doctor i orders what his patient needs, be- ! ing guided by his physical and I mental condition and not by ref- ■ erence to his bank balance. i Our voluntary hospitals from ; one end of the country to the oth- ; er have been going through a ' heartbreaking experience. Not on i ly have contributions from rich ' friends dwindled to next to nothI ing but the paying patients have been failing off while the free pa- ' tients have been steadily increasing. Deficits are the rule rather than the exception, but our hospital managers tell us, with justifiable pride, that they have put con siderations of humanity above what, in a commercial undertaking. would be called the canons of good business management. There

N ew Honors to “Angel of Slums” Wt i) If 1S& . ft Mm, ** ** -> lfv?4L ' j! . \i Ix^m 1 *- -*“■ w w -mL « Jht. - % tSwr Helen ' nßUgg ~ 5 ■■■■v" ‘ Iler recent selection as “the ouL-tanding citizen of New York’’ in • contest sponsored by a Brooklyn high school brought recognition from the modern generation to a person who ha., already been honored a!i the ‘ angel of the tenements” by her own generation. Miss Lillian D. W aid i. internationally known as founder and head resident tor many years of Manhattan’s famous Henry street settlement bhc ha- been a leader in numerous social wejfare projects and • arrus on nci humanitarian work despite the fact that she retired H a | ta ti, Of hC ! ’. cttlcmcnt / hrce ycars »8« >n favor of Miss Helen all. She war. born in Ohio, lived as a girl in Rochester, and wMeh - i T‘ k KW Y ° rk ’ S eßst Mdc 31unlc - •™k which gaiirnd her a place among the 11 outstanding women of the Lmted butes m named by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Colorful Bedrootn 1 This bedroom was designed for quiet and rest. I color, forms a perfect background for the charming bin ture. The windows ar. well placed for ventilation and light i are arranged for reading or sewing. A room like thi, c ,j tied through the use of funds obtained from a private fimufJ* 9 tution which hold, a contract of insurance with the ledvrij n* Adaiini»tration.

was nothing else for them to do. Last month the voluntary hospitals of New York were engaged in ’ a campaign io ™* Be lwo million i dollars with which to carry on. - The drive was preceded by a care . ful study of hospital costs and their relationship to receipts. Some > of the figures thus obtained are i sufficiently typical to be of nation - wide interest to those who feel concern for the welfare of our hos- - pitals. .Mr. William A. Dawson, expert in charge of accounting, anounced ■ that the average cost to patients r for a day’s treatment, including I lied, board, routine and profession- ■ 'al services, was *1 30 a day. whereL as the actual cost to the hospital ■ was $8.86. This gives an average deficit of $156 per patient per J day. but. in the case of ward pa ~ tients. the daily deficit for each •; and every one is $2.54. Going more deeply into the mat- > i ter. Mr Dawson's researches res|vealed that with patients of all > classes the hospitals lose $3.35 a ■ day on operating-room costs, 45 i cents a day on X-ray costs, and 74 s cents a day on laboratory exatnina r tions. If we multiply these losses -by the number ot patients in a 1 hospital and the product by the ■ number of days in the year, we can instantly determine what tori midable deficits are bound to re- ■ suit. i There appear to be but three • courses which will put our hospii tals on a firm financial footing. We - can turn away patients who can- ■ not pay full costs, and let accidents and disease do their worst ■ to them. Such a course cannot ev- • en be considered iu a civilized ■ community. Second, we can intensify our appeals to the public to ' give our voluntary hospitals the wherewithal with which to carry - on. in the past, this method has f had considerable success, but the B pinch of poverty has cut off the

gifts of the publk-ty-ji^, the pay patients h ire w and the free patients haul plied. Third, we tan energy toward the the sundry methods c( surance which have in many localities. Any one of ns. at auj a | the day or night, mar m urgent need of the servicZ nearest hospital. It j s (.a then, that we should uk, sonai interest in them to keep them in sinh a Qf.etticirm'y th.e th. i to serve US property sbtttf sion arise.

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