Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 15 February 1936 — Page 3

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the star dropped into the studio and a friend told her that her petticoat was showins several inches. May was in a hurry to get down town on a shopping tour, so she just tied a string around her waist and hoisted the petticoat up. She had hardly reached town, though, when a

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I? on the street informed her tie petticoat had slipped again, more May hoisted it up. This afternoon until the star L"' ebt> she went to get her f°"' n and was mystified to find n /.? lystifled un,il 9h ® <>>sthat she had been wearing it fo r a petticoat. gcasidering that Robert Tavlor Is KT' ( W ' ,h ,h « Hollywood gESL and Wl,t > feminine fans ,his stor - v Rives us a EV , *' e " !her night, after work- ' 'he star dropped into a wellJ , ,n Bcver, y Hills for a HEX. ’ lani an, f <“KRs. Halfwav SK hn, r rea,i2ed h « WaS °’> t Os * ul found his check book, so |3S,?7 ry ’ That is lle didn't ■L h) . t ,' ed ,0 for his food and on. d '. dn ‘ rec °s niz ® Mm- She ' out. too, and Bob finally left pttte mo U n “ ,d he could so home and -'sited Me and I’m Telling You! jSSr;,/ Cox - San Francisco: Dick ■ t t aOl S ’ Sn the M - ° M con - I taotiii, as in negotiation a few is onrrently making f Coll> W,lh th « Iron Door" at ! nrTr® r nd ’ ln Mar( 'h- expects to 1 Engla na for a picture. Sartor*' dw ‘« ne « work to help ! *k w V a mood - 1 don ’t know too “! drcbe department can’t Kers L ’ 1 ’ Burns . * "win the eo nnivance of th »taperitat y ' has been frying out «W D?n £ ? CUude Rain8 ’ ’ho K - W K®-eted 10 the p,eture - (MU him •“? gOUt ’ BurDß COB§Khen h IS dark b rown velvet t 0 play * middleK1 hlf, ™ • y°un« UH, they K When ? can »ry-yellow silk. ■L;;!’ hc ’as setting out to ■"’“•.IWW, they e han> .d th.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Mrs. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Saturday Zion Reformed Mission Band, Saturday church parlor*, 2 p. tn. PhoHhe Bible class, anuual banquet. church, 6 p. m. Elks Valentine dance, Elks home, 9:30 p. m. Monday Research club. Mrs. Don Furr, 2:30 p. m. Delta Theta Tau, Rice Hotel. 6:45 IP- tn. Woman's club, Library hall, 7:45 i p. m. Tuesday Tri Kappa dinner bridge, Elks home, 6:30 p. m. Psi lota Xi. dinner and inspection Mr*. Clifford Saylors, 6:30 ip. m. Ruralkstic Study club, Mr*. Syl- . veeter Staub, 7:3# p. m. I Carpe Diem guest day, postponed I indefinitely. C. 1* of C. public card party, 1 K. of C. hall. Wednesday Shakespeare club, Mrs. H. R. Carson, 2:30 p. m. Zion Junior Walther league, school house, 7:30 p. m. Thursday M- E. Missionary society, Mrs. Delton Passwater, 2 ip. m. Friday M. E. Missionary society, Washington birthday luncheon, church, 1 p. m. ly decorated with red and white candle* and hearts. A delicious two I course dinner was served During the business meeting it was decided to hold a card party at the hall March 6 with Mrs. Walter Gladfelter serving a*> chariman. Hearts were played and .prizes were given to Mns. Albert Miller and Mrs. Lloyd Kreischer, The exe- ; Mutive committee memlbers were hostesses for the evening. The Shaikeapear > club will meet with Mrs. H. R. Carson Wednesday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock. Members of the Tri Kappa sorority will enjoy a dinner bridge party at the Elks home Tuesday evening at six-thirty o’clock. The following girls wil be hosteeses Miss Helen Hawbold, Miss Ferrell Fennimore, Mrs. Guy Brown. Miss Mary Suttles, Miiss Florence Haney. Mies Eileen

costume to wine-colored brocade And so on until when, as an elderly man, he was about to marry again without love, they sobered him dow n with plain black broadcloth. And, if you can believe Rains, the j psychological effect was of real value 3 The art critic, Charles Edwards, it is related, visited John Barrymore at his heme the other day and, in due I time, was introduced to the actor's 5 recreation room. , “Ah, I see you have a genuine ‘ Bennington." he admired. Barrymore looked at the walls, the furniture, the floor, everything in the r room but couldn't get a hint. Finall.'. j in desperation, he asked what a Bennington was. Edwards pointed to an ancient china cuspidor, a type that was coni sidered quite an art object in the , seventies. Barrymore’s reply Is not recorded. ' Probably couldn't be. What producer has a sliding panel . connecting his office with an adjoinI ing star’s dressing room suite? HOLLYWOOD TICKER-TAPE— Admiral Byrd, here on a lecture tour, has been seeing the Hollywood late spots with Ray Griffith. Smokes bls pipe in them, too. . . . Marta

Egger th was .0 concerned over sailing for Paris. She gets seasick before the ship even sails. . . . Loretta Y o u u g and Eddie Sutherland must have a lot in common. The v were talking from 7:30 until 11 the other night at the Vic.or Hugo. . . . The All-Ameri-

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can Bus company here will experiment in showing movies to its transcontinental passengers. . . . Sonya Mitchell, the new cutie at Fox. is a great-niece of President Andrew Johnson. . . . And Roy Del Ruth has signed a new two-year contract with Twentieth Century tn the face of three better offers from England and two fmm Hollywood. It doesn't pay him to make any more money be- ' cause he would have to pay even bigger taxes to the government. He’ll direct only two pictures a year , from now on. DID YOU KNOW— That Edward Everett Horton haa given two or more carpenters constant employment on his San Fernando ranch for the last eight years? During this time, they have 1 erected eight buildings, including 1 four rMidencea

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Burke. Miss Paulino Affolder and Miss Kathryn Hower. Member* of the Historical club will observe guest night Monday February 19 with their husbands and friend* as guests. -Dinner will be *<'rv<w| nt the National hotel at six-thirty o'clock and an Interesting .program has been planned. The club will not meet thia coming week. CORN SCHOOL FROM PAGE ONE) bine; third, Fred “uni; fourth, Walter Hoile and fifth, Louis Bleeke Exhibits judged this morning follow: Best peck oats: Gus Yake; second, R. K. Sautbine; third, William Habegger. , Best pock wheat: R. K. Sautbine: second. Henry Myers and third. Edwin C. Amttutz. Best peck of soy Beans: Chester Schwartz; second, Gus Yake and third, Peter D. Schwartz. Herman Miller, Wells county was the judge for all of the exhibits on display Friday. MINTON LAUDS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE sound judgment, which will give to the Democratic party the victory it deserves in November.” Sen. Minton, at the beginning of his address said he was laying aside his interest in the contest within the Democratic party to direct attention "to a consideration of an aspect of our common problems.” He said Indiana, with a balanced budget, open schools and relief work, “occupies a unique position among her sister states today.” Speaking of the Roosevelt national administration, he charged a ’•prostituted and kept press of the country" with having turned on the President "because it is owned body, soul and breeches by the re-actionary 'money lings’ of the country.” Sen. Minton reviewed the Roosevelt administration, declaring it was "not humanly possible, tn this depression, to balance the budget and nobody knows it better than the opposition.” o Parole Setbacks Found Joilet, III.—(UP)—“A "fast life,” 310 hats and argumentivenees are listed as some of the main reasons why criminals fail to make good on parole. Dr. Ferris L. Laune, of the parole board of .Illinois, eaid the list was compiled from results of a questionnaire circulated in Joilet pr nitentiary. __—. -<> Row Brews Over Smoaking Bucyrus, 0., —(UP)—Share-the-Wealth plane were popular among the Indian tribes of long ago, according to Proof. H. A- Turney-High of the University of Missouri. The “rich men” among the older Flathead tribee received little prestige, he said, unless their wealth — usually accumulations of food —was lavishly given. —• 0 Jailor Leaves Perfect Record Lexington N. C. —(UP) —When A. C. Crouse retired as jaiior at Davidson County jail after five years of service, he left records of 6,000 prisoners he handled with no escapes. Mocow Has 96 Universities » Moscow — (UP) — Mocow now possesses 96 universities with 100,000 students, and 99 technical schools with more than 37,000 students. Beauty, Plus Brains Miss Helen McCilvra Scoring a perfect scholastic record for her four years of high school, Miss Helen McGilvra of Madison, Wis., achieved tho double distinction of being beauty queen and valedictorian of her class at the same time,.

Personals Mliim Nina Franklin, daughter <•' the Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Franklin, pustor of the United Brethren church is visiting with her parents. Miss Franklin, who is a teacher of the first grade at the Lagrange city schools came home after the school had been closed since Tuesday, due to lack of coal. They expect to reopen the school on Monday, however, as fuel has been assured them on that .date. Several local people are planning to attend the dance at the CtfTToUc Community Center In Fort Wayne Monday evening. Jan Garber and his orchestra, renowned radio musicians are the leading attraction. The dance is being sponsored by the Sigma Phi Gamma sorority and the Alpha Phi Delta fraternity of that city. Mr. and Mrs. John Heller left yesterday afternoon for Indianapolis where they are attending tho annual mid winter meeting of tho Indiana Democratic Editorial Association. D. A. Helm of route 3 was a shopper here today and stopped in and renewed his paper for the fortieth time. Mrs. Delton Passwater te spending several days in Fort Wayne as the guest of h-r son Robert. —o SCOUTS TO AID (CQNTINFED FROM PAGE ONE) food supply on the ground has been completely cut off by ice and snow.” The action of tho Hoy Scouts of America, Dr. West said, is being taken to forestall the further destruction of birds and to assist all wild life now imperilled by severe winter conditions. Acting upon Dr. West's request. Area Scout Commissioner. Joseph P. Doody, has requested all tjeout troops in the Anthony Wayne area council to cooperate in this worthwhile activity. Mr. Doody also has requested Commissioner Sylvester Everhart to immediately contact troops No. 61. 62, 63. 64. 66, of Adams county and help the troop committees plan and work out their projects. MASONIC NOTICE Master Masons degree Tuesday. 2 p. m. 40-2 t o Flag Services as Clock Nashville, Tenn. —(UP) — Hundreds of Nashville school children, who can see the dome, of the state Otipitol from their homes, get to school on time at 8:30 A. M. daily by watching when the capital'* flag is run up the flag-pole at 8 o’clock by Ben F. Johnson, a iporter who has done so far 35 consecutive years. 0 • Leaning Bridge Puzzles Coulee Dam, Wash. —(UP) —Pisa has its leaning tower, but so does the Grand Coulee dam site. The east pier of the state highway bridge over the Columbia River has tilted about 20 degrees, and federal bridgexperts have been sent to study the situation. o — Ancient Frescoes Revealed Kiev, U. S. S. R. —(UP)—Artistic frescoes dating back to the beginning of the-11th century have been found in the Sophia cathedral in Kiev, under layer* of oil paint. Portraits of Kiev princes are among the paintings revealed. o— < Love Center Located Palo Olto, Cal. —(UP)—The center of love is not in he heart but in the pituitary, a tiny gland at the base of the brain, according to Dr. Calvin P. Stone, Stanford University. who conducted a series of experiments on doves. Parential behavior is also traced to this gland he said, ■o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Investigate Hotel Fire Which Cost Eight Lives '** o i 1- ! go a s Kir* X \ ? iS ” i**" Aerial view of

Authorities at Lakewood, N. J., launched an inten- r give investigation to determine whether criminal negligence was involved in the fire which destroyed

Clear Cult of Author’s Killing hi 1 v*” k. 'i Sr* 1 s i JI MM Theory that Carl Taylor, adventurous magazine writer slain in a lonely cabin near Albuquerque, N. M., had been murdered by members of the strange Penitentes cult while obtaining material "about them was dispelled when Sheriff Ross Salazar, left, took Modesto Trujillo, IC-year-oid confessed slayer to the scene of the crime and checked his story of the robbery which ended in death of Taylor. California Wars on Vagrants ♦ * ’ \ 'Ob 7 IB Mi I w v x,. - — — Border patrol in action ’ — Border states to California have registered bitter protests against the activities of Los Angeles police who have set up a blockade on the Nevada state line near Truckee, Cal., above, and are turning back all vagrants who attempt to enter the state. As Blizzard Swept Minnesota a ■ . — , ® Blizzards which blanketed Minnesota with drifts six and seven feet high, bringing the most severe weather in 50 years, paralyzed traffic and created such sceaes as the one above near Minneapolis.

the Victoria Mansion hotel there, taking the lives of eight and leaving eight unaccounted for, some of whom were feared buried beneath the wreckage.

Lincoln Renews Political Fucd ifr' .'.«icld lcke» ‘ ' Gov. Eugene Talmadg* — Harold Ickes, secretary of interior, did not berate Gov. Eugene Talmadge as “His Chain Gang Excellency”, nor did Georgia’s governor call Ickes a “cinch bug”, names which they had previously applied to each other, but the two political enemies found themselves in wide difference on interpretation of what Abraham Lincoln would have done if faced with problems of today when they spoke at Uu. Lincoln anniversary at Springfield, 111. Military Bill Provokes Storm 1 If I \*l " » is ■> 1 ■ 7 / {Senator Pittman] - i Senator Lewis] * “ Jr ; ... f/ffUs sWKTyjytgg aWK*-. * Prospects of an open battle on the floor of congress over the proposed military appropriations bill of approximately $388,000,000 loomed as alarmist notes were sounded during debate on the measure. The war department program proposes an increase of $23.803,000 over the 1935 appropriation. Senator Key Pittman of Nevada caused considerable comment by his attack on Japan while Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois discussed the possibility of a. Russo-Japanese alliance which would dominate Asia at American expense. Max Baer Only a Memory Now! W IM \ k ■ I ' 1 4 • W i HL fRSk ’■* W CJw Wallllliilli ® Wilk Seymour i No trace of regret for the crash of her previously reported romanc* with Max Baer, former heavyweight champion, was shown by Mary Kirk Brown when she posed with her new husband, William Seymour, New York jeweler, at Miami where they honeymooned.

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