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CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Mrs. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Thursday Commonweal study dub. K. of C. hall, 7:45 p. in. M E. Standard Hearers, Mrs. D<4I ton Passwater, 7 p. tn. j Eastern Star, regular stated meet1 Ing, Masonic hull, 7:30 p. m. I M. E laulies’ Aid, church, 2:30 | p. in. C. L. W- class, Mine Johanna i Dailey, 7:30 p. m. i So Cha Rea chin, Mrs. Dan Zeser, I 7:30 p. in. Eta Tan Sigma, Mi.se Verneal : Whalen, 7:30 p. m. I V 1. S. clans. Miss Catherine Jack-1 1 won 7:30 .;>. ni. Tri Kappa Called Meeting, mayI or’s court room. 7 ,p. ni. Friday Senior Choir praeti e, Zion Reformed church, 7:45 p m. I Philo class, Baptist church, 7:30 Lp. nt. Poenhontas Lodge, Red Men’s ; : hall, 7:30 p- m. American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Walter Gladfelter, 7:30 i;>. m. E. D. T. F class. Miss Jane Gral her. 7 p. rn. * Saturday Cafeteria eupper and parrel post sale, M. E. church. 5 to 7 p. m. Rummage cate. Zion Reformed j church basement, 9 a. ni. to 8 p. m. Girls’ Group of King's Heralds, I Mary Jo Butler, 2:30. I C. E. Evangelical Rummage sale, Hensley binding. 8:30 a. m. Tuesday Root- twp. h .ne e-. club, Mrs. ' Kenneth Runyon. 1:3 ! p. ni. ling and the Rev. Mrs Ethel Hollingsworth eroke on “Our Community—ls It Safe For Our Children?" [ At the of the meeting a vote of thank-i was given Mrs. 'Hollingsworth for her interesting talk. The V. I. S. class of the United Brethren Sunday echo.J will meet ■ with Mi o Catherine Jackson. 120 ' South Tenth street, this evening at seevn thirty o'clock. The pinochle and bunco party i which was to have Deen given at the | Mc.ose home this evening has been p s' oned f<- two weeks. The Root two. home econom’es 'club will meet with Mrs. Kenneth Runyon Tuesday afternoon at onel thirty o'clock. LINDA MARBACM HEADS 4-H CLUB The De attir »-H Club had the organization meeting at the home* of Miss Yvonne Smith on 'April 18 The » .'lowing officer? were elected: Linda Mat tach, president; Josephine Daniels, vice-president; Ruby Mill r. -se retary; Joan New-

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lln, news reporter; i’liyllia Daniela, Mary Jeun Trlcker, ami Yvonne Smith were appointed to work vn the program committee. Plans were laid tor the summer's work. This club has held meetings once every .nonth during the winter and is anxious to start - n th ■ projects for the summer. At the cluse of the meeting dainty refreshments were served by Miss Smith and her mother. There will i'm a called meeting of Tri Kappa at the mayor's court r. im this evening at seven o'clo k. Al! members are urged to be present. The E. D T. F. clans of the Evangelical Sunday school will meet with Miss Jane Graber Friday evening at seven o'clock. Mine Marylin Bon'fa.s will be the assisting hostess. “HARD TIMES" PARTY ENJOYED BY MEMBERS The m< mhet-.i of Dr. Burt Man- | gold s Sunday school dags were delightfully entertained with a “hard times .party at the home of Eula and Dale Myers, 949 Mercer avenue. Every one came dressed accordingly and was fined for unnecessary things worn. Three dollars and eight cents was collected. Games and <«.ntestn were enjoyed and old trinkets were given as prizes. A playlet ‘IA Successful Operation" was given by Miss Evelyn K .his, Mier, Florence Anderson, Miss Bernice Hanni and Ben Townsend. A bread line was formed to the kit hen where each guest received a eack of food anil a cup of coffee. The following thirty-three guests enjoyed the affair; The Missis Kathryn Kehls, Cathi arine Jackson, Pauline Affolder, Kathryn Murphy. Mary Jane Beery, Estella Kitchen. Melba Kraft, Florence Anderson, Gertrude Schultz, Helen Jean Kohls. Florence Brandebeery, Bernice 'Hanni, Kathryn King. Jun- O'Donnell, Marjorie Johnson, Pauline Marshall, Evelyn Kohls. :na Anderson, Martha Myers. The Messrs. Ed Anderson, Russell Butler, Bill Tutewiler. Marion Drum Rev. Kenneth Timmons. Paul Neidigh. Ed Marta. Bud Hurst, Ben Townsend and Dr Mang-.id. The Senior choir of the Zion R formed church will practice at the church Friday evening at seven f. . ty-five o'clcck. PERSONALS Mr and Mrs. B. Claude Case of Connonsville are the guests of their daughter. Mrs. Carroll B..rklnlder this week. Mrs John Magl’y was called to Fort Wayne yesterday when her grandson. Philip Augenbaugh, was severely burned by falling into a tul> ..f scalding water. * John Drake of r-.-.ite 5. Decatur, a subs riber to the Democrat for the . cist fifty ytars was a visitor in this city Wednesday and stopped in and renewed his paper. The condition of Mrs. Jane Acker was still serious this afternoon. She .s ill at her home on North First street. ARRIVALS Chama Lee is the name of the six pound seven ounce daughter b.',rn to Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Lake, 716 Indiana street Wednesday morning at 4:51 o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital- « Adams County Memorial Hospital Miss Anna Ostermeyer, route 2, Monroeville, dismissed today. Mrs. Loretta Nooman, £O4 Nuttman 'Ave. dismissed todayo DePauw Students Defy Ultimatum Greencastle, Ind., Apr. 23. —(U.R) —Student leaders of a DePauw university peace strike were to appear before a disciplinary committee today after defying an ultimatum of university officials forbidding an anti-war demonstration. More than 50 students held an anti-war parade, heard addresses WANT TO SELL IT? Do you have something you want to turn into cash? Your car, clothing, implements, stock or some other article? You can do it quickly and economically with the DEMOCRAT WANT ADS One time-minimum charge of 25c for 20 words or less. Two timesminimum charge of 40c for 20 words or less. Three times —minimum charge of 50c for 20 words or less. Over 20 words 2/ 2 c per word for three times. Obituaries (minimum) . SI.OO Card of Thanks 35c

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By HARRISON CARROLL , C'upurinht, 1936, Kino Feature* Kiindieate, Inc. HOLLYWOOD-Mark uh down ns a bad prophet if tile engag' tin nt of 1 Owen Uuvi.--, Jr, ami Vlriinlu Field t Is not announced in the near future. . Thu year-old ro-

rn an c e of the uctor-son of the playwright un <1 of the niece of A u rI o I Lev, famous English stage director, is def In I tely authentic and bus that nbout-to-be-othcial air. Both the young people are acting in Hollywood now, she at Twentieth Ccn-

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tury-Fox and he at H-K-O. They I met during the late King George’s l jubilee in London and renewed their acquaintance in New York. It was Owen Davis. Jr., who went with Virginia Field when she made the screen test that won her a Twentieth I Century-Fox contract. [ ' Looks as if rebellion may crop up . again at the Mayfair party. The girls are all supposed to wear print dresses this time, but we learn that 1 Jeannette MacDonald is planning to attend in a gown of turquoise blue. . Jeannette was one of the three rebels at the “all white” Mayfair. The other two wore Nonna Shearer, who ‘ wore red, and Mrs. Joe E. Brown. I — . I Get ready for the shock of seeing i bald-headed court ladies in “Romeo and Juliet”. It’s startling but true. Bald heads for women were a sash- ■ lon-whim of the day, according to Oliver Messel. and the young Englishman who designed the costumes and sets for the picture has carried out the .style with some of the court ’ ladle*! of the film. We saw a still • picture of them and they don’t look i so bad with a Venetian hat to hide 5 part of their baldness. 1 You Asked Me and I'm Telling Yow ’ Pauline Buella. Pontiac. Mich.: The I vessel M. G. M. uses as the “H. M. ! S. Bounty” is only a replica, of course. It was built on the sull of a fishing schooner, whose keel was laid 1 In Scotland about 60 years ago I Before “The Bounty”, the studio used i ft In “Eskimo”. Remember the whaling vessel you saw caught in th* Ice? I guess you read about Irving Thalberg’s plan to have the ship by a representative of the Veterans of Future Wars, one of their I own members and an advocate* of 1

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salled Io Pitt aim inland am a souvenir lor the <l«m ndonts ot the ui. r imd mutineers. Anita Louise’s departure for New York and Europe had the gossips crossed up. For, if she Is really crazy ibout Ross Alexander, why is the leaving him for so long a time? Anita says not a word. Incidentally, nhe is t arry ing a complete Hollywood wan I robe to Paris. The Paramount fan mall department is knee-deep In wedding presents for Jack Oakh*. Whether It’s a gentle hint that he should settle down or not. the fans have sent him 17 pairs of bedroom slippers and four robes. On the list also are 26 turtlenecked sweaters, < Ight dozen handkerchiefs, four shirts, three desk sets ant! 11 vases, There’s not a single sweat shirt in the lot. Lots of notes in the pockets today. . . Alma Lloyd’s latest beau is Cadet Robert Love of the U. S flying corps. . . Barbara Stanwyck and twe *-« orts entered the Beverly Hills Brown Derby

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VOTES BOUGHT 25 CENTS EACH Report Shows Votes Bought In Chicago At 25 Cents Each - i (Copyright 1936 by United Preus) Chicago. Apr. 23. (U.R) Votes I were bought for a quarter a piece ! outside Chicago polling booth* dur lug last week's tumultuous primary election, a report prepared | for the Chicago Association of Commerce revealed today. That and other findings of James H. McQueeny, an expert inxestlgator of election frauds for 20 years, will be turned over to state's Attorney Tom Courtney and county Judge Edmund K. Jarecki. for action. Much of the evidence warrants i prosecution,” McQueeny said. I Highlights of tlte report, reveal'ed exclusively to the United Press, I include: Dishonest precinct captains ! boasted of buying votes for 25 and 150 cents. I Single ballots were stolen in many poling place* and the "end I less chain" system used to cast [illegal votes. Ballot boxes were stuffed by dis j honest election officials. Several polling places were opened early and previously marked ballots wore deposited before watchers arrived. : Previous party registration was [disregarded with voters permitted to obtain Republican or Deinoratic ballots as they chose. ! Election commission watchers I and police looked the other way l while dishonest votes were cast. "Most of the illegal voting was in the river wards which include the flophouse districts," McQueeny isaid. “One precinct captain reported j . that floaters were paid only 25 cents a vote “because if we gave ' them a dollar they’d go out and get drunk and we couldn't use : them to vote again.” McQueeny planned io submit his [ report to the Association of Com- | merce late today. Warrants are [ expected to lie issued when it is turned over to the state's attorney o Confesses To Kidnaping Boy Allentown. Pa., Apr. 23 —(U.R) — Ricliaul Taylor. 42. Aki m. Ohft .

confcsswl to police today they said that he kidnaped ten-year-old Henry Koch, <w»n of a wealthy Allen- | town merchant, after sending five ransom notes demanding $20,000. I Eaj'lli r the suepect hiad given his mime as John James, Chicago. Young Koch was reported to i have told police lie was taken by [ the man in an automobile to the outskirts of Allentown. His hands Were tied Willi adhesive tape, I Police and purents of the boy [ were unaware of the kidnaping ' until a farmer telephoned authoriI ties hen . He said the boy came ; Io his home and reported he had I, "escaped from a kidnaper." Briefly Told One conquers a bad habit more easily today than tomorrow. i -o — Youth Dies Os Long Muscular Illness Montpelier. Ind , Apr. 23. —(U.R)— Joseph Purks, 12, died yesterday from a seven-year-old illness which gradually robbed him of the power !to use his muscles. For the last five years Joseph ; had been able to move only his head. His ailment was diagnosed as progressive spinal muscular ’ I atrophy. Seven years ago tne boy began I to lose the use of his legs. Later,

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one ii rm wiih afflicted. Then the muscles of the spinal cord began to dixuppear. fuiylng h<*lpless In bed, Joseph, in little pain, received his school instruction from his mother, Mrs. Claude Purks, and his greatest diversion was listening to the radio. HAPPY RELIEF FROM PAINFUL BACKACHE Caused by Tired Kidney* Many of those gnawing, nagging, [ pninful backaches people blame on colds or strains ure often caused by tired kidneys—and may be relieved when treated in the right way. The kidneys are one of Nature's chief ways of taking acids and wastes out of the blood. A healthy person should puss about 3 pints a day and so get rid of more than 3 pounds of waste matter. If the 15 miles of kidney tubes and filters don’t work well, waste stays In the body and may become poisonous. It may start nagging backaches, leg pulns, loss of pep and energy, getting up nights, swelling, puffiness under the eyes, headaches and dizziness. Don't let it lay you up. Ask your druggist for Doan's Pills —used successfully by millions for over 40 years. They give happy relief and will help to flush out the 15 miles of kidney tubes. Get Doan's Pills.