Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1936 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by fUE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. I. H. Heller... .....President A. R. Holthouse, Sec'y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail __ .35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mai1....... 3.00 One year, at 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. The Republicans are so busy straightening out their own tangl-i ed affairs in Indiana that they, really haven't had much time to! give to the Democratic contests, which is perhaps just as well. A detour for trucks, especially on Saturday afternoons and nights, i might help the traffic problem. When the down town streets are crowded with vehicles and people.) a few trucks as large as freight j cars, don't help it any. Help select the Queen for the • Decatur Centennial, it will add to the interest for every one. Just ' now you can nominate some young ' lady who you think would be the ; proper one to reign over the week Use the coupon from the Daily Democrat. i It seems the “Black Legion" has gone far in their secret plans to take law into their own hands. Some fifty murders have been com { in it ted by this band of lawless men according to the opinion of those. who have been investigating it the past few days. Next Saturday will be Memorial j Day. set aside for paying tribute to those who offered or gave their lives in defense of the American flag. All over the land proper services will commemorate the occasion and during the week various ceremonies will be held. It’S only a little over two months until the big Centennial week and no time can be lost by those who propose to make special arrangements to assist in making this the biggest event ever held here. Don't put it off too long or you will get caught in a final dash that will be hard to put over. Deaths from automobile accidents in Indiana last year totaled 1.196 as compared to 1,227 in 1934, not a very good showing when it is considered that all over this state last year, special warnings were sounded by newspapers, police officers and others in an effort to reduce the loss to a minimum. Os course Adams county couldn't hold a successful Centennial without giving due recognition to the horses to be found here. In the hundred years past the horse played a mighty important part in doing the work and earning a profit CHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers are requested to give old and new address when ordering paper changed from one address to another. For example: If you change your address from Decatur R. R. 1 to Decatur R. R. 2, instruct us to change the paper from route one to route two. When changing address to another town, always give present address and new address.

for those farmers who bred and i raised them. The horse show at the Centennial will be well worth seeing. a Every one Is delighted that the beautiful home and farm where Mrs. Eugene Fields has lived in retirement since the death of her famous husband, noted poet, has been saved for her by the Phi Delta fraternity,of which Mr. Fields was a member. The mortgage had been foreclosed and the debt was taken care of on the last day for redemption.. It was a fine deed that the neighbors of C. O. Manley of Blue Creek township performed yesterday when they gathered at his farm with teams, tractors and tools and proceeded to plant his season crops and put him right up along side his neighbors in the spring work. It will be remembered that Mrs. Manley died last week, leaving thirteen motherless children. The attention of advertisers is . called to the fact that next Satur-, [ day is Decoration Day, when bus-I j iness in general will cease, that ; dates for running your announcements should be advanced accordI ingly. Trading will be done earlier this week and those who wish to i take advantage of the opportunity to do their regular business are requested to keep that'in mind. In order to make up a sixty mil- ; lion dollar deficit and to meet the amount necessary for paying the t bonus and meeting the farm program, a half cent per pound tax 'on sugar is being urged. This will bring direct to the iieople the fact i that they must eventually pay for the expenditures made to bring back prosperity. The average per-1 ■ son prefers a slight tax to the] I • burdens of a depression, so what? Bootlegging still exists and to a degree that makes it seem necessaQMogive it some attention. Just 1 why those who desire intoxicants insist on patronizing those who violate the law when they can get | better quality, is hard to underI stand but in Cincinnati it is claim-' 'ed four thousand cases of bootleg; 1 whiskey passes tlie state line each 1 week and other large cities claim | about the same condition. Hon. Samuel Jackson, well known Fort Wayne attorney, a diplomat in politics and well qualified for the job, will serve as patmanent chairman of the Democratic state convention. The post is one of the most important in a political meeting and the committee has chosen I well. Governor McNutt will be temporary chairman and as such will sound the keynote. With Mr. Jackson as permanent chairman, Virgil Simmons as head of the arrangement committee and Judge DeVoss on the temporary platform committee, the fourth district has fared well in this year's convention. —__——o Answers To Test Questions ! Below are the answers to the , Test Questions printed on Page Two 1. King Henry VIH and Anne Boleyn. 2. Charles Dickens. 3. 1898. 4. English astrologer. 5. New York and New- Jersey. 6. Those which have a spinal column. 7. Colorado. 8. Society of Colonial Dames of America. 9. Klondike gold rush. 10. The name for impulsive stealing due to mental impairment. 1. A union of banks, for the purpose of securing speedy settlement of the claims of banks against one another. 2. Shakespeare 3. It is a curve generated by a point in one circle, which rolls on the convexity of the circumference of another circle. 4. American author. 5. President Monroe. 6. 1773. 7 Cataract. 8. The Volga. 9- The first is commerce between the states; the second is commerce within a state. 10. Six feet-

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STAR SIGNALS -BYOCTA VINE I For persons who believe that hu-l man destniy is guided by the planet,' I the daily horoscope is outlined by a noted astrologer, in addition to in-I formation of general interest, it out-, lines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates. May 27 Those most likely to be influenced by today's vibrations are born from August 22 through Sept. 22. General Indications Morning—Bad Afternoon — Bad Evening — Doubtful. It is well to remain cautious to-'. • day. The late evening is the best! 'time. Today's Birthdate You should be a lover of domestic I pursuits and petsDuring December, 1936. you should gain through partners affairs: I or perhaps inheritanceDanger Oct. 4 through 7, 1936. Make social calls, buy clothes or seek favors from June 2 through 5, 1936. Readers desiring additional information regarding their horoscope are invited to Communicate with Octavine in care of this newspaper. Enclose a 3-cent stamped, self-ad-dressed envelope. o ♦ ♦ Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q. Isn't there an old French proverb about a person going into I minute details when relating some story or experience? A. Yes. “To tell all is to be tedious." It is often very tiresome to listen to a person who insists on II giving all little unimportant deI tails. j Q. Is it ail right for a young man to include his visiting card with a box of flowers or candy that he is sending to a girl whom he > knows well? 1 A. Yes, but It would look better to draw a line through the “Mr.” j Q, Should an employee ever in- 1 vite his employer to his home, or | to luncheon? A. No; this nas too much the appearance of wishing to gain favor. , 0 ~ — * i | Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee ♦ Tooth Powder A Vagrant tooth powder can be : matte by mixing thoroughly five ounces of areca nut charcoal, two ounces of cuttlefish bone, one i ounce of areca-nuts. raw and powdered.. Strain through a fine sieve. Making A Needlebook The oiled paper that lines the inside of a cracker box makes an excellent needlebook. It will prevent the needles from rusting. Odors Odors can be removed from the i ice box. pantry, or cupboard, by , fiiliug a dish with boiling water I Bud dropping a piece of charcoal into it.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY. MAY 26, 1936.

* TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File « * May 26, 1916—The allies mass I thousands of troops for a drive {through Servia. F. S. Mitchel) of Bellefountaine. Ohio, and Decatur business men survey proposed route from here to Fort Wayne for the F. & O. C. railroad. Charles Longenberger loses a hand in a hay bailer. Misses Ruth and Ruby Parrish entertain the Tri Kappas. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams go

STATE PERSONALITIES i Elective and Appointive Officers of lnd:ana. ■" - •' ■ Democrat Party Heads . 1 QU It J Jllllil J .. OMER S. JACKSON, MRS. EMERY SCHOLL, Democratic State Chairman Democratic Vice-Chairman

Voting iu complete harmony and •. with unanimous agreement, mem--’ 1 ] . ers of the Indiana Democratic state j central committee have again vest- - led the leadership of their party or-1, I ganization in heads who success- ‘ ( i fully piloted the party through the;, | victorious campaign and election 'of 1934. Officers of the Democratic | state committee, all re-elected, are ; Omer Stokes Jackson, of Green- ; field, chairman; Mrs. Emery Scholl, , of Connersville, vice-chairman; • I William Storen, of Scottsburg, ( {treasurer, and Keith L. Johns, of I | Marion, secretary. These officers • • have been in charge of Democratic • state headquarters since May 1934. ; State Chairman Jackson, who is ; ■ a member of a leading eastern Iu- < i diana law firm, has a long record ; : of party organization work and , ■ campaigning to his credit. As a , young man barely old enough to | vote he began his service in or- ; ganization ranks, preferring to ; i! work for the success of township, . | county, state and national tickets I rather than to seek elective or ap ; ! pointive office for himself. He has • i served in every capacity as an or- •; ganization leader and worker from • 1 pfecinct committeeman, to county II chairman, to district chairman, to i state chairman. His father, Stokes

Ito New Philadelphia. Ohio, to visit. C. M. McClain, president of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company visits in Decatur. o Youth Killed By Tractor Monday — Fort Wayne. Ind.. May 26.—(U.R) 1 —Johu R. Alexander. 17, of near Fort Wayne, was killed last night when a tractor he was operating slipped off a road down an eightI foot embankment. He was pinned beneath the machine. II o 11 Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Jackson, filled the state chairmanship for two terms, in the Marshall regime, and now the son follows in his footsteps. During the past two years as state chairman he has met with Democrats and cooperated on organisation problems in I every county of the state. State vice-chairman, Mrs. Scholl.' likewise has come up through the ranks in part yorganization work. She served as Fayette county chair- 1 man and as district chairman and was a member of the state central committee for eight years before being elected state vice-chairman. | When the Democratic party gave women 50-50 representation in party organization affairs, Mrs. | Scholl went out into the field and j organized women's units in 33 northern Indiana counties. She is not only a farmer's wife but is an experienced farm manager herself. She is a particularly ardent defender of the Democratic farm program in state and nation and is a much sought, after speaker the ‘ year round for women s meetings 1 and rural assemblies. Both the men's and women’s branches of the Democratic state organization .and Young Democrats. are compactly formed aud doing preliminary work for success of the 1936 campaign.

NORMAN THOMAS IS NOMINATED Thomas To Run 'I hird Time For President On Socialist Ticket Cleveland. May 26 (U.R) The I socialist convention prepared today to complete a platform for president of the I lilted States. The first draft of the platform, calling for public ownership of the nation's key industries and wide congressional control over agriculture and industry, wm brought on the floor yesteixlay bearing approval of the resolu-1 tlons committee. It was returned to committee. I however, to permit consideration of a minority report. Eight major provisions of the original document are expected to be intact when it is returned to the floor today. Thomas, socialist standard bearer in 1928 and 1932. was selected to lead the party again by virtual acclamation. In his acceptance speech last night, he thanked tih« convention for "a great and sobering honor" and pledged a militant ’ campaign against “the ma«<sed resources of Republican captains of; industry” and the “political pow-j er and the public purse in the j possession of the Democrats.” George A. Nelson, Milltown, j Win., who “wasn't well enough, fixed financially" to get to the convention, was selected as Thomas’ running mate. He is a “dirt" farmer and one of the original Yukon “sourdoughs." The plank which Socialists will Advance most vigorously during the next five months will be adoption of the farmers and workers rights amendment to the U. 8. constitution. The proposed change. conceived by Thomas in 1928. provides broad powers over industry and agriculture for congress and would permit public ownership of many of. the nation's key industries. It now is pending before the judiciary committees of both houses of congress. The senate judiciary committee is scheduled to hold a public hearing on it during the present session. Adoption of the platform in the shape it was presented will be a third vote of confidence for Thomas, active in party councils for 20 years. The convention first voted to place the 44 militants from NewYork in seats contested by the "old guard” faction. The right- ( wingers bolted and formed a new i party, the "social Democratic fed-1 eration." Delegates also turned “thumbs down" on a proposal by the com- ■ munist party for a “united front" in the presidential campaign this; year. Thomas had assailed bitter- I ly before the convention opened ; any joint action 'with the cotnmun-, ists. o FIRE DAMAGING PAGE QNg) channel caused the flames to spread. Greeat columns of dense black smoke were visible for miles, The bulk of lumber at the Acme lumber compapy yard was destroyed. and thousands of feet of lumber; stacked on the docks of the Christianson and Smith lumber companies were burned The fireboats Dennis T. Sullivan '

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] was delayed when the Solano, a lumber freighter, cut loose without mea.n up, fouled the channel and blocked passage- The Solano finally floated to fourth street, followed by i the freighter Davenport.. The crew 1 played fire hoses about the sides of | the boats to beat back the flaming ! oil ii the channels surface. The wide area covered by the flames made the work of the firemen extremely difficult. Moro than : 50 pieces of appraatus were on the scene with little knots of firemen righting the numerous bluzw on a dozen fronts PAROLE HEADS fCONTINUED FRQM PAGE ONE) Lack of accomodations and useful ! employment for prisoners are the j greatest problems concerning the ! Indiana state penal Institutions, reports by the Institution heads revealed today. The reports were made in connection with the third annual central statea probation and parole conference. diana state priwun at Michigan

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