Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 6 July 1936 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Suaday by 'HX DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. f, H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Sec y & Bus. Mgr. pick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies ———l .02 Dne week, by carrier.....——— .10 Dne year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail—— .35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 Dne year, by mail3.Ou Pne year, at office3.oo . Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere 33.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER, Inc. |ls Lexington Avenue, New York. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Well, the Fourth is over, much to the regret of tile noise loving boys and girls, but with joy to the parents and elders. Tlie next big event here is the Centennial, coming in four weeks. With event following event so rapidly, you will have to hurry to keep up. The state of Kansas is out of the red. because as in many other states, much of the overhead, including relief, was taken care of by the same federal government they are now denouncing. Those “June bugs” certainly picked out a bad time to congregate under the street lights. About the time they make themselves comfortable, along came a giant tire cracker or a sky rocket and scattered them. This is another excellent week to advertise your mtrehandisc. Many thousands of dollars will be spent in Decatur the next six days. If you want your share of that money, you can get it by telling the folks what you have and what you will take for it. The Fourth district Legion con- 1 ■ vent lon here was a dandy and the visitors declared they have a bet- . ter time here than anywhere they know. That's a mighty good reputation for a town to have. Genu- ' ine hospitality and the facilities for entertaining help a lot. 1 Several states are seriously con- - sideling laws that will prevent the ’ • sale of fire crackers and fire works, . except to committees representing 1 communities in which exhibits will „ lie given on special occasions. That might save a lot of burnt lingers and injuries, but think of the pleasure it will deprive the boys - i i Os course it costs money to get I tile country started back towards prosperity but we are certainly in better condition to pay than we were four years ago and most of us will not overlook that fact.!' There will be a lot of ballyhooing the next few months but the average person will figure his own position, we surmise. Wheat is jumping five points a I day. It is the old formula of sup-, ply and demand which after ail, reCHANGE 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 ad-1 dress and new address.

gurdleia of what the politician i i tells us. is the real basis of business. if some oue has something you need and really want, he can' 'charge you a good price tor it, ’ while if you are indittereut. he| ; may have to use high powered salesmanship to put II over. WANT TO BE A SUPERDRIVER? Supermen are scare, but almost any one can be a superdriver. | Achieving this high rating is all a matter of following a few simple rules. There are ten of these rules. They are: 1. Always drive at a speed which will permit you to stop within the assured clear distance ahead. If you don't get in a jam you won't I have to get out of one. 2. Never overtake a car unless you are positive there is ample space ahead; that means, of course, never on a curve or a hill. 3. Slow down wheu approach-, ing all intersections, including private driveways, and thus have your car under complete control 1 and prepared to stop. -1. Slow down when approaching any child or pedestrian and thus be prepared lor any unexpected movement. 5. Keep your bakes and lights,' in fact, your entire car in good | condition, as safe a condition as when it was new. 6. Stop on red traffic signals] and stay stopped until the light has turned green. Rushing signals invites disaster. 7. Come to a dead stop at stop I signs because the other fellow has J the right of way. 8. If you have been drinking.' don't drive. Os < oprse, you believe , you are sober, but the evidence is! all against sober drivers who have j been drinking. 9. Slow down to compensate for slippery streets caused by rain, ' i snow, or ice. < 10. Slow down when driving at ' nigtif. There is no substitute for ; daylight when it comes to visibility. I' These sound like childishly' j simple rules. But if all motorists 1 had observed them 37,000 persons 1 killed in motor accidents last year, • might now be alive.—Peoria Trans-. > I cript. r .- • , I STAR SIGNALS -by- : I OCTA VINE For persons who believe that hu- , man destniy is guided by the planet, i 1 the daily horoscope is outlined by,; a noted astrologer. In addition to information of general interest, it out- ' lines information of special interest I to persons born on the designated dates. ' t 1 July 7 Persons most easily influenced by , the planetary vibrations fall be- \ tween Jan. 21 and Feb. 19. General Indications | Morning—Bad. Afternoon -Good. Evening—‘lntelligent. The day is good for reasoning,. 1 writing, or dealing with contracts. ll Today’s Birthdate 1 You should be an easy going per- i 1 s .n. happy ami content with little-1 1 Water travel, various short trips, j 1 relatives, inspirational writing and I' music should all be sources of bene- ’ fit for you during Auguet 1936. 1 Danger July 15 through 21, 1936. Dea' witli papers, messages, and ' clerical affairs from July 15 through ‘ 17. 1936. You must be careful to J avoid disputes and guard against ( toj much haste. Readers desiring additional Infor- ’ mation regarding their horoscope], are invited to communicate with , Octavine in care of this newspaper. . Enclose a 3-cent stamped, self-ad- i dressed envelope. YEARS * I AGO TODAY ' From the Daily Democrat File 1 * ♦ ' July 6—lndiana militia leaves ’ I Fort Harrison for the Mexican bor-1 1 ' der. 1 Adams County Creamery Com-] 1 |pany files petition to change name’! Io Hie MartiiHKlepper Co. Judge D. E. Smith is suffering I * from a sore foot as the result of * I-stepping on a nai'. Personal property assessment for ! j ; Adams oounty is $3,551,956. Anker cigar store burglarized and ! $14.00 taken. A. J. Hutchins reelected county , agent 'by the county board of edu- < cation. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur I)

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

Most people who listened to President Roosevelt's speech of acceptance thought it was an eloquent presentation of the problems of modern political economy and a reiteration of his New Deal philosophy. Mr. Walter Lippman, however, discovered in it and revealed in a radio address that the President had shifted clear away from the New Deal, ami had adapted the theories and doctrines which Senator Borah had inherited from Theodore Roosevelt. He likewise revealed that Mr. Roosevelt had been forced to make the shift because the. country was prospering despite the New Deal and not because of it. Like others who have made this explanation of our progress toward business improvement-, Mr. Lippman does not tell what brought about the business revival if it was not the Roosevelt, policies, but he says it could not have been the emergency enactments because the New Deal had been eliminated by court decision. Now, so far ais known, the supreme court has not destroyed the banking legislation, the depositors instirance law. the CCC plans, the (public works prgoram. the Tennessee Valley project and much of the agricultural adjustment act. the farm credit and home loan ; bank corporations and various 1 other things that form the record of the administration’s efforts to I get things going, and that are generally credited with averting hundreds of thousand of mortgage foreclosures and otherwise contributing to the steadying and star < bility of the economic situation, i The matter is of interest because Mr. Lippman is a philosopher who usually thinks 'things ;; out, and it must he assumed that , he believes what lie writes. How- ; ever, like most philosophers, he , loves a fine-npun theory, and perhaps enjoys demonstrating the im- , possible, just as the classic sages ; of ancient Greece revelled in prov- , ing that matter was non-existent. ] and that there was nothing real . but thought. I If the President’*) speech at 1 Philadelphia had any meaning or 1 implication it was that he had 1 shifted neither his objectives nor his program; tisat he found the | platform adapted by the national 1 convention quite in conformity with what he had done and what 1 he wished to do, not only toward bringing the country back to per- I manent prosperity, but to correct ; the abuses that had brought the i United States to the verge of de- i Htrnction. and to prevent any re- i curreuce of the disaster. In a manner, those who seek to diminish the faith of the people j in President Roosevelt are com- i pelled to the hypothesis that tire . luislnes trend —the resumption of ' dividend paying, the solvency ami . solidity of the banks, the stability t of the currency, the fact that our I < bonds are as u premium, and that ] the whole world envies the eco- . nomic status of thq United States i

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—was despite his intervention and not because of it. Obviously, they cannot contradict the facts that stare at them from every headline on the business pages of the newspapers. Just as obviously they cajinot admit that things are as they are by reason of what he has done, without admitting the fallacy and insincerity of their political effort. In this connection it is interesting to note what Mr. Lippman’s cxtlleague, Mark Sullivan, on the same newspaper evolves. His theme, on the da,y following the radio broadcast, was that the President had lost his radical following—which would seem to suggest that he had tinned away from the Left, and that he had likewise lost the conservatives of his party, which certainly implies that he has swerved away from the Rightists’ hopes, and that therefore the only following that remained with him was the office holders. Mr. Sullivan even expresses a doubt if the beneficiaries of Federal relief are generally with the President. He is generous enougii to admit that those on relief rolls who are normally Democratic may remain so, but he lints no others among the President's supporters. The moonshiny quality of that presentation is all the more apparent as Mr. Sullivan in most of his political writing ha-s expressed his belief that the whole political atmosphere of today favors the re-election of the President, and that only wholesale conversions between now and election day give the minority [tarty even a look-in. If only these commentators would get together, it would help a lot in clearing the confusion of campaign propaganda. What is an unfortunate lay reader to think when he is told by one that the President is so hopelessly radical that all the conservatives are massed against him, and so conservative that the radicals have quit him; that he has abandoned the policies that have made his administration successful, and that hio refusal to modify his recovery program has ajionated a multitude? It is simpler to read Mr. Frank Kent. that ardent Democrat who lias fought every Democratic purpose and principle since away back in the early Hoover days. Mr. Kent does not bother with logis, philosophy or analysis. He just, in the most forthright manner, pronounces everything the President does as terrible. He does not even limit himself to the presidential acts, but shrills at what the President is thinking er planning. His information on these subjects comes with undoubted authority, for whenever he needs support he cites his anonymous informant —the man close to and intimate with the President; the staunch Democrat who has always supported Franklin D. Roosevelt and who. continues to support him though bewailing his

I policies. It is marvelous how this shadowy, never-named abistraction always comes to bat for | Mr. Kent and whispers to him the I President’s most secret musings I Mid advises him as to plans and ’ purposes so closely guarded that ; in most cases the President him- i ; self never heard of them. I Among all the figments of phanI tasmagoria, there has not been an i apparition as handy, as Available iand as complacent as the Kentish I ghost. o !♦ ♦ Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed j on Page Two 1. No; fresh water has a higher freezing point than salt water. 2. Ocean. 3. The father of Andromeda. 4. Oahu. 5. A number of unit retail stores operating under a common ownership and management. 6. American, sculptor. 7. Jeannette Rankin of Montana. 8. About eight minutes. 9. Providence. 10. Draughts. 1. Hyde Park, New York. 2. A machine for digging, moving and transporting gravel, soil, etc. 3. 1881. 4. Oliver Wendell Holmes. 5. Black Warrior River. 6. Gemini. 7. lowa. 8. Yes. i 8. The franc. 10. A form of government in which supreme power is vested in a small class or group of persons. o AHousehold Scrapbook By Roberta Lee ♦— —'♦ A Twine Holder Place the ball of cord or twine in a jelly glass. Punch a hole in the I tin lid for the cord to run through. Lemons Lemons that have become hardI cued from long standing can be [ freshened by covering them with 'boiling water and letting them stand I for just a few m oments. Hair Bleach A solution of peroxide of hydrogen will usually bleach superfluous hairo • Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ « Q. What should the ushers wear i at a six o’clock wedding? A. Full evening dress; this, of course, include* a plain white waist-* | eoat, white tie and gloves, plain I black hose, and .patent leather I shoes. ; Q. What is the proper way to eat, (a sandwich? A. A sandwich should be taken in the fingers and eaten, without breaking or cutting it. I Q. How long should a person reI main when making a social call ? I A. From 15 to 25 minutes is long

Many Reunions Scheduled r«r Summer Months - - ▼ Sunday, Ju'X ,2 Pleasant Mills alumnae picnic. Sun Set park. Sunday, July >9 ... Annual Parent reunion, Sunbet park. Chattanooga Zion L u 111 era 11 1 church picnic, Sun Set parit. Sunday, July 26 July 26 —Fuhrman reunion. a< , Fuhrman grove. 4 miles nort i west ot Decatur, on River road. Borne annual reunion. Sunbe park, rain or shine. , Myer family reunion, Sun Set park Annual Wietteldt reunion. SunSet park. Huffman reunion, Sun Set park. Sunday, August 2 Annual Archbold reunion, Sun Set park. Miller and Snyder reunion, bun-. Set park, rain or ahine. Sunday, Augu»t 9 Rellig and Reolun reunion. Sun-1 Set park. , j Annual Hinkle reunion, SuuSet . park. Sunday, August 16 Annual McGill reuniou, Sun Set, park, rain or shine. Dillinger family reunion, Sun Set park. Smith annual reuniou. Sun Set park. Walters family reunion, Sunset park. Sunday. August 23 'Annual Kuntz reunion Sun Set park. Barker family reuniou, Sun Set park. Sunday, August 30 Riesen Family reunion at Sun Set park. Zink and Kulm Annual Reunion., Sun Set Park, Sunday Auguet 30. Annua! Braun reunion, Sun Set • park, rain or shine. Wesley family reuniou, Sun Set park. Sunday, Sept. 6 Schafer and Wilson reuniou, Sun-' Set park. Urick annual reunion, Sun Set park, rain or shine. Annual Schnepp and Manley reunion, Sun Set park. Labor Day, Sept. 7 Lenhart annual reunion, Sun Set park. Sunday. Sept. 13 Annual Roebuok reunion, Sun Set park. COUNCIL MEETS FOR DECISION Huntington Officials Must Obey Order Or Go To Jail Huntington. Ind., July 6. —<U.R> — Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs and the city board of public works assembled at the council table today to determine whether to abandon the city's fight for a municipal utility or serve jail sentences for contempt of court. The executive and his colleagues on the board were convicted in the special circuit court of Judge Huber M. DeVoss, Decatur, of violating an injunction granted the Northern Indiana Power Co., prohibiting commercial extension of the city power lines. Judge DeVoss ruled, however, that if the board disconnected the city utility lines the damages assessed against the crusaders would be lield in abeyance for 90 days pending perfection of an appeal of the case. If the board decides not to take down the lines, Mayor Bangs and the board must go to jail. Today's council of war was to determine the issue. Bangs also was ordered to pay $2,500 damages to the N. I. P. Others convicted of contempt

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Dail Children Visit Father - -gistie'’ and “Huzzie” Dal', grandchildren of President , chance to ‘talk things over' with their father. Curtis Dal! ;ij ruittne friends of the fajnily at Pittsburgh. The real names ofg two famous . hildren pUnn-ed here xith their father are : .uneven DMI (Mie's eight> and Cirils. Jr., six. Their mother. h I Mrs John Boettiger irbtained a Reno divorce from Dal! three vesrsd

besides the executive were city at-, i torney Arthur D. Savlm and city I engineer James H Vernon board j members; S. P. Hull, utilities superintendent; Max Pitjney cashier. lof the utility and Clayton Brown, I his assistant. Damages were as-1 I sessecl against all six. — EDDIE FREED I i (CONTINUED | "Eddie” mentioned was Freed | “Here you are, captain. " Marc- : vitz called as he and Freed enterjed the police station. i "Here's your man.” J Freed, flashily dresesd in blue suit, and white tie, posed willingly for photographers. ■ Freed, apparently coached carefully by his attorney, ansewcred

routine questions frankly but par- i Iried others. He admitted a previous mar-1; riage to Anna Koletske but denied | her reputed charge that his pres-' ent wife broke up their marriage.. I He said he and Ruth “got along 1 like the average married couple,"; ' and was silent when police accus-; ied him of quarreling with her. ] early Thursday morning. . I To the question, “have you and! Annabelle been intimate," he re-! ’ plied: “I would like to cooperate with J ' the \ autorities, but my wife's lib- ] erty is at stake and until I get al | chance to talk with her 1 have] I nothilig else to say." 1 0 f W heal Prizes Zoom, Holders Won't Sell • Chicago. July 6.—CU.Rj— Trade in 1 wheat futures was halted abrutly I on North American grain ex- • I changes today when holders re-i ! fused all Iflds after prices rocket-1 ed up the full 5-cent limit permitted in a single trading session. ’ A weather bureau report that no rain is in sight for the northwest "bread basket,” where 100,00(1.00(1 bushels already luive been lost to the di ought, started a buying stampede in flic wheat pits and prices soon reached the maxituiu* ; gain of 5 cents a bushel. r Holders of futures contracts were so certain that prices will L ZOOUI still higher that trade was

■ .. t• <i • <>. ci fc, AH exchanges. tore li.iinul.i the limit <>f * cents r." u that grain and oats , maximum of 3 cents. HE °~ I'll INDIANA DEATHI TOLL OVER fl ———— Scores Os Others ed In Holiday | Accidents f * i-K 1 Indianapolis. July • holiday death toil of ;n > lives was counted Indi;*!’.;-.

and scores of other [■■ ■■■ in hospitals for treatne.of : juries. ER At least 16 of the d. .I'i.s | ed from automobile ... .tile state highways. Tw, K, were killed in anlouml- . i lisions, four were drowned others died , accidents. Three persons were 'automobile collision nine south of South Bead. They Kis Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Smith I Elkhart, and Norton Bl.un’. I en. Five others were i slightly in the crash. Three others were killed tiHl i head-on collision of two j trucks on state road in .a I morencie. George Wiiw-n- : Marquis Park. 30. both of Park, and a man idem lively as Lawrence Ril teiiniu. cago. were the victims. Cecil Richardson. 43. India* oiis fireman, and his son. j Richardson, 16. were killed . stantly when their crashed into a utility pole. — o Russian To Be Taught Hj Norman. Okla. (U.R) T ’ '■> ; versify of Oklahoma will ! course in the Ru-siaji j.starting witli the nevi I year. Dr. Johannes M ,ib n.-ii- | sistar. t professor oi md< n ■ guagc: . will have charge ; i work which will be i juniors, seniors and t|studeut>>.