Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1936 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by 'HE DECATUB DEMOCRAT CO. Altered nt the Decatur. Ind., Poet Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller..— President A. R. Holthouse, Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. pick D. Heller Vice President Subscription Rates: Single copies -—I .02 Dne week, by carrier— .10 fine year, by carrier — 5-00 Dne month, by mail — -35 three months, by mall 1.00 Bix months, by mail 1.76 Dne year, by mail — 3.00 ■)ne year, at office— 3.00 Prices qdoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere 13.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER, Inc. )15 Lexington Avenue, New York. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dallies. Who remembers way back when we had a summer as hot as this one. Mayor Ban g s of Huntington spends so much of his time in jail that folks are beginning to wonder it he doesn’t prefer it to the struggle to get along outside. Another week end and we may expect the usual number of deaths from accidents which in recent years seem to be just as sure as the occasion is of arriving. If the corn needs hot days and nights, it ought to be forty feet high soon. Os course a drink occasionally is just as important and corn and the other crops are getting mighty thirsty. A new industry is planning to come to this city and announcements of interest will soon be made. Decatur is going forward and the dreams of those who have planned for years are coming true. Rev. Coughlin is not aiding his cause or himself when he so far forgets himself as to call the president of the United States a liar and a traitor. That is not argument and doesn't sound like peace loving America. Thirty or forty more hoDies can easily be absorbed here and with much good for the community. That's the only way we can grow and there is not a day passes that we don't have inquiries for places to live. The Townsend crowd is having troubles now. They find in convention that about every delegate has a plan of his own to get some tiling for nothing and of course wants it worked out so he will get his, regardless of the rest of the gang. Adams county and Decatur are getting much favorable publicity because of the Centennial. In hundreds of newspapers over the United States numerous birthdays are being given prominent position and several have referred to the “Achievements of a century " editorially. Recovery has cost the nation four or five billion dollars. No one denies that, so the only point about it is whether it was worth it or not. Since business now 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.

shows tin lucreusu of forty billion ! dollars and is on the up-grade it would seem to have been a rather good investment. Two weeks from tomorrow is ' Centennial opening and tho next fourteen days will be busy ones for those who are intent upon making this the biggest event ever held here or any where else. From every where comes word that the folks are coming home and bringing with them many visitors who will be pleased with Decatur hospitality and progressiveness. A feature of the special Centennial edition to be published from this office on the 27th will be letters and articles from many old timers. Among these is one by Lew Ellingham, telling of the struggles of the old Commercial club in the days when we were making an effort to make “Decatur a city of 10,000 by 1910* - that we know you will enjoy. Don’t miss it. Subscribe now. Just how to take care of the crowds that are coming for the Centennial is something to think about. It will test our capacities to feed and lodge the thousands that will accept the invitation to visit Decatur the week of August 2nd to Sth, but we are sure the latch strings will be out and that every one will be well cared for. Full cooperation is desired, expected and requested. T>'e are shocked and grieved by the death this week of an old friend. Prof. Linneus N. Hines of Terre Haute. He was a wonderful man, one of the really great educators of the state. He served as superintendent in several cities, was state superintendent and for years was president of State Teacher's College at Terre Haute. He was stricken with apoplexy about ; two years ago and since then has been able to devote but part time to his duties at the college. 0 * 1 STAR SIGNALS | -BYOCTAVINE For persons who believe that human destniy Is guided by the planet, the daily baroscope Is outlined by a noted astrologer. In addition to ini’ rniatlon of general interest, it outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates. July 20 Persons most easi’y influenced by ; today's vibrations are those born fr tn July 21 through August 21. Morning—Good. .Afternoon —Mental. Evening—Fair. The day holds some slight finan- ( cial promise. Mechanical things are best. Today’s Birthdate No matter what position you were born to, you should grow rich. Travel, philosophy, elderly people and old things are all good for you during April 1937. Danger August 4 through Id, 1936. Deal with clerical affairs, writing on July 22 and 23, 1936. o ♦ * Answers To Test Questions | Below are the answers to the I Test Questions printed on Page Two 1. Gliding. 2. The most famous of the great Florentine artists of the Renaissance. 3. No. He was Food Administrator during U. 8. participation in the World War. 4. The west bank. 5. Chihuahua. 6. Orbit. 7. Charles Dickens. 8. Scioto. 9. Lisbon. 10. That which serves to point out the existence of a disease. o Shoes Worn 40 Years Woodland. Cal., —(UP)— John < rank believes not on!y in the conservation of national resources but personal ones as well. He insists he :s probably the only person in the United States who lias been wearing the same pair of shoes off and on for 40 years and the same hat for I 35 years. o Hollyhock Rises 14 Feet Hanford. Cal. (U.K)—Californians who believe everything grows bigger in California than anywhere else in the world have now 'added hollyhocks to their list. The prize plant belonged to W J, Burch is 14 feet. 8 inches in height land has 287 blooms.

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

Among the most entertaining features of the political campaign is the jubilation of the Republican High Command at the announced results of what is described as a sample poll of American voters. This poll purports to describe the present status of the voters' opinI ion as giving President Roosevelt a popular majority of over 2,000,000 and Governor Landon a preponderance of six votes in the Elec--1 total College. The announcement further states that these results were obtained by a canvas of 105,000 voters. ■ Suppose somebody, anxious to assay the political sentiment of a , village with a voting population of a thousand, should interview three voters and froth their replies should announce hew that village was going in the election, how that village was going in the elec-: tion. how much importance could be attached to that announcement? Yet- that is approximately the proportion on which the absurd conclusion of last Sunday’s publication is based. It is about as ac- , curate as would be determining the complexion of a thousand chickens distributed unevenly in 48 coops into which somebody reached a hand and found that the first chicken withdrawn was black, the second white, and the third speckled with a slight preponderance of dark spots, and so should announce gravely that while the result indicated that the white chickens in all the coops were forty more than the black chickens in all the coops were forty more than the black chickens the reports from 48 coops indicated that the percentage was the ether way about. The deduction would be; something approaching the conclusions drawn by the recent poll. According to this calculation, Mr. Landon is safe only in 13 Stat.es.'with an aggregate of 99 electoral votes, while Mr. Roosevelt is safe in 24 States, with an electoral vote of 229. In order to figure a Republican victory, there had to , be included as “probably Republican” 11 of the States styled as doubtful, while allowing the President only three. Included in the States in which ! the Republicans are accorded an advantage are every one of the most populous States In the East and all of the most populous States of the Middle West. In all, the , calculation gives 173 electoral voti es on the doubtful list to the Re- ■ publicans and only 30 electoral votes on the doubtful list to the i Democrats. < i Needless to say, the figures do , not at all accord with the estimati es made from Democratic sources. . Those who gamble on elections would be quite willing to bet that the 13 “safely Republican” States will not be in that column on election day. and to give still larger odds that the eight doubtful Stat- . es classed as “Republican” will not show any such advantage on election day. To put it more bluntly, the Democrats will only have to carry : | anyone of six of these doubtful", ; states to win the election. that Is, if

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they win in New York. Pennsylvania. Ohio. Illinois. Indiana, or Minnesota. Mr. Roosevelt goes in for a second term. The poll that has caused so ’ much Republican jubilation naively presents that it was taken befor Governor Lehman of New York had expressed his willingness to run again for the Governorship. In ’32, with the same combination or , Roosevelt for President and Lehman for Governor. New York State went Democratic by nearly 600,000.! majority. Incidentally, the questionnaires went out on June 16. so they caught the back wash of the Cleveland Convention, and the replies had to be in by July 6, which gave little time for the Democrats. It ! was admirably timed to get one j kind of response. Os course, these polls are hard-, ly valuable as an index of public j sentiment unless we know how they are conducted and how gen-! eral the representation of all the! elments of the population may be. As a general rule, perhaps be-1 cause it is the easiest process, the j votes are solicited from telephone ' directories and those who have automobile permits. Statisticians tell us that only 87 out of each thousand voters has a telephone listed in his or her name, and only 179 out of each thousand have automobiles. They also tell us that the percentage of replies to questionnaires is only one in five. Consequently, the telephone voters in these polls are only 17 out of each thousand of population. If the proportion as between the two candidates is 9 to 8, a change of two , votes in a thousand would reverse the result. Which is only another way of saying that the overwhelming mass of voters in the United States are practically unrepresented in such straw balloting as this. Without questioning the good faith of those who conduct these polls, it might he worthy of attention to note that they ate sold to newspapers, which, of course, are looking for startling headlines and sensational stories with which to attract readers. Going back to the old New York Sun designation of news—it was not news if a dog bit a man, but it would be news

MAKE THE MOST OF YOURSELF Personal appearance is often a contributing factor to success. Make the most of yourself by learning how to appear to the best advantage in public. The Booklet "Beauty Aids," now ready for you at our Service Bureau at Washington, has sections on care of the skin, hair, eyee, hands, feet and teeth; suggestions on choice of clothing and dressing to the best advantage; and general health suggestions as an aid to good looks. It will help you. Send the i coupon below, with a dime enclosed, for your copy; CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. B-123, Daily Democrat’s Service Bureau, 1013 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. C. Send my copy of the booklet BEAUTY AIDS, for which I enclose a dime (carefully wrapped), to cover return postage and handling costs: NAME STREET and No CITY ' STATE 1 am a reader of the Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur, Ind.

lif a man bit a dog —it might be I presented that there would be no ! sensation in announcing that the ■ President was due for re-election, ■ while a contrary statement would not fail to cause discussion and ’ otherwise help newspaper circula- ' tion. It might be a coincidence that a preponderant majority oi ; the newspapers that are buying j this service are those distinctly anti-administration. As such, naturally they would be happier iu i printing that there was some doubt in the November event than simply to repeat what a great majority of the people of the United i States accept as a positive fact, ■ that President Roosevelt will still . be in the White House next year. However, this election will not . be decided by straw ballots or by statements based thereon, by Republican Party potentates, or duPont Liberty Leaguers. The farm hand in the agricultural belt, who i does not figure in the -straw votes, 1 counts as much on election day as j the Wall Street banker. The ballot of the miner in the depths of the coal mines has exactly the ■ same value when a count is really made as the who ' owns the coal deposits. It will be ! these who make the headline sample baliotings look foolish on election day. L 0 .

i * | Household Scrapbook | i 1 By Roberta Lee | Garbage Can Every time the garbage can has been emptied, pour a little kerosene into it. This will act as a disinfectant, and will also keep away bugs. Grapefruit and Melons Sprinkle a little paprika over . the grapefruit or cantaloupe, to , give a little different flavor. Dandruff A good remedy for dandruff is ■ to rub pure olive oil thoroughly I into the scalp every night before ■ retiring. Also shampoo the hair . every two weeks, and rinse well I in cold water. . o Wittenburg Bible Prized > Portage. Wis.— (U.R) — A Bible, printed at Wittenburg, Germany, I and containing a foreword by Mar- > tin Luther, is a prized possession i of William E. Brauer, Portage. The i Bible is enclosed between inch- : thick wooden covers bound with i 1 pigskin.

Do You Remember •M ay Back WhenBy Jessie XMgtey Kaue (Mrs. Thos. Kane) Lafayette, Ind. ; Formerly of Decatur Mid the Dally Democrat stall. When Bill Jackson, custodian _.ot the Library, gave a coon supp | lor Mr. and Mrs. Ellinghaml about. to leave for Indianapolis. He pre pared and served the entire meal. Guests were other members of the Library board and employees. When local firemen. June 26. 1916 made good entertaining Northeastern Indiana Volunteer Firemen, the local committee with pictures in the Democrat being: L. C. Helm.

If. G.Aurand. C. O. Meibers, Peter, Gaffer, O. B. Wemhoff, and L. G. Hammond. When local news was crowded, out of the Democrat by the story of the sinking of the Titanic, April I 18, 1912. When sixty-three boys of Sam Henry Post O. A. R. were still young-looking in their pictures of the special edition of the Democrat for Decoration Day, 1911. fiftieth anniversary. Among them were L. N. Grandstaff. T. R. Moore, Tom W. Mallonee, Robert Black burn, Fred F. Freeh, John D. Hale, Henry Trim. C. T. Rainier. L. b • Cherryholmes, James L. Edge, A. J. Teeple, R. D. Patterson, W. H. Myers. Mike Wertzberger, John Parrish, Ben W. Sholty. Dedication of the Knights of Pythias new home here, February 17, 1910, and the big special edition of the Democrat. Trustees and members of the building committee were E. B. Lenhart, James Hurst and O. L. Vance. D. N. Erwin, Orval Harruff, H. F. Callow, J. L. Gay. and C L. Walters, young looking in the pictures of that day. When four out of seven ill persons died from what proved to be botuhnua poisoning, after eating

dinner at the Madison House on Washingtons birthday, 1918. in- 1 eluding the manager, Russell Pre- 1 tner. What a big-to-do was made, j physicians of two counties holding special meetings and reporting observations. and one man, husband of one who died, actually indicted for murder, when, through the efforts and publicity of tills paper the matter was found to be the rare botulinus, self developing in homecanned beans. The indicted man was released and once again proved the wrong of hastily jumping at circumstantial evidence. o * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File July 18, 1916. — New York City reports 121 new cases of infantile

In The Colonial Manner —■•■■■ a.. ■ < ..i4n > .mn . -aH HI Hl wf t -41 as It SB 4 -a- ■ ■ • —— .. .: ' —rn y I; j This attractive bungalow u E" ~ J- * n tbe ne ” r California »tyl«< ■■Mnn which fits so well into the set- \ I ting. The Colonial influence is ■ , (57X71 R strongly marked, especially m LIVING ROOM B| the doorway. the , \l3-6 «1716 : - Ul shutters, the molded cornice, IjO |TI and the white clapboarns, _ W* The floor plan provides a . I large, irregularly shaped b'" *- ing room with a generous hrc* ■■ place and good light and venU* 5 I —f lation. The bedroom is larK* » I BED’ROOM' and well aired, with two nice 'x,**.. j- I 13-o’*l4’-o’’ I wardrobes and easy access to I. H the bath. The entrance d:re«:t y FID'xT CuKntJ K ST frora outside to the bat. XT riKJI HLUUK, r"’ CL ,’ J | k r-- < haU is convenient for the ama- ■ teur gardener. The kitchen >• rx.VuS'r," "t • ‘“2 whilMuul tm .u U«sh„ Br™. WhX; Tit; * “

I paralysis with an average of 25 I deaths per day. i Adams county hogs aie ujiug L the"score from typhoid fever ' The Cloverleaf railroad will quit IhSng mail July 31. t on order Os Judge Klllets of Toledo. | The Three Link club meet, a 'the close of the regular session of •the Rebekah lodge. i Mr and Mrs- A- >’• sbo “ ff eut land bruised in a runaway. Ferd Bleexe and family who

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Bv HARRISON t'AKROI-t CopyHfht. 1934>. King Feature* Syndicate, Ine. HOLLYWOOD - Young Owen Davis Jr-, ate a home-cooked Snner before his departure for New York, and the girl in the anron was Anne Shirley. Hollywood says it must be love. The romance of the ®® / cinema youngsters is tabbed as serious by all who know them. Anyway, no other Hollywood swami has a look-in these days with the red-headed R-K-0 actress, and Davis. Jr., is seen no more with Virginia Fields, to whom the film colony once believed him engaged. Virginia has other interests, too, one of them being Fritz Lang, the German director. An odd feature about young Davis’ trip east is the fact that he is spending SSOO to fulfill a weeks stock engagement in Skowhegan that will bring him only SSO in salary. Furthermore, the local movie theater has booked his picture, "Bunker Bean”, for the week, so he will be competing against himself. Just as everybody was envying Joan Crawford the trick sun deck on top of her porch, the selfraising ladder, offering the only means of approach, jammed the other day, marooning the star for hours. She had to wait until Franchot Tone came home from the studio and rescued her.

In the flicker, “Portrait of a Rebel”, Katharine Hepburn plays her first role covering a span of years. She is a girl of 18 at the start of the film and finishes up as a woman of 38. This is considered a more difficult makeup problem than the transition of a character from youth to old age, but will allow La Hepburn to remain beautiful throughout. Studio makeup expert Mel Berns expects to achieve the effect by’ subtle shadings and blended lines. A matter of 20 makeup tests will i-e necessary to work out the age progression. You Asked Me and I’m Telling You! Clara Whitsett. Oakland’ The English dancing star, Jessie Matthews, is married to Sonny Hale. Robert Yeung, who worked with her in a British picture, says she is a swell person, but is scared about coming to Hollywood. After he is married to Irene Hervey next month, Allan Jones

moved to Alexandria, MaiTj months ago write they wlll here August 10th, ’’M Rodent Catcher. o' Corvallis, Ore — qj.pj era of Bentou couiuy have feJi ganlzed into teums to squirrels and rodent pest* J ally, with any means they h? 1 their disposal, priies Wll1 * awarded Sept. 1, to the teJk - Ing the biggest pest M . orf '

hopes to be able to s, ttie .10-vj-M Hollywood. He has . - a h “ M foi several months, but, has been able to spend just days tn it. H In the last 68 days, h e covered 20,000 miles, 3.000 by imH 7.000 by automobile ar.J air. Included in this are trips to New York. H Now he is flying to the T ;ia l centennial, and, aft-. ■ plane it to Seattle to sing at Zl Shrine conclave. ■ If I mentioned her name, mH would be too amazed, for the reputation in Hollywood being a sort of Griselda. YetiH prominent director told me other day that she once came |H him and said: H "I hear so-and-so i naming A young actress) is going to be S the picture. Please do not giiH her a piece of business in whiS she has to touch me. Five veiaH ago, she did an awful thine tn friend of mine and, if she tovchgl me. I won’t be responsible for trhsß happens.” I A famous ex-newspapenagß now a Hollywood scenarist, nyfl of the same Hollywood Griselh:B “Up until a few years ago, M interviewed every well-know murderess in the country. Tbeyß all had in common a certain kA of the eye—the same look that y J see in the eyes of this girl. I Here and There in Movieland.. J Jean Parker, who has blossomeffl out since her marriage, says that] her husband has written a scenaml that Hollywood is going to likl He was consulting an agent abod] it recently. . . . James Stewart is J lone householder again. . .. Henjl Fonda, Joshua Logan and JolM Swope are all away on vacatml . . . Saw Anita Louise's prettji i mother dining at the Eeveriy ’ Brown Derby with David Blankenhom, whom she will be niarryinj I soon, or so Hollywood rumor has ' it. . . . Ted Healy’s mother a seriously ill at the Unweretj hospital. . . . And Binnie Bamai : who rented her beach home in the belief she was going to England ■ now asks permission to take i ’ sunbath in her own front yari I i 1 Today's Puzzle: What studii police chief is so busy recalling tbs embarrassing questionnaires that : hs sent to all ths tmpl yes of tbs i company?