Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 188, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1936 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. wintered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter. J. H. Heller - President A. R. Holthouse, Sec'y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies ..— I .02 One week, by carrier — .10 One year, by carrier 6.00 One month, by mall ........... .35 Three months, by mail 100 Six months, by mail 1-75 One year, by mail —-—- 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 city will be all cleaned up by Monday morning and only happy memolies will be left. Those who have worked at high speed for weeks to make the week a success are entitled to a vacation with pay. It's all over but the wind-up and you will have your last fling at the Decatur Centennial for 1936 tonight. Enjoy yourselves. It has sure been a great week, one that we can all remember for. years to come and one that they will really talk about in a hundred years from now. The Young Democrats in Gary this week end are having a good time and showing speed that will not be stopped when it comes to getting votes. It's a great organization doing a great work. A fellow really needs more than two legs to see all the Centennial' and be every where he wants to be, but all we can do is keep on ' going as long as the old "dogs" i will work atid do they get tired and logg? They do. Returns from the primaries held ! this week indicate a continued Democratic trend. Even in the sun flower state of Kansas, where Mr. Landon resides, the vote cast for the Democratic nominees exceed ed that for the Republicans, if) that's any criterian. More summer with high temperature and no rain in sight is the announcement from the weather bureau, which is not as encouraging news as we would like to broadcast. The crops need rain I badly and the results are still some- i what doubtful. We doubt if any town the size of Decatur has ever entertained as many people as has been done here i this week. In the seven days the total has probably exceeded two hundred thousand and that's going some even if it does come but once in a hundred years. The grasshoppers are getting numerous and in many localities are causing much damage. They are pests that are difficult to handle and in the west have caused millions of dollars of loss to grains and crops. They will be here 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.

as long as the hot weather con 1 tiuues. Decatur said:—My country, tnay she ever be right in her relations ’•'with foreign nations, but my coun I try, right or wrong.” Governor Me- ! Nutt said no city founded for such J a man and willing to follow his advice, could help but be a wondert tul place in which to live. , Governor McNutt was given a I great welcome here and expressed I his surprise at the extent of the ( celebration, His address in dedii rating the tablet on the court ' house corner was one of the best II evr heard here and was a fitting tribute to the pioneers who have built this city and county. One of the worthwhile features of the Centennial was the exhibit of live stock. Thousands visited the tents and barns to watch the judging and other thousands saw the parade yesterday. And they never saw a better one, regardless of where they have been. Adams - county is justly proud of her stock. The welcome spirit is shown in an incident that Jesse Sellemeyer tells. He was standing in front of this office when some one came up and shook hands, slapped him on the back, told him over and ovI er how glad he was to see him, wanted to know when he got in ami became enthusiastic in his joy. Finally Jesse, who was unable to recognize the mail said, "Say, do you know who you are talking to?" "No" was the immediate reply, "and 1 don't give a d—u.” Plans for the largest summer ‘ I meeting ever held by the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association are now being made. The event will be held at French Lick Springs the 28th and 29th of this month and several thousand are expected. Ad dresses will be made by Senators I Van Nuys and Minton, Governor McNutt and M. Clifford Townsend. Democratic candidate for governor. Those desiring to attend should notify Omer Stokes Jackson, Claypool hotel at Indianapolis for reservations. o ♦— ♦ Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦ ♦ 1. Ten. 2. Rivet. 3. Louisiana. 1. Cornell University. 5. Words that are alike in sound but unlike in sense. 6. No. I 7. They are named by the acts I of Congress creating the offices. 8. The Mocking Bird. 9. English novelist. 10. Standard Time Zone. o—r 1 STAR SIGNALS | —BY— I OCTA VINE ’ For persons who nelteve that human destnly is guided by the planet, ths daily horoscope is outlined by a noted astrologer. In addition to Information of general interest, it outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates. August 10 Persons most likely to be affected today ar? those wno were born from May 11 through 30. General Indications for All Morning—Very good. Afternoon —Active. Evening—Bad. i Attend to business in the early morning. Deal with men in the afternoon, but be careful not to of- ' tend women. Today’s Birthdate i You are bound to rise in life due to your sobriety and plodding disposition. Love affairs, travel, speculation and all forms of'pleasure should be strong for you during September and October. 1936Danger from accidents, fire or ' rash actions from September 4 ’ through 11, 1936. : Socially favorable and good tor clothes entertaining or seek ing favors from Nov.' 3 through 8, I 1936. 1 -o ( Aircraft Factory Busy j San Diego. Cal.—<U.R> With production of 50 fast army pursuit , ships virtually completed, tbe Con ■ soiidated Aircraft Company is > speeding plans for construction of > 60 naval patrol seaplanes of the ■ “clipper” type as their next major job.

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

From now ou we must expect i the newspapers to be filled with! I straw votes, sample balloting and ; other attempts to forecast the re- ! , suit of the presidential election. In addition, various agencies have announced their purpose of telling • the trends of public opinion over the radio. That is all right provided the methods of making these alleged tests are of such a character as to . indicate an honest purpose of forecasting the election even though i i the cross-section theory of arriving at a conclusion by no means gives a certain augury of the out- ' come. When, however, the auspices under which the polls are being conducted are analyzed—as is the case of some already published or in prospect —these must be looked on' ’ with some suspicion at least. For example, there is the Farm Journal poll, which purports to give a survey of the sentiment of the farmers throughout the country. The Farm Journal happens to be the property of Mr. Joseph N. Pew, head of the Sun Oil Company. The | Pew family was a heavy contribut-| ing members of the duPout Liberty > League. The Farm Journal was having financial troubles and was hawked about for sale. It was offered to i Secretary Wallace, for example, at the outset of the campaign, as Secretary Wallace told the newspaper men at one of his conferences. It was finally bought by Mr. Pew. . In fact quite a number of news- , papers throughout the country in ’ the same situation have been ac- ■ quired by the high Republican I financial command in the same manner and for kindred reasons. The protagonists of Governor Lan-| don feel as a primary necessity the creation of an impression that 1 there is a general public sentiment for the Republican candidate. This they deem requisite not only for the attraction of what politicians call the "bandwagon vote” but to give to their local organizations something on which they can erect ! a structure of confidence. So. Mr. ’ Pew issued his poll and gave as , a result a considerable predominance of sentiment for Landon over ' Roosevelt among the farmers. To do this he had to omit from his questionnaire seven southern > states. In the report made public he only canvassed 91 fanners in r i Arkansas, though that state has mor than a quarter of a million r farmers. The Farm Journal pollI ed nearly 4,000 in New York, which has 177,000 farms; and only 155 r farmers in Texas, which has half a million farms. There are numer- ,, otts other discrepancies which indicate how this poll was engineered to get a certain result. In addition to that, there is the circumstance that various farmers wrote t,' in to the Farm Journal asking for [ ballots, stating that they were for 8 Roosevelt, but instead of a ballot f received a note from the editor of e the paper, of which the following r is a sample: I “You seem to believe very

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thoroughly in Mr. Roosevelt and <> his methods and, it so. 1 am sure ! b you are going to be very unhappy | if you continue to read vae Farm ( a Journal. We expect to do our best ■ a to stop Mr. Roosevelt's borrowing, ■ 8 spending, budget deficits and in-1 c creasing taxes, which is about the ' only contribution that Mr. Roose- 1 velt has made to returning pros-, 1 party. ' "Would you not be happier read-; ing some other farm magazine 1 which supports Mr. Roosevelt, if 1 you can find one?" This particular letter was sent ’ to Walter A. Hoenes at Cologne, 1 New Jersey. The New York Eve- 1 ning Post and Philadelphia Rec- c ord hunted up Hoenes and checked the whole incident. This particular episode gives a/ line on the sort of polls that we ’ must beware of. Here is another: tine of the nat-. 1 ional advertisers on the radio j* chartered a radio theatre in New:' York for his broadcast of his pro-1* duct and let it be known that the ' audience was to be polled on the: 1 ' election, and that the result would ; ! be announced as part of the broad- 1 ' cast. That sounds fair enough on j 1 [the face of it, until one is advised. 1 that the president of the company 1 whose product is being advertised, 1 is also a high contributor to the' Liberty League and by virtue of I his charter controls seventy per I cent of the admissions to tnc the-| at re. One more instance that gives rise to suspicion is that the sponsor of one of the national straw votes has sold the radio rights for promulgating the results of its poll! as part of an advertising program. [

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The purchaser is one of the great ( corporations and the purchase price is reported to be $75,000. Ordinarily the polling list for this forecast has been made up largely from the telephone direct,- ‘ ories and from holders of automobile licenses. That was nol fi. perfect system because the percentage of people who have telephones and automobiles is a relatively small fraction of the total number of voters. It now appears that the system has been changed and that instead they are taking their names from the official precinct voting lists. That, too, sounds all right. But there arises the question of selecting the precincts. It would be quite easy to balance such a poll to give any desired result by pick-! ing the precincts in which there was a large preponderance of votes [ one way or the other. So it all comes -jack to the questio not how the job is going to be done. The coincidence of a large price to be paid for the broadcasting rights and the identity of the buyers of those rights, some of the directors of w hich are conspicuous in the Liberty League class and its affiliates, makes one doubtful about the sincerity of the poll. By and large, the straw votes now being taken inevitably suggest that they are all right for light summer reading but far from reliable as indices of how the country is going next November. o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur WHY SUFFER? Rheumatism, Neuritis, Arthritis, Periodic Pains. Lumbago, and all other Aches and Pains are quickly relieved with Alt’s Compound Wintergreen Tablets. Positively guaranteed. Price sl. Sold at all Drug Stores.

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