Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1936 — Page 3

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I By HARRISON C ARROLL ■ „ c »PnUM. 1936. ■ features Syndicate, Inc. yOUrrtOOD The first Holly- •< applicants for seats to the Olympic games are the y" Lloyds, who have put in ■e order through the Japanese in Los Angeles. A favorite in the Orient, the ET expects to take his p family on the trip. Tom BJ'aje, Paramount's manager ■» Far East. will be their ’-nst V ffuiae. Phonal to Maureen O’Sullivan Farrow: The anE'™ e " t of your engagement by the "Tarzan troupe with a dinner E,® a f un » le house on top of EivL Oak . tree ’ Director RichEL' tj* threw the party and, absence, asked a couple of E couples as guests of iL n ng Wi >liam Henry ka“SX 1j “” BM " E^e^i 8 ’ dr ’’ tells the story kaJlu WaS ln Skow hegan, a EnM man motored up from ‘ nt «rview. Her first fc ’ almost floored the young httdo vn Mr .u DaViSl " She Saidr Jo you thlnk about Shake _ ®? lped ou t and bravely the Bardt ‘‘Jteninn Hollywood dateline Ke durin 8f Owen’s L® d "’ithßiu was goln S Kli star B Shakespeare, the P’Kdo SJ** 1 ° f the good that %r s C? hr ° ugh their advice K and Wh .° pour out their I ?'ar i I? in fan let ters. panbia c o 18 -year-old girl in ’ l,lj that Wr °te Jeanette Macbom hn'L Was going t 0 run and that Bhe tel w t the star in Hollya?d y „ MiM Ma cDonald sat this letter Bhe told the girl she

(XUS C ALENDAR Society Deadlin*, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 _ 1001 ‘Thursday I Rurallstlc Study Club, Mrs. Her- ' num Vie man. 8 p. m. U. B. Progressive Workers' Class 1 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hill, 7:30 p. m M. E. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Mrs. Ed Wicks. Union Chape) CIC Class. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Rice, 7:30 p. m. Women of Moose, Moose Home. ! S p. m. Baptist Woman’s Society, Mrs. iC. W. Moser, 2:30 p. tn. U. B. Ladles aid, Mrs. Hnbert 1 Cochran. 2 p. m. Annual Carden Party of Zion Re--1 formed Lad lee, Mrs. Ben Schroyer, 7:30 p. m. Christian Ladies A’.d Society, Hanna-Nuttman park. 2 p. in. Friday Bobo U. B. Willing Workers class, Mrs. Margaret Waltke, 7:30,p. tn. Mount Pleasant Bible class, Mrs. |Sam Fuhrman. 8 p. m. | Friendship Village Picnic, Leh- ' man Park, 7 p. m. Union Chapel Young People's •Class. Miss DeVona Howard, 7:30 .p m. | Literature Section, important (called meeting. Mrs. Carroll Burk- | holder. 7:30 p. m. Decatur Home Ec. Club Picnic, | Hanna Nuttman Park, 6 p. m. ' Loyal Daughters class Ice Cream Social, Memorial Park. 7:30 p.m. Young Married Couples’ Class Picnic, Lehman Park, Berne. 6:30. Baptist Philathae class. Mrs. Sylvia Parmer, evening. Dramatic Section, called meeting, Mayor’s Court Room, 7:30 p. m. Monday Art Department, Mrs. Russel Owens, 7:30 p. m. said there was little to connect the negro with the Castle slaying except the similarity of the two crimes. Suspect Held Is Not Wanted For Slaying Indianapolis, Aug. 20. — <U.R> -- Local authorities today checked photographs and fingerprints of a man held in St. Louis, Mo., and announced he was not wanted in connection with the slaying of Bert Callahan, prominent realtor. The suspect, who gave his name as Charles Moritz. Seymour, reportedly told St. Louis authorities he had ‘‘been cleared of the murder." He once was arrested here on a burglary charge.

would not see her if she ran away from home. That youngster took the star’s ’ advice. But she is in Hollywood ; now with her parents’ consent, and ! Jeanette has had her out to the ‘ apartment several times. . You Asked Me and I’m Telling i You! Sallie Ungar, New York i City: Hollywood's favorite beau . of the moment is undoubtedly James Stewart. He has dates with all the beauties —to name a few, Eleanor Powell, Anne Shirley, Mar- , garet Sullavan and Virginia Bruce. For a while, the gossips scented a serious romance with Eleanor Powell, but It doesn’t seem to have : developed. Evelyn Venable is turning author with a baby book called "The First Six Months”. She and Hal Mohr have taken daily pictures of their little girl and selections from these will be the illustrations in the volume. The baby, incidentally, has been raised on a strictly vegetarian diet. Here and There in Hollywood.... 1 An item in this column brought about the return of the pet minah bird of Veloz and Yolanda, the dancers, and earned a SIOO reward check for Fred L. Porter of Holly- f wood. ... The Douglas Fairbankses go to second nights to avoid the autograph seekers and the photographers. . . . James Melton, the I radio and screen star, couldn’t be- I lieve it when he was told that he i couldn’t eat in the Beverly Hills Brown Derby without his coat. ... , But Nat Pendleton offered the loan ' of his and the incident passed off with a laugh. . . . The Basil Rathbones will be in New York less than two days on their way to Eu- . rope, but are finding time to give ( a cocktail party. . . . Joan Craw- , ford, who practically fainted when she had to do a radio broadcast, sent a bottle of smelling salts to 1 Jerry Asher when he had to face the mike. Today’s Puzzle: What singing star has been the victim of the perfect rib on the Mary Astor diary and will be days getting over the jitters? i

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1936.

gERSONALS The Misses Ruth and Evelyn Adams and Miss Alyce Baker are spending the day In Fort Wayne. Miss Ruth Adams recently rej turned from a six weeks trip to Alaska. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hocker have returned from a months trip to the West, They spent two weeks In Cal-1 ifornia and the rest of the time visited many of the historic spots in the west ncludlng Yellow Stone National Park and Old Mexico. Mr. and Mns. F. W. Holthouse of Louisville, Ky.. formerly of this city,' are moving to Chicago. Mr. Holthouse Is connected with the U. S, Gypsum company and has been promoted to the Chicago office. He will be a district manager for the company. Miss Susie Ennis of Newport, Kentucky arrived in this city Tuesday to visit with her sister, Mrs. ’ Jesse Gilbert for a week. Mr. and .Mrs. Jesse Gilbert and son George Franklin, attended the funeral services for Mr. Gilbert’s aunt. .Mrs. M. R. Stogdill, 75, at Ossian Tuesday. Mrs. Stogdill’s death occurred Sunday morning. Surviving besides the husband are three sons and a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert were called to Ossian last Thursday on account of Mrs. Stogdill's serious condition and remainled until Sunday. Miss Eleanor Reppert and broth-1 i r Rolland visited in Fort Wayne Wednesday. Miss Helen Lower left yesterday for Port Jervis. New York, to resume her school work. She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Homer Lower and her sister, Mrs. Gerald Smith. They will he joined in New York City by J. J. Lower and will spend severa l days there before returning home. Mrs. E. A Gentie has returned to Detroit. Mich., after a several weeks visit in Decatur with friends ami relatives. Mrs. Eugene Runyon who underwent a major operation at the Adams county memorial hospital Tuesday is reported a3 getting along verv well. Mrs. Harold Sautter and daughters Betty and Barbara, and Miss Velma Walters left Wednesday for Chicago to visit with friends. They will return Saturday. Adams County Memorial Hospital ■Philip Young, route 4. Van Wert. 0.. admitted last night. Mrs. Doy Tumbleson. 903 Dlerkes ‘ St., admitted last night. Mrs. Lester Cowans, rout 2, admitted last night. Ruth Alice Holthonse. daughter of Mayor and Mrs. Arthur Holt-j house, admitted this morning, tonsilectomy. Mrs. Charles Spade, 1023 North Second st., dismissed yesterday. Bonnie Fryback. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fryback. admitted . this morning. Prominent Fort Wayne Business Man Is Dead Fort Wayne. Aug. 20—-Abraham Weil, 78. of 614 West Wayne street, associated with Weil Bros. Co., of this city for 63 years, died at 6 p. m. yesterday at hLs home of a heart ailment which had confined him since last Thanksgiving. Mr. Weil was born in Cincinnati, 0.. December 16. 1857. the son of Jacob and Rosa Weil and moved to this city with his parents when a year old. He became associated with his father and brother, the late Isaac Weil, In the fur business here when 13 yeans old. o Woman Sentenced On Drunk Driving Charge Evansville, Ind.. Aug. 20— (U.RJ— Miss Willis May Stanton. 22. first woman ever to come before City Judge Marion Rice on a drunken driving cha.rge, was fined sll.l sentenced to 30 days in jail and had her automobile driver’s license revoked for one year. Star Halfback For All-Stars Injured Chicago, Aug. 20. —<U.R) —A kick in the face which he received in practice with the college All-Stars, probably will keep George Roscoe. Minnesota halfback, out of the game against the Detroit Lions Sept. 1, physicians said today. His cheekbone was fractured. o— — Section Hand Killed By Lightning Bolt Portland, Ind., Aug. 20. — (II.R) Samuel Dunham. 65. section hand on the Nickel Piute railroad, was killed instantly late yesterday when struck by a bolt of lightning one mile south of Redkey. 0 Roosevelt To Curtail Drought Area Visit Washington. Aug. 20 —(U,R)~President Roosevelt's decision to curtail hie drought Inspection tour was

Push Manhunt for Club Killer •I >* ” zl ■ -1 5 J ■* Jr Jl/' Wk ' • Mr. and Mrs. Drain and son, r . w ■ - r ! Irj !i k * r ßart>Hra ln hospital 1 1 i ■>. xI Colorado authorities launched the most intensive manhunt in the southwest in the past decade following the brutal murder of 15-year-old Dorothy Drain of Pueblo and attack on her younger sister. Barbara. 12. shown above in hospital. The killer clubbed the two girls as they lay in bed at their home, apparently about midnight when their parents. Mr and Mrs Riley Drain, and brother. Billy, were absent.

today interpreted in some quarters' as hinting at a possible last minute attempt by the administration to bring peace to the ranks of organized labor. It is possible that Mr. Roosevelt's return to the capital on September 4 —one day before automatic suspension from the American federation of labor of John L. Lewis’ committee for industrial organization — means that the government will throw its weight into an eleventh hour attempt at healing the impending breach. PETERSON NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fugate and daughter spent Wednesday evening with Mrs. Glen Straub and family. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fruchte and daughter Leona of Magley visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry Briener, Wed- ( nesday. Mrs. Frank Spade and son Ralph spent last week at Rome City and Auburn, visiting friends. Henry Marshall spent last week -visiting in Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Perish called on George Bright. Sunday. . j Miss Helen Beery spent last week visiting in Ohio. Mrs. Mabie Marshell, Mrs. George Bright and Mrs. Roll Hauck spent the week eml in Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Weldy of Fort Wayne, spent the week end witli

A Slimming Black Satin-Back Crepe Dress Flattering Collar, Vest and Cuffs are of the Lustrous Surface By Ellen Worth / Today’s dress shows a very liked way of using contrast for \ x s the becoming and flattering neck- \ The original dress lively lovely in black satin-back IKb! of the lustrous surface boast newly smart combination for fall Also fascinating lovely are the new wool and 'rayon novelty mix- k"* tures and the slightly rough crepe [fj silks. The panel at the front of the >kirt slimming effect for tore You'll find this model so entirely simple to cut out and put SnEASH together. Style No. 642 is designed for sizes 36, 38, 46, 42, 44, 46 and W 48-itiches bust. Size 36 requires 34)5 yards of 39-inch material IsWs with >4 yard of 39-inch contrast- |HI S K Our Illustrated Home Dressmaking Book contains the fashions together dressmak- IB ing lessons and the fundamental principles of sewing. Whether BSK jBMP are or a beginner. will find this book helpful indeed in mak- HB ing your clothes. It is just full of ideas to enhance your own i j A looks. You simply can’t afford 11l 3 r to miss it! Send for your copy J I I — today! I Price of BOOK 10 cents. WA I Price of PATTERN 15 cents IB i (coin is preferred). Wrap coin ' carefully. NEW YORK PATTERN BUREAU, Decatur Dally Democrat, 220 East 42nd Street, Suita, 1110, NEW YORK, N. Y.

' Mr. and Mm. W. B. Weldy. MLsb Ve'ma Spade and Leonard Liechty spent Sunday in Celina, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Burt August of Fort Wayne, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ball. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delhi and son of Craigvllle, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Heller and son. Mrs. Willard M Bride and son. and Mrs. Emma Thompson of Decatur, visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spade, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hansel Foley called in Peterson, Sunday. 0 Minnows Paid as Salary Albany. N. Y.— <U.R> — When the State Conservation Department decided to enter the business of raising bait fish, Walter Smith of Troy, a fisherman, applied for the job. His salary was 3.000 minnows a 1 week. He sold the minnows to other fishmen for bait. His job was to net 60.000 fish during ex- . periments. o Town Clock Stages Comeback Johnstown, Pa. —(U.R>—The town (clock, daily standby for Innch-hour stenographers and shoppers, has picked up where it left off when h7gh waters of the St. Patrick’s Day deluge crippled its mechanism. Its idle hands had been one of the few public reminders left of the gray days in March.

CONFERENCE ON DROUGHT AREA Wallace, Grange Officials Confer With Roosevelt • Hyde Park. N. Y., Aug. 20 (U.R) — Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and officials of the National Grange called at the summer white house today for the second of President Roosevelt's conferences on the drought situation in the middle west. Today’s visitors, following the group of administration experts who yesterday discmised drought in the light of re-employment and costs to the government, will lay before the chief executive additional factual data with emphasis on ultimate crop prospects, crop loans, and the farm mortgage outlook. The second drought conference indicated to observers that Mr. Rooeevelt was giving it precedence over all other important questions e.nd desired to have not only all informatdon possible but that relief machinery should be functioning smoothly with the least possible delay. As he made ready to visit the duet bowl as far west as Montana and Wyoming, he studied reports from Harry Hopkins that showed 90.000 persons already being taken care of by the WPA with the possibility of the number being increased shortly to 120,000 to 150,000. At present the government is paying out in WPA wageo to relief workers in the drought regions approximately $5,000,000 monthly, which represents an average monthly wags*, Hopkins explained, of from S4O to SSO. The president, before the arrival of Wallace, Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange, and Fred 'Freestone, put the finishing touches to the itinerary of the dust bowl trip that will begin August 25. It was understood that while in the west he would pay a call on Governor Floyd B. Olson. ParmerLaborite of Minnesota, critically ’ ill in the Mayo brothers' hospital I at Rochester. Minn. Olson, one of i the outstanding progressive lead- • em in the country, yesterday dictated from the bedside an appeal I for the re-election of the president. Attacker Granted Stay Os Execution Lexington. Ky.. Aug. 20.—(U.R) — ■ John (Pete) Mont joy, 22-year-old negro convicted of the criminal attack of a white woman, had hopes ' of a commutation of his death sen--1 tence revived today after he had been granted a stay of execution. Montjoy, sentenced to hang in the courtyard at Covington. Ky.. Friday, saw a legal tight to save his life gain ground when his attorneys secured fr o m Federal Judge H. Church Ford a writ of habeas corpus which enjoined Kenton county from holding the execution until after a hearing here next Wednesday. o Honor Belongs to Woman The pioneer dally paper published In England In 1702 wag pub llghed hy n "■ o Total Os 6,750,000 Ballots For State Indianapolis, Aug. 20.—(U.R> —A total of 6,750,000 ballots have been ordered by the state board of election commissioners for voting this fall, Parke Beadle, clerk of the board, said today. The board has agreed that 2,250,Wed., Sept. 9 State Fair Educational Day State Fair officials have announced that Wednesday, September 9th, will be Educational day at the 1936 Indiana State Fair to be held from September 5 to 11, inclusive. A feature of Educational day is the parade of champions in which most champions in their respective divisions will march on the famous mile track led by several bands beginning at 11:00 A. M. The Indiana Board of Education has announced any pupil or teacher attending the fair Educational day will not be counted absent. A new building 80 feet in width and 120 feet in length has been completed where all exhibits and displays of school basses, instructional supplies, visual aids, work books and equipment will be on display. The outstanding feature of the educational exhibit is the log school house, the frame school, and the modern school. School, typical of the age these buildings represent, will be conducted each day of the fair with pupils and teachers dressed in appropriate costumes. Contests will be conducted for the best miniature airplane and the best-dressed doll, with cash prizes bing awarded the winners. State fair visitors should not miss the educational exhibit , . -j_ ■ ■ r I

Olio presidential elector ballots will be needed, he added, an equal number of ballots also will be needed for the state ticket and constitutional amendment votes. It will be the first general election in Indiana since the 1933 act providing for separate ballots for tile presidential elector and state

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ticket voting became effective. Becauae of the aeparute balloting, an additional ballot box will be placed In each of the 4,000 precincta of the atate, Headle aafd. The prealdentlo) elector ballot will be printed on cherry red paper. the atate ballot on pink and the amendment ballot on white.