Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1936 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office aa Secund Claes Matter. J. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouee, Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates: Single copiesl .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier....— 5.00 One month, by mall .35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 Vne 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. |ls Lexington Avenue, New York. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. When you reach the end of the week you also arrive at wit’s end and can't think up knock knocks. Now get ready for a conple of. months of political activity as earnest and as important as any time in history. Cliff Townsend will make a great governor. He is qualified and pre-| pared, he is affable and courteous always, he has the confidence of the people and will not fail them. —s» Do your advertising in your daily newspaper. That is the only sensible means of reaching the greatest number of people. We need your cooperation and will appreciate it and you will prosper as you ; use the space. Congressman Allen of Kansas remarked the other day that Governor Landon's daughter, Peggy i Ann, is a good looking girl, but I that her father was not so popular. | He didn't carry his home city I when he ran for governor and the | congressman predicted that he ; wouldn't carry the state in November. The straw vote season is at hand and you can arrange them any way you want them. Usually these votes are taken among the top nochers, who can afford to pay four or five dollars a year for a magazine or by some organization planning to use the vote as propaganda: After all it will be the vote ! in November that will decide the; election here and elsewhere. A crowd taxing the capacity of the famous French Lick hotel planned the coining campaign, talked newspaper shop, listened to brilliant speeches and had a good time yesterday and today, the occasion being the mid-summer meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association. It will close tonight with a banquet at which the speakers will be Senator VanNuys, Senator Minton, Governor McNutt and M. Clifford Townsend, Democratic candidate for governor, in his keynote. It will be a great getaway for- the campaign and from now on, the fight will be on in earnest. WHEN TOWNSEND SPEAKS— Hoosiers will have the opportunity to hear M. Clifford Townsend. democratic candidate for governor tonight. Mr. Townsend will deliver the keynote speech of his campaign at French Lick before the summer meeting of the democratic editorial association. The Terre Haute Tribune, commenting on Townsend's candidacy, his sincerity and the homely favor of speeches says: “After an audience hears Townsend. there are no vexations as to what he meant, or what he would do under a certain set of circumstances. In a Townsend speech there is nothing to deceive. He has nothing up his sleeve but his elbow, and elected or defeated, ev-

ery Hoosier can go to the polls i with complete knowledge of what sort of government he is going to j get under Townsend. The nearest i parralel to Townsend in recent was the beloved Ralph i Moss, whom the people of this 1 part of the state kept in congress :'> for four or five terms. Moss was j one of the leaders of the people in ■whom devotion to public service I transcends party lines. Partisan J considerations give way to genui ine purpose for the general public welfare. The public usually recognizes such men. It claims them for its own service, and is grateful for their loyalty and sacrifices. Townsend's candidacy arrives out of a happy exegesis. Indiana under Gov. McNutt has had four years of progress. She has kept abreast of the national administration, and j has made herself felt as one of the ■ chief supporters of the great work I that has been undertaken and a-; chieved. The carrying on from this ' point can. it appears, be entrusted | : to Townsend with complete faith that nothing shall detract from what has been done, and that in I the judgment of most Hoosiers i there are no vital blunders to repair." o L » STAR SIGNALS -BYOCTAVINE For persons who Believe that human destniy is guided by the planet, the daily horoscope is outlined by a noted astrologer. In addition to information of general interest, it outlines information of special interest i to persons born on the designated dates. AUGUST 31 Those most likely to be affected by today s influences are those born from Feb. 9 to 28. General Indications Morning—Good, i Afternoon —Good. Evening—Doubtful. Routine work should be accomplished today with success. Today's Birthdate You are apt to do more for othI ers than tor your own family. Improved conditions for coming year are indicated, with changes | through travel, or dealing with ; people far distant. You should receive a great financial stimulus I during October and November. 19I 36. and March and April, 1937. Ex- ■ pansion and pleasure in the realms < ;of romance or speculation should i | be felt during January, 1937. Danger—be careful from Oct. 6 i through 13. o * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File ♦ ♦ Aug. 29—President Wilson asks ' for military operation of the rail- J roads in a special message to congress. Michigan holds a state wide pri- 1 | mary in which there is much int- ' erest. O. F. Gillium of Berne Is elect- i , ed president of the state Christian Endeavor society. No arrangements are made for I a Chautauqua next year. O. L. Burgener goes to Daven-1 port. lowa to attend the national: I convention of chiropractors. Frank Carroll elected president of the local barbers union. 'k 4 Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee > The Clock Soak a piece of cotton in keroi sene and place inside the clock, I at the bottom of the case. Leave it’ for a few days, then remove it. It , will remove much of the accumu-, lated dust. The Oil Mop The oil mop can be cleaned by L using hot water, amouia, and a■ small amount of washing powder.' More Cream Heat the milk until lukewarm, then chill it. and it will bring more {cream to the surface. II - . CHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers are requested to give old and new address when ordering paper changed from one address to another. tor example: If you . change your address ( from Decatur R. R. 1 to Decatur R. R. 2, instruct us to change the paper 1 from route one to route 3 two. When changing address to another town, always give present address and new address.

~ DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1936.

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DISPELUNGJTHE FOG By Charles Michelson Director of Publicity, Democratic National Committee

By Charles Michelson One of the recent straw polls pur'Ported to chow that within a week the State of Michigan had ebitted its vote from Governor Landon to President Roosevelt. It Is much easier to believe that the President had the allegiance of Michigan all the time, than that a sampling, which we are informed amounts to no more than three voters in a thousand, revealed a complete change of sentiment. Assuming that the straw vote we are discussing IS quite on the level, without questioning the honesty of those who are directing it, it is probable that casting the dice and counting the spots would give almost as good a foundation for a guess. Nothing had happened politically in the previous week to stir the people to any considerable extent. Mr. Landon had made a sipeech or two, remarkable only in the indefiniteness of their implications and the commonplace quality of their expressions. The President had made an eloquent non-polltical speech on the disturbed condition of the world and the grave necessity of avoiding being involved in a threatened war. There was little new in that. Mr. Landon had already demonstrated that he was no orator and was burning with no particular enthusiasm. The country already knew that Mr. Roosevelt hated war and that he could tell them so In brilliant fashion. It was just a routine, average week in a campaign significant only in its cumulative effect. Everybody who has 'paid even corsory attention to elections knows that when it comes to counting the actual votes there are pulsations and mutations. First one man is ahead, then the ■other in States that are at all cluse, and not until the polls close is the issue definitely determined, in other words, even a million votes may not give material for a sure survey of the result in a large state. How then can a few hundred, or even a few thousand, tell anything worth knowing? A Sort of Jughandled Insurance The straw vote business in an amusing game but hardly anything more than that. It is a pretty safe game, likewise, tor when Michigan's vote is actually recorded, who is going to remember that the alleged poll showed Michigan tor Landon on August L 6 and Michigan tor Roosevelt on Agust 23? As a matter of tact it is a sort of jughandled insurance, for It affords material to point with pride regardless of how the election might come out. We will, of course, have all manner of sample balloting before November 3. Some of it—not all of it — will be a serious effort to forecast the selection. Some of it will be pure propaganda, for of course, the sample bdJloting can present any resulf deaired by the simple expedient of plokihg the sdctlohs wherA ' sentiment runs strongly in favor of

the desires of the fellow who is conducting the poll and drawing sparsely on those parts of the country where sentiment runs the other way. There is, for example, an alleged farm poll the first bulletins of which recorded one in a hundred of New York farmers and one in four thousand in Texas. The moral of all this is “get as much fun as you can out of the soothsayers and divining rod people but don’t take any prophecies too seriously." The efforts of the partisans must be to make these reports seem as favorable to Governor Landon as possible, in order to convey the idea that he has some chance. For the politicians figure that there are a great number of people In this country who will not vote for a 'prospective loser even though they approve of his personality and policies. Straw votes are, of course, not the only methods of trying to make the better of the worse cause. Not long ago, as you will remember, in order to convey the point of extrayjgance and inefficiency in their charges the Administration, the Republican organization fathered a story that 800 loves of bread and 500 pies were being fed to hogs daily at the Passamaquoddy project. The idea subtly conveyed was' that this bread and pastry had ibeen Contracted for on a daily basis be-; . cause of the anticipated large numi ber of workers o nthe project. It deI veloped that there were never any ! pies ordered and that the bread was proportioned at the rate of a small loaf for each workman actually on the job. So the pie and pig story was simply an invention and 'you haven'e heard any more about it, i naturally. But Do Cows Prefer Walking on Cement? Now we run on to a new one. i There is a thriving little city in i Missouri called Arcadia, which is I very iproud of its new cement side i walk, put in by the WPA. The Re- ' publicans decided that this was a j fine example of boondoggling and prepared some moving 'pictures to ilI lustrate that only the country cows would have use for that sidewalk. So the moving picture people hired six cows from ten miles away,

FREE! FREE! AMATEUR PARACHUTE JUMPING CONTEST, SUNDAY, AUG. 30 Commencing at 12:00 o’clock noon John B. Fleming farm, just west of Decatur s—Amateur Jumps—s 2—Professional Jumps—2 Airplane rides at reasonable rates.

trucked them into town and posed them on the cement .and installed .in actor-farmer to stand before the camera and call attention to the fact that Missouri cows were The on ly pedestrians on the new project Arcadia was, of course, indignant ■but no doubt somewhere in this broad ’and of ours the moving pic ture shows the parade of the Kine on the cement walks. Then there is a corporation in southern California which offers SIOO in prize money to be shared among its employees writing essays Ou the subject: “Taxation and How It Affects Me." With the notice to the employees went an elaborate argument by the private braintruster of the corporation pointing out the iniquity of taxes and how .'xorbitant the total was in iproportion to the employee's income. It is doubtful if one among the men and women to whom the prize offer was made comes within the income tax paying class and.of course, the income tax is the only tax that the Federal government has any concern with. It is an extension of the same process under which certain Chicago butchers weer induced to put out blackboards on which were listed the various kinds of meat offered tor sale, under the heading “Don’t Blame the Butcher: Meat Is Cheap But Taxes Are High?" Just what the income tax had to do with lamb chops, and pot roasts, was not revealed. But the thought was to p’ant in the minds of customers that ' the wicked, extravagant, remorse less Roosevelt Administration at Washington was for famine prices in the meat packers ' product. This is ipiffling stuff, of course and can have no more effect on the election than the eclipse of the moon. But the Republican party i thanks to the duPont Liberty Lea ' gue and its affiliates, have so mud money bo spend that ipretty much , any idea suggested at Republican I headquarters is thrown into the hop ' per and carried out in the forlorn hope that it might do some good. o Star Fish ‘‘On Spot” Buzzards Bay. Mass — (UP) — ’ Scientists hope to find some meth <>d of exterminating star fish, enemy of the shellfish. They are collecting 10,000 star fish, dying them .blue and placing them hack into th' ocean. This will make it possible ti observe the migration habits.

The People’s Voice Thli column tor th# of reader* who wish to make eu«teetlom for the general good Or dlecues questions of tmeses t. Please sign your name to 1 ahow authenticity. It will not be uaed if you prefer that it not bo. k-- - . Aug. 28,1935 To the editor of the Daily Democrat: All of the talk about the government spending too much money for the unemployed and the gush about the constitution is pure bunk. What was done for the common people under Harding’s Soolidge's and Hoovpr's administrations? What went with all of the money pouring into the U. S. treasury during those 12 years? What about the millions that were spent to enforce prohibition and with no results and no revenue. The legacy that the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover administra- ■ tions left to President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the great burden of unemploymerfr and an empty treasury. The nerve of the Republicans to open their mouths against our president, who has had but little otver three years to bring this) country back to a normal condition. The whole nation was on the verge of starvation aud almost ; homeless. But for the Supreme Court the country would be in such a good condition that you would hardly know there had been a depression. The Republicans ruled the country for more than 50 years. They had the opportunity to make this a government of the people, for the people and by the people. But not so. It was a government for the idle rich and the special privileged class. Lincoln told them in his day what would come, and it came. All of the little pickaninnies that find fault with this administration . could not give one constructive idea and ought to go hungry and homeless. Lucy B. Frye, R. R. 1., Monroe. Ind. o ,>. # ' Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two 1. La Salle. 2. In Bethlehem Chapel of the Protestan Episcopal Cathedral at Washington, D. C. 3. Churchill Down, Louisville, Ky. 4. Congress. 5. Genesis. 6. Celebrated English actor. 7. To get wood-boring insects and their larvae for food. 8. Boston, Mass. 9. Yes. 10. Lake of Geneva. o A < Modem Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ ♦ Q. If a girl, accompanied by a man, is driving her own car, should she offer to let him drive? A. Yes, if she is tired of driving and wishes to do so; but there is

TOWNSHIP FORM S NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF TAX EEVIES I Tow Ship, Bef ° re ‘ he Townsblp Advisory Board ■ Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Kirkland Township, Adame County, Indiana, that the pr-pcl® al officers of said municipality at their regular meeting place, on the Ist day of September 1936. will coniM er the following budget: ’ * e BIDGET CLASSIFICATION FOB ’TOWNSHIPS S TOWNSHIP FI ND POOR Fl ND School Supplies 0 Salary of Trustee I 600.00 To Reimburse ‘County 850 00 Janitor Bundles I: ‘''o Office Rent 60.00 VI ITION Ft ND Fuel for Thod” Trustee a Expense . 123.00 Pay of Teachers 10,400.00 Loans, Int. amt Insuran ■ *"*■ Records ami Advertising UsO.OO SPECIAL SCHOOL FI ND Janitor Service ” ,, 0 Pay of Advisory Board 15.00 Repair of Buildings and Transportation of Children * ! 0 . Examination of Ret ords 30.00 Cars of Grounds 400 00 Light and Power IS *O Miscellaneous 100.00 Repair of Equipmentsr.ioO M Sil Uni us >’*■ Total Township Fund 1,180.00 School Furn. and Equip 630.00 Total Special School Fund W s ® (Complete detail of budget estimate may be seen in office of Township Trustee) ■ ESTIMATE OF TOWNSHIP Fl NDS TO BE RAISED I Funds Required For Expenses To Townsli'lp gn School Tuition ’’”o December 31st Os IseesHax Year: Fund Fund Fund E'ilo 1. Total Budget Estimate for incoming year 31.180.00 31,215 00 110 400 m> W H O 2. Necessary expenditures to be made from appro- ’ ■ priatlens unexpended July 31st of present year 590.00 2 000 00 5 ’’oo 00 I 3. Additional appropriations necessary to be made ' ■ August Ist to December 31st of present year . - ■ 4. outstanding temporary loans to be paid before El B Dee. 31st of present year—not included in lines fl 2 or 3 ——- - - ~ ■ 5. Total Funds Required (Add lines 1,2, H and 4) — 1,770.00 6 ”15 00 ' 16 60000 ■ Funds On Hand led To Be Received From 6.-la.oo 1a,600.00 = ’’•ourcem (Miter Than I’r<»p<>Nrd Tax Levyi fl 8. AOtbal Balance. July 31st of present year 367.00 49” oo 4 791 no I 7. Taxes to be collected, present year (December 4,<9L»0 ■ 8. Miscellaneous Revenue to be received Aug Ist ' — s * 3 - 00 <04.0" I of present year to Dec. 31st of year T I tSceduie on file in office of Township Trustee)- ’ I a. Special Taxes (see Schedule) , lnn nn ■ b. All other Revenue (see (Schedule) ”’”00 00 I 9. Total Funds (Add lines 6,7, «a and 8b) 327 00 vir.nn t?«<M I 10. NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED FOR EXPENS- 3-70.00 13.03a.00 I F.S TO DEC. 3lst OF INCOMING YEAR (Deduct r I line 9 from line 5) 843 00 vw-.sii I 11. Operating Balance (not In excess of expense Jan ♦ -.840.00 3,.>0 .0 1 Ist to June 30. less Mlsc. Revenue for same I 12. AMOUNT TQ BE RAISED BY TAX LEVY (Add S **°° 2,200.00 2,700.00 I lines 10 and 11) .1,433.00 5,040.00 6.205.00 Ss ’°| PROPOSED LEVIES I Net Taxable Property — 11,192,228.60 . .w Mnount t 0 & y ’ Tuition ’ •’« ejss-jj Special School ", Poor si ’’ total... f" i;;.™’’! lOMl'tßAlltl. STATEMENT OF TAXES COLLECTED AND TO BE COLLECTED g I FINDS Collected Collected Collected tVc'br'l Townshin 1934 Levy 1»35 Levy 1983 Levy 11 |3o.«| w’md 8 ' School 2>«o.<Wl 3,188.00 •’.iw'.Ol) ” 6 ' Poo- 335.00 340.30 340.00 836 ,M lOIAL .. .10,155.00 7,428.30 15,718.00 > 3 ’” Taxpayers appearing shall have a right te be heard thereon After the tax levies have been detertnln’ 1 ten or more taxpayers feeling themselves aggrieved by such levies' mar aooeato the State Board of Commissioners for further and final action thereon bi- flline » rtF/rev,,, 1 wish the Count'’ Audit” ‘ DatedTugust" 19 le i9 f 36 rtll M ° nday S ‘ ptelUber ’ the State*Boart? will"fixa date of headng in this count. 1 AUGUST 33-29 ' H ’ H ’ HIGH ’ Trustee Kirkland Township.

no obligation for her to suggest it. Q. What Is the best and proper way to secure a business appointment with a stranger? A. By writing a bffef note asking for an appointment. Q. is it necessary for a woman to remove her wraps when mak ing a social call? A. No; this Is not required. Dog Escapes In 5-Story Fall Sacramento. Cal. — (UPI‘ —A fivestory dive from the roof of an apartment building was the boast of Tippy, year-old fox terrior, who emerged from hie ex;per!ence with wagging tail and frightened eyes but hardly a scratchPenny Wise Evanston. 111.. (U.R>--Two onegallon jugs filled with pennies were tendered Elmer Niles. Evanston fuel dealer, recently in payment for seven tons of coal. The

1.1 HR ARY FORM MITICS TO Tivrtvsw. r»F T <x LEI IK In the Matter df'Determlfiihg the 1 TeN'RaWs ’ *' for ctrtatn purposes by the Library Board Before the t n.. of Decatur, Adams County, Indiana e me Llbr lrj|| Notice is hereby given Vhe taxpayers of Decatur and w. i. Fownsbip. Adams County, Indiana, that the proper lee.i municipality, a: their regular meeting place, on the first .| ,v ,t?* 1936, will consider the Inflowing budget: d> ot s ‘Pt«n 111 IX.K t t I.ASSIFU ATIOX 1. Services Per sons I 11. Salary Librarian : .... u 12. Salary Assistants 13. Wage» of Janitors and others 14. Other Compensation ... W 3. Services. Contractual 21. Oommui.lcatlon and Transportation 1 22. Heat. Light. Power, and Water I 23. Printing and Advertising | 34. Repairs — 15. Services other contractual ..2L.....1. —’ X Mupglles 31. Office ;>2. Other Supplies ... — 4» Materiel 41. Building 44. General -— S 45. 1 3. C urreat Charge* al. Insurance Premiums ~:..:5.v.1...ta..-.., ! „ J 52. Rents " *| 53. Tax and Assessments • f «. Current Obligations 61. Interest 62. Temporaty Loan . T. Properties 71. Buildings 72. Equipment ~~ 73. Books S. Debt Paymr*( ’’ Si. Bonds 82. Interest ■ TOTAL BSTIM STB OF I.IBHAHI Fl sl> TO HE II VISED ’ ’ I'unds Kequired Hor Expenses To l>«-ceuil>er 31st Os Coming Venrc 1. ' Total Budget Hstlniate for incoming year 1937 dm 2. Necessary expenditures to be made from appropriations unexpended July 31st of present year 1936 3. Additional appropriations necessary to be made August Ist to December 31et of present vear I,J f. Outstanding temporary loans to be paid before December 31st of present vear—not included in lines 2 or 3 n( .">. Total funds required (Add lines 1,2, 3, and 41 .... t s;j I'uuds On Hand To Be Receive,! From Sources Olhcr Than Proposed Tax l.evy, 6. Actdat balam-e, July 81st of present year (5 mo.) . I.CI 7. Taxes to be collected, present year (December settlement (5 mo.) . lUS S. Miscellaneous Revenue to be received Aug. Ist of present year to Dec. list of incoming year (Schedule on file in office of Library Board): a. Special Taxes (Intangibles) b. Fees and all other revenue (Fines) « 9. Total funds (Add lines 6,7, 8a and 8b) 3 II it). NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED FOR EXPENSES TO DEC. 31st OF INCOMING YEAR (Deduct line 9 from line 5) j y, 11. Opeiuting Balance (Not In excess of expense Jan. Ist to June 3O.«less miscellaneous revenue for same period . j 12. AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAX LEVY (Add lines 10 and ID ■ j;; PROPOSED LEVIES Net Taxable Property (a) Decatur-Root ) (b> Decatur-Washington > 14.479.751, (c) Washington Township .‘.ISS.Hi Same of Fund Levy ox Property Ami. io be rail Library: (al Decatur-Root 5) (b) Deiatur-Washington 5)._ 82,239 (< ) Washington Township 2 ... (J7 4 omparatKe Malemrnt of Taxes < olleeteri and tu be ( ollerted - To ta CoilKl Funds Collected 1934 1935 1936 1! For Library $2,367.72 $2,611.84 $2,638.52 12.477 Taxpayers appearing shall have the right to be heard thereon. At the tax levies have been determined, ten or more taxpayers feeling; | gri«v«d by such levies, may appeal to the State Board of Tax -onimirf ers for further and final action thereon. l>y filing a petition therrf with the County Auditor not later than the fourth Mondav of Septemt and then the State Board will fix a date of hearing in this county. : Dated August 12, 1936. 1 JOHN R. PARRISH, Secretary. AuGVST 22 — 29

penning were savedwTTl p , n ’ ree _,r Mr " hy m,h Mkd P«le»e They totaled $96 45 *1 Joo Mxny F|rm|f| I Toroulo. unt. f I have become a "drug un fconomic life" w hvu. 1 18!* 8 ! believe.. "Canada . plumber., clothing manil J j . more lufiu.triaßgts. • h . , C M : Klwanft Club here. 01i , Trade In a Good Town - nJ 1 q~ To Make GoodKu U»e ESTELLE'S B 4 a , ! Mixture, with Oreen or Cucumbers. E at . i some day you make 'em * best you ever tasted. Direou on package. 15c at ,n F s Prut Store.. *