Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1936 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DKCATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office ae Second Claes Matter. f. H. Heller_„__™..._President A. R. Holthouse, Sec y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller..—Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies —J .02 line week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier 6.00 One month, by mall .35 Three months, by malll.oo Six months, by mail— 1.75 Dne year, by mail— 3.00 'Jne 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 Dallies. On the market again, Crystal White sugar, made in Decatur. When they begin advertising cedar chests. Christmas can't be far away. The only advantage in the Yankees and Giants winning the league lennauts is that the fans can go, to New York and not leave town until the series is finished. "If you want to get a message to I all the people in any community you must use newspaper space,' , were the words of wisdom expressat a gathering of bankers in Massachusetts the other day. This Is the time to get ready for fall and winter months. The, stores are stocked with new merchandise and a wide selection is afforded. Shop at the local stores today. We bet Mrs. Hahn doesn't have] any trouble selling the Legion Auxiliary and increasing membership in this worthy organization based on the sales appeal display-' ed in her pictures. The Lowell, Mass.. Leader, re , marks. “Governor Landon giver. l the impression that he might make ' a safe president at a time' when nothing more is necessary than to be able to refrain from rocking, the boat. We are not in such a 1 time.'' President Roosevelt is the big favorite in straw vote polls in Maryland and Ohio, receiving 51 to 62 percent of the votes cast., These two states have always been barometers in former- elections aud if they are chalked up on the Democratic side, there will be another' Roosevelt landslide in 19*6. if in doubt, go to the County Clerk's office or call at Democratic headquarters and see if you arc properly registered. If you have' moved from your old voting precinct, changed your name, or were not registered before, you can't vote on November 3rd. unless you qualify by registering now. Mat Breiner, local chairman of the Red Men's Tri-State convention was all smiles today aud busy greeting the visitors. He was instrumental in bringing the meeting to Decatur and with the officers of Pocotaligo Tribe No. 2u3, was on! 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.

the job seeing that everything ran i along according to schedule. Decatur extends a hearty welI come to the Red Men and especially to Mayor Wilson of Greenville, Great Sachem Elsten and Uustou iJ. Patterson of Indianapolis, gen era! chairman of the Tri-State gathI ering It's a big day for members of the tribes and equally an important event tor the city to entertain them. The big sugar-making campaign got underway at the Central Sug- ; ar factory this morning und before the day is ended, more than 3ov men will be employed. For the | next two or three mouths the "refinery will be one of the busiest places in the state and a product made in Decatur will be distributed over a wide territory. The main objective of the Improved Order of Red Men is to j care for the orphans and widows i of the members, to see that they do not suffer as a result of losing , the provider of sustenance. Cardi- ' nal principles of the order are Freedom, Friendship and Charity. I the teaching of brotherly love and performing acts of charity. The or-, ■ der cares for 1,300 orphans in IndI iana alone and its membership in-* eludes leading men in every com-' i mutiny. Landon brought a smile with his latest farm speech. He talked about saving the farm market. } Surely he is well enough posted' to know that even in Kansas, farm ( ers are receiving more than a doll ar a bushel for wheat and about ■ 10 cents a pound for hogs, compared to the ruinous prices received before Mr. Roosevelt changed things. The Kansas governor ■ might run his own slate in his own 1 little way, but when he talks on national problems he shows his lack of knowledge about such assI airs. o * * STAR SIGNALS —BY— OCTA VINE For persons who Believe tbat human destniy is gu.ded by the planet, the daily horoscope is outlined by a noted astrologer. In addition to intormation of general interest. It outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates. September 28 Thotse who are most likely to be affected by planetary vibrations to-1 day were born from Feb. 20 through I March 20. General Indications Morning—Very serious. Afternoon —Doubtful. Even i ng—Doubttu!. Today is an unsound business . day. It would not be wise to expand, speculate or invest. Today's Birthdate You may find life lather difficult at times, but do not despair. Too great expansion ol estate, home or property or general extra- , vagauce may cause some disturb- | ance for you iu December 1936. Dangerous Nov. 19 through 26. 1936. Socially favorable, deal with op-, posite sex. Dec. 15 and 16. 1936. ♦ ■" < Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦ • 1 Edward J. Reilly, C. Lloyd Fisher, Frederick A. Pope, and Egbert Rosecrans. 2. June. 3. Forty-second Division. 4. The Poets’ Corner. 5. "Henry the Fifth.” 6. They live in the forests of the island of Mindanao. Philippines, and are of the Malay race. 7. Edward Bellamy. k. No. it is part of a number. 9. The Netherlands. IS. American sculptor. o Swifter Than Duck's Duck Santa Cruz. Cal.—<U.R>—Simpson Holstein, San Jose attorny, claims the distinction of being the only man who has been able to dive under a local flock of ducks here i and seize one from underneath before the duck had time to duck. — —-o——■—-— Bark Removed Sydney, N. S. W. — (UPI—A “debarking" operation has been performed on several dogs here following noise protests from a Sydney hospital. Owner* did not wish to lose their dogs, so they had then; i operated upon.

” DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1936.

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

It is doubtful if any more inept utterance was ever made in an American political campaign than that of Col. Frank Knox, Republican candidate for Vice President, to the effect that neither insurance ( policies nor savings bank deposits , were sate. This startling declara- ' rion was indorsed by that other G O. P. sage, John Hamilton, Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Governor Landon has so far abstained from corrobating the views ' of his Chief of Staff and his Under-i study, perhaps because the popul- ■ ar reaction to the idiotic scare cry 1 was so vehement and so instaneous Or. it may be that somebody with a rudiment of sense and judgment told the Presidential candidate that assailing the solvency of depositories of the peoples savings was uad medicine politically It would have been evil enough had there been the slightest basis 1 for the charge of instability against the two solidest institutions ip* America, but coming out of a clear sky, in the face of official reports published in every newspa'per, narrating that the assets of the insurance companies had reached an alltime high, and that the banks were at the peak of financial health — both as to the number and amount of deposits, and the amount of their reserves —the panic-breeding idea was as stupid as it was without foundation. Bank deposits were in peril during the twelve years of Republican’ ’rule, as was evidenced by the billt ions lost through six thousand bank failures in that period, but since! the Roosevelt admipistration took 1 hold of the matter, and particular- i ly since the enactment of the deposit insurance law. which protects | deposits up to SS.(WO w ith a posi-1 tive guarantee, the losses to de-I ' positors have been negligible. There I have been a few bank closings > i since March 4 1933. but without excitement or red-tape the insurlance law functioned and depositors got (heir money promptly It may lie worth noticing that there has not been a run on a bank since ’ Franklin D. Roosevelt came to the • White House. The reason for this is simply that depositors know that their money is amply protected. land that the scares that endangerand that ehe scares that engender- 1 ■ d the bank runs of the HardtngGoolidge Hoover terms had passed I away. It was like the old-time terrors that accompanied the appear- ■ ante of comets, when those wand-c-rerj through space were unstudied. and not understood, but which cause neither perturbation nor anxi< ty since the astronomers have • identified them and mapped their natural orbits. Nowadays depositors do not worry about the solvency of the banks, because they know • there is nothing to Ire afraid of. It was this fortunate circumstnaice that pi evented starting another panic, when two persons prominent in the public eye made their devatwauug statements and kept repeating them across the coiiiiaI ent. Tju;' purpose of these utter-

ances was of course, to terrify the people and make them believe that only the election of a Republican President and a Republican. Vice President could save the country from financial chaos. Incidentally, it is not unilliuminating to reflect that Col. Knox and Chairman Hamilton tired theiri crazy shots without in the least disturbing public confidence. Suppose President Roosevelt or Vice President Garner and Democratic' . Chairman Farley had said similar things. The whole nation would have dismayed; the stock market would have crashed and nobody can estimate the dire results. Perhaps this affords a measure of how seriously the country regards the' Republican campaign fulmiuations, and how much attention it is paying to what the Republican spokesmen say. As it was. the insurance people simply told of the magnitude of their business, and the quality of prosperity that had brought them out of the trouble of the depression era. The bank folks published their statements of deposits and reserves. The national organization of insurance agents telegraphed a protest to the offending orators. Here and there a state official called attention to the laws tiiai make n a crime io ciiVulaU baseless stories affecting the sol vency of fiscal depositories. Even Col. Knox and Chairman Hamilton I realized the magnitude of their ; blunder and apologized with a grotesque declaration that they were not questioning the solidity of banks and insurance corporations, but that they had in mind the stability of tlie Government's fiscal policy. This verged on the humorous in , view of the fai t that the American I dollar is the most stable unit of currency in the world today, and | that I . S. bonds are at a premium ■ the world over, and that every bond issue from the treasury is oversubscribed the last one twelve times the amount of the issue, despite the circumstance that the interest rate on these bonds is low-

My! How limes Have Changed ♦ .. , i,.„■■■! in — Ta rr , Downs <S Com pan y UVB STOOR W 3*523 1 rwwMr«4io* *■*■<:■* wts . >ahm wont YiA ,v * I- . ■ x iMmyFow, oq> 1 I P’whsSScr } ! nOMAK, J t to ths Live Stock Exchahoe Sank t *’* •<”'»• AyjSr 4 ” Here's a check for $143 for a 220-pound “Roosevelt hog”—the highest priced porker ever sold on the Indianapolis market. Quito • difference in the 65 cents per pound paid to Mildred Harper, 16-year-old daughter of Frank C. Harper, of Ligonier, Ind., and the paltry three cents and lets per pound that the well-known ,“Hoover hogs,” were bringing in the days before the New Deal reached cut • helping * herd to the bankrupt (armors of Indiana The bog that brought the big check was grand champion *f at barrow at the Indiana State Fair this year.

'er than ever before in the coun- 1 ■’try's history. I There was an additional comedy ■ ' element in this connection, for in' 'their bewildered attempt to square I themselves for trying to shake con-1 fideme in credits, they criticized the bonds for bearing an interest . rate so low that they were not an attractive investment. It is doubtful if ever before the i Government was arraigned for bor- ’ rowing money at the lowst poss- ' ible rate. It works out that the cost of ’carrying the present large public debt is less than it cost to carry the somewhat smaller debt of the Republican regimes. Heretofore it has aTways been the theory of Government borrowing that it is done to carry on the National affairs, and not specifically to make a great deal of money for those who bought the bonds. It is enough inducement that t/ese obligations are tax free, and are not subject to tlie fluctuations of private stock and bonds —at least not since they I dropped to S 3 in the Hoover Admin- ■ istration. Panic-breeding as a political maneuver is not new in campaigns. It will not be forgotten that four years ago President Herbert Hoov- ■ er was clamoring about grass growing in the streets of our great cit1 ies if the policies of his adminis- • t ration were departed from. The people did not accept the statement then and are not accepting that statement now. ■ i Inevitably the question must rise in many minus of the capacity ot an administration, iu which Col. i Knox and Chairman Hamilton ' would be conspicious figures, to ad- ' minister the complex affairs of the nation If they go aboqt today tryi ing to shatter the faith of the t people in the institutions on which , they must depend for the safdty of their children, and discouraging] 1 the saving of their fiscal nest-eggs, what could be expected of them if i they really had control of the ftinci tions of Government? t Their tax stories are part of the I same bolt of cloth as their invoki ing other phantoms of disaster. f They put out statements about the s share that taxes have in the costs ' of food and clothing—knowing full ■- well that except for the income :■ tax the Federal Government has • nothing to do with the rates lev

1 led by states, counties and cities. 1 and blandly qnreftirdful of tbej statute that forbids unjuxtifiedl statements of that sort But they i 1 hope to convince some people that the taxes would be lower If they! ' got hold of the Government, choct fully Ignoring the fact that the bulk I If not the whole of the levies were| enacted under Republican administrations. Oh well, after all It is only Col. 1 Knox and Chairman Hamilton who | are doing the talking WILLSHIRE NEWS — Mrs. J L. Wolfe is visiting rela-i tivce in Michigan. Robert Peoph* wav a Fort Wayne business visitor Saturday afternoon. I Mr. and Mrs. Herman Myera and: son Gene were guest* of Mr. and Mrs. Forest DeAnnond Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Acheson and son and Mrs. John Hoblet have i i moved to Decatur, and are reaiding i on Winchester street. Mrs. Jesae Spitler returned home ■ Tuesday afternoon after a weeks ! visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. | George Smitten al lasncaater. Wayne Ayres returned to lAda Sunday afternoon after epending j the week-end at the home of ius. grandmother Mrs. Aguee Hill. Mrs. Esther Strickler was a Decatur visitor Saturday afternoon. The 0. E. S met Wednesday after | the summer vacation. After the busi-' aeus meeting a social hour was enjoyed and delicious refreshmenus were served. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Stetler were given a shower Friday evening at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Roxey Stetler. They received ; j many beautiful gifts. - o ♦ | Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee The Garden ( Instead of burning the withered' plants aud stalks, place them over i the dead leaves that are used to cover flower beds; they will pre-' i vent the leaves from blowing away. Os course this rubbish should be > burned in the spring. Rinsing All articles of clothing should be thoroughly rinsed, because if poorly rinsed they are liable to scorch when ironed. Boiling Potatoes The flavor of boiled fresh pota- | toes can be improved by adding a sprig of mint to the water. . * Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE *- ♦ Q Is it possible to read the f personality of a hostess by a view of her dinner table? A. Yes; so far as her taste I goes, one can observe it in the silver, crystal, and linen, as well as the simplicity of her table decorations. Q. What is an appropriate expression to write on a card when sending flowers to a funeraj? A. "With sympathy," or "With deepest sympathy," is sufficient. Q. What kind of clothes should one wear to a formal dinner'.’ A. Evening dress, always. " o T rade in a Good Town — Decatu'

Strike Threatens West Coast \ I . -mi -. San Francisco water front r “ 1 I K Sr * A in -fl L 1 Harry Ji* j General strike of 19iH j

Recent events on the west coast have caused alarm that a repetition of the disastrous general strike es 1634 precipitated by water front unions. may be repeated. On Sept. 30 the agreement reached after the 1834 dispute expires. Both shipping interests

COURT HOUSE Case Diatniaaed I The claim esuit against tha Tim-! lothy Foul* us lute, 'brought by J. E. . Eckrote and eon was dismissed by : ! agreement, at the cost of the plaintiff. Issues To Be Heard Suit to enforce a stockholder* liability, brought by lh» alate depart-: ment of financial Instituiotie against 1 George T. Burk. Rosa Clark. Esaias i W Dailey. Frederick Fullenkatnp, , Anna C Keller, WiHiam A. Kh-pper. 1 ■ Benjamin Knapke. Clement Korten-j j brer. Rolw>rt E. Meibers, Harry R Moltz. Mary J Niblick, fckntlia A. ! Tonnelier, Martin Gilson. William' S. Bowers and others has been set' for hearing the issues on October 119. * Petition Sustained A petition was filed by the special representative of the department of financial institutions for the Old 1 i Adams County Hank to release a , mortgage from Janice Anderson to the bank. It was sustained. Divorce Asked A divorce has been asked by Elizabeth Ladd against Melverd Ladd. I Summons was ordered issued to the sheriff of Adams county for the dei fendant, returnable October 6. An I application was filed for suit money.' Notice was ordered returnable, September 29. New Case A suit to collect a note !iae> been filed by I’eter F. Moser, administrator of the <wtate of Chrisian Ricn against the Economy Printing Conj cern and others. Summons was ordered issued to the sheriff of 'Adams county for the defendant, returnable

Senate Probes Labor EspionaJ Ms- ' < I M- I RrV * ’ I 1 r'k '\ /' <v X. W x • * 1 I ll* Us p *' «> 4j «»■- * k r'nMBW Senator Robert Lu Follette < 1 Details of espionage activities carried on against organiud lili by “under cover” agents of the Railway Audit & Inspection Cod Philadelphia, we r t revealed by testimony of the senxte hail headed by Senator Robert M La Follette of Wisconsin, lbw I was brought out in testimony that several had worked as rtna breakers and others had "sold out” their labor associates by fW information to various corporations. La Follette is shown pnsl ing documentary evidence. I

« i . —7 .../ s »• ® and labor organizations involved have Uve stand On the issues at stake and •<• r-. B may prove difficult to effect One of tn P JB figures in the situation is Harry Bridges, p g of the Longshorejnen's msocimUoa v

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