Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1936 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOC RAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post 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 | .02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier 5,00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mail 1.00 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 J 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. Merry Christmas yourself and may you enjoy every minute of it. We extend to every citizen of Adams county, our sincerest wishes for the merriest Christmas you. ever enjoyed. Decatur merchants, professional men and manufacturers joined in extending the season greetings to you last evening. They mean it and they are your real friends. lou are probably determined by now that you will do your shopping for the next Christmas early but after all a part of the fun is the fact that a v How never eels quite through with that job. The Good Fellows dub is passing out Christmas cheer to a large number of poor boys and girls today. thanks to those who have contributed to tit i s wonderful . cause. Every body appreciates it. We acknowledge an anonymous letter (ailing attention to the fact that the word “triple” was misspelled in editorials calling atten- , tion to careless parking on the streets, but we are sure it was not misunderstood. Sometimes the , police officials feel like spelling it with a dozen “rips.” We wouldn't say any thing to spoil Christmas but we feel we should call your attention to the tact that there is only a week in which to secure your 1937 tags and your new car and drivers licenses. After that if you drive your car you are looking for trouble and expense and will probably find it. It's Christmas Eve atm all over the land the boys and girls are awaiting the iong promised and much talked of visit of Santa. He' will come toniglit with a broader smile and with more lavish gifts than for a long time and tomorrow will be the happy holiday it should be. Make the most of it for it is great to be happy and to extend that feeling among others. Mrs. Simpson and Prince Edward plan to marry in May, according to the late rumors from Vienna and Cannes where the two lovers are in hiding for the present. Before they can wed the divorce recently granted Mrs. Simpson must be made absolute and there are all the other arrangements to be made. They will continue more or less in the headlines for the next several months.

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, i

Some Chicago school teachers I have conceived the idea that its a terrible thing to fool the children with Santa Claus. They probably belong to some new tangled outfit which don't believe in any of the ■ things that proved out for many centuries. We agree with those: who feel that when a teacher gets I so old he or she doesn't believe in. a Santa, they are too old to be! teaching and ought to go out on’ the soap boxes and preach what fancies they wish. Jim Farley, popular Democratic national chairman wants a strong G. O. P. but not too strong. Ini other words, he believes in two liarties with sufficient support that the one will keep watch on the! ether, but he thinks the Democrats an and will manage to operate. the nation in the best manner. And as long as the party can have as its manager such an alert and! w:.-. chairman as Mr. Farley and a long as they give heed to his advice, the party will continue to control the nation. “Peace on Earth. Good Will Toward M<'ii” sounds alright here: but over in Spain and China and ■ the other portions of the old world ' where war is either in progress or hovering uncomfortably near, its different. Can you imagine | trying to observe Christmas with j all it's fine sentiment in Madrid., with airplanes dropping bombs, | battleships firing off the coast and; rioters in the streets? We are' thankful that this nation is at. peace, that our President is a firm' believer that war does not pay and| ■that he is supported by about I ninety-nine per cent of our people. I,

Announcement is made that it. C. (Pati Parrish, former Decatur resident, is to receive the appointment as county attorney for Allen county, an important position which Mr. Parrish, with his years of experience, will be able to handle with credit and distinction. He served as prosecuting attorney and as representative from this county before moving to Fort Wayne some years ago. He is a graduate of the Decatur high school and is widely known here and over Adams county. “Pat” closed the recent campaign in this county with a speech at Democratic headquarters and concluded an intensive campaign for his party. He is deserving and capable and his many friends here extend congratulations and best wishes for a successful career in this new field of effort for him. He will continue his partnership with Judge David E. Smith, also a former Decatur lawyer. —_ o q, —— - — —$ Answers To Test Questions j Below are the answers to the I Test Questions printed on Page Two • —♦ 1. Kentucky. 2. Mrs. Julia M. Peterkin. 3. 1898. 4. Ishtar, or (star. 5. A section of a circular cone made by a plane parallel to an element or generatrix. 6. Alexander the Great. 7. Max Baer. 8. Scottish writer. 9. The whale. 10. The race is exclusively for three year olds. 1. The time when light appears in the sky. 2. A pure form of commercial gelatin obtained from the swimming bladder of several species of fish. 3. Yes. 4. English writer. 5. Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. 6. Everett Lloyd. 7. It is the name for the whole island of New Guinea. 8. Papeete. 9. Star time. 10. Catherine Dale Owen. Q . Pancakes And Roses Pasadena. Cal.-(U,R) —Passadena’s next annual New Year’s Tournament of Roses parade won’t be all roses this time. Permission has been granted for the entry of a giant pancake float. Tropical Farming Taught Honolulu.— (U.RI —One of the United States' few bids for being a tropical country is that it maintains a Graduate School of Tropical Agriculture here.

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* Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q. Should a knife or a fork ever I be placed so that the handle rests ion the tablecloth? A. Never. The handle should rest lou the edge of the plate. Q. Upon whom should a man call ion New Yeane Da’y? A. Only upon the families by i whom he hae been enter’ained. Q. Why do some people delight in asking personal questions? A. This is one of the most common faults of people in general society. These questions are asked to . atisfy a morbid curiosity that often I parades under the guise of friendly i interest. 0 — | Household Scrapbook Bv Roberta Lee , ♦ ♦ Eggs Eggs will not burst while boiling if one end of each egg is pricked with a needle before placing in ! the water. This ma"kes an outlet

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★ The floor plan of this small house, in Pine Bluff, Ark., is distinguished by the large amount of closet space. The hall is so arranged that one may go from room to room without disturbing other occupants of the house. The exterior of the house is of brick veneer, and the roof is of rigid composition shingles. There is oak flooring throughout. The price of the house is listed at $4,060 and the lot an additional SI,OOO. The Federal Housing Administration insured a $3,200 mortgage on the property. Monthly payments, including principal, interest, and service charges, amount to $34J3. ★

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in the Perth City Hospital cost one lot them his teeth. The two men ' were in adjacent beds, one suffering from a stomach complaint. Hospital attendants took the wrong man to the operating room. Huge Coal Chunk Mined Salt Lake City —(UP) —IA 5 by 10 foot chunk of coal from the Car- ■ ton county fields exhibi'ed at the state capitol weighs 20,900 pounds Tremendous pressure on old vegetable matter pressed the mass to its extremely condensed state, geo- ■ iogists explainedSand Used for Skiing Eugene. Ore. — (UP) — Lack of . now doesn’t keep Eugene ski en- . thuiaets from enjoying the sport. They just trek to a nearby beach, where they glide on sand dunes with almost as much ease as on snow. ——a Cane Growing Spans Century Honolulu — IU.R) —American s principal sugar cane industry is beginning the second century of its existence. It was started on the Island of Koloa, in the Territory of Hawaii, in 1835.

DEAR’S CHRISTMAS DOLL • By iitieu Galifuiii Waitffflan DEAR was really too big to play with dolls. Yet, when she said that all she wanted for Christmas was a really nice doll, of course mama and everyone gave in. People always were nice to Dear, probably because Dear was so nice. That was why everyone called her “Dear” instead of by name. Such a doll, on Christmas morning. with real eyelashes, and long curls. It could walk, talk, and sleep. And it had a whole trunk of lo.cly dresses and shoes, and a little fur coat. Dear dashed down to see it first thing Christmas morning, and then, when breakfast was over, she got her wraps, dressed the doll in its fur coat, and set out with its trunk under one arm, and it in the other. “She’s so proud, she has to show it to her friends,” smiled mama. But when Dear returned, she had neither doll or trunk. “Why, Dear,” said mama, "where’s your doll?” "I gave it away,” Dear answered. "I do hope you won't ■ mind. You see, I knew a little girl who had never had a doll In her whole life, and I wanted so to give her one on Christmas.” "But Dear, why didn't you say so? We could have bought one that would have been good enough, and you could have kept yours.” "That's why, mama,” Dear explained. "It had to be just the nicest doll ever, to be fun. And oh, mama," she cried, her face beaming with happiness, "did you ever see a poor little girl with her first lovely Christmas present?” © Western Newspaper Union. r The Christmas Party By Katherine Edelman IN SPITE of the gay music, the Christmas atmosphere, Doris Brian was miserable. For the first time in his life Dick was neglecting her for some one else. Ever since the first dance he seemed to have eyes and ears for just one person—Barbara Overton, a visitor from Chicago. Doris couldn’t understand it; Barbara was not even pretty. But there was Dick, hanging on every word she was saying, and leaving Doris unnoticed. Only yesterday he had been suggesting that they get married. There was his writing; he had toid her something would come from it before long. Editors couldn’t keep saying "no” forever . . . But now he seemed to have forgotten that she even existed. Doris had heard of men growing suddenly infatuated like that . . . Snatching a wrap she hurried out on the veranda. She couldn’t bear the gayety another moment. Suddenly she felt herself whirled around. Dick had come quickly through the doorway. "I’ve got the whole dope from her,” he was saying excitedly. “I’m on the way to riches. Don’t you know she’s THE Barbara Overton who took first place in the biggest contests last year—and, honey—she’s put me right on the track. I'm going to win big money next year—you see if I don’t. Dons, are you willing to take a chance, and marry me right away—to make it a Christmas wedding?” © Western Newspaper Union. THE CHRISTMAS VISIT ■ r f ZIbI u jfll ) jl "Where are you going to spend Christmas this year?” “It will be either at my folks' or my wife’s. We haven’t quarreled about that yet.” HOLLAND’S SANTA CHILDREN of Holland believe that St. Nicholas was a kindhearted Spanish bishop who had heard about their land of dikes, windmills and tulips and decided to pay it a visit, says Johan Hart in "Picture Tales from Holland.” He arrived there long years ago on December 5. and began giving children presents. Sint* then he has ■ always returned on that night to fill the wooden shoes of Dutch children | with gifts. The children in turn leave out some carrots or hay for i his horse.

COUNTY CHURCH MEET PLANNED County Church Convention At Van Wert On January 7 Delegates from the churches of Adams county are Invited to an interdenominational county church convention, to be held at the Methodist Episcopal church in Van Wert, Thursday evening, January 7, under the sponsorship of the Ohio Council of Churches. Dr. Harold Cooke Phillips, pas- ■ tor of First Baptist church in I Cleveland, will be chief speaker at the session. Frank R. Lutz, of Wapakoneta, field secretary of the Ohio Council of Churches, will issue the invitation to all local chudbhes. He said he hoped each church would send a line delegation to hear Dr. Philips’ “Carry On” challenging address. The meting is projected as one l of the largest church assemblies ever held in this section of Ohio. It is planned to give impetus to an intensive five-year program of inter-church cooperation and of increased activity among laymen in widening the influence of the churches in community life. Dr. Phillips, pastor of First Baptist Church in Cleveland since

Political Reform Gets Test [ Goi' .-nor Cochran | : JF ,< W 4 ' a Mt I 1 I fK i .. fls» > ) gjw *4 ‘ Hth.. MS I Himi i i X., h ™ 111111 l x t it<- e.i |>it<ll One of the most interesting political reforms recently attempted :i to get under way the first week in January when Nebraska's unicameral legislature convenes. This political innovation replaces the usual two-house legislature w ith one assembly, reducing the number of members from 133 to 34. It is expected to make for greater efficiency an.l economy in state political administration. Governor Cochran is one of the backers of the plan. Former Spy Nears 96tb BirtlA) ■ < ■*' / "-w V }: W ■ ■ ll "' 1 J The years have left William Hovis with n ’ an y I ’ lc ace spy v “ t11 failed to dull his industry. As a result, this t Jftn 1& car the Union army, who celebrates his 96th btrthd y smith* ries on his duties with amazing energy on a memb ers 0 \ 0.. where he lives with a grandson. One of tn • succ««®7 the Union espionage service during the Civl . *“? r’i‘ P coln and . p !- m breaking up a conspiracy to murder President jrC s formed numerous outstanding feats in th« sou . lian£! ing an® . 1 Confederate prison on the eve of his scheomuioUxer occasion was saved from the firing sq>-- | _ ©f Unwa soldiers.

1938, leads one •■st congregations, 'y»l W( piuont speaker In pui pit ,“‘h lout the country u. i sought after by "iitlj gatherings in America ’ Several counties in' ‘ WM , northwestern Ohio hav. Cl ' KCted by the Ohio * Churches as a n el(i ln « velop over a period of der Mr. Lutz’s directing • gram of increased lav iZ and increased eoopenui Part of laymen of a’/* ations with the mini ß ,„ r 3 coming meeting has th« 1,/*' ment of the ,. lfe ** of the area. Mr. Lutz, who i s d ireeliß "" i, - c,)u, " y I ' r °Bram is hi Hayman, formerly in busi J‘' Wapakoneta. He ls alßo * perienced educator and speaker, and now is de v W i’T entire tune to the Cou 4* Churches program to the churches through i n , r LZ unity and cooperation. Italy Honors Aged Couple San Jose. Cal. occasion of their golden anniversary Benjamin CribariJ wife who were married in the ince of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, u the honor of receiving tributes fa Pope Pius. King Victor Editor and Premier Mussolini. The Pom conferred his blessing, Muesoliin an iron wedding ring, and the K™ a medal. Trade in a Good Town — Decato