Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1937 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Catered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Close Matter. J. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Secy. & Bus. Mgr. pick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies —3 .02 Dne week, by carrier—„—_ .10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail .35 Three months, by mail 100 Six months, by mall 1.75 One year, by mail SOO Wne year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere 33.50 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 Dallies. Congress is now in session and will furnish considerable news during the next five or six months. Renew your subscription now and read the news the next year. We will do every thing we can to please you. Governor McNutt will give his final fireside address of his administration Monday morning when M. Clifford Townsend assumes the high office of chief executive. The President speaks and the people listen, knowing he will more than make good In the future as he has in the past and knowing that their interests are his desire. Let's all pull together for a school house and auditorium that we will be proud of for many years to come. That's what makes the difference between good towns and average ones—a community spirit that really does things in the right way. Indiana and Purdue basketball teams start the season off as they did last year, like winners. They toed for the conference championship the last season and this year will be among the top notchers. if they keep up the clip already shown. Those who are wailing for fear congress will appropriate money for the army and navy, to meet plans of other world nations, would lx- the first to criticize if we should happen to need military protection and be unprepared. 'Twas always so, wrong either way the administration in power, decides to act. While we have been enjoying autumn brand of weather hce. the thermometor has been dipping from ten to twenty-eight degrees below zero in the northwest and some predict that we will get a real dose in a week or two. Any way we can't possibly have the long streak of Arctic temperature enjoyed or not enjoyed last year. The determined attitude being taken by heads of the motor industry and by those in control of labor, does not sound so good for those who had hoped an early compromise would make it possible to get going under the New Year pro gram. Os course it will be settled one of these days but in the mean time a lot of damage may be done to the estimates of the years bus i ill 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 addicaß and new address.

Gasoline taxes collected In Indiana during the year 1936 exceeded that of 1935 by nearly two million dollars. The exact figures as re- ! ported by Lawrence F. Sulltvan, ... . t 330,173,119 and for 1936—322.127.t 80S. The increase in gallouage was fifty million in round numbers, 1 a total of 553,126,816 gallons of gas having been purchased by the > Hoosiers in '36 as compared to * 503.454,898 in '35. For some un- ? explained reason, however, there j was a decided drop in the month > of December when there was a deJ crease in gallonage of 2,765,197. The eightieth session of the General Assembly of Indiana will convene tomorrow and the grind will continue sixty days, provided of course that it runs the limit as it always has. The chief program of , Governor Townsend will be laws ' pertaining to safety on the high-j ways and it is expected that a number of regulations, making it more difficult to obtain driver's license and fixing more severe l punishment for second and third convictions of drunken driving,! will be enacted. Mr. Townsend has announced that he does not wish or expect a strenuous session which will probably please the public. Andrew J. Mellon, for twelve years secretary of the United Slates treasury. Ambassador to ( j the Court of St. James, one of the world's richest men and until recently, much referred U> both complimentary and uncomplimentary, will present to the United States | government his 327,000,000 art collection. one of the world's finest. He has employed John Russell Pope. New York architect, to de-' sign the building which will be. erected in Washington at his expense and which will house the collection. Men who have piled up vast fortunes find it difficult to dispose of them satisfactorily and Mr. Mellon has chosen a good method to dispose of some of nis , great wealth. ; Cloverleaf Creameries, one of the oldest and most reliable concerns of this community, which year by year and step by step, has 1 continuously progressed, is we are informed unofficially, contemplating improvements that will greatly increase their facilities. For years this institution has ranked at the, head of the list of midwest dairy < plants and plans for the future indicate they propose to keep right on moving. The desire to serve patrons, customers and the public i in general has been manifest on numerous occasions and they of course have the support of every, one, the public in general recognizing the fact that their policy of upright business is a sure path to success. W. A. Klepper, manager, I has the cheery smile, the keen eye to the future and the knowledge and experience necessary to do worth while things and we hope, and predict a successful 1937. # j Answers To Test | Questions I Below art the answers to the ] Test Questions printed on Page Two 1. Amherst, Mass. 2. Greenwich Observatory. 3. No. 4. Igor Fcdorovitch Stravinsky, a Russian composer. 5. Pacific Ocean. 6. Any object worn as a charm to ward off evil. 7. Louisiana. 8. British statesman, orator, and author. 9. The operation of drying or removing water from a substance? 10. Des Moines. o HEALTH BOARD - f FROM PaOE ONE) ty memorial hospital has been built in Decatur, which has increased I the number of births and deaths I credited to the city. i The fact that there were no . deaths from typhoid fever, in the ; last five years is significant, Dr. , Daniels said. Tuberculosis decreas- , ed from 25 to five and deaths from ' child birth from 45 to 25 In the i two periods. -o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File January 6. 1917. —A total eclipse ! of the moon will occur tonight.! There will be four eclipses of the ' sun and three of the moon this' year, first time this has occurred : since 1805. Bar associations adopt resolutions on respect to the late Judge ! Heller. Pocohon’as initiates class of nine. Mrs. Blanche Whitright installed as Pocohontas. O. S. Roberts, inspector from the 1 state chemist department, here to inspect a car of cotton seed meal shipped without proper labels. Jesse Heim resigns as postal clerk and will travel for the International Business College of Fort I Wayne. o < Household Scrapbook I By Roberta Lee A Brush For Velvet An efficient brush for velvet hats and garments can be had by making a padded cushion of velvet about five inches long and three inches wide, inserting a piece of cardboard to strengthen it, and then stuffing with cotton. A strip ■of tape can be sewed on to serve as a handle. Sewing Machine Belt it is often unnecessary to remove the sewing machine belt in | order to tighten it. A few drops I of machine oil on the wheel will usually bring desired results. Custards When boiling custards or sauces,, ' place a clean marble in the bottom' l of the vessel. This will avoid the j necessity of stirring, and save much time. The marble will roll around in the custard and prevent ■ | burning. I Modern Etiquette i By ROBERTA LEE Q. Should one use the phrase “my friend" when making an introduction? A. No; this is considered to be] extremely bad taste. Q. In what way do winter refreshments differ from those serv- i ■ ed wiring the summer? I A. The winter refreshments can . 'jbe far more substantial, and should I always include a hot dish or hot drink. Q. When a woman is traveling alone, should she resent the re-| marks or ktteulimis of a man, who is a fellow traveler? A. That depends entirely upon! I the kind of remark or attention; offered. A womans intuition! should determine if the man is I ( well-bred, sincere, and polite; it! ] so. his remarks or attentions should be met with equal polite- ■ ness. j _o J Fired Farm Hand Given Sentence rj Wareaw, Ind-, Jan. 6 —(UP)—

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' Steven Matlak, 60, who pleaded 1 guilty in Kosciusko circuit court j late yesterday to second degree arI son was under sentence of one to ; five yeans in the Ind'ana state prison today. I Mat'ak was charged with setting ! fire to the house, two barns, and a ! chicken house on the McCreary I farm near here Monday night after ! being discharged as a farm band. Eight cows, hay, grain, and farm implements, valued at several hundred dollars, were destroyed in the blaze. FIRST ATTEMPT v ~ l N TT * f r l ‘T.‘ .’rttOM **_*RE OWB_>_ practices. Lewis prepared an answer to an ultimatum by Alfred P. Sloan. Jr., General Motors president. It was believed he would charge Sloan with violation of the national labor relations act. C. I. O. strategy, it was revealed, is to confine its fight to General Motors for the present, though the United Automobile Workers an affiliated union. If Lewis can force union recognitio nthere, he will march into other plants. Difficulty of his task was increased by the law. Some federal officials believed that Lewis temporarily has lost control of the situI ation and that spontaneous strikes are being called by workers with-' out first consulting him. o PARENTS WAIT .CONTtNI'KD FROM PAGK ONfti i was Charles’ winter clothes, waiting to be sped to him when the kidnap- , er directs a rendezvous. ‘ It was known that the kidnaper ' has established contact with Dr. Mattson through a channel unknown to police, but apparently no , arrangements have been made to t ; deliver the ransom. The money has I I been ready tor days, assembled i through the aid of friends Hold Suspect Spencer, la.. Jan 6 —’UP)— Aj freightened. tortured man was held in jaii today while police awaited the report of federal officials on his possible connection with the Tai coma. M ash., kidnaping of Charles , Mattson. The man. dark and bushy-haired and apparently answering the des’cription of the Mattson abductor, muttered incoherently of a "pretty ; little boy wrapped in a sheet" and of torture at the hands of fellow- ' gangsters. oCONTRACTS ARE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | V -I i M — | a ton; washed sand, 65 cents a j ton. These were the only bidders. T ar Contracts for the 18 various . grades of road oils, emulsions and tars, ranged from 5.98 cents for light road oil to cents a gali ion for Tarvia. Bids were sub- . mitted by: The Highway Company, Indianapolis: the R.u ey Tire and Chemical company, Indianapolis; ■ the Smith Construction company.

Flora; Koppers, Pittsburgh, and Meshberger Brothers, Linn Grove. Paint Contracts for paints in the various grades were awarded to Holthouse Drug company, Kocher Lumber company, Callow and Kohne, Harve Kitson and the Smith Drug company? all of Decatur. Prices ranged from 31.35 to 33.10 for various grades of paint; 90 cents to 31 for grades of linseed: 70 to 80 cents for turpentine, and 33 49 to $4.35 for varnish. These will be purchased at the most advantageous price, as needed. Tile The Krick-Tyndall Co., tile mill was the only bidder on clay tile. Tite contract ranged from S3O a thousand feet for four-inch tile to ?900 a thoutaud feet for 24-inch tile. Lumber The lumber, cement and lime contract was given to the Cash Coal and Supply of Decatur. The Kocher Lumber company furnished a second bid. W. P. Robinson, Decatur, was the only bidder on the bridge planks and guard rails. Gasoline Gasoline will bg purchased in 1937 from only four companies, the only bidders. Equal amounts will be furnished by each. Last year eight companies bid and were granted the business. The price I this year will be 1% cents below j the tank car price. Contracting companies are: the Standard Oil I company, the Eastern Indiana Oil company, Phillips “66” (bid by Leo Kirsch), and Linco (Ohio Oil company). o Bank Director To Pesent Testimony Fort Wayne, Ind- Jan. 6—(UP) — A director of the defunct Columbia State bank of Columbia City, attorney David Whiteleather, today was ito lead the procession of govern- ! inent witneseee i nthe trial on H. AlI ton Bee«son and Elmer F. Harsch j charged with conspiracy to defraud I the Federal deposit insurance cori poration. Last witness to testify for the state yesterday, Neil G. Greensides, assitant central district supervisor for the F. D. I- C. admitted to defense cross-examination that although he questioned the value of 1 certain notes as collateral and ' queried Beeson about them for ■ times, insurance wa« not withdrawn. Preceding this testimony, four ■ residents of Dima, Ohio, told of signing notes to the Columbia Slate bank amounting to $47:000 at the word of Harsch that these notes would he backed by railroad stock. ( Amos Walters Is Injured Tuesday i Amos Walters, of route five, sus--1 j tained a fractured col’ar bone Tuesr | day when he fell from a farm wagon -' at his home. He was admitted to the j Adams county memorial hospital . for treatment. 1! : I Attorney Glen of Huntington was .ja business visitor iu Decatur.

CHURCH RALLY AT VAN WERT Inter- Denominational Rally To Be Held Thurs- 1 day Night J I The Decatr Ministerial Associa- ( tlon today urged citizens of this , community to attend the inter-de- ( nomination*! church rally, to be , held in the Methodist Episcopal church in Van Wert, Thursday evening at 7 o'clock CST. I Dr Harold Cooke Phili ps, of , Cleveland, will be the principal , speaker He i» pastor of the First : Baptist church in that city. i Dr. Phillips >s recognized as one of the greatest speakers 1r the country. He has spoken before ’be Northern Baptist convention, the ‘ World Baptist Congress in Berlin and the Sunday evening club al the Riverride church in New city. Arrangements have been made to accomodate 1.400 persons Thursday evening. The rally is intended to give impetus to the five year church program in Van T\'ert and adjoining counties, based on increased recognition by laymen of their responsibility for active service and on principles of inter-denominational cooperation for community betterj ment. FIRE OFFICIAL j ( .C9? ? .T.I ?, TFP be brought into the house. Often jtimes static electricity ignites the fluid, resulting in a fire, he stated. Keeping weeds down, setting stoves away from walk, hiring experieonced men to do electrical work, and proper Insulation of tur- ; nace pipes were among the things advised by the speaker. A timely warning not to leave ! children alone at home, when there , is a fire in the house, was also givien by rhe speaker. “Township trustees are endowed with the power io authorize the purchase of fire-fighting equipment I in rural sections of the state. Such - equipment would be invaluable, as many a small fire in the country de- ■ velpos into a disastrous blaze, due ' to lack of this equipment,” he stat- ' ed. He also stated that "several of ’ the old school buildings in the city are considered a great fire hazard.” ( Fire Chief Charles Robinold. of ; the local department, w’as in charge , of the program. Technician Harry , Davis, of Indianapolis, was also in . attendance. A delegation from the new Monroeville club and two new members. I Dr. Harold Zwick and Earl Crider, . attended the meeting last night. PRESIDENT DELIVERS society. 1 He conceded that NRA had “tried to do too much.” He said It was unwise to expect a single agency to deal with hours, minimum wages, child labor and col- ! lective bargaining as well as unfair trade practices and business control. “The statute of NRA lias J been outlawed,” he continued. I : IS EPILEPSY INHERITED? CAN IT BE CURED? A booklet containing the opinions <4 famous , doctors on this interesting subject will he sent FREE, while they last, to any reader writing to the Educational Division. <ll Fifth Avenue. New York. N. Y., Dept j 435 i 'F'Hijjrnii I ; — EVEN more important than gas, oil and water is adequate Automobile Insurance .... ' Specify a policy written by The zEsna Casualty and Surety Company £ of Hartford, Conn. 25,000 /Etna , Agentr from ccaat to com—Claim X office, in all prwcipal Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. Aetna Automobile ln«. Co. Aetna Life Insurance Co. r SUTTLES-EDWARDS CO. Agents . Decatur, Ind. Phone 35. i 1 | illlliil Aliliiiil

• the problems have not They are Likewise he warned that the twin problems of the joblees, immediate relief and prevention of, future unemployment, had “ ol ; been disposed of and tbax the, wovrumeu could not now place i ••the uu.mipioytneut problem In a filing cabinet of finished business. . • During the past year, the | president continued. there has, been a growing belief that there | is little lault to be found v*Atn the 4 constitution of the United States as it euttds today. The vital titled ! is not niterktlon of our fundamental law, but an increasingly | enlightened vew with reference | to it. Difficulties have grown out of its interpretation; but right!) • considered. It can be used as tun instrument of progress, not as a device tor prevention of action. Speed Legislation Washington, Jan. 6 -.U.RF Congressional leaders raced a gang of husky New York stevedores todayin an effort to ram emergency legislation through the house and senate in time to halt a cargo ot arms now loading for Spain in New York harbor. ' Fiesideul Roosevelt, himself, di-, rected strategy of the campaign to whip the emergency legislation through congress with unprecedented speed —poseibly today. Only by spurring congress to such a pace did it appear possible that the joint resolution forbidding shipment of arms to either Spanteh faction could be made effective iu time to embargo a New York cargo being loaded under state department license granted Robert Ouse, Jersey City arms dealer. At the very moment when Sen. Key Pittman, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, was introducing the embargo resolution in the senate and pleading for quick action, the national munitions board filed a report with the house revealing the widescale nature of licensed arms traffic in the past year. The report showed 4 205 licenses issued for exports of 326,568,722 in arms and munitions. STATE ASSEMBLY cCONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) tern. The only business Thursday will be organization of the two houses, introduction of the 3125.000 appropriation bill to pay for the expenses of the legislative session (principally salaries of the legislators). and formal canvassing of the vote for governor and lieutenant-gover-I nor). Gov. Paul V. McNutt on Friday morning will address a joint session of the house and senate in the house chamber, reporting on his stewardship of the state's affairs for the past four years and probably expounding some of his views on what remains to be dohe to carry out the vast social reform program undertaken during his ten-

Public Sale I. the undersigned, will sell at public auction to the high* st bidder my personal property on the John Aeschliman farm located 5 mil* <?ast of Bluffton on State Road No. 124 and 1% mile south, or 7 mil® west and 1% mile south of Monroe, on WEDNESDAY, January IX 1937 Sale to Start Promptly at 10 A. W. HORSES—7 HEAD Two sorrel geldings, well matched, weight 3800 lbs., age 6 and 7 T«o.d—this is an outstanding team; one sorrel mare, coming 3 years io June. 150 C lbs; one coming 3-year-old sorrel roan mare, 1500 lbs; on' coming 3-year-old son-el gelding, 1600 lbs; 2 son-el mare cohs. cumins yearling, extra good; one pony, sate tor children. — 2B HEAD i One Holstein cow. 5 years old. was fresh July Ist, giving 4 gal- m' ft l>er day; cue Holstein and Guernsey cow. 5 years old. was fresh June loth, giving ~ gal. per day; one Holstein cow. 6 years old. giving 5 galp?.r s ne .’ lols ' < ‘ ln - 8 yßans old. calf by side; one red cow ‘ y f ’ ars "*“• ‘is one Guerns ey. heifer, calf bv side; one roan <>w. * old will be fresh by day of sale; one red cow, 6 years old, due . . bla , c ? 8 yeara o,d - l *ue Feb. 15th; one Holstein co'- ™ iT. d - < '” e Mapch lst l one blac k cow, 8 years old, due Feb. 25th; old 5 yearK ° kt due (IM> 2WtS Oll e blsu k cow 7 ye * B Ter Pl und r 10lh; ° ne Holstein <'°w. 4 y«u* old. due March Ist: one Irt a rMe o v OW .? years old - due March 26th; one black cow, (1 ip to \ eb ’ loth; one comin K 2 year-old Holstein heifer. ... >hr hen , May lat: one full-blooded Qucmsev bull, 2(1 months oMcoming"l.yea’r2!d e ’bnli n calve“ r<>l<l H ° lSle *’ 1 “ d G,,wnscy heife ’’ S; — . SHEEP— 5 HEAD rive good ewes, due to lamb in March. Ten dozen White Leghorn pullets. sto7ta IV abo^7ion 8 i^ 8 ' d '! e 1? farr «’ H f*m Mauch Ist to ZOtii; H suoats, about 100 lbs. each; 41, slioats. 40 to 60 lbs- one red male 1W?u„rv IMPLEMENTS Deering r Tftne D u- nn ? Fan "“ n tr »«or. in A l condition: McCormickcorn rnamm p!ow - a,moßt new l McGormick-DesrWS attWh,nent - used 2 McCortnick-l** 6 mower good entuiiiiT* 6 hay loader - ÜBed 8 seaeong; McCormick b* DeTring rourv n" ; s U ky hay rake; hay tedder : McCormickbS cultipacker; 8-ft. McCormick corn c-ultivatnr 1 t r»„ 1 ’ Pri i" g " toOth harrow : peg-tooth harrow; tw<>-r«>.' 2 wagons- one with \ P °*'' * alk '” K Plow; New Idea manure spre ad' 1 '; s.'s.stvx l „r m " k — ■ 3 sets'wo/k "harness ' fU ” “J fountain, almost n'*fo”ks 2 iron ? et hraRS ‘trimmed collars; hay rope; W seed ’com Srier• « *“ atetß i puni P k •tetric tackle. ’ 8 m k Ca4lH ’ c °PP er Settle; drill press; bloc k and mattress. 11 * 1 d * n * n 8 room table; 6 chairs; child’s iron bed » il ' l Several t.uu. utr ir , GRAIN AND HAY a y: BeVe ' < * l tons boau hay : 170 B W,<l and alfalfa mixed B ° J 0,1 n ’ Sonie seed oa,w; I°° ' bttleK wheat stra Mm-hamsX!k I bXe'd4 l, 'm 1 t. i ;" i ‘ k '' arr “’« e “«»‘» at ’* rmerß * SAM AESCHLIMAN Ownpr i Lllehberger Bros. i Lunch served ou grounds.

ure of office. Also on Friday the leglgi alur must amend the rutes t<, |w , r the inauguration of u ' 1 take place in the rotunda of th, state capitol building instead of | a i the house chamber, as is ied now. Thia will be done to ! uny question of the legn»ft v . Townsend's forthcoming term. This tormality completed, ths j legislature will adjourn until Mott, i day when Townsend ‘will take ofle, • in a brief statehouse ceremony Republican* thus far have ta». ! ed to indicate any legislative [K) |. I idea and probably will cut httl» ! figure in the 1937 session I unusual factional defections Jin Democratic ranks. I "deals” from which the G. o. p members might profit. Favored for the minority leader, ship of the house are Rep Jams, M. Knapp. Hagerstown. f» rmet speaker, and Joseph J Andrew, For caucus < halrntu Reps. E. Y. Guernsey, Bedford, and Robert A. Hoover, Elkhart, hav, been mentioned. Sen. William E. Jenner. Shoak, youngest member of the senate at the last session, has been discuss |eu as minority leader In the upper 1 house, and Sen. Walker H Heart* ley. Elkhart, inay be named caucus I chairman. I —— Mid-Week Senice At Baptist Church i Mid week services will be heH . this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Baptist church- The study in OM Testament law and history will be continued. o Bob Heidrich of Fort Wayne ■ spent Tuesday afternoon in Decatur . looking after business. WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILEW.:h*til Calomel —And Yeull Jump Out of Bod is the Mornint Rarm’ to Co The mtt should pour oat two p«und>i< liquid bile into your bowels daily. If this hie to not flowinsr freely, your food dnesr.’t digwt. It ju«t decays in the bowels Gas bloats up your stomach You jret constipated. Your whole system is poisoned and you feel sour, sunk and t he world looks punk are only makeshifts. A mr» rx-Vel movement doesn’t uret at the caui* It takes those rood, old Carter’s Little Liver Pills to get these two pounds of bile flowii* i freely and make you feel "up and ur Hareless. gentle, yet amazing in making bi.eflow >, freely. Ask for Carter s Little Liver Pilto by t name. Stubbornly refuse anything else. Sc. s — FREE FISH FRY i WEDNESDAY Night B Starting at Eight o'clock at Liggett’s Midway Station Middlebury. Ohio. Your Favorite Beer n ; 1.1