Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1937 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Eiceyt Sunder by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Entered at the Decatur. Ind.. Post Office aa Second Class Matter I H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Sec'y. & Bus, Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies — $ .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier 6.00 1 One month, by mail .......— .35 Three months, by mail. 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mall 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Else* where $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER & CO. 115 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Waeker Drive. Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. A handsome 25-year-old Cleveland man, out of a job and broke | offers to marry any woman between 21 and 60 years of age for : $2,500 with which to pay his debts and SSOO for working capital. Hej probably won't be rushed with pay-in-advance offers. Numerous accidents have been reported on the three lane highways. due to the speed of cars and the fact that drivers are careless when they attempt to go around cars, using the center lane. Wide roads will not prevent accidents. Looks like we will continue until a speed limit for motors or some other governing power is made compulsory. May 3rd is the last day for paying your spring installment of taxes. We hate to have to call your attention to that fact for we i realize that many have just com pieted the ordeal of meeting the ’ first installment on gross income taxes, but unless you pay on the line, penalties must be added which makes it just that much harder to meet, so grit your teeth and get the job off your ‘‘must” list. e Adolph Hitler celebrated his forty-eighth birthday this week or rather the cation observed it for him with much pomp and cheering. He is one of the outstanding figures of modern times and while many will not agree witli this program or his methods in putting it over, they do respect, him for being able to bring order out of chaos and to retain the good will and the support of about ninety percent of bis people Here is something else to be thankful for if it comes through. The government weather men be- 1 lieve the drought cycle is over and that normal conditions will follow - this and the next several years to come. During the past six years we have had three major dry spells, exceeding all records since the weather bureau was inaugurated. It should mean much to the plains country if as we said, this prediction can be depended upon. A couple of young skinflints are canvassing this county taking subscriptions to magazines, claiming they are working their way through a ministerial college. Make them show you their credentials and prove them if you wish to spend any money with them. You can do better by taking advantage of the clubbing offers of this newspaper and know you will get the magazines you subscribe for, saving considerable money at the same time. The nicer the weather, the more ears on the road and the more ac-; cidents. Needless to tell you to! drive carefully. Everyone starts with that intention but its so easy with highpowered cars and good roads to get the speed up to sixty miles or more. Then when some- 1 thing happens or the other fellow, dodges out of a by-roau, its too.

late to do any thing but take the consequences. Think it over and make firmer resolves to koep con- | trol of the car ull the time. Indiana Is proud of her parks 1 1 and has a right to be. Each year | these become more beautiful and the attendance grows. Since Janu- ; ary Ist, there has been a 17% increase in visitors at the twenty- , one parks and it is estimated that i during the year over a million ! people will have spent at least one | I day In one of these attractive II 1 places. You can find any kind of \ ! a vacation place that suits your taste and you will be surprised at the wonderful facilities provided to j make your stay at any of the parks I pleasant. Living costs are of course some : higher than a few years ago. That's 1 j right and it's necessary of course if conditions are to Improve. The thing to do is to see that it is comparable to earning power. The average basket of groceries, consisting of fifteen or twenty com, moo articles of food, has increased ; from $3.91 in 1933 to $4 99 In March 1937. It was $4.53 in 1935 and $5.05 in 1936 Groceries are ap- j ' proxiinately twenty-five per cent i higher than 1933 and almost fifty ' per cent higher than in 1932 when ] farm prices were so low. These figures are according to the U. S. j Bureau of Labor statistics. Do you know that under present) | plans it is proposed to resurface [ highway No. 27 between here and Monroe this year and that it is to be widened to twenty feet? Did you know that preseut plans call I for taking that additional two feet j lon the berm on the west side of ! the road? That, it seems to us j would be most inconvenient for those who must stop to change a! tire or look after any other breakdown of the car or truck for it would be almost impossible to get :j off the road and out of danger. . The county road committee and all others interested in public improvements should join in a rei quest that these plans be changed, giving us the widened road with the berm. ! We are not so much" interested in how the rerouting of the state highways through this city is finally made as we are in doing that which is of best interest to everyone concerned. What the majority of people wish should be decided j upon so that every one can be working towards that end. It looks next to impossible to retain the present routes for 27 and 224 and even for 527, but we can have Bhighways, routing the trucks j around the city and the passenger cars over highways as used now or we can have one way thorough- j fares or we can let it go and have all the state and federal roads go around the city. What do you want? Y’ou have a voice if you will use it now before definite | steps are taken. Re-appointment of nearly all. high state officials reveals Governor Townsend's desire to keep the governmental organization intact. This will assure continuance of good government which was inaugurated in Indiana with the advent of administration of former Governor McNutt. Where minor officials and employes have failed to vote, have failed to work in the campaign, have been dilatory in j supporting the party financially, or ; have not kept their work up to \ standard, they are being replaced. 1 A man or woman bolding an ap- j point ment through success of the Democratic party should think J enough of his or her job to contribute time and money to keep- * ing the party in power. And if | they have a job, they should want j the administration to make a splendid record and should not I I shirk their duty as an employe of the state. Aged Couple Die Together Sturgis, Mich. (U.P.) — After 54 , . years of married life, Mr. and Mrs E. G. Sehweiman. natives of j l! Germany, died the same day.

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Nestel Death Recalls Antics Os Otis Riley, Local Midget

The recent death of Charles Nestel. Ss year-old Fort Wayne midget, internationally known as Commodore Foote, brings to the minds of local people a Decatur member of the so-called Lilliputanians, Otis Riley. Otis, now a contented inhabitant of the county infirmary, while never as internationally famous as the Fort Wayne midget, is well known to the citizens of Decatur and surrounding lommuni^.s. Many local persons remember his playful pranks, w-hile he lived in the city. Many remember his ruse of pulling a gun from his pocket, only to find that the imaginary gun was bis faithful corncob pipe. Unlike the desire of Commodore Foote to be a soldier, Otis’ ambition was to be a wild and wooly two-gun man of the West. A wince of pain, when he shook your hand, brought smiles to the face of the four-foot Decaturite. Otis, now 55 years old, was born in Blue Creek township of normal parents. Until the age of 12 he appeared to be developing into a normal, healthy child. But at that age he stopped growing and when he attained full growth, his height was just a little more than the Commodore's 42. inches, still under four feet. *' Otis has a sister, of normal size.

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_ I Indianapolis—The first eight boys to enroll in the Hoosler Roys' State are pictured here, top row, left to right: Charles H Mastori, Jr. of Indianapolis; Thomas R. McConnell of Fowler; Wm. O. Nelson, Jr. of Anderson and Joe White of the Knightstown Soldiers & Sailors Children’ Home. Bottom row, left to right: Bishop Odle. also of the Knightstown Home; Joseph F. Lutes Jr. of Indianapolis; James H. Mason, Jr. of Gary and Pietre Chaillanx of Indianapolis. The Hoosier Boys' State program is being sponsored by the Indiana Department of The American Legion, with the cooperation of all ciyic and fraternal organizations, and is being conducted in Indiana for the first time this summer to give boys between the ages of fifteen and twenty an unusual opportunity to learn the fundamentals of their state government The movement is attracCng considerable atten- > tion over the entire state and indications are now that there will be between six hundred and one thousand boys in attendance at this session at the Indiana state fairgrounds This activity will start on June 25th and continue to Jhiy 3rd. inclusive, and application should be made through William E. Sayer, Secretary, The Hoosier Boys’ State, American Legion Building, Indianapolis,

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• supposedly still living. Her whereabouts are unknown. He is in fairly good health and f is said to be enjoying life at the t infirmary. According to those who j knew him early in life, he did not appear in sideshows, despite many . reports to that effect. j o > Modern Etiquette —SY— By ROBERTA LEE i ♦ ♦ . Q. When a man who is accornj panying a girl entering a streetcar I or tnm, is it ail right for him to take 1 1 a vacant seat in some other part of jibe car or bus, if there is no vacant . Ueat next to his giri? . 1 A. No; if he hasn't the energy to ■' hang on to a strap, and stand close •j to hie girl, he had better stay at _ j bornej Q. Should desserts be eaten with a,spoon or a fork? i A. Desserts are usually eaten I with a fork, though .in some in-, i stances both fork cn<] spoon are i furnished. I I Q. When a woman who Is travellixng atone registers at a hotel. 11 should she use the prefix “M-:ss” or i j "Mrs.”? ri A. Yes. always. | o , 1 Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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f TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File April 21 —20,009 German munition workers strike when bread rations are reduced. Porterhouse steak advances to 35 | emits a pound. Decatur hospital moved to the , Radetnacher residence on nortn Second street recently purchased by Dr. C. S. Clark, i Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Ellingham and W. J. Vesey and daughter leave 1 for New York City for a weeks vieit. Militia company now has 118 ! 1 -nehers. C. K- Bell and son Bobby of Fort Wayne visit here. Coid wave is a set back for early \ ! crops. o CONGRESS TODAY Q Senate: In recess. Committees: H Civil liberties continues Harlan county labor investigation, 10 a. m. JuJdiciary hears Rabbi Rosen- ■ * biurn in opposition to court bill, House • j Considers bills on calendar. * Committees: Rivers and harbors continues Florida ship canal hearings, 10:30 a. m. Ways and means considers railr'road retirement plan, 10 a. m.

ANNUAL COUNTY CONTEST PLANS Annual Scholarship Contest For Rural Schools Saturday The annual Adams county scholarship contest for rural high school students, will be held at Decatur high school auditorium Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. C. E. Striker, county school superintendent. stated today. The letter, "A." in cloth, to be worn on sweaters and coats, will be awarded to the winners of the various contest*. A winner wiR bo selected in each subject Included in the curicula of the school*. Two entries from each of the seven rural high schools will be entered in each subject contest, which will be conducted m an examination. In event of a tie for first place in a subject, a letter will be awarded to each of the winners. The contest Is sponsored annually by the connty school system, to further the interest in scholastic work. The letter, "A", is symbolic of Adams county. Winners will be announced a* soon after the con- | tests as possible ' 0“ — ■■■■■■ ♦ - - — - - ♦ Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦ ♦ 1. South Atlantic. 2. Tes. 3. Washington. D. C., and Baltimore, Md. ! 4. German genre and portrait painter. 5. Yes. 6. Wabash. 7. Eugene O'Neill. 8. On the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, on the road to Jericho. 9. Equatorial Africa. 10. Hypotenuse. —-——— -o ■ ■ • ■ ■ ♦ ~— : ———• Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee ♦ —— 4 The Hanging Basket ; Place the porous cup taken from j a discarded wet battery cell in the center of the hanging basket, and fill it with water. It will seep : through, supplying the necessary moisture, without the danger of

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Movie Stars Enjoy Swgjj| Something novel in the way of social entertainment .... fl Chester Morns at his Hollywood home, when he tn* party and buffet supper in the patio near the ootil j I Sweats were Irene Hervey, left, and Amu Lem*,

dripping. Ants Ants can be driven away by ► smearing the cracks and corners of their haunts with balsam of peru. Sulphur will drive away red . ants. Brown Sugar t Brown sugar will not become lumpy if it is kept in an open jar in the refrigerator. - -o Trade In a Good Town — Gecatur r •

I PUBLIC AUCTION FRIDAY, APRIL 23 - - 10 O’clock A. I 2-wheel Trailer with stock rack combined, tires 16x800: ► Deere Cultivator, A-f condition ; Mower and other farm-art*! HORSES — CATTLE — SHEEP — HOGS i Miscellaneous Articles. DECATUR RIVERSIDE SALES 1 E. J. AHR and FRED AHR, Mgrs. P Doehrman A Gorrell, Aucts.

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