Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1937 — Page 4

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e..x.'- ■- DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by fH£ DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. ißtered at the Decatur. Ind.. Post Office aa Second Class Matter 1 H Heller President k. R. Holtbouse. Sec’y. & Bus, Mgr. Pick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 .02 Due week, by carrier —-—— .10 One year, by carrier — 6.00 One month, by mail .35 Three months, by mall 1.00 Six months, by mail —— 1.76 One year, by mail 3.00 One 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 & CO. 115 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Waeker Drive. Chicago. Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. The church needs you and you need the church. Why uot get together? Those who pick the wrong horse today will just about ruin their guia day. We have reaffirmed our resolution that what oversea traveling we do will not be in either lighter or heavier than air craft. You may not agree on all plans suggested on the permanent location of the state highways but your interest will help get the right thing done. The Ohio legislature got into such a jangle the closing night that they failed to pass an appropriation bill. Now they will have to go back into another clinch. It listen? just a little like “monkeybusiness” lo an outsider. We are great on investigations in this country but by the time we get through with them and some action approved in congress, either the necessity is past or we are busted. There ought to be a way of hurrying these matters along it would seem. Edward and Wally are almost stealing the show from the king because their romance makes better reading than a rehash of the pomp of a coronation. Their story will be told in verse and prose for years to come and a Shakespeare could out-Rouieo and his old story. Indiana folk# spend an average of $lB9 per year for their groceries and that's lower than in most of the states. In Illinois the average was $217, in Michigan S2O and in Ohio $241. The explanation is that Indiana has less large cities and consequently raises more garden and live stock supplies. A bill to limit the number of cars to be hauled in one train to seventy is now before congress. Just what tlie merits are we have not heard, but we feel sure that there is a limit to what can be done to the railroads. Surely the measure ought to be considered from all angles. Os a hundred and twenty-nine dirigibles built the last twenty years, only one now survives. That's the Graf Zeppelin, sister ship to the Hindenburg. However even with that record this is the first loss of life reported from any German ship, a record that probably cannot be matched by any ottier transportation method. .No reason to urge cleaning. It’s going in full blast all over town and every one who engages in that kind of work is busy overtime. The city is being given a good scrubbing and will look right smart when everybody has finished. The Junior Chamber of Commerce is doing a line job and deserve much credit. The fair will be just as good as . we make it and there never was I

a better time to Improve the agri j cultural part. Farmers are in the j mood. They will do their part. Purdue will aid. L. E. Archbold, coun ty agent is anxious to make it show what a fine county this is. There is much to build on along this line and the beauty of it is that it’s a sound and sensible basis for any enterprise. It's Derby Day at Louisville and a crowd excelled in sporting events only by the speedway classic on Memorial day are yelling, laughing and thrilling at Churchhill Downs today. It's the sport of kings and they are there from all over this country and many others. Some idea of the tenseness may be had by listening in but this is oue event, they tell us, you just have to see, to appreciate. It is interesting to hear the varied opinions of our people regarding the traffic problem and the permanent location of state roads. It is not a matter of what we might want personally but what is , best for the greatest number of j people. Now that the public is in- j terested we are not fearful of the i results for when a community is awake to its problems, they usually solve them in the right manner. There is no doubt that this community is traffic and highway minded just now and we hope this interest continues until /‘M prob-1 lem is entirely worked out to the best interests of every one here. We insist that it is most import-1 ant that we continue to be a center point for as many state and federal roads as possible for in the j futuri this will continue to be tit' 1 « popular mode of travel. Let’s work it out to our best advantage, not forgetting that the traffic problem becomes more serious all the! while. We have grown accustomed to t the mention of big money. Croes- j us and Midas and the other rich boy* ui muiquity would probably look like pikers to-day. Yet we are struck by the statement from Washington that the cash income of the American fanner was nearly half a billion dollars greater during the first three months of 1937 than it was during the similar period in 1936, when we thought the agricultural situation was greatly improved. Indiana is still a favored spot in the national farm economic set up, with every legitimate prospect for a good year, and these big figures can not leave us cold. Translated into terms of additional dollars in our own pocket they cease to be abstractions and become comforting realities. —Indiana Farmer's Guide. I The nation and the world is shocked by the terrible disaster, the destruction of the German air liner Hindenburg at Lakehurst, N. J. This was the first flight of the j trans-Atlantic heavier than air flier this year though they made eighteen successful round trips lasti year and were scheduled for the i same number this year. The ship had battled headwinds clear across the Atlantic and was preparing to laud when the explosion occurred. What the cause was has not been definitely ascertained and perhaps never will be, although every effort will be made to do so that the cause may be eradicated in the future. Germany is not disheartened and will go on with their efforts to improve this kind of craft but the disaster will no doubt make it even more difficult for those who have been urging this j nation to continue its dirigible fa cilities. o Girl To Brave Jungle Sydney.—(U.P>— Facing a hazardous .dventure through the wilds of North Australia to Darwin, Shirley Howard. 22, has left here to ride the 2,000 miles on a horse which, she purchased for nine shillings. “I am not a bit scared about the wild country.” she said. “I am not packing a gun because I do not anticipate meeting any trouble.” o “If tired of your Tires, see i Runyon’s Garage.” Phone '772. 116 3. Ist street. i

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Monroe. T. P. A. donates $25.09 to Red I Cross and $25.90 to Civic Improvement society. Twenty-eight will graduate from Decatur high school on May 18th. First armed troons carrying Amos Paris amidst wild cheerinu, I ericau fiag march through streets scarcely more than thirty days after formally entering war. Adams county has 1,201 automobiles as compared to 725 a year ago. Henry Eitiug elected member of I county council to succeed Peter •; Forbiug, resigned. —o a # Modern Etiquette -BYBy ROBERTA LEE I ♦- ♦ MODERN ETIQUUETTE Q. When a man goes horse back riding with a girl, and a groom is | present, should he or thi* groom 1 assist the girl in mounting and dismounting? A. The girl's escort should perform this service. Q. Should the envelope contain-1

| ing a letter of introduction be sealed, or left unsealed? A. The envelope should not be sealed. Q. What does froniage mean on the menu card? A. Cheese. o « ♦ Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee The Icebox Anything with an odor, such as fish, should be placed at the top of the icebox. Odors have a tendency to rise, and if such dishes are placed on the lower shelves the odor is liable to permeate the other foods. Moths • To exterminate moths in upholstered furniture, sprinkle powdered alum in the crevices of tho upholstering. Irens The rust and roughness on irons can be removed by rubbing them on emery paper. 0 .Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

INDIAN* OPENS SAFETY DRIVE - Educational Campaign Is Launched For Highway Safety Indianapolis Mav S —(Special)— An educational campaign to aci quaint drivers with state laws in I connection with Governor M. Clifford Townuenda safety program was launched today. “One of the main causes of accidents is ignorance of the law.” Don F. Stiver, state safety director, said. Some of the main laws outlined by Mr. Stiver are: 1. Speed limit of 20 miles an hour on public highways in closely built-up business sections of any city, town or village, and 30 miles an hour on public highways in residence sections of any city, town or village. 2- Dimming of bright lights when approaching another vehicle com ing from the opposite direction. Use of spotlights forbidden except for reading intersecting highway signs j or house numbers or by trunk and 1 hue drivers to light the highway to the right of the travelefl portion. 3. Passing of other vehicles traveling in the same direction is unlawful unless motorist desiring to pass has a clear and unobstructed view ahead for 500 feet and there is no other vehicle coming from the opposite direction within 600 feet. 4. Motorists approaching pedes-

jgj? 7? mm ~? .r i? •: ',555::; ~ K I announcing'] CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP R OF THE | I Schmitt Meat Market I . I wish to announce to the people of Decatur 1 that I have sold my Meat Market to B Mr. Sylvester Sorg I t associated with the Wilkins Packing Co., g Fort Wayne, for the past 15 years, f —and Monday morning, May 10, will assume | active management of the business which | will be known as the | G. Sorg Meat Market a I also wish to extend my sincere thanks and f ►predation for the splendid patronage given me | iring my 18 years in the market. Your patronage j ts been most pleasant and we enjoyed every | inute of it. I [ It will be the policy of Mr. Sorg to continue to | nduct the Market under the same high standard | iit has operated in the past. No change will be 1 ade in the present personnel of the shop. any years experience in the Meat Business is your isurance he will “carry on” in an efficient and iPable manner, and any courtesies extended him ill be greatly appreciated by both Mr. Sorg and yself. Arrangements have been made with Mr. Sorg accept all accounts due and payable to the hmitt Market. I will greatly appreciate prompt lyment of all accounts. THANK YOU H. P. Schmitt j

Itrians on the traveled part of the highway or any intersecting highway, curve or corner where tho j view is obstructed must slow down | and sound the horn or bell, i' 5. All motor vehicles operating on the public highways shall have good an dadequate brakes in good • working order and sufficient to control the vehicel at all tunes when in use. 6. Passing of school hack while school children are alighting is un- ' lawful. • 7. Under terms of a new law passI ed by the 1937 general assembly, -j drunken drivei.x on first offense t may be punished by a fine of from { $lO lo SSO and imprisonment from . ■lO days to six months and loss of , driving privilege for not more than _: a year. 1 For a second or subsequent 1 drunken driving offense, the penall ty shall be imprisonment from ono - to five years and loss of driving r privilege for a year. No drunken i driving penalties may be suspend- - ed by the judge. r 1 8. A report of all arrests for sufo- | ty law violations shall be made to i the state motor vehicle commissioner. where the report will be made a j matter of record, under terms of a r law passed by the 1937 general i assembly. i Mr. Stiver, acting on Governor ) Townsend's statement, "For tho . adults who decline to accept cen- • sure and education in the simple - rules of safety, I recommend spei oial schooling behiml v prison bars," i' has ordered arrests for all viola- : tions of the law. i : The safety campaign is proceed- ) ing along three fronts, enforcement, education and engineering. The state police and law offccere

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