Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1937 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Rntered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter J. H. Heller President A. R. Holthouse, Secy. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rites: Single copies 1 02 One week, by carrier—— -10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail .35 Three months, by mall — 100 Six months, by mall 1.75 One year, by mall 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius ot 100 miles. Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER & CO. »5 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chioago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Be careful over the week-end. That's old advise, but the community has had enough shocks and prays that Monday's paper will not be a scoreboard of terrible accidents and tragedies. Local industry continues to in-' crease employment and wages and I general conditions are improving.' What Decatur needs now is 25 or 5u new homes to take care of those j employed here and others would accept jobs if they could find a place to live. The state tax board has ordered the waiving of penalty and interest on delinquent taxes of munici-1 pal plants if paid in full up to October Ist. The concession is of. course appreciated, but why not eliminate the entire tax? Municipal plants belong to the people and are therefore public property. The other morning after Second street was freshly swept a gum chewing wagon came along and distributed free packages of gum to those who gathered around the tar. The street was liteered with wrappers. Wonder how the gum chewing company would like it if: we gathered up the paper and i spread it over their polished office floor ? How tall does Indiana corn grow?. Governor Townsend believes Hoos-' ler farmers raise as tall corn as; lowa and Wisconsin and has writ ten to county agents to gather the tallest stalks so he can enter them in the national grain and hay show. Adams county farmers not only can produce tall corn, but good corn. If you have a stalk of unusual height, get in touch with County Agent Archbold who will send it to the governor. Lewis Spener. 12-year-old sou of j Dr. William Spencer of Franklin College, is a plucky little fellow. j

SP-EAKIHG of SAFETy i; TvyiLlGf-lT M.AV BE THE ROMANIiC HOUR FOR LOV£RS-~ ' ~] - The inspiration k>r < MANW sentimental. ( ballads ■ -n I 1 Z&k AND THE ‘•'zv THEME OP "'— —— famous i m v Pa inting s , i — ' \ U / TLUT <TS The ZERO HOUR. FOR AuTo CRASHES.. SO SLO'AI GOWN AT SUNDOWN • L ~~ 7_, —

Two weeks ago he was crushed by a railroad engine, which severed his right leg and arm. but did not kill his spirit. A picture in the Indianapolis Star shows the youth in bed, holding a book and reading| Crippled for life he still maintains i a happy outlook and says it could have been a lot worse. Our sympathies go to the boy as well as our admiration. Rich farm lands in southern Idaho are sinking like a fallen cake and canyons are created in place of the fertile valleys. Geologists are puzzled of course and explain that the phenomenon prob-’ ably was caused by the earth's j surface dropping into a subterran-1 ean cavern. We wonder it the earthquakes felt around this sec-' tion of the country last winter had anything to do with it. The earth may be slipping to a new level.. Anyway it looks as if things were as much upset under the surface as they seem to be on top. Indiana Democrats have two out-j standing events this month. Onj August 20 and 21st. the national convention of Young Democrats' will be held in Indianapolis, at which three of the country's most [ 1 prominent citizens will speak. They ’ | are Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of the. J President; James Roosevelt, their 1 son and Postmaster-General Far-, ' ley. The convention is of national ( importance and 10,000 visitors are i expected. Over the August 27th j week-end, the annual convention | ’ of the Democratic Editorial Asso- ■ ciation will be held at French Lick at which Governor Townsend, ConI gressman Crowe and other leaders! j will appear on the program. They I will be big days for delegates and ■ visitors and enjoyable in every re-! spect. . AIRPORT HAZARDS: The Florida tragedy in which j four persons were killed and live ■ injured by the crash of a passenger plane should prompt a searching investigation of Federal and state authorities. The acci-j dent concerns the entire, nation J I because it involved factors that I enter into adequate safeguards'tor 1 landing fields all over the United States. The plane fell to the t ground when it crashed into a newly constructed power line. The Commerce Department, the ! state of Florida, the air line and the power utility are conducting investigations, from which should emerge not only the facts relating to the power line's hasty installa- ! tion, but the general question of barring such lines in proximity of airports. The airport manager asserted that he was certain the pilot of the I ill-fated plane, a crack flier who perished in the crash, did not know the existence of the power ■ line hazard. Poles were placed I during the night without notifica-

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tion of airport officials, according to one story that should be thori oughly probed by government of- . ficials. The safety of commercial avi- ■ ation is one of the Commerce De-' i partment s responsibilities. Air-' ' ports used in regular passenger! service cannot be approved if nearby buildings or other hazards endanger a landing or take-off. The I most expert pilots, of course, are helpless if dangerous construction is completed without knowledge i of its existence. —Indianapolis Star. ot* — —• Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE I Q. Should a peron use the expressions, "Well, well My, mj, “What do you thing ot that," etc., when another person is relating something? A. No; these monotonous repetitions are rude as well as annoy-

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Amusement parks this year are having their best < season since the depression and the "funny business" is expected to take in nearly half a billion dollars before winter Coney Island, largest amuse, merit park in the world, has had several days when ' more than a million jammed its midway and beach.

'ing. Q When in doubt as to whether an invitation requires a reply, what ’should one do? | A. When in doubt, it would be better to reply. Q. Is a “blue plate" luncheon one .that is served for a fixed price? A. Yes. Q * TWENTY YEARS *1 AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File I Aug. 14 Joe Burdg is a member I of Battery B. Fort Wayne. ■ Rainbow Division, 19.0i0 men, | will be next troops ordered to ’France it is anr.mnced. Pope Benedict sends petition to I all nations at war, urging peace and 11 stating terms which he believes | should he acceptable to each. 1 Dr. N. A. Bixler opens optical offices on south Sec.'«id street. Adams county quoto of 107 men ! is now assured by the registration board which has examined more ! than 500. 1 Canadians make advances on a ■ thousand yards at Lens.

i Traditional diversions such as the merry-go-round, ferris wheel and roller coaster still retain their popularity, but showmen are constantly introducing new thrills to satisfy the public's demand for different and more novel recreations on their outdoor excursions during summer months.

— 4 ' Household Scrapbook | I By Roberta Lee ♦ ♦ Cookies Keep bh ivniee and drop cookies in a stone jar to insure freshness; molasses and sugar cookies and ’ wafers shou'd be kept in a tin box that is tightly covered. Fabbric Shoes Always brush farbric shoes well, ' after each wearing. Brush suede with a stiff brush and satin shoes ( with a soft one. Dust Cloth The best dust cloth is one that ( ■ is oiled. It will prevent dust from flying and will greatly lighten the work. i Turtle Reaps Own Reward Tulsa (U.R) -Clyde Pool has lost faith in Turtle nature. In April he set out a dozen tomato plants of the small preserving variety. To guard them from the bugs, he tethered a snapping turtle among the 1 plants. The turtle ate the insects ' until the tomatoes ripened. Then he ate the tomatoes.

* Many Reunions Scheduled For Summer Months « Sunday, August 15 Archhold Reunion, Ossian High j School. , . Laisttre Reunion. Legion lark, Decatur. . „ . ’ Seventh Annaul Weldy Reunion, Hanna Nnttman Park. Butler Reunion, Earl Butler s Grove. Hackman and Kortenber Reunion, Sun Set Park. McGill annual reunion, Sun oet Park. , . . „, Smith family reunion (rain or shine) Sun Set Park. Hinkle annual reunion, Sun set Park. Lindeman and Bloemker annual reunion, Snn Set Park. Crist Reunion, McNaughton Park Elkhart, Indiana. Leimenstoll-Martin 22nd annual reunion. Mr. and Mrs. August Leimestoll, Magley. Salem M. E. Church Homecoming, Salem Church. Sunday, August 22 Annual G. E. employes' picnic, Sun Set park. Standiford-Faulkner reunion.' Hanna-Nuttman Park. Davies Reunion, Sun Set Park.. Hakes annual reunion, Sun Set Park. Kuntz family reunion, Sun Set Park. Sunday, August 29 Davison Reunion. Marcellus Davison, 4 ml. east Monroe, state road 124. Wesley S. Miller reunion. Sun Set Park. Parker reunion, (rain or shine) Sun Set Park. Sunday, September 5 Wilson and Schafer Reunion, Sun Set Park. Urick annual reunion, Sun Set Park. Labor Day, September 6 Annual Roebuck reunion, Sun; Set Park. Sunday, September 12 Springer family reunion, Sun Set Park. Monday, September 6 Sluseer-Gauee family ’•eunion, i Park, Willshire, Ohio. o > ♦ Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦ ♦ 1. The largest and one of the most repulsive and savage of the African baboons. 2. They were brothers. 3. From the immature fruits of the opium poppy. 4. Germany. 5. Two —by birth or by naturalization. 6. Rudyard Kipling. 7. A whole number which leaves a remainder when divided by two. 8. Copenhagen. 9. Twenty-five years. 10. Hara-kiri. 1. The first white child born on American coil of English parents. 2. Pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, used to make porcelain or china. 3. Mummy. 4. Master of Engineering Chemistry. 5. James Monroe. 6. Pitclarn Island. 7. Marietta, Ohio. 8. American painter. 9. “Nicholas Nickleby.”

10. Red stripe for firemen and white stripe for seamen. 0 Home Fire Unsuspected Colorado Springs, Colo., —(UP) — . Hearing the sirens and bells of the fire department. Mrs. Fannie Melmer rushed t.l her front door to Chic/Chicken ./ r- «* —'. ■ 3|fcg4t *■* ’ ... ;, '"\,7 ; <» • Selma Seastrand > 1 This stunning blond young lady. Selma Seastrand of American Fork. Utah, might rightly be called “some chicken" since she '‘■as elected queen to reign at the annual. festival of the poultryturkey belt

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watch the apparatus go by. Instead . ot going by, the fire trucks stopped. ; lUnknown to Mrs. Melbuer the [ basement of her home was on | fire. A neighbar called the fire de-; ■ partment. ■ I Nurses Resent Petticoats | sydnev. (U.R) I-"" 1 ' llius, ' s almost on a ••petticoat'’ strike. Un-. der rulings of local hospitals they i are obliged to line up every day I ’and stand “petticoat" inspection before they can go to work. Other-1 wise certain concessions are dock-

-■ Leibowitz Heads Irwin DcfcnsJ — fl Rl - II f i * * r I V Sit * * It™ • r v Bf| u J ißobert Irwin ( » fl " i*‘Kininie Gedeon I < ■ w fll t II - ■ ;l 4 Samuel M. Leibowitz} . Defense of Robert Irwin, eccentric sculptor who has confessed tfl slaying of Veronica "Ronnie" Gedeon, her mother and a boards on Easter Sunday, will be defended in court by Samuel M ace New York crime lawyer. Leibowitz has compiled the phenomena ’ I record of 116 “victories'’ in 116 major murder cases. Not one of hM clients has paid the death penalty. In the Irwin defense, as M many of his past trials, he will plead that the defendant is the of faulty environment. <■

Principals in Flogging Case aBR *riWW! | BL- * W^g Sßsaws^ i %, *M[.\lfred Willis re-mar tx n.'gging_M|J B»§Bfc ■ ■ i 5 «s fl ■ I z i fl I I Isl ' ; 3m ' -£■ ? J '^*' v ® i ■EE3MM. & Ji i. : /-3Sw / v fl * ' V®»' Il ‘ He aW ™ ir i v tV >l. / 1 I ■ i i ,3 1\ J Eloise Wink] " Charges of assault were filed against Eloise WHlis, 17. of New Or. leans, inset, and her father. Alfred Willis, 56. by Oscar Kay. 47-year old WPA worker, who claimed he had been tied to a tree and sever ly beaten by the girl and her father. The Willises said the attaci had .been provoked because of slanderous tales allegedly 'old 05 | Kay about Miss Willis The elder Willis, left, is shown re-enactmi ‘ the flogging with a friend as the "aubject",.

ed. The nurses declare they waiij rather go without the conies Jmi than wear petticoats. - - —— H Nature's Wonders Too San Jose, Cal. <U.R) The I ders of nature never cease for llv 'id S. Alvitre, youthful M,xi< told the court that after s<vj J n certain amount of bird seed lA* : around the house. In- if .J. j plant it. Before he could say “. utk Robinson" it had sprouted mil, I Geld of marihuana sufficieiitly 1 to violate the state