Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1937 — Page 3

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rctfA THETA TAU . BU 3fcESS MEETING of the Doha Theta Tan iiehl thvlr regular business Tuesday evening at the llf Miss Mildred Niblick. A findl' 1 11’ 1 ' 1 "* ,ll *' "tand hel<] durto fair wee ' l was ina,lt '- next meeting will be a picoireJtp’ having a means of transporta,‘M i„ asked to call Mary MarVoglewede. COMMITTEE meeting puhli ity committee of the WoW» of the Moose met at the Mrs. Cedi Gause Monday whh every member preri gu'ar business >■ as folby dipping and mounting the k ports, whic h were mailed I-rs by the senior reBrice Roop. od fey the hostess at the close of the cvenihg- The meeting next month W UI 1 belli at the home of Mrs. MISS MARY JANE BEERY HOSTESS AT MEETING Mary Jane Beery was hostess It a meeting of the Standard Beorils of the Methodist Episcopal SußdJy schoi-J Tuesday qvening. Four’ n members and one guest werlpresent. Mb Zula Porter had charge of taKvotionals. The lesson. -.Moslem Adventures on a Magic Carpet was given by Miss Gtad.ih Miller and Mrs. Delton Paeswere made to attend the AKmion to be held at Garrett. Thunkiay. September 16. i Lor :y refreshments were served at th) close of the meeting by the I D. Y. B. daes of the United i n Sunday school will meet at Ac home of Mrs. George Hill evening at seven-thirty o’fflKk. Mrs. William Heller and i ’3HBI adys Hakes wi'l be the a«s-, istinjl h..tesses. All .members are. urgec to attend. — MRS. SOL LORD IS CLUB HOSTESS Sol Lord was hostess to the memn >ers of the Pirr.'hle club TatHmy evening. Eight games were .•njßb<l and prizes were won by P»ne 300 1315 W. Adams {

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HARRISON CAKHOLL Copyright, 1937 Fea tuns Syndicate. Inc. Talk of every lot i| R-K-O's “Stage Door", which :<tr is conceded to ■ - , ,be one of the

UC VXIV LilC year's finest pictures and a boxoffice hit of smash proportions. The film, depicting the life of a group of girls in a New York theatrical boarding house, brought nostalgic memories to many an ex-footlight Co f z* in tHo

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favorite in the *jynce and revived all over again H®rwood's sentimental mood Broadway. dialogue of the picture is . to be as witty and as caustic ’ in "The Women”, the di-1 of Gregory La Cava is to the skies and the per- \ of the cast, down to the are hailed as inspired, Rogers’ portrayal of the dancer is believed to forever her demands for dramatic roles; Katharine as the stage-struck heirbeen liked so well since “Mo ng Glory”; Adolphe Menjou gjyed superb as the amorous pro**B r ; Andrea Leeds, as the girl commits suicide, shames Mr. Gy •' yn for his neglect of her; Kennedy, as the maid, a brilliant comedy characin fact, everyone comes the highest praise. is so sincere that is laid aside and every one it is a fine thing for any studio to have such a film. incident at the preview Weight the wrath of the audience on the news cameraman. boys began snapping their bulbs in the theater while of the regular program was M>g run off. Waves of hisses |Blly drove them away. |Bhe Warner picture, '‘Jezebel’’ is ■F-g held up until Bette Davis’ S|r grows long enough for the

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 Wednesday Zion Senior Walther League, Church Basement, 7:110 p. m. postponed. Zion Reformed Ladies’ Aid, Church Parlore, 2:30 >p. m. Friendship Village Home Ec Club, Mrs. Frank Strickler. C. .unty Federation of Clubs, Mrs. John Tyndall, 2:30 p. m. Businese and Professional Women's Club, Rice Hotel, 6:30 t>. m. Thursday United Brethren D Y. B. Class, Mrs. George Hill, 7:30 p. nt. Evangelical Loyal Daughters. Mrs. Clarence Weber, 7:30 p. m. Evangelical Ladies' Aid Society, i Church, 2 p. m. St. Louke's Aid Society All Day Meeting, Mrs. Leo Engle. Benefit Bridge Party, Business and Professional Women's Club, Elks Home, 8 ip. m. Dinner Bridge Club, Mrs. E. G. Coverdale, 6:30 p. m St. Paul's Ladies* Aid society, Mrs. Tom Noll, all day meeting. Ruralistic Study Club. Mrs. Herman Geimer, 8 p. m. Friday Union Chapel A. B. C. Class, Mr. and Mrs. Slyvester Everhart, 7:30 p. m. Pocahontas Lodge, Red Men’s Hall 7:30 p. m. Mt. Pleasant Bible Class. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Singleton. 8 p. m. Saturday Y. P. M. C. Baked Goods Sale, Brock’s Store. | Cafeteria Supper, Zion Reformed ■ Church, 5 to 7 p. m. Mrs. Lord and Mrs. Albert Miller. At the close of the games, a delicious luncheon was served at | sma'l tables. next meeting will be held in two weeks at the home of Mrs. William Lister. MANY TICKETS SOLD FOR BENEFIT BRIDGE I Plans have been completed and ■ a large number of tickets sold, for ! the benefit bridge to be given at the Elk's home Thursday evening at eight o'clock by the Business ] and Professional Women’s club of ■ this city. Mrs. Mark Braden and Miss Fern Passwater are general chairmen of , the affair. Auction bridge, con- , tract bridge and pinochle will be j played. Tables will be formed at the beginning of the games and the I players will pivot. Table prizes and also a door prize I will be given. Miss Bernice NelI son and Mrs. Ralph Yager are i chairmen of the prize committee I Miss Vivian Burk is chairman of

costume role. The star tried wigs but wasn’t satisfied. Once her hair is long, she says, she will leave it that way for a year. The Monty Westmores (he's another of the makeup clan) are expecting their third baby. The Westmore boys come naturally by large families. In two marriages, their father, George Westmore, had 21 children. Os the four married sons now living in Hollywood, Ernie has two children. Wally has two, Perc has one and Buddy, who has just been sued for divorce by Martha Raye, didn’t have time to raise a family. Answering Your Questions! Mrs. Grace Northrup, Los AngelesDeanna Durbin will be 15 come December. — Grace Moore is out of the hospital and, according to her latest 1 plans, will make a trailer trip with her husband, Valentin Parera, to her birthplace in Jellico, Tenn. Interesting item to music lovers should be Miss Moore's selection of her 10 favorite songs of the popular and semi-popular variety. The list includes: “Beils of St. Mary’s", “Kiss Me Again ", “One Night of Love”, "Finiculi, Finicula", “My Song Is You”, “I’ll Follow My Sweetheart", “Annie Laurie", "Coming Through the Rye”, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” and “When I Grow Too Old to Dream". Chatter. . . . The new bracelet worn by Phyllis Brooks is the gift of Cary Grant and the story of how she came to get it is affording Hollywood quite a chuckle. . . . You’ll have to get it from them, however. . . . Glenda Farrell lifted quite a few eyebrows by appearing at the "Stage Door" preview with Charles Richards, the casting director. . . . Ruth Mix, they say, had a narrow escape from death, when her horse reared on a mountain trail and she threw herself off, basely managing to cling to the edge of a 50-foot canyon. ... If you can believe the stories. Ronald Regan would like to be the new head man in Lana Turner's life.... And who is the Santa Barbara society girl now getting such a rush from Douglass Montgomery?

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1937.

I the committee on refreshments. , I Mrs. Lamoille Fogle will be in I charge of the tables. Tickets are on sale for twenty-1 five cents and may be purchased j by calling Mrs. Mark Braden or I from any member of the club, or' “ at the door. The public is Invited ! to attend. ! BIRTHDAY DINNER FOR ED WHITRIGHT Mrs. Ed Whitright entertained at six o’clock dinner Tuesday evening, honoring the birthday anniversary ' >, of her husband. A large cake ten- j' . tered the dining table at which ccv- ■ era Were laid for the following: Mr. and Mrs. Francis Howell and son Billy, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond 1 ? 1 Johnson, son Jimmy and daughter 1 Joan. Marion Whitright and Mr. 1 and Mrs. Ed Whitright. The honor guest was presented ' with a number of gifts. 1 1 1.1 o '• j Mrs. Charles latse and daughter . Loreta Rose are on a ten day vaca- ~ tion trip through the east. They ex-11 pect to stop at New York City, Pro- 1 . ’ vidence. R. 1., Boston and several , '• other eastern cities. I1 A. A. Kist of Portland and Win- i ’ ' Chester, visiter in Decatur last eve-1 ning and attended to business. ’ James P. Goodrich, former governor of Indiana, whose home is at i Winchester and who is well known j here, is a .patient at the John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore and his ' ' i condition is reported to be very ser- | Paul Kuhn, member of the Che- ’ vrolet dealers' planning committee , for the state rt Indiana, attended a i ' meeting at Lake Wawasee yester-| 1 day. Theodore Graliker, Paul Kuhn - and I<eo Kirech went to Fort Wayne i | this noon where they attended a i 1 General Motors luncheon and enjoyed the sip’endid program. The president and vice-president of General Motors spoke to fifty of such . luncheon meetings from Chicago I Frank McConnell who suffered a , gall bladder attack about ten days ago is convalescing slowly. Mr. Me- , Connell is able to be up part of the time although sttill confined to the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred McConnell, i 1 Leo Ehinger and Harry Stults are j r in Clarksburg, West Virginia. They t picked up a prisoner at Pendleton ? Monday and to <k him to Clarkss burg. T H. O. Swoveland of route 2. Monr.,?. visited in Decatur today 0 H. P. Schmitt attended the Arthur f Ball horse sale at Muncie yesterday. Col. Fred Reppert and Cot. Roy p Johnson were the auctioneers in t charge. It was one of the largest e horse sales held in this part of the state. p Cal Peterson is p'anning a few |. i days vacation at Kelly’s Island, e ! Ohia, next week. Decatur and Adams county banks ere were attending the banker’s , meeting at Warsaw today. Miss Mary McKean is back at her desk at the city hall after enjoying a week’s vacation. CHICAGO SEX FROMPAGE ONE) bulging eyes.” Later, she picked him from a group of eight, in a police show-up. "I ll plead guilty," Conroy said. “But don't make me pose for a l picture. I don’t want my children to see me like this.” |l"" | ll||||Fl||| yjyHEN IS a »afe really safe? Answer: When it’s insured. zETNA-IZE If you have a aafe, a sun, safe bet is that you need Safe Burglary Insurance. Written by The Aitna Casualty and Surety Company of Hat* ford, Connecticut. The Suttles-Edwards Co., Agent Jack Leigh, I. Bernstein and A. D. buttles, solicitors. > Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. Aetra Automobile Ins. Co. Aetna Life Insurance Co. SUTTLES-EDWARDS CO. Agents Decatur, Ind. Phone 351 ( lllim Aiuidll

GAS ORDINANCE GIVEN APPROVAL! .. I Fort Wayne City Council Approves Change From Artificial Gas Fort Wayne, Sept. 15 —City coun- , oilmen passed unanimously last night an ordinance authorizing the Northern Indiana Public Service company to begin the distribution r ,* natura 1 gas In Fort Wayne when a schedule of rates hae been ap- f proved by the ipublic service commission. I Their action will enable the util- ; ity company to begin appliance ad- I aptatlons costing approximately l $193,000 preparatory to the service l charge after a revised rate schedule has been approved by the public service commission. This will be • borne by the <,.mpar,y, it was ent- i phasized. I Replacement and adjustment of I equipment before the artificial gae i can be shut off wi'l require about i two months, Thomas J. Kelly, divi- < sion manager of the N. I. P. S. Co. estimates. He hopes to have the new fuel ready for distribution before the first .. next year. Following recommendations of the committee on contracts and franchises, icouncilmen amended the ordinance to omit a proposed 1 schedule of rates bet re placing ' tlhe document upon its passage. 1 The matter of rates for natural gas ' here is one for the pubblic service 1 commission to act upon, it was explained. And natural gas will be pumped into Fort Wayne mains un- ! der regulations of the state body. Similar .ordinances have been approved by the city councils of Decatur and Bluffton, and early action i to make the change from artificial i to natural gas is expected here. TEXACO FLEET HERE THURSDAY Test Fleet Os 12 New Autos To Stop In Decatur Thursday Citizens of Decatur and community are invited to see the Tex- ( aco test fleet of 12 new automobiles pass through Decatur shortly after noon Thursday. The fleet is completing a 25.000-mile trip through the 48 states, proving the efficiency of Texaco gasoline and lubricants. This is the seventh annual tour of the fleet, but is the first time through Decatur. Thursday, the fleet is driving from Cincinnati to South Bend. It wiß stop at Portland for a rest period at noon and ( then leave immeditaely for Decatur. The official start of the test run was at Detroit, Mich., May 15. The fleet is following a clock-wise course over the United States. 1 visiting each state capital as well as most of the national parks. Top speed trials were run on the salt flats of Utah. All types of high- • ways and driving conditions have i been encountered, ranging from the torriik heat of Death Valley to the atmospheric conditions atop Pike's Peak. The run is expected j to be completed about September 18. after which cars will be re-ex-amined at the factories. The .fleet is manned by a personnel of 30, and is made up of the following cars: Chevrolet, Packard 120; Buick 8-40. Chrysler Royal, Dodge 6, Ford V-8 (85 h.p.), Lincoln Zephyr, Oldsmobile 6, Pontiac. Plymouth. Studebaker President and Terraplane. Two additional cars, a Ford V-8 (60 h.p.) and a LaSalle fitted up as a motion picture camera cr are accompanying the fleet. Each car is manned by a driver and an observer. The observer's duty is to take 42 readings every 15 minutes of the day. whether or not the car is in motion. In this way. a most exhaustive record of the run is being maintained. In addition to the drivers and observers. there are two mechanics, a’ fleet secretary, and a cameraman. o Interview Applicants For 1. U. President Bl'omington, Ind.. Sept. 15 —(UP) —The Indiana univeisity board of trustees today had interviewed the first three applicants for the presidency of the university. Final selection will not be made for some time as several other applicants remain to be interviewed, it was said. Scores of applicants also were I considered by the board f?r the : | position of superintendent of build- ! inge and grounds to succeed Char- | les H. Hays, who died recently. o Gottschalk Appoints New Prison Clerk — Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 15 —(UP) Thurman A. Gottschalk, state wel i fare director and supervisor of state institutions, announced today the appointment of Edward H. TayU.r of Knox as chief clerk at the

Michigan City state prison. He succeeds Howard Crosby of | Michigan City who has resigned Gottschalk said that Taylor was at ' the (prison today to begin his new i duties. Taylor has been active for years 1 In Starke county politics. He is a graduate of Valparaiso university ' and has operated an abstract (business in Knox. He was postmaster at Knox by appointment of President Wilson anj formerly worked with i the state board of accounts. Fear Employes Are Trapped By Blast Weehawken, N. J. Sept. 15 —! (UP) —An explosion, followed by . fire in a two store building occu- i pied by the F. B. Penick Company, ; today may have trapped some of' the 200 employes of that company. ' firemen feared. Three ambulance loads of injured mostly burned in the explosion, were rem-.ved. Eight were named I as injured, ethene were not Immed- ! lately identified. Fire apparatus from three neanity cities was sum- ’ moned. After the fire started four additional explosions occurred, pre-: eumab'y from inflammable drugs. I o Brotherhood Named Bargaining Agency Washingt-.n, Sept. 15 — (UP) —I The national labor relations board today certified the brotherhood of railroad trainmen as the exclusive collective bargaining agency in nine operating units of the Greyhound bus line. o Disgruntled Client Kills His Lawyer Chicago Sept. 15-(UP)—A disgruntled law client today killed one ' att .rney, stabbed another, scratch-1 ed two stenographers and surrend ered to police—All within half an hour. The assailant was George L. Chicharvick. His victims were: Frederick W. Elliott, 58, lawyer and former assistant attorney gen-

.At Dedication of Wheeler Dam > ' fIaaKOMKVM r I- - ■ - -

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”---- - — ■ ' Honored guest at the dedication of Wheeler dam, main unit in the Alabama section of the Tennessee Valley Authority power program, I was Col. Joe Wheeler, left, son of the Confederate and SpanishAmerican war hero for whom the dam was named. He was introduced to the crowd of more than 2,000 present for the ceremonies by Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, right, TV A chairman. r

•President Advised on Europe

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Accompanying President Roosevelt to an informal meeting of the Roosevelt Home club at Hyde Park, N. Y„ Bernard Baruch, New York industrialist and unofficial adviser of presidents, warned President Roosevelt that Europe was’a "tinder box’’ and painted a grave picture of conditions abroad. In a brief speech before his friends and neighbors, the president asserted that "we are going to do everything possible” to keep the United States out of war Baruch was only one of a number of visitors, including returned diplomats, from whom the presidept obtained information on the European situation. •u,

eral of Illinois shot four times and I killed George Mason, lawyer— Istahbed in the abdomen, not seriously. Two stenographers In Ma- ! son's office-—scratched in the abdomen. 0 Roosevelt Confers With John L. Lewis — Washington, Sept. 15 — (UP) — 1 1 John L. Lewis said today after a [White House meeting with Presi- [ dent Roosevelt that he hr.d dis- , j cussed with the President "Mat- 1 Ilers of mutual interest,” Lewis was chary of comment as- • Iter his first meeting with Mr. Roo- , [sevelt since a lather day address in I , which the committee for industrial - organization chief inferentially criI tlcized Mr. Roosevelt for his attiitude toward the CIO steel strike. "We had a pleasant conference," i said la’wls, "Talking over matters of mutual interest. I have nothing it’:, say of any news value.” I o Betting in Britain Rises London (U.R) — Betting on racei course lotalisators in Great Britain i increased by about $6,500,000 in I 1936. Total turnover, says the an- | nual report of the Racecourse Betting control board, was $36,839,625. I an increase of 19.82 per cent over I the previous year. the I year was $3,444,480. % o X Car Causes Divorce I —"— V. San Jose. Cal. —(U.R)—When HIM family automobile becomes monr important than the wife, It is time' for divorce, according to Mrs. Li?I lian Hudson. She alleges that of SIOO she earned working in a cannery her husband took $97 to make the old car go and gave her only 1 $3 for a new dress. o Another California Boost i Visalia, Cal.— (U.R) —Frank Daybell does not think so much of the famous English fog. After living a | few years in England and a few j years in the San Joaquin valley. ; | he declares the latter can produce ' fogs that would make the English I variety look tame. !

Radio’s “Andy” With His Bride

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Correll Fere is Charles Correll, "Andy” of the famous radio te»rr, rs he kioed his bride, the former Alyce Mercedes McLaughlin, uancer, fcdlowing their marriage in Los Angeles.

Young Roosevelt With Fiancee

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Romantic rumors linking John Roosevelt, youngest son of the president, and Anne Lindsay Clark, Boston debutante, were confirmed when the young lady's mother announced their engagement. Wed-* ding of the young couple, shown here in a new photo taken at the summer home of the Clarks near Nahant, Mass., will not take place until Roosevelt finishes his school course at Harvard where he is now a senior __ i — : 7 . Z ' ’

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Despite the fact that John Roosevelt, son of the president and his reported fiancee, Anne Lindsay Clark, Boston debutante, left the Ritz-Carlton in New York by a side door after lunching there, an alert cameraman snapped a picture of the young couple when John stopped to pick up a bundle as Miss Clark was getting into the car.

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