Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1937 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. KUtared at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office as Second Class Matter J. IL Haller President fi. ft. Holthouse, Sec'y. & Bus. Mgr. Ddck D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carriers.oo One month, by mail .35 Three months, by maill.oo Six months, by mall 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office— 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 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, Chieago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Ask for Sparkling Crystal White Sugar. It's made in Indiana. The president says the budget will be balanced during the next fiscal year, entirely ruining the argument that the country has gone to the financial bow wows. After a sleep of nearly seven years. Patricia Maguire, known as the "sleeping beauty", died Tuesday evening, from pneumonia. Her case has baffled scientists and physicians and attracted world wide attention. Admission is free to the cookingi school at the Adams theater next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and we assure you that every woman who attends will enjoy it thoroughly. It's a wonderful picture and you will discover num erous ideas of value for the home. Sparkling Crystal White Sugar is on the market here and it's this year’s product. There is no finer, sugar on the market any where and those who wish the best will ask for It. . By using this sugar you aid a great enterprise that certainly means much for this community. The American Bar Association perhaps does not speak for the average lawyer, qince it seems to have become a part of the Liberty League and the National Chamber of Commerce. Any way that's our guess since reading the replies to their actions in condemning the President. In a congressional election in the Seventh district of Massachusetts tins week, Lawrence J. Connery. Democrat, defeated his Republican opponent by a vote of 40,000 to 27,000, a gain over the vote in last year's election, further indications that the present administration is continuing strong with the voters. Don't crowd around a fire. It's dangerous for several reasons and a midnight bath such as occurred here recently for several bystanders, is not so good for the average person. The fire chief has requested that those who attend fires keep at such a distance as not to inter sere with the work or endanger themselves. Wise men predict that war is far distant in Europe and the outlook for peace is the best in two decades. Much credit for that should go to President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull of this country, whose position has steadfastly been against any alliance which might lead ns into war. If we had joined any of the larger nations of Europe, it is quite probable, we would quickly have been engaged in a conflict. William Randolph Hearst is regarded the most successful news-j pape" man in the world,. He has just disposed of his Omaha NewsBee to his competitor, the WorldHerald. because the venture did hot show a profit This is the third pUnt Ui his big string that has

been sold the past sixty days. Evidently he is tired of operating newspapers at a loss and has de-1 , termined to dispose of the losers and keep those that show a profit. Spend an hour on the sugar factory and soybean grounds and you will get a real thrill. Hundreds are at work in each building and 1 the construction on the new buildj lug is nearing completion. Just. now the sugar is being manufactured from the 1937 crop of beets and , the beans are coming in. It's a | busy, bustling place, that is sure to bring about Mr. McMillen's pre , ditlon a year or two ago of continued growth to this city. The city of Kokomo is celebrating today, because of the completion of a new and strictly modern court house. The old building burned some years ago and Kokomo hit a slump that placed it low in the catalogue of “bum" towns. Then came the better days and Howard county built, with federal aid. one of the finest buildings 1 ,in the state. It is being dedicated with due ceremony today, with a Centennial celebration calling at- . tention to a hundred years of progress. First grade school enrollments in Indianapolis are 600 less this , year than last and a similar drop in school attendance is found in < reports from almost every section,, of the state and nation. Evidently *' families are smaller than in the j old days and it is possible that in another decade or two we may find! ourselves with too many schools, h However, that will largely be tak-; t en car of in growing communities l < like Decatur and there is no doub’ ! of the need of new and better | school buildings here. We cannot 1 afford to pass up the present op- ' portunity to secure a grant for ] $110,900 which is practically a gift | ■ for if we don't take it, we will have to provide the money from some other source, which of course would mean that it would have to be all raised locally by taxes. - i If you think of yourself and your < fellow Americans as a sturdy and independent people, consider the case of the New York gentleman who. buying a new hat. set out to keep track of the money it would cost him. in tips to hat check girls in restaurants, theaters and night clubs. In one month, he discovered, this hat cost him exactly s 9— and the hat cost only a dollar in the first place! The only differ ence between this New Yorker and the rest of us is that we don't get around quite so much. When we do get around, we pay the hat check girl weekly and without thought of protest. Yet the hat check racket is a petty graft that only a completely housebroken people would put up with. It certainly ought to be up to the proprietor of a place of public entertainment to give his patrons a ; place to put their hats, and to give I it to them for nothing. If we were 1 half as sturdily independent as we . like to think we are, we would , never put up with the present sys- . tern. —Huntington Herald-Press. j Admirers of James Whitcomb r Riley everywhere will participate at least in spirit in the ceremonies which Greenfield has planned in r honor of the Hoosier poet. Citit zens of our neighboring county . seat have arranged the most elab- [ orate program since the bard's I death 21 years ago. It will be held on his birthday anniversary, October 7. If the poet were still liv- , ing, he would be 88 years old on that date. Greenfield societes and other Hoosier groups are fortunate in the ability to retain so much of the poet's intimate possessions. f They thus escape the difficult task of organizations seeking io recover furniture of prominent men of an , earlier period, which often lias been scattered almost beyond hope of restoration. Establishment of the old Riley home as a shrine also serves to assure maintenance of the structure before virtual re- > placement becomes necessary. The i

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Riley homestead was acquired by the city of Greenfield and turned 1 over to the Old Home Society. Arrangements and decoration have been restored to the condition that marked residence there of the budding genius. The house will be formally dedicated with appropriate exercises. Wiliam Lowe Bryan, president emeritus of Indiana University, will deliver the address. — Indianapolis Star. k . — * I Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two i ♦ 1. Mediaeval Latin. 2. Yes. 3. Sam Houston. 4. It is a British Crown colony. 5. Faneuil Hall. 6. 1933. 7. The apparent circle around which the sky and earth seem to meet. 8. American writer of hymns. 9. Two. 10. Benjamin Franklin. o * "twenty! ears AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File ♦ ♦, Sept. 30 —1917 was Sunday. o * ; Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee A Dull Corner Oftentimes a drill-looking corner of a room can be brightened by adding yellow, scarlet, or orange pil'ows to the corner sofa, or by proper placing of a mirror to catch the light. Doeskin Gloves Te keep the doeskin gloves in shape after washing, place a clothes pin in each finger and thumb while they are drying. When dry, rulb between the fingers to soften them. Tomato Jelly Salad Tomato jelly salad can be made by boiling until thick. 1 quart tomatoes. 1 bay leaf. 1 pinch salt, 1 pinch cayenne, Strain, add 1 ounce good gelatin, and dissolve in water. P’a.’e in molds, then in refrigerator. , | Serve on lettuce with mayonnaise. o Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE Q. When a woman is traveling al-.ne and has been seated at a ta-'tle in the dining car with strangers. should she speak to them? A. Yes. It is never out of place to be pleasant. One may say, "Good evening." but that is all that is necessary. Q When taking one’s place at the table, should it be done at the right or left of the chair? A. Either side is correct, though a right-hand person will naturally pull the chair back with the right hand and enter the seat from the left. Q. Is it all right for a bride to wear a white bridal veil, oven if it is a very esmall wedding? A. Yes, provided It is not her sec- • '-nd marriage. o Dutiful Son, 78 Fort Worth. Tex. (U.R) — J. A. Pray, 78. stopped here recently tq visit a son while en route from his home in San Benito. Tex., to Oklahoma City to visit his mother, Mrs. Susie Pray, aged 100 ISIUt gMgBMPwaWu II iVB WfillO • | P COHKETE UH .—— I A FROM y —l $39 tol Actually. yau ww't be paying • penny for the beautiful, genvlna Estate Heatrola...lt pays for itself, with the money it saves In fuel. Lee Hardware Co.

CONTINUE HUNT FOR K ION AFERS Officials Seek New Witnesses In Hunt For Charles Ross Chicago Sept. 30—(UP)—Federal agents and police sought new witnesses today in their so-far fruit- . ,ess search C*.r Charles S. Ross and ' his kidnapers. A woman whose name was withheld tn’d Sheriff O. N. Larson of De Kalb county she saw three men in a car follow Ross as he left a Sycamore. 111., hotel with his secretary last Saturday night. Ross was kidnaped by three men on his way to Chicago a few hours later. Investigators retraced his route as far as aas known, seeking other witnesses wtr> might describe the ab- < ductors. Other leads in the case had tailed. A telephone call saying Ross’ body had been found in a suburban roadhouse proved false. Three sqnads of police, armed with machine guns, raced to the road house and fuond it being used as a home. They searched the building without finding a clue, and assumed the call was motivated by past business rivalry. Scores of officers remained in the neighlharhood for horn's, however. seeking another explanation. A sipeclal delivery letter delivered to the Ross apartment was an--1 nounced to be an offer of assistance trom a Washington. D. C., medium, leapt. Daniel Gilbert of the state's attorney's police denied It contained a demand for ransom. A telephone call to the Ross apartment, possibly from one of the abductors, could not be traced. Officers said they found no clues in description of the kidnapers by secretary Florence Freihage, who was with Ross when the abductors i stopped his car, or in the description given by a bell-boy of a man who talked with Ross in Sycamore. Mrs. R-'es, waiting in her apartment for word from the kidnapers or her husband, was near Collapse. A physician treated her. Ross. 72-ycar-old retired greeting : card manufacturer, suffered from a weak heart and it was believed 1 the shock of abduction may have proved fatal. He was believed to possess $309,000. o JAPAN ADVISES ( FROM PAOIB Oyj8) session were called, one of its principal concerns would be a demand for a blanket boycott on all Japanese goods, regardless of consequences. Labor party leaders were expected to take the lead in demanding a special session. It was indicated that they would have important backing from liberals and even from some conservative , elements. Japanese airplane raids on inland Chinese cities, the Japanese airplane attack on Britain's ambassador to. China. , the alleged shelling of a fleet of fishing junks!

[October Tire Sale We have a large number of Tires that we are offering at Special Prices to reduce stock to make room for Firestone Tires, Batteries. ; I Auto and House Radios. ! t Firestone Tires sold weekly payment budget plan. All sizes in stock. THIS WEEK’S SPECIALS to make room for Firestone Tires SPECIAL SALE i 450 - 21 M. 75 475 - 19 $4.95 I 500 - 20 $6.25 525 - 21 . $7.00 525 - 17 *56.50 525 - 18 ----- $6.75 550 - 17 $7.75 550 - 18 $8.50 600 - 16 $9.50 600 - 17 $9.95 6(H) - 18- $9.95 I 600 -19 $9.95 600 - 20 - $9.95 All sizes Firestone Truck Tires in stock at regular prices. Firestone Tractor Tires. ALL TIRES MOUNTED FREE. i|lPc/ter Tire Co , If 341 Winehetflet St. Phone 12&&

by a Japanese submarine, the severe damage to British interests in China and general horror at the conduct of the undeclared war combined to unite a formidable body of public opinion In a dekire for some sort of government' action. The national council of labor considered at a meeting last night the question of demanding a spe-1 dal parliament session. Instead of awaiting the schedules opening Oct. 21. This discussion will be] renewed tomorrow. .Maj. Clement Attlee, leader of. the house of commons of the lal>or party, is expected to seek an inter-1 view with, or to write to. Prime | Minister Neville Chamberlain ask Ing him to call parliament Into session at once. It has been suggested In high' labor quarters that the demand for a special session be based on: "Japan's gross infringement of her international and treaty obli-1 gallons." Sponsors of the special session idea say that it would be the most effective means of putting before the world British opinion of Jap- I anese airplane attacks involving non-combatants. GOOD PROGRAM (CONTINUED FROM PA3E ONE) the Krick-Tyndall farm on U. S. highway 27, just south of the city limits will be seen. The results of the plots will be explained by K. E. Beeson, extension agrono mist of Purdue university and secretary of the American Soy Bean association, and L. E. Archbold. Adams county agricultural, agent. ] A demonstration will be given j of the Purdue trash shield in operation. An inspection will be made of the Purdue sugar beet fertilizer test plots. WAR VETERANS TO (CO.NTLNUEDFROMFAGftONW the association. Banquet and decorations—J. K. j Staley, Bernard L'lman. Elmer Darwachter, M. F. Gallogly, Leon Gass. Floyd Cook and Lloyd Shackley. Registration —Joe Laurent, Fred t Elzey, Jess Cole and Joe McConnell, i Housing—H. L. Kern, Charles AL rgan and J. K. Staley. Transportation and touring — ! Floyd Enos, Burl Johnson, Dallas Brown, Lonas Mclntosh, Frank Young. Adolph Kolter, Fred Me- ; i Connell, Charles Maloney, John Helmrich, Walter Hammond, Arbie Dwens. Max Knave!, Leo Bogner and Clarence Stevens. Entertainment —H. L. Kern, J. K. Staley. E. F. Jaberg and Clarence Weber. DECATUR HOME (CONXjLNL KD THOM RAGS. uNE) building was enveloped in flames, the fire was under control within less than half an hour. Evidence of the age was shown by the “pegged-in-round rafters." which have not been used in over half a century. Damage Unestimated Chief Robenold stated that he .ii i I' 1

was unable to estimate the dam ' agt without a more thorough examination. Although the building was almost completely destroyed, its extreme age is expected to !•* sen the actual damage. Spectators ventured opinion that j I the damage would amount to figures ranging from $1,990 to $2.000 ■ Mis. Teeple and Mrs. Knapke ( were the only persons in the house when the fire broke out. Mrs. Knapke's sons, Herman and Theo- : dore were called from their post- ; tions downtown. Large crowds were attracted to the scene by the flames, which at I one time were leaping as high as •15 feet above the roof and the black smoke rolling from the blazing old timber. Spoil Record The fire at the Knapke home and the one Monday at the Yager garage building here have Spoiled what was hoped to have been a low mark in fire losses In the city Prior to these fires, the losses in Decatur were running the lowest in years, Chief Robenold statI ed. O Couldn't Wait Chardon. O. (U.fD A few hours ] before he was to have been releas'ed from jail. Lester Dickinson, held while police investigated an automobile theft, joined another prisoner in an escape.

Monday - Oct. 4 the opening day of “THE-BRIDE WAKES UP" " Decatur Daily Democrat AT THE i Adams Theatre I F" - - - . . . DAYS and DATES Doors Open At Picture Starts At Mon. Tues. Wed. 1-30 a-oo One show each day. Wednesday only show starts at 3 p. mI YOU CAN'T / -x. /rnrr\ afford to , bf[ IFIf k t I MISS THIS NEW / f 2“ ] \ AMISSION / J different ( j \:W<.; ...j/ COOKING y*"" ■’y SCHOOL YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL I AND T 0 HEAR ALL

FIERCE BATTLE IN SPAIN WAR Heaviest Fighting In Month Breaks Out Near Madrid Madrid. Sept. 30 —(UP)— The heaviest fighting in a month broke out today on three fronts In the outskirta .4 Madrid. The city was under shellfire for more than 10 hours. Nationalist attacks began on the Usera, Carabanchel and University City fronts around midnight and lasted until shortly before dawn. Open field fighting took place in the southwest sector where the Insurgents rushed positions recently captured by the loyalists. Later in the morning violent hand to hand fighting (started in the Puerta De Hierro, Cerro Aguila and the Club de Campo districts hi northwest Madrid. Loyalist officers reported that their forces held their lines. The government, meanwhile, charged that nationalist airplanes bombed and strafed a tons load of civilians in the vicinity of Gijon on the Astrurian front. Government planes drove off the

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