Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 20 November 1937 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. ■ntered at the Decatur, Ind. Post Office as Second Class Matter J. H- Heller President A R. Holthouse, Sec y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies .02 One week, by carrier ™— .10 One year, by carrier 5.00 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- Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Ad ver. Representative SCHEERER & CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Old man Winter finally caught up with us. Join the Red Cross during the annual roll call which is now on. Help those who are trying to help others. Thanksgiving next Thursday and of course if you try hard enough you will find plenty tor which to give thanks. * ' The church is still the foundation of this nation and you owe something to it. A return to the old fashioned ideas of religion and'of 1 appreciation for the wonders of He who provided this great land of liberty for us, would be the quickest remedy for every thing that is wrong If there is any thing. Ernie Simpson, first husband of j the duchess of Windsor, is not one. to grieve long about his former and trow famous wife. He was married this week to a lady who was a girlhood chum of his first wife. The duchess seems happy and so is Mr. and Mrs. Simpson. 1 May they continue so the rest of their lives as the stories usually end. The snow and the wintry blasts of the past couple of days have no doubt effected the crowds at today's football games considerably. Some interesting contests are book ed. including the annual battle for thq. old oaken bucket between Indiana and Purdue and the always existing sued between Michigan and Ohio. Minnesota goes against the strong Wisconsin team and Notre Dame ties into Northwestern. Tornadoes, floods, fires —in that order—are great disaster hazards in the United States with the spring months always the most dangerous. Last year, however- the floods were much worse than any thing else that occurred. No one knows what it will be the next yeas- We do know that there will be some demands for the Red Cross and that we can't get along without them. Now is the time to join. It's the annual membership roll call. Don't disappoint them. of the Boston Store at Fori Wayne went on a strike a few days ago, returned to work yesterday after being guaranteed a seven Lour day. If some of the old time store keepers who used to open their stores at five in the morning and stay there until ten or eleven at night, could return to these modern days, they would wonder what has happened. Well, times seem to have changed considerably ever since the horse and buggy went out of style but who wants to go back to them? The Civilian Conservation Corps does more than provide healthful outdoor jobs for young men who might otherwise be hitch-hiking over highways ot riding thither and yon in box cars. Most Americans are not conscious that these boys are reforesting the country Quite a contrast to the many years |

of chopping and wasting of trees. I Last year 112,000,000 trees were planted by the C. C. C.. a real forward step in reforestation. And with reforestration the nation Is tackling the twin problem of soil ’ erosion and flood control. Do you use city water? If you ■ do, you have some things to do at I this time of year to protect your- ' self. The consumer is required to i i keep the surrounding of the meter ' clean, dry and easy of access and 1 to protect the same from freezing. ■ I I , Any damage done will be charged | to you. If your house is to be dosed during the winter for any length of time or if you have a bad ! case of frozen pipes, notify the water department. Do not pour 1 hot water or build a fire around] the meter. Sill cocks or outside facucets should be shut off and of eouse all leaks should be taken care of now before the weather gets too severe. The department is trying hard to make your water service as perfect as possible and wants your cooperation. Certainly they should have it for after all. this is the most important utility i we have. Maynard Brewster, a native of Adams county, has been convicted as an habitual criminal in the Al- • len circuit court, which means life imprisonment. We have no criti--1 cism to make of the verdict but we 'cannot help thinking that justice I after all is frequently handed out . according to the ability of the prosecutor. Brewster has been bad. He has indulged in various ; , forms of petty thieving, forgery, | and in a rather amaturish manner engaged in safe cracking. Convict-1 ed on three previous occasions, he ' ( was tried this time as an habitual f criminal and must pay his debt to society by serving all the rest of his life, unless pardoned, in thej State prison. Others who have committed crimes that seem to us , more serious, have escaped with much lighter sentence but that's I the break of the life of a "law buster." Perhaps we are beginning to get a little harder nosed with those who fail to obey the statutes., BE-KIND-TO-INDUSTRY WEEK: The Tribune Thursday received, a handsome souvenir edition issu- \ ,ed by the Decatur, Indiana. Demo-1 crat. in celebration of the completion of the new plant at Decatur for the Central Soya Co., the head of which is Dale W. McMillen, rapidly taking his place among the i foremost industrialists in the state. He has given Decatur another giant industry in the Central Sugar Co. The city and her people made quite an event of the dedication of the new industry, and the Decatur Democrat topped off the celebra- , tion with an imposing special ediI 1 1 of good. Such evidences as the re- , turn of good will between com- ‘ munities and such industries as foster and nurture them is a wholesome symbol. The Central Soya Co., now a giant industry, prosper-' cd because of the right civic attitude of the people of Decatur. The community, of course, will share mutually in the tremendous pay rolls which will emanate from the industry, and the northern Indiana farmer will have a market for soy beans and sugar beets. That completes the wholesome t I circle, and demonstrates what can be achieved where there is neighborhood co-operation with, and appreciation of industrial enterprise. Governor Townsend journeyed tx» Decatur to felicitate her people,l and to congratulate such an industrial success. The occasion hints that if industry is made comfortable and made to feel at home, important economic and social things can be achieved. If industry does 1 not have the advantage of the warm glow of co-operation, there i is no progress. Decatur seems to j have done herself proud, and the imposing manner in which her ( newspaper reflected the event of j the day should be helpful to her. Probably the public geaerally needs ,a change of heart towards iudus-

'— DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1937.

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try. It ia an essential part of this mundane existence, and looks best when it is healthy, and when it is having the full confidence of its 1 neighbors.—The Terre Haute Tribune and Gazette. 0 Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦ *| 1. Tennessee River. 2. American artist. 3. A musical wind instrument with a row of reeds, operated by I keys. 4. The whale. 5. 189-8. 6. Micah. 7. Cleveland. 8. Under the Emperor Trajan, A. D. 98 to 117. • 9. James A. Garfield. 10. The branch of surgery which deals with the rectification of congential and acquired deformities. o * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY From the DgilyDemocrat File Nov. 2fl—Adams county lias subscribed 86,809.61 for the Y. M. C. A. The quota was $5,100 nnd every ; district in the county met their share. Joe Lose installed ae Grand

Ruse Traps Two Fugitives After Prison Break 1 T* V l / Y/l a * *-h f x . ' \ As * f I W & : i * ißu IhkKsEK Vk - j B ■ / - ■ ■ • « .• ,« 1 -S■: '* > S •■’ | Ivan Whitford] , ” John_OleyJ

Sensational escape of three O'Connell abductors tame to an end for two of them when a house nainter Ivan Whitford, of Syracuse. N. Y.. trapped them with a clever ruse Whitford induced the three to come to his mother s lodging house, and theft called jpolic*' Harold Crowley and John Oley

Knight of the Knights of Columbus. Miss Marie Connell goes to An- 1 gola to teach Red Cross surgical dressing. Mrs. Anna McConnell. Mrs. John Christen. Mrs. D. W. Beery. Mrs. 1 Joe Anarews. Mr. and Mre. Joel Neuenschwander and B. J. Smith of Decatur and Mrs. L. H. Bailey, ! Monroevil'e leave for Hattiesburg to visit the boys in Camp Shelby. I Fort Wayne Sentinel is purchased by the News. First “Mothers Day" is observed throughout the nation. 1 Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Confer return ; here for the winter and will occupy the F. E. France residence on Mercer avenue. o * PETERSON NEWS Mrs. Mabie Marshall and son Henry spent the week-end with friends in Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Straub and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Al Staub Sunday evening. Mrs. Lione' Grentlinger visited a few days in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Abimtt and family visited with Mr. and Mrs.: Nelson Abbott Thursday, Mrs. Rose Barger, Mrs. Lillian Diehl and hildren. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Skoien of Detroit, Micb., Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kellv and daughter He'en. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Diech--ty and Patty Neuenschwander of i Decatur visited with Mr. and Mrs. I Frank Spade Sunday. Mrs. Mary Gault and Mrs Noah

were captured but the third escaped through a window. They had broken out of jail at Onondaga where they were being held pending transfer to Alcatraz for the kidnaping of John J O'Connell of Albany, N Y., who was freed after payment of $40,000 ransom.. • . .'.. » •

Mangold of Decatur spent Satur-i day with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Weldy. I Mrs. Wm Johnson visited with Mrs. Alvin Bieneke Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fruchte and Mrs. Henry Briener were business callers in Decatur Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spade, Mrs Effie Bowers. Miss Fern Passwater : and Ralph Spade were Sunday din- : ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Heller and eon Bobby. Marjorie Dilling spent Tuesday evening with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spade. ;□ * -♦ Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE I Q. Is it ill bred to stamp the feet and whistle to show one's appreciation of some entertainer’s efforts? A. Yes. Applause should be with hands only. Q. Should the butter be placed on the table before serving, or after the guests are seated? A. Either custom is all right. Q. Is it correct to say, "There 13 |no use in me writing to you”? A. No. One should say, "There is ■ no use in my writing to you.” Double” Wheat Planted Enid, Ok'a. —(UP) —August Meyer. Garfield County farmer, is planting the grain from a double-headed stalk of volunteer -wheat which grew on his farm. He hopes the stalk's "offspring” will duplicate the feat.

I — ♦ Attendance Report Os County Schools —— —- ♦ Clifton E. Striker, superintendent of the Adams county schools, today announced the attendance re1 port for the month of October. The i first column represents number of purlls enrolled: second, average dally attendance: third, percentage of attendance. Union Township Howard Mauller, trustee Loren Troutner 31 37.95 94.41 Marie Marbach 20 17.91 89.58 Audrey Ritter 24 20.09 83.73 I Parochial Bernhart Schultz 40 44.80 97.40 Root Township Ralph W. Rice, trustee Matie Stevens 35 32.05 93.06 Monmouth H. S. Ernest Curtis. Catherine Weld ler, Miriam Osborne 69 67.44 98.14 j Grades Raymond Borne 36 35.33 98.14 j Elizabeth Leyse 22 21.50 97.72 Marcella Williams .. 29 28.47 98.18 Parochial M. A. Greunke» 23 22.73 98.85 Preble Township Ed Zwick, trustee Wilma Andrews 37 36.33 98 94 Thomas Adler 24 23.55 98.14 Parochial H. F. Nielson 38 37.03 97.44 Frieda Buuek 19 18.66 98.24 Rudolph Stolp 58 57.15 98.56 W. E. Uffelman 44 43.16 98.56 Marvin Meyer 42 41.27 98.28 Kirkland Township H- H. High, trustee Oscar Geisel 24 22.72 94.67 Radel Andrews 23 22.83 99 27 Robert L. Brown 23 22.67 98.30 Mary Dettinger 27 26.61 98.55 Layke Scherry 18 17.47 97.07 Mabel Marshall 35 33.91 96.90 Kirkland H. S. H. L. Foley. Max E. Beigh, Marie Porter, Minor C. Borden, Helen Ehrsam 102 93.47 91.63 Washington Township John M. Doan, trustee Arline Becker 30 28.77 95.92 Esta Fleming 15 13.83 96.87 Nellie Price 33 31.34 94.99 Madeline Spahr 26 25.77 99.14 St. Mary’s Township Ben McCullough, trustee Pleasant Mills H. S. Henry Snyder, Agnes Yager. Gerald Vizard. Mae B. Snyder. Velma Fortney ... 70 66.30 95.70; Grades William Noll 30 23.72 82.40 Bernice Masters 29 23.19 78.98 Gladys Doan 38 29.66 79.23 Dora Shosenberg 34 25.22 74.79 Bobo Harry Johnson 35 31.80 92.78 | Myrtle Clements 28 26.66 95.23 i Blue Creek Township David D. Habegger. trustee j William Griffiths . 28 26.75 95.53 R. M. Houck 29 27.77 95.78 1 Clyde Troutner 41 40.28 98.24 ’ Elmer Ehrsam 18 16.83 93.511 Monroe Township Edwin H. Gilliom. trustee ’ Helen Roop 26 27.11 96.82 1 Jeanette Rich 41 40.46 98.71 ; 1 Eldon Sprunger 39 37 94 97.29 Howard Brandyberry 39 38 66 99 14 Strahm 19 18.79 98 90 Ezra Snyder 29 28.47 98.18 Drusilla Burkhead 18 17 97 99 84 ' Mary E. Potts 35 34.77 99.36 Monroe H. S. Rolland P. Sprunger, Elizabeth Leyse. Walter Mohringer. Edna Suckau. Dorothy Baker. Rowena Miller 131 125.00 96.69 Otta Hineman . 31 30.72 99.10 Grades Floyd Johnson ... 36 35.16 97.68 Marguerite Lewellen 47 44.61 94.91 French Township Edwin Beer, trustee L Lester Reynolds 23 19.38 96.94 ' Lamar Shoemaker ... 22 21.69 98 61 : Doris Collins 25 23.88 95.44 Myron Lehman ... 29 27.25 95.98 Marcella Robin 40 38.11 96.89 DIRECTS SALE OF MOTOR CAR TAOS ; - \ ■ ■ wt I® imp - ' -i FRANK E. FINNEY Distribution of motor car li-' i cense numbers is directed by Frank E. Finney, former publisher of The Martinsville Democrat. Mr. Finney has made great improvements in the auto license department, increasing efficiency. He is Democratic chairman of the Seventh district, president of the Hoosier Democratic club and a former president of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association. He has a wide acquaintance among j newspaper men of the state.

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Nellia Coppess- 21 18.44 97.93 Hartford Township Eli Dubach, trustee Linn Grove School Dorthea R. Bents . 23 22.61 100 ' Mary Schlagenhauf 25 22.05 97.48 Hartford H. S. Russell Steiner, Victor Eicher, Bernice Jameson, David Cramer 89 87.16 97.94; Arthur Gerwlg 44 43 63 99.18 Grades Edna Glendening 33 32.61 98.82 Florence M. Bierly 31 30.88 99.64 Wabash Township J. C. Mann, trustee Magdalena Hlrschy 38 35.94 97.00] Geneva H. S. R. O. Hunt, John M. Baum.tn, Blanche Aspy, Ruth Mahoney. Margaret Rhoades 130 123.05 95.47 !A. C- Cook 41 37.22 90.78, Grades H. C. Long 46 42.36 94.48 | Goldine Butcher . 34 32.00 94 11 Esther Greene .. 53 48.97 92.78 Elizabeth Kraner. 45 43.58 96.85 Blanche Aspy 43 41.85 96.36 Mary B. Wheat 47 43.58 94.40 | Catherine Fravel... 35 34.22 97-77 > Jefferson Township Charley C. Abnet, trustee

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I™> - - - ~ By THOMAS MARLOWE International Illantrated News Writer NEW YORK—Little Red Riding Hood, sweet young lady of legend, who was so kind to her grandmother, is responsible for a number of deaths in this country each year, drives a dumber of people temporarily insane, and causes a vast amount of distress and misery in the great outdoors. With the hunting season open, Little Red Riding Hood is getting in her dirty work, according to reports received by state fish and game departments. Victims of the demure miss of nursery fable are those who get themselves lost in the woods. She fills their hearts with gerror in many cases, causes them to race wildly through the brush until they fall exhausted. Indictment of Red Riding Hood i is growdng, according to Fred Jordan of New York, director of National Wildlife Restoration week, which will be held in March. Jordan, in communication with state conservation departments, sportsmen’s organizations and univer--1 sity naturalists, has the goods on ! the Hood girl, he says. ' "A person lost in the wilderness 1 is perfectly safe, if he keeps his 1 ! head,” says Jordan. “But many ■ fall victims of panic, and even run ! and hide from searching parties. j “The reason for all thia is a per-

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fectly illogical fear °i■ tacked by wild an m animal that has to bolized the menace of the'™* the wolf. o* l "In response to « quiries, sent to » the U. S ClOlO ,f m C D a ‘ Hudson Bay co . rap S w o!e« single instance of a human being ea J* (vr «l A great many pW e perienced woodsmen. wild animals in the is only one amnia l i .. a that*®’ nent of North Aniep regarded as at , a h . S* 1 man, and that is 0 ( 9 * ar ° f Xh’winter grizzly, wo |ves into the paper’ , f he3e 3 tori** people. investigated they be fakes. editor of James Curra ■ lt ste- >u "; Daily Star of Sanity Ontario, has s 5O 0 for J? offered a rcvva^ l( , attacking ‘ instance of:aw dist dct son in tne never has had a takei that remain are> nm menace to ** and a « $ systematic p l L oUS harm , out to offae p Min2 Hood W’ « Little Red Rldl "? ere ver responsible so into wild country