Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1937 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. toured at the Decatur, Ind. Post Office an Second Class Matter J. H- Heller President A. K. Holthouse, Sec y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Holler Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies I .02 One week, by carrier — .10 One year, by carrier — 5.00 One month, by mall .35 Three months, by mall 1.00 Six months, by mail —_—._ 1.75 One year, by mail .... 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere 13.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER & CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Join the Christmas Saving Club and be assured of funds for next year's shopping. Now is the time to start. These are the days when there is many a slip between the house ( and the shop and a raw skids along the highways, so it's wise to be careful. Shop in the local stores. You ! know them and know their word is good. The selection is excel-; lent and the prices the lowest you ! will find any where. Don't forget as the time draws near to get your Christmas packages ready, that they look better if plenty of Christmas seals are j used. The funds go to fight tuberculosis. Another hundred dollars or two this week will put the Good Fellows Club out in front for a Merry Christmas for the poor kiddies. If you haven't dropped your contribution in the box, please do so as j soon as possible. Only eight or nine days left to do your shopping but you can do it easily by watching this paper and calling at the local stores, where the stocks are large, the prices right and a guarantee follows the sale. Decatur business houses are open evenings until Christmas, giving you the opportunity to do your shopping during those hours if you find it more convenient. While business is rushing most of the time at the license bureau, you can get waited on now more easily than you can if you put it off until the last of the month. A hundred poor boys and girls must be taken care of for Christmas and that's the idea of the | Delta Theta Tau girls in boosting the Good Fellows club. It's one of the finest things the community j does and deserves your support. Give something, whether it's a nickle or a dollar for after all it's the spirit of the season as much as any thing else. Governor M. Clifford Townsend is recovering from an operation for the removal of his tonsils and j hopes to be able to resume his duties within a day or two. He has been an almost constant speaker for a number of years, frequently making a half dozen talks or more in a single day and It is not surprising that his throat has caused him some rasping moments. Thousands paid their respects to the late Harry G. Leslie, former governor of Indiana yesterday. The j funeral services were held from the Scottish Rite Cathedral at In- j diauapolls. Friends continuous | ; 8 Christmas!

! procession passed the casket at j the state house and at the Cathedral. Few men in the state have had mure sincere admirers and , friends and his sudden death has j been deplored by all who kuew 1 this rugged Hoosier. —-V t I*llll S. Ilann, editor of the Chi- . cago Journal of Commerce and recognized as an authority in the 1 middle west, in a speech at ludian- j 2 apolis, predicted early In 1938, “a ) j price level of business activity one- ; third to oue-haif higher than at * present.” Roger Uabson says the t year may (tart a little slow hut ) that business will steam up and | that '3B will excel '37 ill totals.! j These predictions ought to cheer | ! every one up and cause him to get I busy with plans to help himself - ; and his community. j Benjamin Cardozo, 67-year-old justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and one of the j most highly respected men of the j nation. Is seriously ill at his home j in Washington. He suffered a heart attack about two years ago and an attack of grippe two weeks j ago has added to the seriousness of his condition. Recognized as a progressive he is one of the wise i men of the court and millions are hoping he may continue to live and serve his nation which he loves sincerely and ardently. Efforts are being made by Mayor j Holthouse and other city officials j i to secure approval of a plan toj employ WPA workers on trimming the shade trees in Decatur. If j successful it will mean that all the ; trees along the streets can be | trimmed and doctored by a crew j in charge of a tree surgeon, the ; refuse to be trucked away, ali free of charge to the citizen*. There is nothing much more important for it means a better looking city and it means a longer life for the tree. The soft maples here are easily damaged by winds and unless properly trimmed and taken care of will soon be gone and with i them, #he shade we have been so proud of. It's an excellent idea. One-room schools are rapidly disappearing from Indiana rural districts. Floyd I. McMurray, superintendent of public instruction, has announced that nearly 21)0 will. pass ouf of use next year. This ; year 171 were abandoned. In the last five years, more than 625 oneroom schools have been closed, the pupils and teachers being trans-1 ferred to consolidated schools. It is significant that in the years of the depression the trend toward consolidation of schools, of better- i iug educational facilities, should make such rapid progress. The 1 j use of WPA money is the explanation. The new schools stand as a constant reminder of a more ! abundant life that has come aboat 1 through government spending. At East Liverpool, Ohio, a huge | bonfire of Japanese goods was set J oft to show indignation over the sinking of the gunboat Panay. i While there eat be no reason for the terrible and unfair attack, it does seem to be a good time to; keep cool in this country. Surely we do not want a repitition of the > world war and every citizen, re- i ' gartiless of personal feeling should permit the national officials and diplomats the opportunity to work out international difficulties. We J want to do business with all the i world and want them to do business with us. This government J will demand, and no doubt receive whatever damages and guarantee* . are just and demonstrations such, j as the one reported certainly dol not help them solve the problem- j j Citizens as well as Washington ; officials must realize the serious 1 j crisis a( baud and act with good; judgment. o Fourth Degree Knights Will Meet Thursday ■ - The regular monthly meeting of I t he Fourth degree of itfe Knights of ! Columbus will be held Thursday j evening at 8 o'clock at the K, of C. 1 hall.

" DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15- 1937.

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Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦ • 1. William O. Douglas. 2. Ry budding. 3. “1 haven’t been anywhere today.” \ 4. A meld consisting of four Kings and four Queens. 5. Aberdeen. Scotland. 6. The science that treats of the ‘division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution and relations, and fhei rcharacteri&tics peculiarities. 7. Sulgrave Manor. 8. French painter. 9. Those which have organs that are shed periodically. 10. San Juan. o » « Household Scrapbook j By Roberta Lee • • Candles Candles will bum more evenly j and slowly if they are placed in the • refrigerator for several hours be- j fore lighting them. Plaster Walls , Plaster walls can te cleansed by using a solution of curd or laundry soap in luke warm water and scrubbing the spots and stains until they disappear, then sponge with clean water. Watery Custard To keep custards from becoming watery, they should be set in a pan I of warn? water when placing in the oven and baked only until a silver knife, when nserted In tn© center, domes out clean. Trvide In A Laood Town —- Dccalur

Tank Crosses Shaky Bridge as Japanese Advance

________ — ' 1 - This unusual photo shows a Japanese tank creep- j ing iU treacherous course across a flimsy bridge j

* ♦ Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE J Q. Should all the forks be placad to the left of the place when setting the table for a formal dinner? A. All the forks Should be placed at the left of the plate with the exception of the oyster fork, which should be placed at the right. Q. How long before the wedding hour should the ushers arrive at the church? •A. The ushers should arrive at the church an hour before the ceremony. Q. Are written inv'tations extended to "open house” on New Year's Day? A. No. f TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY , j From the Daily Democrat File j Dec. 15—Kaiser Willielm will issue hi* final peace offering as a | Christmas message. United Press representatives say , the war situation is very grave and I only the greatest efforts will prevent Germany from winning. Major Menzies, Democratic leader and attorney of Mt. Vernon, Indiana Is dead. The Niblick store is decorating with southern Smilax The thermometers regietr 18 below zero. J. H. Heller, M. J. Mylott, Mayor Christen, E. G. Coverdale, R. D. Myers and S. E. Hite attend meeting of the Indiana War Council at Indianapolis. o Dick Boch who is working at Columbia City visited here last evening.

j which had been partly destroyed by shellfire after j Chinese had abandoned Shanghai and retreated.^

ijCHURCH PLANS J XMAS PROGRAM St. Paul Christian Union Church To Give Program Sunday • 1 i * The St. Paul Christian Union church, of southeast of Decatur, * i will present a Christmas program Sunday evening, December 19 at; 7:30 o'clock at the church. ocrlpture and prayer will open the program, followed by remarks by the Rev. Nellie Hawkins and a hymn, “Star of the East”, by the Shoaf trio. The play, “Modern Wise Men,” will be presented by the following characters: Paul, a young Christian —Myron ' Hail. Bill, bis friend —Robert Martin, t Mrs. Edwards, a widow — Mrs. Dwight Schnepp. Betty, her daughter—Mrs. Paul 1 Myers. Joe, her son—Mrs. Robert McBride. Sue, Paul's fiancee—Miss Juanita i Noll. Roy, the ragged newsboy—Cal-; ! vin Falb. Tom, Joe’s friend — Dwight • Schnepp. Bess, of the slums —Miss Betty '; Hart. Rose, a mission workers—Miss - Evelyn Reber, t Three angels.- Mrs. Brice Mar- j tin, Miss Juanita Parrish and Miss Faye Martin. Directors of the play are the j - j Rev. Nellie Hawkins and Miss j Helen Martin. I

CENTRAL I*TA > ICONTI NtTED KKOM OHB) il school building because of a short-; f 1 age of room, will be stored In a , c space donated by the Decatur Pro-' t , duce company, until the new build- j ins Is erected. |„ Yost Brothers planned to main- t tal i a fire In the building, to uuflt* t 1 1 hr demolishing «f the old building r j more comfortable and to preserve n

1 —i —n —urmMiia ■— , T R 1 Finest Toys in the City! I Come in and let us show you. You'll marvel at the vastness of this department. All Moderately Priced! Bring the Kiddies with You Velocipedes Ping Pong Sets Trains Dish Sets Metal Toys Shoe Skates 1 Mechanical Toys Drums Dump Trucks : m*™,* s«. tst sag I rucks Paint Sets Tinker Toys Fire Engines Drawing Sets Chairs X Wooden Toys Wagons Bazookas ft and Many Others. I Lee Hardware Co. mmmmmmmmmmmm'M&iMmM m. | He’ll Expect j | one of these % 1 l k — J i 5 1 | items for Christmas i ...- # holeproof hosiery .2 SHIRTS—X-Act-Fit n * The I’acer, the sock with —the only shirt made adjustable to attached garter * Vi sizes. Broadcloths, Madras and Crepes. 0( her Holeproof $ | .w* liM 3 for T * * $1*50.1*95,2.45 wherS( , l2( „r»»»-6 OTHER SHIRTS SI.OO Sizes from 10 to 1* j M Sizes from H to 20. — IWRINKLESS US OTHERS -25 c and 50c f cjil or Wool PAJAMAS hy Superior p p lERS S' Coat, Slip-over or Lounging style in ~v n r colors an d c * ff Broadcloths, Flannels, Sateen and Large '‘ ir & Charmeuse. combinations. | $150„52-9S I Vance & Lino

plumbing equipment. Actual demolUhing erf the buildlug will begin about Monday, it u i>.| now believed. Between one and two ■ 6 months will bo required In the 1 complete razing of the school, it | S •> expected. ~' Walter J. Krick, superintendent * of the Decatur public schools, said that the boys and girls of th o <Vn sral building were continuing me regular routine of study this »f ler . ( noon in the lilgh school building as i

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