Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1937 — Page 7

gLLICENSE IB BETTERS MT i ( hkagfl t ity Council To Lk4>‘ Race Betting istciu. Wl Brokers JL. 23 (UP) Livens julatlon of raci track levs -expected to yield | 1000,000 pnnua’iy—was ' | night In an ordinance I I city council. The vote ordinance the city will j Ing brokers, who, act-. |t« of face tracks and | ets on a commission,j ph wagers directly to It ‘becomes a law when ■ layor Edward J. Kelly. I I .January 1. f the ordinance ended iu

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Thomas ,1. Courtney to rid Chicago of handbook operators and gambling. ile clashed repeatedly with Ma- I yor Kelly and Sheriff John Toman in connection with raids on gamb’ing houses and handbooks. The ordinance provides stringent regulations for operation of betting houses and sets annual license fees ranging from sl,(M>o to $5,000. The amount depends on the zone in whih the broker operates. Legality of the ordinance was ap- ‘ proved before passage by corpora-, tion counsel Barnet Bodes who based hie finding on a ruling of the state supreme court which held that betting at pari-mutual race tracks is legal. Mayor Kelly said he expjeted to sign the measure but warned that it the ordinance, does 'become law there will be no overnight growth of handbooks similar to the growth of Taverns after repeal of prohibition. "Every applicant will be investigated thoroughly,” he said. Aiderman John F. Healy, James J. Cusack, John J Egan and John A. Massen were the only dissenters to the ordinance. Cusack led the attack. ' "Passage of this ordinance will ■nvni —T'lffhi mug -t- jj-whi n•-erimT

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mean breakdown of the city's moral code,” he said. He pointed out that the state receives eight per cent of the money bet at tracks. Under the ordinance I brokers are e.mpowered to charge not more than 5 per cent commission. “Simple mathematics will show that amopnts to 13 per cent,” he said. "‘What chance has a sucker • got?” In support, aiderman James Medearmott said: "There is not a member of this council, nor five judges in cur circuit, superior and municpal courts who has not bet on horses. Alderman Healy warned tnat the i council might be invalidating the 1938 budget. "; question whether the council has the power to pass this ordinance without, authority from the legislature," he said. Aldermen supporting the ordinance maintained that legalized betting will end gangster-dominated gambling which state’s attorney Courtney recently charged cost citizc”., one million dollars annually. o No finer gift — Holeproof Hosiery._Vance & Linn. 299-4*

CONSERVATION CLUBS ACTIVE I More Than 701) Conservation Clubs Are Active In Indiana Indianapolis, I>ec. 23 —There are more than seven hundred active conservation dubs representing every section of the state and every phase of Indiana's broad conservation program, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the department of conservation, said today. With approximately two hundred thousand Hoosiers enrolled in these dubs and taking an active part in their programs, Indiana has the most effective organization for conservation of natural resources to be found in any state. Formation of conservation clubs as a means of coordinating the support which formerly had been divided among various organizations interested in one particular phase of conservation, has been one of the achievements of recent years. Through the clubs and their election of members composing the State conservation Committee, Hoosier conservationists have a definite voice in the safeguarding of natural resources for the best interests of the state as a whole. This committee, meeting in an advisory capacity with officials of the department of conservation, transmits suggestions and recommendations from the clubs. Many of the policies and recommendations so suggested, have been adopted and placed in effect. The clubs have been an effective factor in increasing the amount of game and fish in Indiana, cooperating with the division of fish and game in the propagation of quail and pheasants and the operation of fish hatchery ponds. Approximately ten thousand game birds and a million game fish were produced by the clubs in 1937. Recently the department invited the clubs to join in another activity, the propagation of raccoon which are to be liberated in suitable areas as a means of restocking Indiana with these fur-bearing animals. Other club activities include participation in the crow contest and other movements for .predator control. stream improvement, water

Woman Operates Pugilist Camp q l mBA / ' -1 * I* / ■ Hi / MPR? "t' w Freddie Steele Madame Bey One of the strangest jobs held by a woman in the world is that of Madame Hranoush Bey, former Turkish concert singer, who operates a well-known training camp for boxers at Summit, N. J Here she is waking Freddie Steele, world middleweight champion, in preparation for another day of training Scores of top boxers and titleiioldera have worked out at her camp. Delbos Sounds Out King Carol % King C arol >j|t wk. I -»■; : -:F . I! . . *■ X ■ *.< . >•; V.. ii •> - ’A'V History*may have been in the making when this picture was’taken since it was during the recent visit of Yvon Delbos. French foreign minister, to Rumania to confer with King Carol on Germany's demands for colonies or for mote room to expand in Europe.

.conservation, creation of waterfowl refuges and game management. During the past week the department of conservation has revised I its educational activities us u means of closer cooperation wit It i the clubs. Trained speakers, faml-! .'iar with the various conservation ' activities throughout the state and leqqulpped with motion pictures showing scenes 1 ntlio state parks fund operations of other divisions of Hie department, are tarnished for meetings of clubs and other groups. I o XMAS BUSINESS . mvTrvtTgn mni »*nw- o«™> I emphasis has been placed on quality, with shoppers willing to pay better prices for good merchali-, I disc. A slack in lines in which' j only meager Improvements have been made has been more than, overcome by the purchase of new lines of merchandise and those where old articles have been technically bettered. Several merchants have been ad-1 ! vised to purchase their 1938 stocks ' early due to a wide spread belief among manufacturers and whole-1 ' salers that prices will increase next ! year. Wholesalers have reported i that merchandise stocks in retail stores over the United States are becoming exhausted and that ' heavy orders for replacements will J be made shortly after the first of the year. This will necessitate in- ’ creased production by factories. o NAME SHAKE TO (CONTIXT'Ft' KHOM P < 1 1887. Shake attended Vincennes university after working at odd , jobs around the community to obtain enough monby for the tuition j fee. He graduated in 1906, taught | i school for a year ami then sought I his law degree at Indiana. Shake first startl'd to practice j in Bicknell, where he was city at- ; torney from 1912 to 1915. He was i a United States commissioner from I 1916 to 1919 and served as Knox, i county attorney from 192” to 1926. 1 He also served a term in the state 1 I senate. Shake's law partner is Joseph | ! W. Kimmel, mayor of Vincennes. ! ' and his son. Gillrert. also is asso-1 elated with the firm. Outside the law Shake's princi- : pal interest has been studying the ' life of Abraham Lincoln, on which

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he Is an acknowledged authority. He was a leader in the movement to construct a Lincoln shrine on the Illinois banks of the Wabash river, which now is being built. He also is one of the most active alumni of Vincennes university, for which he has advocated a state aid project to construct new buildings and a new campus. His friends describe him as a quiet, rather retiring man. possessing a fine sense of humor, and a skilled, keen lawyer. Mrs. Shake is well-known in Vincennes aa a linguist as well as a good lawyer in her own right, having been admitted to the bar years ago although! she does not practice. Frequently she has served as an interpreter in Knox county courts. I r.-l<l<- In A Giioil Town — l><-i nliir

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Ition by Japanese troops. Here is a view of the parade staged by triumphant forces following their occupation of the strategic city.

PROMISES Al D (CONTINLihID FROM i-AiHU ONE' called liberals will oppose every effort you make to balance the budget and will clamor for bigger appropriations to be distributed among their constituents.” "I have just read with profound pleasure your letter addressed to Congressman Cartwright relative to the necessity of balancing the budget either through a decrease of federal expenditures or an increase in revenues." the letter said. “I do not think you overstated tile ease when you said that if congress did not balance the budget there would not be any democratic party and there would not lie any solvent government after a few years.” Dies told the president lie was

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i confident a makn iiy of the house i would give “the fullest coopera- | tion possible" if congress is assurled "the curtailment will be all I down the line and will be a consistent policy. I “The whole financial structure > of the nation, including the wages ;or workers, the benefits of the i aged and the income of widows ' and orphans, is dependent upon ' the balancing of the budget at the ■ earliest possible date," Dies wrote. o To Fill Township Orders On Friday Township poor relief orders for fuel and groceries will he filled Friday instead of Saturday, John Doan ; Washington township trustee, announced today.