Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1937 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Kntered at the Decatur, Ind. Post Office as Second Class Matter J. H- Heller President g. R. Holthouse, Sec y. & Bus. Mgr. Pith D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies I .02 Due week, by carrier .10 [ One year, by carrier— 5.00 One month, by mail .35 Three months, by mall 1.00 Six months, by mail — 1.75 One year, by mall 3.00 Dne 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. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Remember it’s a violation of the new city ordinance to double park. Good bye '37 with your joys and; sorrows, welcome '3B with your promises. Get acquainted with the new j parking ordinances and help make . them worth while. May 1938 bring you every thing ■ you wanted in 1937 and didn't get and plenty more for good meas-1 ure. Be sure to date that letter 1938. It may go awkward for a day or ; two but you will soon be doing it naturally. Take the home paper and get the news fresh and get it at the same old price, three dollars per year by mail. The state highway commission will appreciate your cooperation in the enforcement of the traffic ordinance and the state laws. Renew your subscription to the Daily Democrat and be assured of the news of the county, state and the world for 1938. There's going to be many items of importance. Renew your subscription to the ■ Daily Democrat and be assured of; the news of the county, state and | the world for 1938. There’s going j to be many items of importance. The police don’t want to notify you to appear at the clerks office for violation of the traffic ordinance but if they have to, you should be as courteous as they are. Adams county showing a decrease of more than $39,000 in her tax bill for 1938 ranks well along with those counties that have taken an interest in this important matter. The sooner business quits accusing the government and the officials stop charging business in general with bad faith, the sooner we will get started and going placesStep on it if you haven’t gotten your driver’s license for 1938 and if you expect to step on the gas after Saturday. And while at it, you may as well get your new eieau. aud >.tugs. - —- The past year has been a very good one and Decatur and Adams county certainly will not complain. We have grown, we have prospered, we have been happy and that’s about all there is to it. The new traffic laws are now effective. Watch where you park and how long, don t double park, run the lights and stop signs, obey the new ordinances and help the officials make this action an improvement and a benefit to every one. The outlook is bright. Those; who claim to be on the inside pre-j

diet and proclaim that while the first few weeks of the year may be a little slow, that by sprhig time every thing will be Ironed out and every thing will be going smoothly. " 1 . " -W New Years Eve, the passing of 1937 and the arrival of 1938. The bells will rhig, whistles blow attd the cheers of the watchers will ring out the old and in the new. i There will be watch parties, with I whatever entertainment you seek i and a good time for young and old. Let's all be happy. The first auction sale of the season by the January class of the Reppert school will be held tonight. Always an important event, it is a fine way to celebrate New Years Eve. You will enjoy listening to these young men, many of whom will some day be recognized for their ability as expert salesmen.' The year has been any thing but |an improvement regarding traffic accidents in this county, with a total of eighteen or twenty deaths from accidental causes. It’s easy to tell you to be careful but much I more difficult to watch every step • and every action. Let’s all try the coming year and let's hope it will show a better result. Those forecasters who predieti ed a winter so cold it would make | those of the past seem like Indian , summer should now admit they i didn’t know any more about it than i the squirrels and other vermin that made such elaborate preparations. We may have some of it yet but at least this much of it has been rather mild. Bond men who came here this week to bid on the school issues declare this city to be in the best financial condition of any they know of with an outlook that should make every one happy. That’s why they bought the bonds at the low rate of interest of 2% and paid additional premiums. That s a good reputation to have and we must continue it. The illustration of the new school house to be erected here, made of course from the plans, shows an imposing and commodious structure that will add much to the city, both in appearance and in its provision for operating a high class modern school for our boys and girls. It’s perhaps I the most important improvement ever made here and we are fortunate indeed to build at a time when we can take advantage of the government grant. John H. Williamson, president of the Benjamin Franklin Highway Association, which passes through this county and city over 224. calls our attention to the fact that January 17th will be the anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders of this Republic, as apostle of thrift and a great statesman and citizen. He was the leader in the movement for the paving of Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, first pavement in the United States- The Franklin highway is rapidly becoming one of the finest in America and will continue to improve. It is a fine suggestion that the date of Franklin’s birthday be observed, especially along the highway named for him. It can be done by schools, chambers of commerce, service clubs and others and such action will be deeply appreciated by those who are giving their time and effort to make the Franklin Highway. America's finest. Three Men Held As Hi-.lack Suspects Madison. Ind., Dec. 31 —(UP) — Three men were in jail her? today to face questioning in the robbery of SI,OOO worth of whisky from a valley City Truck Dec. 1. They were charged with vagrancy. They are Edward Angrick, 30; Everett Arbuckle, 20; and Arnold Miller, 23. all of Indianapolis. Miller formerly was employed by the ‘transfer company whose truck they [allegedly robbed.

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Indiana Business Outlook As Seen By University Experts

(Editor’s note: Industrial dis-1 putes were numerous in Hoosier | , business circles during 1937. To- ; day Dr. Fraine summarizes the year’s developments in industrial ■ relations.) TRENDS IN INDIANA INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS —by—- , ]>r Harold (1. Fraine. assistant professor. Indiana University School of Business Administration. A retrospective glance at indus-; ■ trial relations in Indiana during | | the past year ‘in ds two events] standing out above all others. These were: first, a tremendous in-1 crease in the number of industrial disputes, which was a continuation i of a trend in evidence at the be- 1 ginning of the year; and. second., the creation of tlie Division of La- ■ bor as a new department of the; state government. There were about twice as many ; industrial disputes in Indiana in ■ 1937 as in the preceding year. The basic cause of most of the disputes ’ does not appear to have been dis-[ satisfaction with wages, hours, and, working conditions so much as it was the effort to obtain two things: I increase in union membership and ; employer recognition of a particu-j (lar union. Union Recognition Is Cause The proportion of strikes in' which recognition of a union was the primary issue has been on the upward trend for some time. From 1881 to 1905, this proportion was only 18.8 per cent. But from 1919 to 1934, inclusive, the issue of. recognition was the primary cause I of 24.5 per cent of the strikes. In | 1933. the proportion was 29 per, cent. And. in 1934, it rose to about | 46 per cent. In 1935. an attempt was made j ; to remove this important cause of: strikes by passing the National' Labor Relations Act. This act! made collective bargaining man-, datory. The employer was requir-l led by law to deal with the collec-’ tive bargaining agency elected by | . a majority of the workers, there-, fore it would n olonger be necessary for a strike to be called in order to get his recognition The act might possibly have succeeded in its purpose had com- ' petition not developed within the ranks of organized labor. The act i contained provisions which tended to reduce the amount of compettion the American Federation of Labor was receiving from “com- ’ pany” unions. However, there were doubts about the constitutionality of the act. It was not until 1937 that some favorable decisions were made by the Supreme Court. By that time, there had emerged two factions among the "independent” unions, each striving fiercely ito increase its strength relative to the other. The Federation was being challenged for labor suprem- ■ acy by its fast growing offspring, the Committee for Industrial Or- < ganizatiou.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1937.

' CIO Enters Union Field The battle field lay in the industries containing a high proportion iof unorganized workers Which I labor organization was to be the one to represent workers in these | industries? —apparently the one I which would organize them first. | Acting with Napoleonic swiftness, I the CIO penetrated these industries. rallied workers to its ranks, and asked for recognition as the sole bargaining agency in the numerous accompany disputes, The act had failed to arrest the deluge of strikes. Furthermore, i the jurisdiction of the National ' Relations Board extended [only to those industries which atI feet “the flow” of interstate com--1 merce. The raising tide of strikes, early in 1937. with their resulting [ interference with production was I considered by the Indiana state ; legislature to demand emergency I action. A state division of labor was created, which was charged, I among other things, with the obli- ' gation of mediating disputes upon [the request of either side. The state division of labor comi menced operations on April Ist ! and by December Ist there had [ been referred to it over four huu- [ dred cases involving over 195,000 ; employees. All but about onel eighth of these cases were settled I by the latter date, resultihg in the return of over 92,000 employees to r work.

Average Hours Average Wage per man per wk. per man per hr. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 1937 1936 1937 1936 Alla Manufacturing 38.3 42.6 $.718 $.584 Durable 38.4 42.9 .751 ,613 Non-Durable 37.9 41.5 .619 .489 Iron and Steel 37.0 43.6 .822 .649 •Machinery 38-» «•" - 683 I | Transportation Equipment 38.6 42.1 .851 .<OO , . Lumber and Allied Products 38.9 47.8 .419 394 Textiles and their products 34 6 37.6 .486 .433 | [ Food and kindred products . 39 9 44.5 .562 .430 j .Chemical and Petroleum Refining 36.7 38.0 .895 .<O9 Furniture . ■ 37 3 ' Stone Quarrying 39.1 < -554 1 ...

Current rumors as to the expect- • ed content of the act are so heterogeneous that it seems idle to specuate on the form the act will ultimately take and therefore on its: possible effect of Indiana indus-

GROWINGCROPS WITHOUT SOIL Experimental Work To Be Reviewed At Purdue University Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 31 (UP) —I Experimental wnyk in growing crops and plants without ucil, carried on during the past several years by the Purdue University horticultural department, will be reviewed before the (Indiana vegetable I growers association here Jan. 12. j

' Union Grow During Year I Over half of the cases were con-1 nected w’ith CIO. But almost as j many, over two fifths, involved I unions of the Federation, indicating that the latter organization [ had been by no means idle. Mem- . bership tn both organizations in- i i creased during the year, with CIO i i having the greater increase, s Employers were at first rather • unenthusiastic over the creation of 1 a the state division of labor; but al-1 . most as many cases have been re- i . ferred to the division by them as ■ by their employees. Os the 404 , cases filed with the division, only ’ 1 84 reached the strike stage; and J with one or two painful exceptions. they were fairly peaceful. Since October, a drastic decline [ . in production has taken place in 1 most of the industries of the state. ’ 1 which will doubtless be reflected ■ in the figures of employment and [ • wages when they become available. . Up to that time, most of the Indus- j : tries of the state had been paying s wages on a slightly higher level ■ than in the previous year. The' '■ average length of the working week r was slightly shorter Thus, through- . out most of the year, the long time ■ trends toward higher wages and I i shorter working weeks were continued. It should be noted in pass- ■ ing that at times during the year t shortages in the supply of skilled 1 labor were reported. Indiana Wages, Hours Listed ) As the year draws to a close. - congress is considering an act to i set minimum wages apd maximum ’ hours. The most recent data avail- ' > able on wages and hours of Indi-, ‘ ana industries are listed below:

tries. However, it is interesting to note that the average work week lor each of the industries reporting was less than the originally proposed maximum of forty hours

I J. P. Blebel, members of the university staff, will be lu charge I of the review to be presented as a ' feature of the annual Purdue agrij cultural conference. ; The University for several years ■has experimented in growing greenI house plent without soil. The plants were placed in shallow, water-tight i boxes filled with fine grave) A soljution of fertilizer chemical dissolvled in water is pumped into the I gravel three times daily and then 'drained back into a storage tank The same solution, however, is used for several weeks. The horticultural staff reports that a number of greenhouse flower bulbs such roses, gardenias and sweet peas I have responded remarkably, giving jas good or better yields than soil

k Answers To Test Questions Below are the anewere to the Teat Question* printed , on Page Two 4 ♦ 1. Sicily. 2. He was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. 4. United Automobile W’orkers of America. 5. Deuteronomy. 6. Mountain laurel. 7. Rasputin. 8. Southern India. 9. Sweden. 10. Sahara. o — — A * Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE * I Q. Should an usher at a wedding . talk to a guept he is escorting down the aisle? A. Ye*, he may remark that it I* a beautiful day, or make some such comment, but never enters into a t friendly conversation. Q When calling to see a friend, and one sees that she is preparing - to go out, what should one do? A. Tell your friends that you see [ she is ready to go out, and that you will call again. Q. Should one use service plates • at the breakfast taible? i A. No. o TWENTY years”* AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File Dec. 31—Mrs. Lettie Peters ap- ’ pointed secretary of the local Red j Cross on full time. North Indiana Methodist confer- ’ ■ ence quartet engaged to sing in various military camps during s he next month. Food Director Hite urges use of i syrup to save sugar, cornmeal to

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SYNOPSIS When Julie Allerdyce, 19-year-old daughter of Professor Allerdyce of the Ramsey Preparatory School for Boys manages to get herself engaged to Dr. Richard Jessup, Fayette’s most eligible bachelor, she looks forward to a glamorous future as a married woman. Os course, most people in town had thought Dick would marry Millicent Dodd, who is 33 while he is 38, but Millicent hides her disappointment and gives an engagement party for Julie. Less tactful is Tommy Jessup, Dick’s younger brother. He is still in college, and has always loved Julie. He tells her she will be sorry if she spoils four lives by marrying Dick. Julie tells Tommy to mind his business, but in less than six weeks she begins to find being engaged is boring. CHAPTER VII When she and Dick were married— Julie faced the facts. There were no romantic pictures for her this night. There was only the inescapable truth that her life would be no more exciting when she was married than it was at that moment. The brief six weeks of her engagement had proven that fact At first it had been exciting to be the guest of honor at luncheons and bridge parties. The Merriams had given a cocktail party for her and Dick—and miracle of miracles!— Dick had been able to go with her. It had been exciting to talk about her trousseau and a possible wedding date in October. Now that she was engaged, she had no wish to rush into matrimony and, strangely enough, Dick did not urge her. It had been exciting to select a setting for her sparkling diamond. “But there’s been darn little else," she said and shut off the radio. She picked up her book and turned to the opening chapter. She read a few pages and found that she could not concentrate. The memory of Wednesday night’s dinner party shut out the words on the page. Mrs. Hershey had given a dinner for her and Dick and six faculty members. Dr. Hershey was headmaster at Ramsay and the dinner was An Occasion. It marked Julie's accepted status as a coming bride, a future hostess at similar dinners. The dinner had been excellent, the evening dull. But Julie, in her old black velvet with a new lace dinner jacket, had clothed herself in a pose. She had glowed in her anticipated role—the one that she practiced that night—as the wife of Dr. Jessup. Twice she had caught Dick stifling a yawn, and felt a mood of tenderness for his fatigue. Wasn’t that the way a young, understanding bride of a hard-working physician should feel? Her momentary tenderness was soon dissolved after the party. They were alone in the car and the night was beautiful. “Oh, Dick, it’s such a divine nightl I don’t feel like going home. Let's ride over to the Franklins. It isn’t far and they’ll be up." Dick smiled at her in the wry way that was so much like Tommy, and said, "Not tonight, honey, I’m dead for sleep.’’ Instantly angered, s)ie had retorted. “Dick, why is it that you’re always dying for sleep when you’re with me? It's getting to be an old story and I don’t like it, Sunday night. I was simply disgraced at Althea’s because you didn’t call for me. How do you think it sounded to say that you fell asleep in your offle' and forgot about me?" The doctor sighed and said patiently. “I know it's not much fun

save wheat, eggs and poultry t O T save meats and oleo margerine t u ' save fats. Dr, C. C. Rayl, secretary of the' Monroe branch of the Red C-oss I port* on their succeastul campaign ! Fuuerai services at Winchester' for Mrs. Elizabeth Goodrich, mother i of the governor of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Andrews of Dewitt, Arkansas, visits relatives here. "'O' — * Household Scrapbook * By Roberta Lee * . Alabaster Ornament* The beet method for cleaning alabaster ornaments is to iioniene them for a length of time in milk i of lime, made by mixing a little slack lime in water, followed by I washing In clean watej; and when! dry, dust with French chalk. Wollen Garment* Woolen garments should never be allowed to freeze after they are Laundered. The freezing is hable to I cause them to shrink. Baking with Honey Baked product*, when made with I honey, retain their moisture longer ; than those made without it. o— Rochester Mayor Is Critically Injured Rochester, Ind., Dec. 31—<U.R>— I Dr. James L. Babcock, 74, mayor of Rochester, was in a critical condition today from injuries received when his car crashed at a street intersection with a machine driven by Clyde Miller. Babcock received injuries to the head, face and chest. His son, John, 9, suffered minor cuts and i bruises. The mayor was eu route home where he and his wife planned to celebrate their 51st wedding anni- | versary. o Dance Tonight, Sunset.

for you but, Julie, babies will arrive in the middle of the night and there isn’t anything I can do about it They get first right* to escort service, you know.” In the end they had gone to the Franklins’ and Dick had dozed in his chair with his tired eyes wide open. “A lifetime of it!” Julie murmured disconsolately. The telephone rang. Its shrill demanding ring was a sudden live note in the morose island of her thoughts. She picked up the instrument. "May I speak to Misa Jolie Allerdyce?”

E ■ ■ . tw' 1 ct I \\/ '• y I Julie opened her eyes and looked over the edge.

• "This is she,” she answered knowing the voice but unable to place it. “This is Pete Waddell. The Spring dance at the Fayette Country Club. Remember?” “Oh, yes, of course! You're the aviator?” “Good girl! Are you the same little tiger lily? . . .” He waited in the silence and began again: “Guess you'va been having your quota of thrills, eh?” Again Julie didn’t answer. “No offense intended. Don’t you remember that I asked you to give me a ring when you wanted to try a flight?” n . “I’d completely forgotten, she replied coolly. . “Well, how about it? Suppose 1 fly over Thursday afternoon if the weather’s clear?” Julie hesitated while she searched her usually quick mind for a plausible refusal. She wasn’t going to tell any smart aleck that she was afraid to fly. “It’s a date,” he answered before she could think of one. “Keep your eye peeled, little girl, and I’ll, come out of the clouds around two. At two o’clock on Thursday afternoon she heard the hum of his motor over her house, watched it circle and settle in the field back of the Brook’s house. She ran upstairs, powdered her

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? nose and fled a nbiwiiwB 1 3 h a ' r - Pete Waddell, » fe» took a r enkty astal ; cockpit and helped br i • t .A tJ hr cons > was too large fur her, wtaH 2 had a mirror. Wy "Boy, but you’d look - newspapers! Better taM wh:i' I - A girl like you troUpiH : sure." 1 “Well—let’s go,” she diH small voice became • thumped in her thrust W" Ha gave her hie uaisgK

. her and she . The plane looked horn J , insecure, a shocking y . thing to keep h« earth and the sky. cockpit awkwardly,J ' whack on the head apn* of the upper wing.. ' Waddell climbed | the throttle roared w.de > dosed her eyes and th ' safety of her U S] throttle was quiet for» M suddenly opened np'gj’ rushed dizzily over Julie drew her k . clutched the edge of * front of her. The ' along under them ( J were rising, sailing , cream. She opened looked over the edge, T left her and she > ga » 1 riding on noth .. g ” Ginflj wind tore past them.. ' looked over th* suie ts 1 she were in a landmarks were g ' they looked like scape gardeners P d Sled to smaller and small and churches »e pUt o* churches that j 1 Christmas tree. (To be continue DUtrtW-' 4 W *