Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 18 January 1938 — Page 3

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fc£S7^o^ T 4 D fR5 Kp‘ TNE * ' '■>' -"■’ »i; ■!... high *<> audit--1 nilav ' ,S ’ J 'ft,. . ..niertainn.ent a of -h- < i I M-u Guv Brown, president King .ommitiH.. - <’ of ’ * hkh i KK"u.* Bku k. . hairman. Mrs. ■ W ,rthnw. M,ss HM ;r . wi< snn’B " w ' and Mrs. J. W. Calland. Philatha.' of ' h ' ( 1! "o ..,. v , h 0..! Wil’, meet at the / Mr< Will Wmnes Friday o’ciock. T" p rp ’ to member- ,>f the Eta Tan KJ” Wr.ty "111 ?<’ 10 Fort T ;.<d,n hom' "f Mr;. RichEL Hold at 7:00 o’clock. KhoLer given STONEBURNER ot Mrs. Hotter Stoneburner. Miss Dorothy Fease). Friat th- home of Miss McKean. 27" North 6th intents were served by the M-e M- K- assisted by Tbit guests included the Misses ■ Merriman. Evelyn Kohls, ('atherin- 11- thous- and IrK ip z , : . Mrs Qnmt'dl.. Frye. Lu-1 ..- and th- honor guest. .Mrs. Many pretty gifts K* presented at the shower M. PRUGH HOSTESS i M mlayafat ’he horn- of Mrs. C. M. »i:h twenty :> ■ nit in atMrs J. 'in it. Parrish prein the absence of the presiTh. . ' di..wed current events. I’a'-ish leader for the - :>.i;-,-r. T!>»- Phyof S .’!: American’ was most interest-. ’ S nth America ■ilk- *-:! «• «• -•-. graphically ■Be any ■■■ larre inhabited rethe earth. New explorations

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and have an evening of fun at the concessions 7 Irene Dunne and n ouglas Fairbanks, Jr., didn’t believe it could be accomplished on two dollars, which is the amount they are supposed to spend in the picture, “Joy of Loving”.

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j«irector Tay Garnett argued it and tne three went to the two nights ago to settle the won. This is what the I movie stars did on their lark, what it cost them: Roller 20 cents; concessions (in- | salt water taffy), 80 cents; 40 cents; movie, 40 cents; | and doughnuts, 10 cents; I P c m, 10 cents. figu „ res . i ust given out for , d Sonja Henie way down 'R. : f an tncome of only ■IT; But ' for 1937 ' Miss Henie J Jtobably will show the biggest in- ■ K( Se , Os any Hollywood star. She li’nmn ° pictures at a salary of • ■W.OOO per picture. Not to menXi ? 1 she garnered for perMJ* 1 appearances. present tour win net more than $200,000 ■ on S th W What kind of a hit ®he ■n niHn road ' they sold 1 00,000 | >reVin re Xit r aP * .*E agney returns to Warthe picture, •'Boy Meets R d nt na n rally g€ts the Bp°twaf , pn r rOadway 01d -timers Bm win t “.'? ental because the Kror it ’ l ? e debut of Frank of S ° n ° f the b2IGl ’ ed Beets ' Uo V d Bacon Btrs anri ßo^„Meets Girl ” for War- « the hah ?. asb h ' s infant son m the W story CaUSeS S ° mUCh B^htsband 11 lb Shanghai, Jean Bnabella £ the French star ' Kge on av! aly Secured pas - Suver, B. c ’nd Und fOr Van ‘ «t> take on and from there was | an airplane to Hollywood. » Hear that Zanuck thinks he has

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and surveys necessitate the constant revision of old source material. "South America L a land of great 1 1 extent and a world of possibilities. There are great Batches of fertile ■ Irrigated land along the I’acific, great plains that slope to the At- | iuntlc, great forests, all kinds of metals, nitrate belts and borax lakes and industries concerned with jhe production of lumber, dyewood and rubber. “Prominent features of the continent are the great Andean mounI tain system .the mighty Amazon ri- , ver, one hundred and fiftv miles wide where it enters the Atlantic I and volcanic phenomena. "The two greatest unexplored regions are the Matto Grosso and the Grand Chaco, both forest and jungle South America is composed of ten republics and three colonies and is an Integral part of the economic pattern of the northern hemisphere." Routine business preceded adjournment. Mrs. R. W Graham will , be both hostess and leader when the club meets next Monday at her home on Monroe street. Hrr subject is "The Literature and Music of South America”. Tne Girls’ Guild of the Zion Reformed church will meet at the home of Miss Louise Kiess on West' Madison street this evening at sev-en-thirty o'clock. The Little Flower Study club will meet at the home of Mrs. B-rnard Wertzberger Thursday afternoon at seven-thirty o’clock. The Decatur home economics club will meet with Mrs. Robert Garard Friday instead of Wednesday as formerly announced. Members are asked to p'ease note change of day. The C. L W. class of the Evangelical Sunday school will meet with Miss Patsy McConnell this evening at seven-thirty o’clock instead of Thursday evening as stated | Monday. Miss Ruth Lozier will be the assisting hostess. The Frivolity club will meet at i ttfe home of Mrs. William August I Wednesday evening at seven-thirty o’clock. The Auxiliary of the United Span--1 ish American war veterans will enjoy a social meeting at Legion Home Friday evening l at seven-' thirty o'clock. The committee in charge includes Mrs. Charles Omlor, Mrs. William Noil. Mrs. Ralph Roop

found another star with a singing voice in Arleen Whelan. He has turned her over to Mme. Elizabeth Major, who coached Simone Simon, and to Jule Styne. Arleen will 1 sing a number in “Kidnaped”. Rumors say this red-headed Los Angeles giri ia a favored candidate fir one of the year’s biggest roles but probably won't get it because she is tied up under contract to Twentieth Century-Fox, which won't sell out its interests. — At least one Hollywood actor, J. | Carol Naish, uses the new invisible , , spectacles when working before I , the camera. He’s wearing them j now in "Highway Racketeers” and. , apparently, they offer no photo- . graphic problem. These are the ! glasses that go inside the lid and I \ fit over the eyeball. R-K-O has revised the script of i "Certified”, because Joan Fontaine can’t stand to ride in roller- ’ coasters. She made the effort but became violently ill. According to the starlet, even automobiles mak» her car-sick. Frank Fay was at Ray Haller’s the other night with Ginger Alten, ’ - who looks like Ginger Rogers.

. . . Maria Gambarelli is a sen- , sation, they say, in Italian pictures. Her latest Is “Doctor Antonio”. She also danced for the king and queen. . . . Simone Simon didn’t have a bet on the long shot “Star Simon”,

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*■ which paid slls at Santa Anita on Saturday. . . . i One of the principals in that Mae ■ West broadcast says that until i three weeks after the incident i N. B. C. had received only 700 : letters of protest. . . . Contracts I forbid exhibitors from showing the i picture, "In Old Chicago”, on a ■ double bill. . . . When the Four i Star theater here tried out a Are i effect for use in the premiere, six i citizens turned in an alarm. . • • Marjorie Weaver now says she’s i convinced someone took out a , license, but it wasn’t she. . . . And • Hal Kanter tells the one about the Hollywood actor who was held up i the other night and told the stick- . up man: "I’m sorry but you'll have to see my manager. He handles i all my money.’’

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY. JANUARY 18,1938.

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M Fanny Macy Phones 100 C — 1001 Tuesday Delta Theta Tan, Mrs. nick ' Steele, 7:30 p. m. Adams County Nurses’ Association. Miss Eloise Noll, 7:30 p. m. 1 Kum-Joln-Us Class, Mr. anc[ Mrs. ' I Arthur Farrar, 7:30 p. m. Psi lota XI Social Meeting. Mrs. 1 Harold Zwlck, 7:30 p. ni. P C. L. of ('., K. of C. Hall 6:13 p. m. i Mary and Martha ('lass, Mrs. < I Jesse Leßrun, 7:30 p m. Tri Kappa Social Meeting, Elk’s I Home, 8 p. m. Mystery Pals of Mary and Martha class. Mrs. Jess j Pinochle Club, Mrs. Wl’.’lim Lis- • ter, 7:30 p. m. I j Program Committee of Shakes- j peare Club, Mrs. C, D. Teeple, 2 p. 1 : in. U. R. Otterbein Guild, Mist, Mar- j garet McGill, 7:30«p. m. Evangelical Loyal Daughters, Mrs. Robert Garard, 7:30 p. m. Zion Reformed Girls Guild, Miss LXHiise Kiess, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Frivolity (Tub, Mrs. William August, 7:30 p. m. | 1 Zion Senior Walther League, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lankenau. 7:30 p. m Historical Club, Mrs. Homer Low- ' er, 2:30 p. m. i 1 Business and Professional Wo- 1 men. Rice Hotel. 6:30 p. m. Chop Suey dinner, Elks home, 5 p. m. Decatur Home Economlca Club, Mrs. Robert Garard. 1:30 p. hi. postponed to Friday. Shakespeare Club, Mrs. Lois Black 2:30 j>. m. Y. M. C. Class. Mr. and Mrs. George Harding, after prayer meeting. St. Ann’s Stdy Club, Mrs. Jared Reed. 7:30 p. m. Christian Church Bible Study, Herschel Nash. 7:30 p. m. Thursday Ruralfstlc Study Club, Mrs. Syl- ' vester Staub, 8 p. m. Little Flower Study Club, Mrs. j Bernard Wertzberger. 7:30 p. m. Eta Tau Sigma, Mrs. Richard Arnold, Fort Wayne, 7:30 p. m. Union Missionary Meeting, Zion Reformed Church, 2 p. m. Evangelical C. L. W. Clasi Mins Patsy McConnell, 7:30 p. m. So Cha Rea Club, Mrs. Russel Byers, 7:30 p. m. Friendship Village Home Economics Club. Mrs. Charles Burhart, 1:30 p. m. Women of Moose Playlet, Moose Home, 7:30 p. m. Friday Spanish American Auxiliary. Social Meeting. Legion Home, 7:30 p. m. Philathea Class, Mrs. William ; Winnes, 7:30 P. m. Federation of Clubs, Library Auditorium, 2:30 p. m. Pocabontae Lodge, Red Men’s Hall. 7:30 p. m. Decatur Home Economies Club, Mrs. Robert Garard, 1:30 p. m. Saturday Rummage Sale. M. E. Church Basement. 1 to 8 p. m. Cafeteria Supper, Zion Reformed Church, 5 to 7 P. m. Monday Research Club, Mrs. R. W. Graham,. 2:30 p, ni. and Mrs. Alex Tanvass. AB members are urged to be present. The Ruralistic study ciub will meet with Mrs. Sylvester Staub Thursday evening at eight o’clock. The Christian church bible study meeting will lie held at the home J of Herschel Nash Wednesday evenj ing at seven-thirty o'clock. ■mSONAtt Charles D. Teeple attended a meeting of the Presbyterian state council at Indianapolis last evening. Rev. George A. Walton attended a meeting of the district Presbytery at Ligonier last evening. Considerable petty stealing and burglarizing has been going on here recently and vigilantes are watching for the young men. who are under suspicion. Recently they entered the C. D. Teeple home on I Fourth street and the Jeff Leichty hone on" Third, taking a few articles and some money. Mrs. E. G. Coverdale visited in Fort Wayne Monday. Miss Libby Macy who has 'been confined to her bed for the past ’ four weeks was able to be up today. She wi'l reutrn to school next Monday. Frederic Schafer is looking after business in Indianapolis today. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bosse and son who have been residents of Decatur for a number of years moved to Indianapolis Monday where they will reside at 3702 North Illinois 1 (street. Mrs. Frederic Schafer visited in i Fort Wayne Monday. Mr. and Mrs. William Bell wore the overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Heller in Indianapolis Monday. Mrs. Belle Knoff and daughter, Miss Lula, of Sturgis Michigan, are seriously ill in the Sturgis hospital. Relatives in this city visited them Sunday. Mrs. Knoff is past 84 years of age. The regular meeting of the city concll will be held this evening at

the city hall. Mrs. Lucile Trunck of Foty Wayne Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herman ( onier of North Second street. Mr. and Mrs, Roger Swatm and daughters. Janet and Doris, of Bluffton and Mr. Swaim’s father. D. H. .Swaim, also of Bluffton, will leave Wednesday morning sot Miami, Florida to spend a month. Mr. and Mrs. Swaim visited In Decatur today with the latter’s mother, Mrs. Agnes Andrews. Adams County Memorial Hospital Admitted Monday: Miss Enther Fisher, 326 North Eighth street; Miss Frances Miller, route ?, Decatur. Dismissed Tsesday: Herman Patterson, routu 1. Monroe; Calvin Nussbaum, Berne; Mrs. E. J. Ayres, Richmond. ■—o — ■ Annual Report Is Made Eor Monroe The financial report for the town of Monroe for the year 1937 was made today by the town clerk, Earl L. Sauder. Receipts during the year amounted to $13,580.62, including a balance of $4,175.11 at the start of the year. The electric light iplant brought in $8,386.44 during the year. Relatives Fear For Missing Truck Driver Columbia City, Ind., Jan. 18 — (UP) —Relatives of Sherman Rose, Truck driver who disappeared Saturday. today feared he had met with foul play. Rose left a bulk oil Plain here Saturday with a load of gasoline for a filling station west of town. He failed to arrive at the station and authorities started an immediate • search. Q Soviets Admit Arrest Os Mysterious Couple I Washington, Jan. 18— (UP) —Secretary of State Cordell Hull today revealed that the Soviet government has finally admitted officially that the mysterious "Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Robinson” are under arrest , in Soviet Russia. The Soviet foreign office, in res-

* IBBFiitx HHr *’***'- wL ■V'<fM£ K Jh> W Bf ■Ok n». £k ” WV SM OF/I &W ' -and Dick Powell did-47times '•"'"' Tln ‘ M ™ ! “";"-’-"“ iOy'' 11 ' Powell, certainly tells what I did in filming my new Warner Bros, picture, ‘Hollywood Hotel ’. Yet during all this work, Luckies never ,t£3S|cSsk I ” once bothered my throat. This is also true... ■ i 1 f — Jjl^— I " l||l Riesr ./?£> _ j L . • Kt > - wx] ■ ®wr * f H &u x JK‘ * mPMSI X wHU I ¥ ii L r 16r * RiiMMiiorijHr i') 2. Z/ REHEARSING FOR ‘Your Hollywood 3. THAT AUCTIONEER on our program |4. “SOLD AMERICAN' , the auctioneer I Parade’, my new radio program. Luckies are reminds me that, among tobacco experts, chants, as the choice center-leaf tobacco goes the gentlest cigarette on my throat.” Luckies have a2to 1 lead over all other brands, to Lucky Strike. Men who earn their living (Because the “Toasting” process takes out I think Luckies have a2to 1 lead also among from tobacco, know that Lucky Strike buys certain irritants found in all tobacco.) the actors and actresses here in Hollywood.” the finest grades. These men are the .. . j ™ WITH MEN ' ; ’O WHO KNOW larOmbUk TOBACCO i I \ BESTZte ■\ 1 . 1 . jf lisEimH 5. INDEPENDENT Buyers, Auctioneers and Warehouse- a f u v h a / , e. , , ’ , .. . JL / Hove You Heard the Chant of the Tobacco Auctioneer? men. Sworn records show that, among these experts, > „ yOUR HOILYWOOO parade", w.dn..da», 9 p m„ nbc I Lucky Strike has twice as many exclusive smokers as gjfif S "your hit parade", Saturday, 9p. m., css have .11 other citrate put toother. A good thing to >» *'*' g ">»>« “« s «*— *• «*> "•ft*, j X remember next time you buy cigarettes. ~ '

French Leader I r George Bonnet (above), former Minister of Finance, whose crlti- ' cism forced the resignation of Premier (’hautemps. was also blocked In his attempt to form a new French cabinet. ponse to repeated formal inquiries from the American embassy in Mos- ‘ cow revealed that "Robinson" had been taken into custody in the Ural mountains. "Mrs. Robinson" who has been , identified as actually Mrs. Ruth Marie Rubens of Philadelphia, an ’ American citizen, was arrested in i Moscow. ■ o Editorial Meeting Called By Democrats I i Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 18 —(UP); —Jack Dolan of Hartford City, pre-1 sident of the Indiana Democratic | editorial association, today issued ' a call for officers and directors of I the organization to meet Saturday I at the Democratic headquarters i here to fix the date and speaker for ■ ( the winter banquet. Fel> 19 has l>een considered ten- 1 tatlvely. former Gov. Paul V. Me | ’ Nutt, present U. S. Commissioner to | the Phillippine islands, nas sent ' 1 word that he will be in Indianapolis on that date and would address the ’ the editors if they cared to have him do so. Trwle In A Good Town — tleinlur

Hides Stepdaughter's Attacker, Convicted South Bend., Ind., Jan. IS —(UP) I—Benjamin H. Scott, 48, Misha- ! waka constable, faced a prison I term of one to 10 years today for hiding ii man accused of attacking . hia own stepdaughter. Scott was convicted of being an I accessory to assault and battery In I connection with the attack of Wil- ' Ham Sparr, 49, Mishawaka, on his I stepdaughter. The state charged I Scott aided spurr in fleeing. ■ ' O Nationalists Claim Important Victory I Zaragoza, Spain, Jan. 18 —(UP) —) n one of (he bloodiest engagements since the fall of Terule nationalists tonight claimed to have taken the strategically important heights of Muelton where th»y said ut least 3.000 loyalists were slain. ■ — o State Cop Injured As Cycle Crashes Anderson, 'nd., Jan. 18 (UP) — Theodore R McNeill, a member of .the Indianapolis department, was in a serious condition in S'. John’s hospital today with a fractured skull and possible brain concussion j received when the motorcycle he was riding left state road 67 south-ie-st of here last night. He was tak](n to the hospital unconscious. o No New Assignments | To WPA Rolls, Report — Indianapolis, Jan. 18—(U.Pl -John I K. Jennings, state WPA director. ' announced today that pursuant to ' instructions from Washington no more new assignments to Indiana I WPA' rolls will be made. Jennings said that he had been ' authorized on Dec. 15 to increase the employment load by 10.000 i persons, which he said had been | accomplished by Jan. 15 when ■ there were 55.797 persons on the ' Indiana WPA rolls. | o— — | CONGRESS APPROVES e ' <^<->NTTNT’Ff> s un- -,<vw n’JM ' now prevailing either to reject a bill entirely or accept it precisely ; as written by congress. Washington, Jan. 18. — <U.R> —'

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His Dad Shot | i — . JML i Felix Tornatore sits dejectedly in front of his Bronx, N. Y., home as he waits word of his policeman father who lies wounded in a New York hospital, victim of a fleeing bandit’s bullet. Tornatore’s assailant is believed to be the bandit who shot and killed Patrolman Lynch. High administration officials said I today they are scrutinizing proposals for general reduction of steel and possibly other prices. Neither new deal nor steel spokesmen would discuss the program publicly. A coincidental reduction in steel wage rates has been advanced by some as a likely accompaniment of any price decrease. This phrase and a suggestion for a guarantee of annual steel wages is not. however, beyond the discussion phase. White House Secretaiy Stephen T. Early said he knew of nothing pointing to any drop in steel prices ■ or wages. Officials emphasized that no

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I specific plan for accomplishing 1 these purposes has yet been draftled. They said, however, that the 1 steel price proposal is integrated i closely with efforts to boom heavy ; muteiial Industries through naval ; building, merchant marine construction and the new housing program. On a second recovery front. It was reported that the administration tentatively plans to renew limited “pump priming" and Is "almost certain" to request additional work relief funds. In addition to steel advisers to President Roosevelt are said to be attempting to arrange a similar cut In the cost of a large range of major building materials, including. It was reported, cement, asbestos and gypsum. o— ———— Released Felon Praises Police Ashland, Ore.— (U.P) — Upon his release from the state penitentiary, self admitted "one time loser" Charles Biersdorff. returned here and in an open letter to the editor of the Ashland Tidings, praised the efficiency of the police force which was instrumental in his “two-year drap." o Bullets Profit Children London —(U.K? —Bullets buried on Salisbury Plain are bringing small fortunes to children. They are digging them up and selling them to dealers at Salisbury for a penny a pound. Millions of rounds of ammunition were fired on the Plain when soldiers were encamped there during the war. Be Careful About Children’s Colds TREAT THEM PROVED WAY More mothers use Vapoßub than any other medication of its kind—they have proved it by use in their own X2X O homes. It was /urC- / 1 ther proved in the world’s largest coldsP 11' >1 chnic. No "dosing"— J l ... j1 1 ; I just massage Vapoßub If 11 $---! lon throat, chest, and back at bedtime. Almost at once, its poultice-and-vapor action starts to loosen phlegm, relieve irritation and coughing, help break local congestion. Os- a ten. by morning U the worst of the ** cold is over. v Vapoßub