Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1938 — Page 2

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" fr ♦ ’ Test Your Knowledge - Can you answer seven of these ten questions? Turn to page Four for the answers. . »— -<i 1. In the church calendar when is Maundy Thursday? 2. What is the state flower of Massachusetts? 3. What is an equestrian statue? 4. Name the famous waterfalls fu the Zambezi River. Africa. -• .5 How many cubic decimeters 77 are in 1 cubic meter? 6. What are pelagic animals? Os which continent are the TX’JSt Indios geographically a part? *« N What is the name of the - science which treats of coins and xmudals? W. What does nom-de-phtme myaii? WANTED Rags, Magazines, Newspapers, Scrap Iron, Old Auto Radiators, Batteries, Copper. Brass, Aluminum, and all grades of scrap metals. We buy hides, wool, sheep pelts, the year round. The Maier Hide & Fur Co. 710 W. Monpoe st. Phone 442 jjpuCsfIHK'SMSHVRHHHHBHHiiMHHHHHB i MORRIS PLAN LOANS on FURNITURE LIVESTOCK ELECTRIC STOVES REFRIGERATORS. Special Plan for School Teachers. NEW AUTOMOBILES $6.00 for SIOO.OO per year Repayable Monthly. Suttles-Edwards Co. Representatives.

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’ 10. Who shot President James A. Garfield? COURT HOUSE Claim Ordered Paid j An answer in general denial to the petition of Eichorn, Gordon and ; Edris was filed by the department of financial institutions in the liquidation of the Old Adams County bank. The claim was submitted. The court found for the claimant in 1 the sum of $75 for legal service which was ordered paid as a preferred claim. Exceptions Filed A petition was filed by the special representative in the liquidation of the Peotples Loan and Trust company to pay intangibles tax. This was submitted and sustained and the special agent was authorized to pay the tax in the sum of $52,29. Exceptions were filed to the final report by Urcile Chase, reCASH COAL & SUPPLY Monroe Street /3C\ Phone 32 »T?i PAINT HEADQUARTERS aM * ; <3s* j " where /au’ll find “•J* l <»> * For HOUSE or BARN Reasonably Priced.

Real Estate Transfers Wilda Wolff et al to Christian G. Elcherut ux, 40 acres In Blue Creek tow nsMp for $2400. O HOUSE PASSES (CONTINUED FHOM PAGK ONE) exempt weekly or semi-weekly newspapers with circulatiou of 3,000 and less. The tally on the final vote for passage showed that 256 Democrats, 46 Republicans, seven progressives and five farmer laborites voted tor passage; 41 Republicans and 56 Democrats voted against it. As passed the bill fixed a minimum wage in interstate Industries, with certain exemptions, of 25 cents an hour for the first year, 30 cents the second, 35 cents the third and 40 cents for the fourth

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CHAPTER XXI Almost sick with horror, he pulled and pulled at the useless rip cord. Time ceases to exist at such awful moments. He was still plunging downwards at a fantastic speed and had virtually given himself up as finished when, without a second’s warning, his arms were nearly torn from their sockets and a violent jerk at the belt round his middle drove the breath out of his body. He had forgotten that a short interval must elapse between releasing the parachute and its opening to its full spread when it would? arrest his headlong descent. His feet sank down lower than his head and before he knew quite what had happened he was standing upright, swaying a little from side to side, his long legs dangling. Almost collapsing with relief he found he could look upwards and saw the dome of the fully opened parachute like a great dark mushroom against the starlit sky above. For the first time since leaving the plane he was able to gasp in a full breath and look about him consciously. The “T" of flares to his right was still larger now bui only the blackness of the land below had caused him to think he was so near it. His terror had been engendered by his complete inexperience, for he had made a good take-off, although he had lost some seconds before being able to pull the rip cord; but when he had done so the parachute had opened perfectly. The lights were no w rising gently towards his right, but he did not seem to be coming any nearer to them, and he judged that he would make his landing quite a long distance from the smugglers' secret base. Next moment the flares disappeared from view, blotted out by an unseen crest Then his right foot hit something with a thud and instantly he was sprawling on the ground with every ounce of breath knocked out of his body. For a moment he remained there, bruised and breathless, then he struggled into a sitting position and wriggled out of his harness. Only a dull glow, coming from over a crest of rising ground to the north, now indicated the smugglers' landing place. Abandoning the parachute he set off towards the north. Pressing forward warily, he stumbled at almost every step, and was compelled to alter his course through some obstacle every ten yards or so. He thanked his gods that at least it was August Most of the smaller watercourses now bad dry beds and the marshland squelched underfoot only in the lower places. As it was, he had to cross two creeks—stagnant scummy bands of water with muddy bottoms which dragged and sucked at his boots when he floundered through them and thrust his way among the tall knifelike reeds that fringed their banks. It was a nightmare journey. Wet to the waist tired, bruised and angry, he struggled onward; yet the glow from the flares seemed little nearer and the going so difficult he doubted if he had traversed more than half a mile in twenty minutes. Then he came to a wire fence.

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and succeeding years. A maximum work week of 41 hours would be provided for the first year, decreasing in two years to 40 hours. Administration would be lodged with the secretary of labor, authorized to determine industries operating in Interstate commerce or affecting such commerce. Under a labor standard bill passed by the senate last year, for which the house substituted its measure, n board would be established to fix minimum wage and maximum hour standards after consideration of costs of living, relative cost of transportation and local econmic conditions. The board would not be authorized to establish minimum wages in excess of M cents per hour nor maximum hours of less than 40

climbed over, and found a steep I grassy bank, up which he crawled on . all fours. The top was level; next I moment he tripped and came down ; heavily between two railway lines. I Picking himself up with renewed i curses, he found he could now see i the flares some distance away on the far side of the embankment, and turned northwest along it He had barely covered another two hundred yards when he caught the sound of a train puffing up from Dungeness behind him. He slid down the bank to conceal himself ' while it passed. A short freight train of no more than half a dozen boxcars rumbled by, shaking the embankment The sparks from its engine and the glare of the firebox temporarily lit up a small section of the surrounding country. When the train had gone past Gregory stumbled on to the tracks again and set off after it To his surprise he saw it pull up ahead of him, opposite the flares. Five minutes later he was within fifty yards of the train’s rear car and, slipping down the far side of the embankment, he crawled along under its cover until he could see by the bright light of the landing flares the business which was going on nearby. . . . Beyond the flares were a couple of big planes and the smaller one in which the Limper had arrived from Quex Park. The others had already left and big stacks of boxes at intervals on a level stretch of ground showed where they had unloaded their cargoes. One of the large planes took the air as he watched and he was able to see enough of it to recognize it as a 240 h.p. twin engine De Havilland Dragon, which would normally carry eight passengers, but in their place was capable of transporting about half a ton of cargo. At the bottom of the embankment he wriggled through the fence and found a dry gully which offered such excellent cover that he determined to risk crawling even nearer; soon he was crouching in it no more than twenty yards from the landing i ground. , About forty men were working with frantic speed unloading the ' train, pitching dozens of wooden i boxes down the embankment They 1 had already cleared the first three cars and, while a number of them t attacked the rest the athers went off to get the boxes which had been i unloaded from the planes. For ten minutes Gregory remained a silent spectator of their intense activity. By the end of that time the < contraband cargo had all been load- i ed on to the train, the cars relocked, the last big plane was gone, and all the flares except one had been put . out The train moved off and, rapidly 1 gathering speed, disappeared in the i direction of London. The men then flung themselves upon the great i jumbled pile of boxes which had been thrown out of it, and started to 1 carry them across the landing , ground, disappearing into the belt ] of shadows beyond which the flare j did not penetrate. , “What now?” thought Gregory. "My luck’s been io so far and Pm

I hours per week, unless an advisory committee comprised u£ repreIsentativcs of management and laIbor, makes a favorable recommendation for such action. Both bills contain provisions designed to prohibit the manufacture [of goods by child labor. To implement the wages and hours provisions, they also prohibit interstate shipment of goods manufactured under “oppressive” labor conditions. The administration will make an effort in the senate to send the house bill quickly to conference. Southerners are expected, however, to demand that the measure be sent to the education and labor committee for consideration. ■o Special! Lem-N-Blend Green Kettle.

> not leaving till I find out what they i do with the stuff.” Crawling back t byway of the ditch, he began t< i make a detour outside the lighted patch of ground and, after going a hundred yards, he stumbled through some low bushes and up a small bank to a road. Having crossed It, he slid down the slope on the other side and proceeded to follow the line of the lane, which curved slightly. The flare was now some distance away, but he could hear muffled voices carried on the night wind to the front of him and, a moment later, came upon a thick hedge which barred his passage. Scrambling up to the bank again he got round the corner of the hedge and saw that it hid the kitchen garden of a solitary house which loomed up before him, abutting on the road. A faint square of light filtering through a heavy curtain marked one of its downstair windows. He got down on his hands and knees and crawled forward under cover of the hedge which here fringed the roadside. The voices of the men grew louder as he advanced and then he saw the dark outline of a truck. There were others behind it and on these the men were busily loading the boxes that had come off the train. From his new position he could see some of the smugglers in the distance, silhouetted against the light of Uie flare as, with the boxes on their shoulders, they trudged in Indian file across the grassland. Suddenly the last flare was put out and two minutes later the loading of the trucks was completed. The men climbed into them and the lightless convoy set off in the direction of New Romney. One by one they crawled past Gregory, where he crouched in the shadows, and shortly after the last one had disappeared a sudden vibrant hum, which grew louder and then receded, told him that the Limper had departed unseen in his plane. Gregory came out into the lane and tiptoed along it towards the front of the silent house. The light in the ground-floor room had gone out but there was now one upstairs showing in a front window. The heavy curtains had been carelessly drawn and a bright ray filtered through between them. The window was too high for Gregory to see into the room, but a wooden sign above the doorway of the place showed that it was a wayside inn. The faded lettering showed it to be “The Brown Owl,” and Gregory knew that it must lie within a few hundred yards of the railway line south of Romney. Turning away, he walked up the road for a hundred yards and lit a cigarette. He was unutterably tired and now he had to trudge he didn’t know how many miles before he could get a lift into Ashford. Wells would be anxious about him and eager to hear the result of his night’s work.... So Gregory hardly thought of bed, but determined to get back to Quex Park at the earliest possible moment. Chin down, and in his long loping stride, he set off up the road inland. (To Be Continued) Coorr'cbl Hit. by Kin* Fe»lurei Syr.dleat*. Inc.

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FOR SALE — Farm lease blanks, three for sc. Decatur Daily Democrat, 106 No. Second St. 27> ~ tf FOR SALE Seven-ft. trailer. New power lawn mower. Also grind : power aud hand lawn mowers. P. Kirsch, North 3rd St. 122-ts FOR SALE—Dunfield soybeans for seed. 1 mile south of Monroe, 4’;s west. Bert Seesenguth. 122[FOR SALE - Beautyrest mattresses —the world's best mattress. Lib- - eral trade in allowance for your I old mattress. Sprague Furniture 1 Store. 152 S. 2nd St. Phoue 199. I 122-41 I FOR SALE—Ranges, kitchen cabinets: large number of enamel ranges, $46.50 and your old stove. [ Come in and see these ranges B-4-U buy. Kitchen cabinets. $18.50 up. Sprague Furniture Co., 152 So. | Second St. Phone 199. 122-4 t FOR SALE —Two baildings, one 12 x 14, the other 12 x 16 at the St. I Paul Lutheran Church, 1 mile north and % mile west of Preble I 122-a3tx FOR SALE — Purebred black or spotted Poland China male hogs. Roe and Meyers, mile west, mile south of Monroe. 123-3tx FOR SALE-1929 Chevy 1% ton truck. Huckster body; priced ' reasonable. Harry Bauer, Preble. 123I FOR SALE or trade for Decatur property or farm — One six-room modern and one 7-room modern [ house, located one square west of Hrumiway near G. E. In Fort [ Wayne. Herman Haugk, phone 805. 124-3tx FOR SALE OR RENT — 6 room. modern house, in A-l condition; double garage with two lots. Can [ give possession at once. See G. H. Sprague at Sprague Furniture I Store, 152 So. Second St. Phone 199. Residence Phone 535. 124-41 0 Kodak Films, Green Kettle. \o 114 i: 4>| i’i ill io\ roil % \i> DETi'.KMIN VH<)\ TO IMSI K BONDS The taxpayers of Adaiiis county Indiana are hereby notified that a i petition has been filed by more than : fifty owners of taxable real estate | in said county requesting the Adams County Council and the Board of I County Commissioners of said < ounI ty to authorize and issue the bonds I of Adams county. Indiana in an aiimunt not exceeding the sum of >25,000.00, for the purpose of providing ■ funds to be appropriated and used ; for the paying of the purchase price, ’damages, costs and expenses Incident I to procuring rights of way for pub- ■ lie highways, such highways to be | established and improv’d by the State Highway Commission of Ind- ! iana, and to become, either a part of j the general highway sys*tem of the ■ State of Indiana or what may be ■ known as secondary or feeder roads. ! Said bonds are to bear interest at not to exceed 4*4 per cent, per i annum. A remonstrance against the issuance of said bonds may be filed with the County Council or w’ith the Auditor of said county by owners of i taxable real estate in Adams county in the manner and within the time ‘pi-ovided by Chapter 119 of rhe Acts >of 1937. The taxpayers of Adams county Indiana are further notified that J said Adams County Council did, on the 18th day of May 1938, determine ■ to issue the bonds of said county in i the amount of >25,000.00 for the purpose of procuring funds to be appro1 printed and used for the purpose as i above stated. Said bonds are to bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4Vi 1 per cent, per annum (the exact rate ! to be determined by bidding > and j are to be payable in seventeen substantially equal semi-annual maturities beginning on June Ist 1939. The net assessed valuation of the j taxable property in Adams county is >24,070,000.00 and the outstanding in- ! debtedness of said county, exclusive , of the above mentioned bonds, is J 23,000.00 Objections to the issuance i of said bonds may be made by ten ' or more taxpayers filing a petition ; in the office of the Auditor of Adams j county within the time ami in the • manner prescribed by statute, which i petition, if any, will be heard and | considered by the State Boaid of Tax Commissioners in the manner provided by law. Dated this 21st div of May 1938. John W. Tyndall, Auditor of Adams county. Indiana May 25 June 7-14 I Dr. S. M. Friedley I Veterinarian Phone 9434 Office and Res. 1133 N. 2nd st. N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined - Glasses Fitted HOURS 8:30 to 11:30 12:30 to 5:00 Saturdays, 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135.

MISCELLANEOUS ] CALL FRANK BURGER to move dead ztwk. Will pay for live horaeq. Day or night service, phone' collet t. Harley Roop 870 A. 111-ts i WANTED Everyone latere®, ed in Mt. Tabor cemetery to meet at noon, Sunday, May 29, 1936; ttl Bobo School House. Bring basket dinner and table service. Commit-' tw. 122-3tz WANTED — Board and room for man and two daughters, io and 12. Address box 454, care Demotrat - 122-3tx WANTED- Any kind of work, by [ day, week or month, 11. e Steele, Pleasant Mills, Ind., Box 36 or phone R. H. Everett, 8835. 122-3txi o FOR RENT FOR RENT —Two light housekeeping rooms. Furnished. Private' entrance. First floor. Garage. 310 N. Third. Phone 511. 124-3 t FOR RENT —7 room modern du plex; motor plumbing; hard- 1 wood floors; 3 bedrooms; newly decorated; close in; large lot. Phone 585. 116-ts FOR RENT —Brand new 3-room[ modern apartment. Kitchen furnished. Private entrances. Shower bath. Down stairs porch. Phone 585. 116-ts WANTED , WANTED —Loans on farms. Eastern money. Low rates. Very lib | eral terms. See me for abstracts of title. French Quinn. 152-m w f LOST AND FOUND LOST — Black billfold containing chauffeur's and hunting and fishing license. Reward. Phone 5464. 124-2txl o NOTICE — Will give free lessons for use of piano for music class; (close up town. Special rates for' summer term. Certified teacher. Sue Zimmerman-Waggoner, care Democrat. 123-3tx o INTENSE EFFORT made to sup press “The Truth About Weekly Insurance.” Nationally known peo-i I pie speak of huge “racket." "C' i Marsh Crane. 124-3tx AMANDA McKEAN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) 1:30 o'clock Friday at the home and at 2 o’clock at the Monroe M. E. church with the Rev. E. t>. Fortord. assisted by the Rev. Paul Brandyberry, officiating. Surplus Increase Reported By Ford Boston, May 25-lU.PJ—The Ford Motor Company increased its sur- | plus by *5.419.263 in 1937. making i the total surplus account $608,085,935. according to its balance sheet filed with the Massachusetts state tax commissioner today. The total surplus was the largest reported by the company since the end of 1932. The annual certificate of condition. filed only in Massachusetts, is the first indication of the coni pany's financial operating results for the year, since Ford published no income account. Lazy Bandit Polite Cleveland— (U.R>— A lazy gunman politely obtained S4O from Robert Numberger. filling station attendant. He remained in his automoi bile and said to Numberg, "Good evening, may I have your money.' 11... . O— ' '" Decatur Riverside Community Sale every Friday. tl .— I -o- —— M»TI< E OF Flt AI. nrtl’Olt'f To Hu- stockholders, Hire tors. fl. ers, Depositors, creditors and all others interested In the matter o tlie liquidation of The Peoples Loan and Trust Company, Decatur, m iana. . ... You and each of you are hereio notified that pursuant to the orm made and entered of record in in Adams Circuit Court, of Adaint ounty, State of Indiana, m t ’ cause therein pending entitled, ' the Matter of the Liquidation oi i m Peoples Loan and Trust Uompan. • Decatur, Indiana” and nuniDe 14721, upon the docket of said e° ul the Department of Financial Insututions, of the State* of Indian . the matter of the liquidation of ■ Peoples I.oan & Trust Comp-in.v, I - caiur, Indiana has filed in said en O' ,an account in final settlement in j liquidation of said Trust. counting setting forth all rece I - and disbursements. credits i charges for tlie period covered said report and to date of su n < counting. You are further that the court has fixed and set Jun, 10, 1938 as the day and da'e " the" court will hear and dele tmm any obpectlons in writing g lie’filed against said report and pass upon such accounting. P is tic.- to he final notice as to nli n>al t-.-rs in the liquidation of said whether shown in said llnal rel or in any supplemental or amend ' Dated’at'be. atur, Indiana this 10th Department of Financial Institutions of the State of Indiana. Bv Robert T. Kramer. Special Representative NATHAN C. NELSON, Attor tey.

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